The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd
1980
The story of the doctor who faced charges of conspiracy after he assisted John Wilkes Booth by setting his broken leg after he had assassinated Abraham Lincoln.
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Liberty
1986
Drama about how the Statue of Liberty came to be erected in New York Harbor in the early 1880s and the people responsible for its creation.
Malevych
2025
What stands behind the Black Square, painted in 1915 by the obsessive artist Kazymyr Malevych? For his competitors, a fraud, for the Soviet regime, a secret code, for one woman, a love letter, for the people of Ukraine – a prophecy…
Yaathisai
2023
Set in the 7th century, Kodhi, an young hot-blooded warrior from the Einar clan, believes that his birth is destined to free his fellows from the nomadic life that they lead and goes on an impossible mission, to revolt against and defeat the Pandiyan king Ranadheeran.
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The Hetman's Jewels
1993
The film takes place in 1659 when Bohdan Khmelnytsky's son Yuri took power from Hetman Vyhovsky. Supporters of Bohdan Khmelnytsky are trying to help his daughter Olena to save her father's regalia - the symbol of Hetman's power and independence of Ukraine.
The Long Vacations of '36
1976
Spain, 1936. The Civil War breaks out. In a village near Barcelona, several families decide to continue living in their summer houses until the violence ends.
Drain the Titanic
2015
Computer-generated imagery and other visualization techniques reveal how it would look if all the water was removed from RMS Titanic's final resting place.
The Ferryman
2025
When his brother’s body is unearthed, a grieving man faces an IRA agent determined to keep him quiet, testing where his loyalties truly lie.
Terror of the Red Mask
1960
In 16th century Italy, mercenary Marco is hired by cruel duke Astolfo whose unjust reign is threatened by the notorious outlaw the Red Mask.
MLK: The Assassination Tapes
2012
Relive an unspeakable tragedy detailed with unforgettable images, videos, and recordings only recently rediscovered.
About Friends and Comrades
1970
In Moscow in 1919 there are still anarchist organizations, whose actions are clearly anti-Soviet in nature. The Chekists have to expose their activities. The case is entrusted to three newly conscripted Komsomol comrades.
Hälfte des Lebens
1985
This tragic love story relates ten decisive years in the life of the great Romantic poet Friedrich Hölderlin, played by a young Ulrich Mühe.
Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth
2013
The compelling story of an extraordinary woman's journey from her birth in a paper thin shack in the cotton fields of Georgia to her recognition as a key writer of the twentieth Century.Walker made history as the first black woman to win a Pulitzer Prize for her groundbreaking novel, The Color Purple.
Ask for Jane
2019
A group of college students develop an underground network that helps women get abortions in the pre-Roe vs. Wade Chicago.
Augustine of Hippo
1972
A biography of St. Augustine as he enters the episcopacy and deals with heresy and the decline of the Western Roman Empire.
Yamazakura, The Cherry Tree in the Hills
2008
Based on a short story written by Shuhei Fujisawa (who also wrote Twilight Samurai, The Hidden Blade, Love and Honor), the film depicts the uneasy life of Noe Isomura (Rena Tanaka) with the difficult family she has married into after her former husband passed away. One day as she tries to brake off a branch of a cherry tree, she is aided by a samurai who she does not recognize but who recognizes her. He turns out to be a former suitor that she never met named Yaichiro Tezuka (Noriyuki Higashiyama) and who teaches swordsmanship to the local samurai. Meanwhile, the powerful new chief retainer of the village enacts land policies that threaten the survival of the local farmers.
Lord of the Wind
2023
The film is inspired by the record-breaking solo trip around the globe in a hot-air balloon made by the world-famous Russian explorer Fedor Konyukhov in July of 2016. Throughout his remarkable life, Konyukhov has proven time and time again that willpower, perseverance and faith can help overcome fear and doubt, and lead a person to triumph.
