A través de los ojos inocentes de Bruno, el hijo de ocho años del comandante de un campo de concentración alemán, una amistad prohibida con un niño judío al otro lado de la valla del campo tiene consecuencias sorprendentes e inesperadas.
Durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, Casablanca era una ciudad a la que llegaban huyendo del nazismo gentes de todas partes: llegar era fácil, pero salir era casi imposible, especialmente si el nombre del fugitivo figuraba en las listas de la Gestapo. En esta ocasión el principal objetivo de la policía secreta alemana es el líder checo y héroe de la resistencia Victor Laszlo, cuya única esperanza es Rick Blaine, propietario del 'Rick’s Café' y antiguo amante de su mujer, Ilsa. Cuando Ilsa se ofrece a quedarse a cambio de un visado para sacar a Laszlo del país, Rick deberá elegir entre su propia felicidad o el idealismo que rigió su vida en el pasado.
After a wonderful time in Hungary Sissi falls extremely ill and must retreat to a Mediterranean climate to rest. The young empress’ mother takes her from Austria to recover in Madeira.
Tells the story of a Communist Party's early history during the turbulent era, examining the remarkable Chinese revolutionary leaders' zeal and contrition for the ascension of the Chinese people.
A fictional account of the life of Japanese author Yukio Mishima, combining dramatizations of three of his novels and a depiction of the events of November 25th, 1970.
Tres soldados norcoreanos, dos surcoreanos y uno americano, van a parar de manera diferente a un pequeño e inocente pueblo coreano llamado Dongmakgol, en mitad de la Guerra de Corea. Un pueblo donde se desconoce la existencia de tal guerra, un pueblo "inocente" que vive aislado del mundo y de la violencia y crueldad del mismo. Tras un accidentado encuentro entre los soldados del norte y sur, estos enemigos tendrán que colaborar juntos para enmendar el daño provocado en la aldea.
Eliane (Catherine Deneuve) es una elegante mujer de ascendencia francesa, y propietaria de una inmensa plantación de caucho, que tiene dos grandes amores: su hija adoptiva Camille (Linh Dan Pham) e Indochina. Todo cambiará con la entrada en sus vidas del apuesto oficial francés Jean-Baptiste (Vincent Perez)... Épico drama romántico que tiene como telón de fondo la gestación de la revolución comunista cuyo estallido provocó el fin de la colonización francesa de Indochina y el nacimiento del Vietnam en 1954. Consiguió el Oscar a la mejor película extranjera, y la francesa Catherine Deneuve fue nominada en la categoría de mejor actriz.
The Congolese Sikumoya faces prejudice and racism on a regular basis. He's accused of not adapting enough to the "German culture" and tries harder. A Neo-Nazi group and his mother-in-law push him to the breaking point. While in a coma, his metamorphosis completes.
La Cala conta la historia verdadera asombrosa de cómo un equipo de la elite de individuos, fabricantes de películas y buzos libres emprendió una misión encubierta de penetrar la cala escondida en Japón, luz brillante en un secreto oscuro y mortal. Los descubrimientos espantosos sólo eran la punta del iceberg.
Obsessively referring to the traumas and wounds that the Spanish civil war (1936-39) and Franco's dictatorship (1939-75) caused in their day no longer serves to explain the impassable abyss of incomprehension and hatred that the abject policies and radical positions adopted by both the right and the left in recent decades have opened up before the citizens of a country that is barely known beyond hackneyed cultural clichés.
Celebrated author and Nation magazine sports editor Dave Zirin tackles the myth that the NFL was somehow free of politics before Colin Kaepernick and other Black NFL players took a knee.
A collection of short films by five Thai directors imagining their country ten years into the future.
Summer of 1939. Zosia is a young Polish girl who is deeply in love with Ukrainian Petro. Their great love will be put to the test when her father decides to marry her to a wealthy widower Skiba. Right after wedding she is left alone because her husband is drafted to the Polish army for the war with Germany. Meanwhile, tensions grow due to Jews, Poles, and Ukrainians living side by side.
Commissioned to make a propaganda film about the 1936 Olympic Games in Germany, director Leni Riefenstahl created a celebration of the human form. Where the two-part epic's first half, Festival of the Nations, focused on the international aspects of the 1936 Olympic Games held in Berlin, part two, The Festival of Beauty, concentrates on individual athletes such as equestrians, gymnasts, and swimmers, climaxing with American Glenn Morris' performance in the decathalon and the games' majestic closing ceremonies.
Tells of the daring heist of The Stone of Destiny in the 1950s by a charming group of idealistic Scottish undergraduates, whose action rekindled Scottish nationalistic pride.
A couple wakes up and talks about a dream.
This documentary explores the life and times of Russell Dean Willey, a neo-Nazi supergrass, in order to explain the presence of Jack Van Tongeren's Australian Nationalists Movement in Australia, and its spread, especially in difficult economic times.
Suryabhan Tanaji Deshmukh, the sarpanch of Kharbujewaadi and an ardent follower of Shivaji Maharaj, tries his best to restore a decaying fort.
On Australia's most controversial national holiday, the lives of three Australians from diverse cultural backgrounds will collide, illuminating contemporary issues of racial tension and national identity that simmer beneath the surface of modern Australia.
Docudrama examining the life of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, who founded the Republic of Turkey from the ruins of the Ottoman Empire. Monuments to him can be found in every city; the anniversary of his death is commemorated every year; derogatory words about him are punishable by law. Rarely has a politician changed a society so radically in such a short time as Atatürk did Turkey.