Pagrindinė filmo herojė – jauna mergina, bandanti patikti savo tėvams, bet visad juos nuliūdinanti. Kai Kinijos imperatorius įsako visiems krašto vyrams kariauti su mongolų grobikais, ji persirengia vyrų ir užima savo tėvo vietą, tuo pačiu išgelbėdama jį nuo neišvengiamos mirties.
"Pianistas" - tai filmas apie Lenkijos žydą, papasakojusį savo išlikimo II-ojo Pasaulinio karo metais istoriją. Garsaus kompozitoriaus ir pianisto muzika skambėjo Lenkijos radio bangomis, likus kelioms minutėms iki nacių artilerijos atakos 1939 m. rugsėjo mėn. Per brutalią šalies okupaciją muzikantas liko tėvynėje, Varšuvos gete kartu su kitais puse milijono žydų. Visą tą siaubingą laiką jis stengėsi išgyventi, net ir žinodamas, kad kiti jo šeimos nariai yra nusiųsti į mirtininkų stovyklas. Paskutinėmis karo dienomis išlikti ir pasislėpti jam padėjo...vokiečių karininkas.
1876-ieji. Kapitonas Natanas Algrenas, gerbiamas JAV armijos karininkas veteranas, gyvena šlovingos praeities prisiminimais. Kadaise jis rizikavo gyvybe dėl savo šalies ir piliečių, žinojo, kas yra draugystė, atsidavimas, auka, tačiau laikai nuo JAV pilietinio karo pabaigos gerokai pasikeitė. Pragmatizmas pakeitė drąsą, nuo žemės paviršiaus išnyko tokios vertybės kaip pasiaukojimas ir garbė. Natanas Algrenas jaučiasi prarandąs savo sielą, nesuvokiąs modernėjančio pasaulio, nerandąs jame vietos.
Kitame pasaulio krašte tokios pat mintys ramybės neduoda kitam kariui. Tai Katsumoto - garbingiausias samurajų kovotojas. Vakarietiškos tradicijos, modernaus pasaulio atributai - telegrafo linijos, geležinkeliai – viskas, atrodo, tik griauna tas dvasines vertybes, kurias vertino samurajai ir už kurias ištisus šimtemčius kovojo. Vertybes, kurių laikosi ir kurios tebėra tokios pat svarbios nepailstančios sielos kariui Katsumoto.
In New York, a Pakistani native finds that his American Dream has collapsed in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
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.
Sissi is now the empress of Austria and attempts to learn etiquette. While she is busy being empress she also has to deal with her difficult new mother-in-law, while the arch-duchess Sophie is trying to tell the emperor how to rule and also Sissi how to be a mother.
After spending two decades in England, Bill Bryson returns to the U.S., where he decides the best way to connect with his homeland is to hike the Appalachian Trail with one of his oldest friends.
The lives of six German-Turkish immigrants are drawn together by circumstance: An old man and a prostitute forging a partnership, a young scholar reconciling his past, two young women falling in love, and a mother putting the shattered pieces of her life back together.
In pursuit of a better future, a young girl decides to emigrate. She leaves her homeland behind along with her belongings and her loved ones. In the new country she realizes the depth of her venture and discovers that the only thing she carries with her from her homeland, is a symbol of love.
In the Bolivian altiplano, Virginio and Sisa, an elderly Quechua couple who have lived a quiet life for years, face an impossible dilemma during an unusually long drought: resist or be defeated by the hostile environment and the relentless passage of time.
In different parts of rural China, various people explore what makes their communities unique.
Elisabeth of Austria is a German movie with Lil Dagover as royalty Elisabeth who has many men to choose from.
Coming home to make amends with her estranged father, Eleni finds herself confronted with an unexpected kinship.
Chaja Florentin and Mimi Frons have been best friends for 83 years. Born and raised in Berlin, they had to escape from the Nazis to Palestine with their families in 1934. They talk about their complicated relationship with Berlin in a Tel Aviv café where they meet everyday. A film about friendship, homeland and identity.
Intimate discussion with the inhabitants of Kfarbaal, a village tucked in the mountains above Byblos. We hear them share their experiences, deceptions and dreams.
In rural Kosovo, identical houses are built for family members working abroad, in the hope that they will one day return to settle in their old homeland.