History Movies

Exitus: Il passaggio

Chernobyl: The Last Battle of the USSR

Three decades after the nuclear explosion, almost everything has been said about this ecological and sanitary disaster that made Pripiat a part of History. How did the greatest industrial disaster change the course of History, disrupt global geopolitics and, directly or indirectly, redistribute the balances and power relations of the twentieth century? The world will never be the same again. By retracing the incredible battle waged by the Soviet Union against radiation, this film proposes to retrace and enlighten an extraordinary story, while exploring the historical stakes in the medium and long-term…

Don Bosco

This film depicts the life of Saint John Bosco, who dedicated his life to rescuing abandoned and exploited street children in Turin.

Tale of the Woods

A young Belarussian man joins Soviet partisans in order to fight Polish occupational forces in Belarus.

The White Silk Dress

A family living in poverty faces financial difficulties while striving to educate their daughters. The mother resorts to extraordinary measures to procure the traditional silk dresses needed for her kids to attend school.

Molière's Last Stage

Royal Palace Theatre, Paris . February 17th 1673, the King’s theatre group is playing « Le Malade Imaginaire » when Moliere started spitting blood, but he takes the decision to keep playing until the end. During his agony, he let enter in the theatre all the elements and ghost who made his life. Starting a fight to preserve his dignity, he plan to transfigure his death in a last laugh instrument.

Lebanon 1982 - X-ray of a massacre

This film is primarily a smell. An indescribable scent that marks you forever. The smell of war, of death. The smell of impossible peace. Constructed as an investigation, the film is a double testimony, that of the executioner and that of the victim, presenting the turning point in the history of a country, a region, several peoples that are at the center of all conflicts in the Middle East. The film tells the story of 5 days in September 1982, which itself sums up a century of conflict. In one place, Beirut. An investigation based on the testimonies of all the protagonists, victims, executioners, accomplices and witnesses.

Pledge To Peace

Lieutenant Keiu Matsuo lost his life in a midget submarine attack at Sydney Harbor during the night of May 31 and June 1, 1942. This short animation film pays homage to Keiu Matsuo and his mother Matsue.

Knight's Castle

14th century. On the border of the possessions of Veliky Novgorod and the Livonian Order, a detachment of soldiers led the defense of the brave Vseslav. During a cross-border skirmish, Vseslav is captured and ends up in the castle of Knight Romuald - Neuhausen. The owners treat the prisoner as a guest. Soon, the castle is visited by the Teutonic knight Ewald, in love with Emma, the wife of Romuald. He dreams of taking possession of both the castle and its mistress ...

Whoever Fights Monsters

An adaptation of FBI veteran Robert K. Ressler’s memoir, which details the history of serial killer profiling. Ressler was the inspiration for the Agent Bill Tench character in David Fincher’s “Mindhunter” series.

Harimao

A movie about Yutaka Tani, also known as " Malay Tiger Harimao, " who was active on the Malay Peninsula during the Pacific War

Śmierć Zygielbojma

On May 12, 1943, Arthur Shmuel Zygielbojm committed suicide in London, in protest of the world's inaction in the face of the Holocaust. Now his brother is meeting with those who witnessed the hopeless struggle to stir the consciences of the great of this world.

Mountainous March

A detachment of Bolsheviks impedes the progress of a punitive detachment through the gorge and prevents it from suppressing a revolt.

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Brezhnev

A biographical TV movie about Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev that originally aired in four parts on Russia's Channel One. While nostalgic, the film does not attempt to rehabilitate Brezhnev.

Jean-Pierre Léaud: The Child of Cinema

A portrait of the legendary actor Jean-Pierre Léaud, icon of the French New Wave and closely linked to the work of François Truffaut and Jean-Luc Goddard.

The Sad Tale of Love

Bai Kakabai, who fiercely hates the Soviet government, goes abroad with his family and servants. He is followed by the Nurali and Dodur brothers. The younger is in love with the owner's daughter, the elder cannot part with his beloved Akhal-Teke horse, Dik-Ayak. Having wandered through a foreign land, the brothers will find neither happiness nor prosperity there, and they will return home.

The Monster in the Abyss

The film tells the story of the sleeping ancient giant monster Kui Niu who was accidentally awakened by people. After waking up, the monster showed powerful destructive capabilities. Its existence seriously threatened people's safety. Although the superior prefect organized troops to deal with it, people faced with the giant beast and had various doubts about why the giant beast came. Aning's investigation also made the secret emerge. It turns out that all this is the evil consequences of people's own making.

McCarthy

A personal look at the influential former politician who rose to fame as a driving force behind anti-communist and anti-homosexual U.S. political sentiment during the Cold War.

The Lives of Albert Camus

Albert Camus died at 46 years old on January 4, 1960, two years after his Nobel Prize in literature. Author of “L'Etranger”, one of the most widely read novels in the world, philosopher of the absurd and of revolt, resistant, journalist, playwright, Albert Camus had an extraordinary destiny. Child of the poor districts of Algiers, tuberculosis patient, orphan of father, son of an illiterate and deaf mother, he tore himself away from his condition thanks to his teacher. French from Algeria, he never ceased to fight for equality with the Arabs and the Kabyle, while fearing the Independence of the FLN. Founded on restored and colorized archives, and first-hand accounts, this documentary attempts to paint the portrait of Camus as he was.