The story of Sam Houston, hero of the Texas revolution, statesman, and first president of the Republic of Texas. Read More »
History
Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954) Delmer Daves, Victor Mature, Susan Hayward, Michael Rennie
The story picks up at the point where “The Robe (1953)” ends, following the martyrdom of Diana and Marcellus. Read More »
Mad Love / Juana la Loca (2001) Vicente Aranda, Pilar López de Ayala, Daniele Liotti, Rosana Pastor
Juana is married off by her pious parents, the Catholic kings Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castille Read More »
The Decameron / Il Decameron (1971) Pier Paolo Pasolini, Franco Citti, Ninetto Davoli, Jovan Jovanovic
An adaptation of nine stories from Bocaccio’s “Decameron”: A young man from Perugia is swindled twice in Naples Read More »
Goltzius and the Pelican Company (2012) Peter Greenaway, Ramsey Nasr, F. Murray Abraham, Hendrik Aerts
The life of Hendrik Goltzius, a late 16th-century Dutch printer and engraver of erotic prints. Read More »
The Beggar’s Opera (1953) Peter Brook, Laurence Olivier, Hugh Griffith, George Rose
Authentic rendering of John Gay’s 18th century musical, filmed in Technicolor Read More »
The Organiser / I compagni (1963) Mario Monicelli, Marcello Mastroianni, Renato Salvatori, Gabriella Giorgelli
The story of exploited textile factory workers in Turin, Italy at the turn of the century Read More »
The Round-Up / Szegénylegények (1966) Miklós Jancsó, János Görbe, Zoltán Latinovits, Tibor Molnár
In Hungary, the national movement led by Kossuth has been crushed and the Austrian hegemony re-established Read More »
Assa (1987) Sergey Solovyev, Natan Eidelman, Anatoly Slivnikov, German Shorr
ASSA is set in Crimea during the winter in the mid eighties. A young musician (Bananan) falls for mobster’s Read More »
1939: Battle of Westerplatte / Tajemnica Westerplatte (2013) Pawel Chochlew, Michal Zebrowski, Robert Zoledziewski, Jan Englert
On the morning of September 1, 1939, the German battleship Schleswig-Holstein fired Read More »