A Polish countess becomes Napoleon Bonaparte’s mistress at the urging of Polish leaders who feel she could influence him to make Poland independent. Read More »
History
…It Was the Year of Grace 1870 (1972) Alfredo Giannetti
Rome, 1870. Opponents of the church power are being sent to prison. Read More »
Summer Crisis (2013) Alain Chartrand
The true story that traces the summer of the future Chénier FLQ cell, at Gaspé, one year before the October Crisis in 1970. Read More »
Lucrezia Borgia (1990) Lorenzo Onorati
After the death of her husband, Countess Lucrezia Borgia seeks to become the first lady of the Kingdom. Read More »
Raffles (1930) George Fitzmaurice
A distinguished English gentleman has a secret life–he is the notorious jewel thief the press has dubbed “The Amateur Cracksman”. Read More »
Der Choral von Leuthen / The Anthem of Leuthen (1933) Carl Froelich, Walter Supper, Otto Gebühr, Olga Tschechowa, Elga Brink
The story of the rise to power of King Frederick II (aka “Frederick the Great”) Read More »
Sarraounia (1986) Med Hondo, Aï Keïta, Jean-Roger Milo, Féodor Atkine
On January 2 1899, beginning from the French Soudan, a french pillar below the commandment of the captains Voulet Read More »
Oorlogswinter / Winter in Wartime (2008) Martin Koolhoven
Near the end of World War II, 14-year-old Michiel becomes involved with the Resistance Read More »
Storm Over the Pacific / Hawai Middowei daikaikûsen: Taiheiyô no arashi (1960) Shûe Matsubayashi, Hugo Grimaldi, Yôsuke Natsuki, Toshirô Mifune, Kôji Tsuruta
Lt. Koji Kitami is a navigator-bombardier in Japan’s Naval Air Force. Read More »
Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst (1957) Michael Anderson, Richard Todd, William Hartnell, Akim Tamiroff
While sailing lawfully up the Yangste river in 1949, the British warship Amethyst Read More »