A dramatization of the life of Albert Speer, Hitler’s young architect and onetime confidant Read More »
History
The Revolt of the Mamalukes / El mamalik (1965) Atef Salem, Nabila Ebeid, Mohamed El Sebai, Aminah Rizq
After suffering Egyptians from the oppression of the Mamluks and despotism clump Read More »
Safe Conduct / Laissez-passer (2002) Bertrand Tavernier, Jacques Gamblin, Denis Podalydès, Charlotte Kady
In occupied France, German-run Continental Films calls the shots in the movie business. Read More »
Fox Hunter / Vulpe – vânator (1993) Stere Gulea, George Alexandru, Cristina Catalina, Dan Condurache
Inspired by the overthrow of the Ceausescu regime in Romania Read More »
Days of ’36 / Meres tou ’36 (1972) Theodoros Angelopoulos, Vangelis Kazan, Kostas Pavlou, Thanos Grammenos
It is 1936 in Greece, shortly before the Metaxas’ dictatorship. Read More »
And Nothing More / I nichego bolshe (1988) Aleksandr Sokurov, Neville Chamberlain, Winston Churchill, Charles de Gaulle
One of 5 early documentaries Sokurov made that were suppressed: Musical montage Read More »
1612: Chronicles of the Dark Time / 1612: Khroniki smutnogo vremeni (2007) Vladimir Khotinenko, Pyotr Kislov, Michal Zebrowski, Artur Smolyaninov
The czar of Russia has died and a power vacuum has developed. Read More »
The Missiles of October (1974) Anthony Page, William Devane, Ralph Bellamy, Howard Da Silva
Based in part on Robert F. Kennedy’s book, “Thirteen Days,” this film profiles Read More »
Belshazzar’s Feast, or Night with Stalin / Piry Valtasara, ili noch so Stalinym (1989) Yuriy Kara, Aleksey Petrenko, Aleksandr Feklistov, Evgeniy Evstigneev
A dance troupe from the autonomous region of Abkhazia in western Georgia perform for Stalin Read More »
The Grey Zone (2001) Tim Blake Nelson, David Arquette, Velizar Binev, David Chandler
The true story of Dr. Miklos Nyiszli, a Hungarian Jew chosen by Josef Mengele Read More »