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Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
Description
"Imagine being among the bloodthirsty thousands at a gladiator bout in the Colosseum, or at the chariot races in the Circus Maximus. Think of yourself among the decadent few in the ancient baths, theatres, temples, or palaces. Be an eyewitness to the burning of Nero's Rome. See the devastation caused by Mount Vesuvius in Pompeii. Meet the ancients, experience their daily customs, and visit the imperial cities of Rome and Pompeii as they appeared 2,000...
42) Adoption
Series
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
Hungarian
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Description
Through intimate camera work, the film immerses the viewer in the worlds of two women, each searching for fulfillment: Kata, a middle-aged factory worker who wants to have a child with her married lover, and Anna, a teenage ward of the state determined to emancipate herself to marry her boyfriend. The bond that forms between the two speaks quietly but powerfully to the social and political forces that shape women2s lives, as each navigates the realities...
43) The favourite
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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Description
Early eighteenth-century England is at war with the French. A frail Queen Anne occupies the throne, and her friend Lady Sarah tends to her ill health. When a new servant Abigail arrives, Sarah takes her under her wing, and Abigail sees a chance at a return to her aristocratic roots. As the politics of war become time-consuming for Sarah, Abigail steps in to fill in as the Queen's companion. Their growing friendship gives her a chance to fulfill her...
Publisher
Producciones Mexicanas Discográficas
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
Español
Description
Ciudad de México, 1968: A medida que México se prepara para ser el país anfitrión de los Juegos Olímpicos, la Ciudad de México se encuentra bajo la mirada microscópica del resto del mundo y por eso el gobierno se esmera por embellecer la ciudad y por darle al mundo una imagen de estabilidad, pero la Capital está más inquieta que nunca y ya que los estudiantes salen a la calle en marchas y motínes para protestar contra el gobierno autoritario....
45) Amour Fou
Series
Film Movement volume 13, film 9
Publisher
Film Movement
Language
Deutsch
Formats
Description
Forever under-appreciated and melancholy, Heinrich is a young poet in Romantic Era Berlin who determines his best way out of despair is to end it all, and he sets about finding a woman to join him in his predetermined departure. Recently diagnosed with a terminal illness, the well-off but unremarkable Henrietta, fascinated by Heinrich's controversial "The Marquise of O," finds his offer intriguing, if a bit strange. And yet, she agrees to navigate...
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
Disc 1. Erin Brockovich : "Erin Brockovich is a feisty young mother who convinces attorney Ed Masry to hire her and promptly stumbles upon a momumental law case against a giant corporation. Erin's determined to take on this powerful adversary even though no law firm has dared to do it before. The two begin an incredible and sometimes hilarious fight that will bring a small town to its feet and a huge company to its knees." Disc 2. Hidden figures :...
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
A dramatization of the life and times of the notorious 17th century French statesman, Cardinal Richelieu, as he manipulates the naive and pliant King Louis XIII, cunningly evades his enemies, and even plays matchmaker for his own wily purposes.
Publisher
Artsmagic
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Dachau Camp was officially described as 'the first concentration camp for political prisoners' by Heinrich Himmler. Behind its fences the murderous SS policies, starvation, and numerous epidemics claimed thousands of lives. The first of two focusing on the Dachau camp shows the true horrors of the Nazi regime, from the infamous shower rooms to the crematorium that ran day and night disposing of human remains.
49) Our daily bread
Series
Publisher
American Pop Classics
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Depression-era drama in which a young couple leads a group of unemployed people in forming a successful communal farm.
Publisher
National Geographic Video
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Fabled Romanovs, led by Nicholas II and Empress Alexandra, ruled imperial Russia in high splendor, despite the disintegration of their divided, war-torn country. In 1918 the rise of Communism violently collided with the rule of royalty when the tsar, his beloved wife, and their children were murdered and buried in a secret grave. Story is told from newly discovered photographs and archival film.
Series
Criterion collection volume 293
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
Italiano
Description
"In a series of simple and joyous vignettes, director Roberto Rossellini and co-writer Federico Fellini lovingly convey the universal teachings of The People's Saint: humility, faith, and sacrifice. Gorgeously photographed to evoke the medieval paintings of Saint Francis' time, and cast with monks from the Nocera Inferiore Monastery"--Container.
Language
English
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Description
An Oscar-nominated documentary narrated by Samuel L. Jackson, I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO explores the continued peril America faces from institutionalized racism. In 1979, James Baldwin wrote a letter to his literary agent describing his next project, Remember This House. The book was to be a revolutionary, personal account of the lives and successive assassinations of three of his close friends--Medgar Evers, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr. At the...
Series
Cinedigm volume 14
Publisher
Drafthouse Films
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
Indonesian
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Description
The filmmakers examine a country where death squad leaders are celebrated as heroes, challenging them to reenact their real-life mass-killings in the style of the American movies they love.
54) Russian ark
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
Russian
Description
A modern filmmaker magically finds himself transported to the 18th century where he embarks on a time-traveling journey through 300 years of Russian history. The first feature film ever created in a single take.
Publisher
Shout! Factory
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Set in Hiroshima during World War II, an eighteen year old girl gets married and now has to prepare food for her family despite the rationing and lack of supplies. As she struggles with the daily loss of life's amenities she still has to maintain the will to live.
56) Red cliff
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
中文(繁體)
Description
An Emperor declares war on two kingdoms in China to unite the entire country during 208 AD, which becomes one of the biggest military battles in history as the two kingdoms unite against the Emperor.
57) Beneath Hill 60
Publisher
EOne/Entertainment One
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
The story of the Australian miners and soldiers who tunnelled under Hill 60 near Ypres and eventually broke through to create a new frontline and enabled the march to Berlin.
58) Dillinger
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
Through all their outrageous escapades, the Dillinger gang maintained a certain mystique in the eyes of the American public. To a citizenry in the depths of the depression, the gang seemed almost like heroes, who enlivened their days with fabulous feats of crime. This glimpse of the lives of those involved in the most interesting crime saga in American history.
59) Kagemusha
Series
Criterion collection volume 267
Publisher
Criterion
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
日本語
Description
Reconstructing the splendor of feudal Japan and the pageantry of war, Kurosawa creates a soaring historical epic about a peasant impersonating a nobleman in battle. Kagemusha is presented in its original 180 min. uncut Japanese version, not the shortened "international version" presented by 20th Century Fox.
In 16th century feudal Japan, a thief is saved from execution to train as a double for one of the warlords, Shingen. Three warlords, Shingen,...
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
Español
Description
Patagonia, 1960. A German doctor meets an Argentine family and follows them to a small town where the family will be starting a new life. The family welcomes the doctor into their home and entrusts their young daughter to his care, unaware that he is a notorious war criminal. At the same time, Israeli agents are desperately looking to bring "the German doctor" to justice.
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