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The Legend Makers

The Legend Makers

February 9, 2013

Set in the 60s during the war, Vietnamese soldiers have to overcome numerous hardships and dangers to build an oil pipeline all the way from the north to supply the fighters in the South.

Love or Duty: Samurai Rebellion

Love or Duty: Samurai Rebellion

February 9, 2013

In the Edo period of Japan, a samurai’s life belonged to his lord. On the battlefield or in the home, a loyal samurai must always obey his lord’s commands. This is the tragic story of one such loyal samurai, whose love for his family forced him to make the ultimate choice of disobeying the wishes of his lord.

Yugoslavia: How Ideology Moved Our Collective Body

Yugoslavia: How Ideology Moved Our Collective Body

April 1, 2013

A research-based essay film, but also a very personal perspective on the history of socialist Yugoslavia, its dramatic end, and its recent transformation into a few democratic nation states.

Lise Meitner: The Mother of the Atom Bomb

Lise Meitner: The Mother of the Atom Bomb

February 2, 2013

To historians, physicist Lise Meitner deserves to be placed on a par with Einstein, Heisenberg and Otto Hahn. In the 1930s on the verge of World War II, she led a small group of scientists who discovered that splitting the atomic nucleus of uranium releases enormous energy. This extraordinary film tells the story of a woman who was far ahead of her time as a scientist and a pioneer of feminism.

Morceaux choisis - Episoden aus dem Leben des Julius Schönfeld

Morceaux choisis - Episoden aus dem Leben des Julius Schönfeld

February 1, 2013

Restoration

Restoration

November 17, 2013

After the Iranian coup in 1953, Col. Takin is commissioned to find and recover 11 tons of gold from Russia. The subject of this film is the reclamation money that was supposed to be paid by England, America and Russia to Iran because of the World War II and is about the year 1951. This film is a historical drama about the War events and the issues that opened the door to Iran for the allies and axis forces, and points to the reclamation payment to Iran.

Koch

Koch

February 1, 2013

A documentary on the former mayor of New York City, Ed Koch.

Independence

January 31, 2013

The Prime Minister of Mongolia, the hero and general of the construction industry, Khoroogiin Choibalsan, is shown in this film about his life, his mistakes, his fate, and the great deeds he did for the independence of Mongolia.

Henry Ford

Henry Ford

January 29, 2013

HENRY FORD paints a fascinating portrait of a farm boy who rose from obscurity to become the most influential American innovator of the 20th century.

State Crime

State Crime

January 29, 2013

State crime is a historic French telefilm, directed by Pierre Aknine and released January 29, 2013 on France 3. It discusses Robert Boulin case and supports the thesis of assassinat1.

Jobs

Jobs

August 15, 2013

The story of Steve Jobs' ascension from college dropout into one of the most revered creative entrepreneurs of the 20th century.

Hitler, My Neighbor

Hitler, My Neighbor

January 24, 2013

German Jewish Edgar Feuchtwanger was a carefree child from Munich, pampered by his parents and his nanny, when Adolf Hitler, the leader of the Nazi Party, moved into the building across the street in 1929.

Sri Siddhartha Gautama

Sri Siddhartha Gautama

January 24, 2013

Sri Siddhartha Gautama is a Sinhala movie released on 24 January, 2013. The movie is directed by Saman Weeraman and featured Anchal Singh and Gagan Malik as lead characters.

The Jewish Cardinal

The Jewish Cardinal

January 24, 2013

The Jewish Cardinal tells the amazing true story of Jean-Marie Lustiger, the son of Polish-Jewish immigrants, who maintained his cultural identity as a Jew even after converting to Catholicism at a young age, and later joining the priesthood. Quickly rising within the ranks of the Church, Lustiger was appointed Archbishop of Paris by Pope John Paul II―and found a new platform to celebrate his dual identity as a Catholic Jew, earning him both friends and enemies from either group. When Carmelite nuns settle down to build a convent within the cursed walls of Auschwitz, Lustiger finds himself a mediator between the two communities―and he may be forced, at last, to choose his side.

Marcel Dassault, l'homme au pardessus

Marcel Dassault, l'homme au pardessus

January 22, 2013

Late 1950s, the CIA Office in New York after viewing the footage shot by their agent, investigators are puzzled how Marcel Dassault, the French engineer, he managed to build better than their planes? Order of the White House, four officers flew to Paris. Their mission: to solve the mystery Dassault. This man has a unique course because besides being a genius of aviation, it is also patron of the press, arms dealer, MP ...

Le Grand Retournement

Le Grand Retournement

January 22, 2013

Birth Story: Ina May Gaskin and the Farm Midwives

Birth Story: Ina May Gaskin and the Farm Midwives

January 18, 2013

Birth Story: Ina May Gaskin and The Farm Midwives captures a spirited group of women who taught themselves how to deliver babies on a 1970s hippie commune. Today as nearly one third of all US babies are born via C-section, they fight to protect their knowledge and to promote respectful, safe maternity practices all over the globe. From the backs of their technicolor school buses, these pioneers rescued American midwifery from extinction, changed the way a generation approached pregnancy, and filmed nearly everything they did. With unprecedented access to the midwives' archival video collection, as well as modern day footage of life at the alternative intentional community where they live, this documentary shows childbirth the way most people have never seen it--unadorned, unabashed, and awe-inspiring.

The Wee Man

The Wee Man

January 18, 2013

The true life story of the rise to power of Glasgow gangster Paul Ferris.

Året var 1963

Året var 1963

January 16, 2013

1963 - the year when the Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova becomes the first woman in space. Sweden suffers from an smallpox epidemic - hundreds of thousands are vaccinated, and several thousand are isolated. Colonel Stig Wennerström is arrested for spying for the Soviets. John F Kennedy is murdered in Dallas, while Martin Luther King has a dream about the future, "Villervalle i Söderhavet" is shown on Swedish TV.

Why the Industrial Revolution Happened Here

Why the Industrial Revolution Happened Here

January 14, 2013

Professor Jeremy Black examines one of the most extraordinary periods in British history: the Industrial Revolution. He explains the unique economic, social and political conditions that by the 19th century, led to Britain becoming the richest, most powerful nation on Earth. It was a time that transformed the way people think, work and play forever.