Focuses on the Weimar Republic (1918-1933) and its ‘collective spirit’ in cinema. The purpose of film as a cultural tool is examined. Read More »
History
Eureka Stockade / Massacre Hill (1949) Harry Watt, Chips Rafferty, Jane Barrett, Jack Lambert, Drama, History
In 1854, Australian gold rush miners struggle for their rights against an oppressive government. Read More »
The Heroes of Telemark (1965) Anthony Mann, Kirk Douglas, Richard Harris, Ulla Jacobsson, Action, Drama, History, War
Set in German-occupied Norway, this is an embellished account of the remarkable efforts of the Norwegian resistance to sabotage the German development of the atomic bomb. Read More »
Scipione l’africano / The Defeat of Hannibal (1937) Carmine Gallone, Annibale Ninchi, Camillo Pilotto, Fosco Giachetti, Drama, History, War
A story of the Second Punic Wars, beginning with Scipio’s futile pleas to the Roman Senate to build an army to battle Hannibal, that climaxes with the battle of Zama. Read More »
For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943) Sam Wood, Gary Cooper, Ingrid Bergman, Akim Tamiroff, Adventure, Drama, History, Romance, War
Spain in the 1930s is the place to be for a man of action like Robert Jordan. There is a civil war going on and Jordan who has joined up on the side that appeals most to idealists Read More »
Afrodite, dea dell’amore / Aphrodite, Goddess of Love (1958) Mario Bonnard, Isabelle Corey, Anthony Steffen, Irène Tunc, Drama, History
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 »
Raffles (1939) Sam Wood, William Wyler, David Niven, Olivia de Havilland, Dame May Whitty, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama, History, Romance, Thriller
Man about town and First Class cricketer A.J. Raffles keeps himself solvent with daring robberies. Read More »
The King of Kings (1927) Cecil B. DeMille, H.B. Warner, Dorothy Cumming, Ernest Torrence, Biography, Drama, History
Mary Magdalene becomes angry when Judas, now a follower of Jesus, won’t come to her feast. She goes to see Jesus and becomes repentant. Read More »
North West Mounted Police (1940) Cecil B. DeMille, Gary Cooper, Madeleine Carroll, Paulette Goddard, Action, Adventure, Drama, History, Romance, Western
Texas Ranger Dusty Rivers (“Isn’t that a contradiction in terms?”, another character asks him) travels to Canada in the 1880s in search of Jacques Corbeau, who is wanted for murder. Read More »
Mogholha / The mongols (1973) Fahimeh Rastegar, Parviz Kimiavi, Aqa Seyyed, Adventure, Drama, History
A director of a television series on the history of cinema, who has been grappling with the screenplay of his first feature film Read More »