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The life and career of the brutal Soviet dictator, Josef Stalin. Through the eyes and memories of Anna Aliluyeva, Stalin’s granddaughter, the film traces the rise of the Bolshevik tyrant from Lenin’s return from exile to his brutal struggle with Trotsky, the creation of his feared secret police and the merciless inner workings of his regime. As Anna recounts her grandfather’s life, viewers gain an intimate, personal perspective on the paranoia and purges that left even his closest circles living in constant fear.
An aspiring poet in 1950s New York has his ordered world shaken when he embarks on a week-long retreat to save his hell raising hero, Dylan Thomas.
Exiled unjustly, convicted without trial, slandered without cause. Man of God depicts the trials and tribulations of Saint Nektarios of Aegina, as he bears the unjust hatred of his peers while preaching the Word of God.
Park Jae-sang was a royal geomancer, who helps people designate propitious site for houses, store and even graves under the belief that a grave in a good site will bring future fortune for descendants. But he loses his family because he exposed a conspiracy about crown Prince's grave site. Park Jae-sang plans to make a revenge of his family and learns that there is a much bigger conspiracy about propitious grave site; the place that would make grave owner's son the King of Joseon.
Documentary exploring the parallels between 'The Return of the King' and real events and people in history.
Brandon, a surveyor, dreams of building a railway to the west. He sets off with his son, Davy, to survey a route. They discover a new pass which will shave 200 miles off the expected distance, but they are set upon by a party of Cheyenne. One of them, a white renegade with only two fingers on his right hand, kills Brandon and scalps him. Davy is all alone now.
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill suffers from a stroke in the summer of 1953 that's kept a secret from the rest of the world.
The film tells the story of Ivan Mazeppa, a Ukrainian page at the Polish court who has an affair with the young wife of a much older count. Outraged when he learns of the incident, the nobleman has Mazeppa tied naked to a wild horse which is then released into the wilderness. The bulk of the poem describes the long hazardous journey during which Mazeppa almost dies twice but ultimately survives and returns to his native Ukraine.
Angry at his wife and defeated in battle, the king of Judea is taken prisoner. After being spared by the Romans, King Herod comes to believe he's been a victim of court plotting.
A compelling and detailed documentary exploring the extraordinary and turbulent events of 1936 for the British monarchy-a pivotal year that saw three different kings sit on the throne in quick succession: the aging King George V, the controversial and short-lived Edward VIII, and the duty-bound George VI. Through painstakingly restored archival imagery and expert analysis, the film brings to life the constitutional crisis and personal dramas that reshaped the House of Windsor and the future of the United Kingdom forever.
March/April 1917. The first world war is already a couple year to pace. A sealed train with Russian emigrants keeps on driving from Zürich Germany and Sweden to Sint-Petersburg. The outlaws stand under the guidance of Vladimir J. Lenin. Two senior officers support the revolutionary bomb "to ensure that everything runs smoothly. Yet there are some unpleasant clashes between Socialists and enthusiastic workers who are worried about the war. During train travel there comes an end to Lenin's affair with the gracious Inessa, and his wife Nadja is prepared take back him. The triumphant entrance in St. Petersburg will exceed all expectations....
After Fort Ridgely's assault, U.S. troops pursue Dakota warriors, which led to their capture, trial, and execution in a tense historical showdown.
The real story of Patrizio Oliva, raised in an extended family in a difficult neighbourhood in Naples. After the loss of his brother Ciro, Patrizio decides to collect his legacy and fight for redeeming himself and his family.
On a trip to the island of Onrust, Bramanto Putra discovered an ancient diary while idly looking for historical objects. It belonged to the lover of Maria Van De Velde, who disappeared under mysterious circumstances. Bram and another archeology student named Susan decide to do some research on the owner of the diary, leading to fatal consequences as they accidentally unleash a dark spell upon the island.
A story of a several days of intense fighting on the Eastern Front during one of the Soviet offensives in WWII.
The evolution of Chimed, the main character, is shown by the evolution of a servant man who was enslaved by foreign merchants and scorned by local rich people, who found his freedom with the revolution and then strives to work for his country. The feature of the film is that the behavior of the common man is formed along with the process of the revolution, and it clearly shows how a boy from the pastoral people not only learns to read and write by benefiting from science, but also works with all his strength to educate the people's children and grows into a leading intellectual.
The story about how a life of an individual is dominated by the fate written by almighty. The story is of the time when Zamindari sytem used to prevail in the East Indian villages. And how a small boy’s life takes twist and turns according to the mercy of the fate written.
Outside the mass burial mound of Lanruo Temple, the female ghost Nie Xiaoyan and the female ghost Haitang are both subordinates of the tree demon Kongcheng. They serve Kongcheng together and fight against the demon catcher Yan Nantian. Guarding each other, unexpectedly, after Nie Xiaoyan met the scholar Fu Qingzhu, all this changed, and a life-and-death love triangle struggle intensified.