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The Prime Minister (1941) Thorold Dickinson, John Gielgud, Diana Wynyard, Will Fyffe
A biopic of the legendary Benjamin Disraeli, his rise from a foppish young novelist to the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and confidante of Queen Victoria. Read More »
Dr. Crippen (1963) Robert Lynn, Donald Pleasence, Samantha Eggar, Coral Browne
A dramatization of Britain’s notorious Crippen murder case. American-born Hawley Harvey Crippen (nicknamed “Peter”), a mild-mannered Read More »
Kent State (1981) James Goldstone, Jane Fleiss, Charley Lang, Talia Balsam
Based on the true story of the student protests at Kent State University in Ohio. Read More »
Star! (1968) Robert Wise, Julie Andrews, Richard Crenna, Michael Craig
Film based on life of actress Gertrude Lawrence, on- and offstage, takes the opportunity to feature extravagant musical production numbers with ‘Julie Andrews’, acting, singing and dancing. Read More »
King of Kings (1961) Nicholas Ray, Jeffrey Hunter, Siobhan McKenna, Hurd Hatfield
The story of the life of Jesus Christ from his birth in Bethlehem to his crucifixion and subsequent resurrection. Read More »
Man of Iron (1981) Andrzej Wajda, Jerzy Radziwilowicz, Krystyna Janda, Marian Opania
A worker becomes a “man of iron” forged by experience, a son comes to terms with his father, a couple fall in love Read More »
The Valley of the Bees (1968) Frantisek Vlácil, Petr Cepek, Jan Kacer, Vera Galatíková
Ondrej, a young boy who loves bees and bats, is introduced to his new mother, a woman much younger than his father. Read More »
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. (1951) Raoul Walsh, Gregory Peck, Virginia Mayo, Robert Beatty
In 1807, Captain Horatio Hornblower leads his ship the HMS Lydia on a perilous voyage around Cape Horn and into the Pacific. Read More »
Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb (1980) David Lowell Rich, Billy Crystal, Kim Darby, Patrick Duffy
The decision to drop the atom bomb, the secrecy surrounding the mission, and the men who flew it. Read More »
Exodus (1960) Otto Preminger, Paul Newman, Eva Marie Saint, Ralph Richardson
The theme is the founding of the state of Israel. The action begins on a ship filled with Jewish immigrants bound for Israel who are being off loaded on Cyprus. Read More »
Shake Hands with the Devil (1959) Michael Anderson, James Cagney, Don Murray, Dana Wynter
In 1921 Dublin, the IRA battles the “Black & Tans,” special British forces given to harsh measures. Read More »
Daens (1992) Stijn Coninx, Jan Decleir, Gérard Desarthe, Antje de Boeck
In the 1890s, Father Adolf Daens goes to Aalst, a textile town where child labor is rife, pay and working conditions are horrible Read More »
Sophie Scholl: The Final Days (2005) Marc Rothemund, Julia Jentsch, Fabian Hinrichs, Alexander Held
The Final Days is the true story of Germany’s most famous anti-Nazi heroine brought to life. Read More »
Attila (1954) Pietro Francisci, Anthony Quinn, Sophia Loren, Henri Vidal
The king of the Huns, whose hordes from various tribes and allies have been sweeping the Asian steppes and both Roman empires, dies, leaving the throne to two sons. Read More »