In 1797, William Wilberforce, the great crusader for the British abolition of slavery Read More »
History
Germany Pale Mother / Deutschland bleiche Mutter (1980) Helma Sanders-Brahms, Eva Mattes, Ernst Jacobi, Elisabeth Stepanek
Germany 1939. Hans and Lene marry the day before the war breaks out Read More »
The Beginning or the End (1947) Norman Taurog, Brian Donlevy, Robert Walker, Tom Drake
Docudrama on the development of the first atomic bomb. Read More »
Pippin: His Life and Times (1981) David Sheehan, Ben Vereen, William Katt, Leslie Denniston
At the goading of the ominous and omnipresent Leading Player, Pippin, the eldest son of King Charlemagne Read More »
Requiem for a Romantic Woman / Requiem für eine romantische Frau (1999) Dagmar Knöpfel, Sylvester Groth, Janina Sachau, Jeanette Hain
Frankfurt, Germany, 1807. Clemens Bretano, a writer, meets Auguste Bußman Read More »
Lone Wolf and Cub: The Final Conflict / Kozure Ôkami: Sono chîsaki te ni (1993) Akira Inoue, Masakazu Tamura, Tatsuya Nakadai, Yushi Shoda
A noble samurai serving the Shogun as ‘Kogi Kaishaku-nin’ (Official Executioner) Read More »
Les Miserables (1952) Lewis Milestone, Michael Rennie, Robert Newton, Debra Paget
After stealing a loaf a bread to feed a starving family, Jean Valjean is sentenced Read More »
Escape / Flukt (2012) Roar Uthaug, Isabel Christine Andreasen, Ingrid Bolsø Berdal, Milla Olin
It’s been ten years since the Black Plague ravaged the lands. Read More »
The Gorgeous Hussy (1936) Clarence Brown, Joan Crawford, Robert Taylor, Lionel Barrymore
It’s the early nineteenth century Washington. Young adult Margaret O’Neal – Peggy to most that know her Read More »
Sword of Desperation / Hisshiken torisashi (2010) Hideyuki Hirayama, Etsushi Toyokawa, Chizuru Ikewaki, Kôji Kikkawa
A talented but troubled Edo Period swordsman, Kanemi Sanzaemon. Read More »