Guests of The Nation
1935-01-01During the Irish War of Independence in 1921, a pair of IRA soldiers are ordered to guard two British prisoners, but face a dilemma when they bond wit...
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Fog in February
2024-03-29On the eve of the publication of a biography of Claude Jutra, one of the most famous and celebrated filmmakers in Quebec and Canada, a leak leaked to ...
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The Stolen Battle
1972-07-01In 1757, the second year of the Seven Years' War, Frederick II the Great stands at the gates of Prague. He has been trying to take the city for weeks,...
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Then God Named It Earth
1961-09-07During the Mexican Agrarian Reform, an engineer travels to a town to distribute the land of the landowners among the peasants.
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Titanic's Final Mystery
2012-04-05The sinking of the RMS Titanic remains one of the most enduring and mysterious tragedies of the 20th century. For decades, investigators and amateurs ...
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The Other Dream Team
2012-09-28The incredible story of the 1992 Lithuanian basketball team, whose athletes struggled under Soviet rule, became symbols of Lithuania's independence mo...
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Bloodsuckers
2022-05-121928: Lyovuschka, a Soviet worker, is cast in the role of Trotsky for Eisenstein‘s latest film, but quickly finds his dreams of an actor‘s life shatte...
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The Rebels
2020-12-10Four rebellious teenagers in 1st century Roman-occupied Wales must flee their village and live in the wild after they accidentally kill a Roman soldie...
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Capitulation, the Final Hours that Ended World War II
2005-05-07A film made of archives mostly unknown, on the last day of the Second World War in Europe and on the events which preceded it. This film also shows th...
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The Mandarin
1995-11-06The history of Brazilian popular music in the 20th Century, focusing specially on the life and works of intriguing singer Mário Reis, a loner who, wit...
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Jock of the Bushveld
1986-12-05In 1886 the 20 years old Percy Fitzpatrick from Kaapstad sets out for the Delagoa bay in Transvaal to dig for gold. On his way he prevents the weakly ...
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Ehon Taikōki - Amagasaki Kankyo
The play "Ehon Taikōki" was originally written for the puppet theater (Bunraku) and staged for the first time in 1799 in Ōsaka at the Toyotakeza. It w...
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Taras. Return
2020-09-24Few weeks of Taras Shevchenko in Kazakhstan exile, before his discharge out of army, when agents of the secret police were in hot pursuit of him.
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March On, America!
1942-06-20The story of America from the Pilgrims in 1620 to the attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese. Americans always working for freedom.
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Concert at the End of Summer
1980-02-15A docudrama about four weeks in the life of famous Czech composer Antonin Dvorak. The drama - filled with many of Dvorak's compositions - begins when ...
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Soundies: A Musical History Hosted by Michael Feinstein
2007-03-03Before MTV and the age of television, there were Soundies. First appearing in 1941, these three minute black-and-white films featured artists of the B...
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