The history of the first victim of modern artillery and its moving agony, amidst conspiracies and betrayals of the powerful. Read More »
History
Aphrodite, Goddess of Love (1958) Afrodite, dea dell’amore
Year 67 A.D. the ruler of Corinth is a fan of Nero. Fails to set fire to his hometown, dedicated to the worship of Aphrodite, goddess of love Read More »
Stella polaris (1993) Knut Erik Jensen
A woman returns up North to her rural fishing village, and re-lives the village’s history through work, war, rebuilding and depopulation. Read More »
East – West (1999) Est – Ouest – Régis Wargnier
June 1946: Stalin invites Russian emigres to return to the motherland. Read More »
A Bridge Too Far (1977) Richard Attenborough
Operation Market Garden, September 1944: The Allies attempt to capture several strategically important bridges in the Netherlands in the hope of breaking the German lines. Read More »
The Master of Ballantrae (1953)
Two noble Scottish brothers deliberately take opposite sides when Bonnie Prince Charlie returns Read More »
The Man in the Iron Mask (1977) Mike Newell
Fed up with the the insufferably cruel behavior of Louis XIV (Richard Chamberlain), a group of musketeers Read More »
The Truce (1997) La tregua – Francesco Rosi
This is the true story of Italian Jews returning home from Auschwitz after the war. Read More »
My Tender Matador (2020) Tengo Miedo Torero
Among gunshots and boleros, a passionate relationship flourishes between a lonely transvestite Read More »
Lucrezia Borgia (1935) Abel Gance
After the advice of his main adviser Niccolo Macchiavelli, Cesare Borgia decides to try to unify the nation so as to become even stronger. Read More »