
The story, based on actual historic events, concerns an invented ruler Ramses XIII (Jerzy Zelnick) Read More »
History
I cento cavalieri (1964) Vittorio Cottafavi, Mark Damon, Antonella Lualdi, Gastone Moschin

In medieval times, Spain is occupied by the conquering Moors of North Africa. Read More »
The 47 Ronin (1941) Kenji Mizoguchi, Chôjûrô Kawarasaki, Yoshizaburo Arashi, Utaemon Ichikawa

In 1701, Lord Takuminokami Asano has a feud with Lord Kira and he tries to kill Kira in the corridors of the Shogun’s palace. Read More »
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1956) Jean Delannoy, Gina Lollobrigida, Anthony Quinn, Jean Danet

Paris, 1482. Today is the festival of the fools, taking place like each year in the square outside Cathedral Notre Dame. Read More »
Dunkirk (1958) Leslie Norman, John Mills, Richard Attenborough, Bernard Lee

Two stories in one – an easygoing British Corporal in France finds himself responsible for the lives of his men when their officer is killed. Read More »
Battle of Britain (1969) Guy Hamilton, Michael Caine, Trevor Howard, Harry Andrews

Historical reenactment of the air war in the early days of World War Two for control of the skies over Britain Read More »
Babaric Land (2013) Yervant Gianikian, Angela Ricci Lucchi

Every era has its fascism. A film necessary for us at this time, over fascism and colonialism. Read More »
Field of Dogs (2014) Lech Majewski, Michael Tatarek, Elzbieta Okupska, Jacenty Jedrusik

Father ploughs a supermarket with oxen, the plough ripping the tiles. A forest full of dead and Niagara falling onto a cathedral altar. Read More »
The Loves of Salammbo (1960) Sergio Grieco, Jeanne Valérie, Jacques Sernas, Edmund Purdom

During the 3rd century B.C. a horde of barbarians are hired by the Phoenian city of Carthage to fight against the Roman empire Read More »
The Count of Monte Cristo (1934) Rowland V. Lee, Robert Donat, Elissa Landi, Louis Calhern

Edmond Dantes is imprisoned in the Chateau d’If without trial, for carrying a message from Napoleon in exile on Elba. Read More »