One of the great stories from Japan’s rich history comes to life in this true tale Read More »
History
The Fighting Prince of Donegal (1966) Michael O’Herlihy, Peter McEnery, Susan Hampshire, Tom Adams
Ireland 1587. Hugh O’Donnell inherits the title of The O’Donnell, the prince of Donegal Read More »
Wagner (1983) Tony Palmer, Richard Burton
A huge panorama of Richard Wagner’s life and work, from before the 1848 revolution Read More »
Sasuke and His Comedians / Sanada fûunroku (1963) Tai Katô, Kinnosuke Nakamura, Misako Watanabe, Wataru Ômae
Osaka in the early 1600s, aftermath of the historical Battle of Sekigahara Read More »
The Invisibles / Die Unsichtbaren (2017) Claus Räfle, Max Mauff, Alice Dwyer, Ruby O. Fee
Berlin, February 1943: The NS regime declares the Reich’s capital “free of Jews.” Read More »
Soviet Bus Stops (2022) Kristoffer Hegnsvad, Christopher Herwig, Victor Sheptunov Illarionovich, Konstantinas Jakovlevas-Mateckis
Architecture, like anything else during the Soviet period, was under strict centralized supervision. Read More »
Rasputin / La tragédie impériale (1938) Marcel L’Herbier, Harry Baur, Marcelle Chantal, Pierre Richard-Willm
Story of the Siberian monk Gregory Rasputin and the hold he exerted Read More »
The Last Relic / Viimne reliikvia (1969) Grigori Kromanov, Aleksandr Goloborodko, Igrida Andrina, Elza Radzina
A medieval love story with lots of adventures. The times are troubled – there’s a revolt of peasants going on. Read More »
Artemisia (1997) Agnès Merlet, Valentina Cervi, Michel Serrault, Predrag Manojlovic
Artemisia Gentileschi (1593-1653) was one of the first well-known female painters. Read More »
Inside the Third Reich (1982) Marvin J. Chomsky, Rutger Hauer, John Gielgud, Maria Schell
A dramatization of the life of Albert Speer, Hitler’s young architect and onetime confidant Read More »