Category: History

History

  • Dictatorship

    Television production of the play “Dictatorship” by Ukrainian playwright Ivan Mykytenko, who was repressive in the 1930s.
    The theme of the film was the tragic fate of the people deceived by the government – a peasant who was robbed to the last grain and his strength was destroyed.

  • The Shooting Party

    1913, shortly before the outbreak of WWI. A group of aristocrats gathers at the estate of Sir Randolph Nettleby for a weekend shoot. As the terminal decrepitude of a dying class is reflected in the social interactions and hypocrisy of its members, only world weary Sir Randolph seems to realise that the sun is setting.

  • Ninth January

    About the events that took place on January 9 in St. Petersburg, which marked the beginning of the revolution of 1905-1907 in Russia.

  • Broken April

    Adaptation of the novel “Prilli i thyer” by Ismail Kadare. The April of 1939 is the month of honeymoon and a month of tragedy for writer Besian Vorpsi and his wife Diana. Such is this month for Gjorg Berisha too, who is enjoying his last month of freedom in the mountains. Afterwards, according to the Kanun, he will have to shut himself inside his tower, as he has avenged his brother’s death. Aka The Uninvited, Unwanted Guests.

  • Topos

    During its 85-minute running time, this jarring experimental film takes a no-holds-barred look at the way women have been treated and depicted in Western art.

  • Broken Rainbow

    Documentary chronicling the government relocation of 10,000 Navajo Indians in Arizona.

  • The Silver Mask

    Agatha Slatineanu, together with the alleged banker Troianoff, rob the boyar Valcu of a treasure collected in order to buy the throne. However, the gold is recovered by Margelatu for the benefit of the “Brotherhood”.

  • Past, Present, and Future

    Set in 1961 Goa, this is a story of a rich and influential Goan family and what happens to them over a period of time. The movie is narrated in past-tense by one of the friends of the family.

  • Come Free

    1918. North Caucasus, civil war. After the revolutionary upsurge, during which the First Congress of the Peoples of the Terek Region was convened, there was a temporary decline. Denikin’s troops were rampaging, and the party went underground, continuing its revolutionary activities. Denikin’s troops notice the appearance of the Bolshevik Aslanbek in the city and begin to follow the liaison officer. Soon, the underground committee is arrested. But by this time, the Red Army, having received powerful support from the mountain dwellers and workers, goes on the offensive.

  • Three Sovereigns for Sarah

    Nineteen people were hanged and one man pressed to death, while hundreds went to jail during the “witch hysteria” of 1692. THREE SOVEREIGNS FOR SARAH offers an accurate portrayal of the Salem witch trials, with real characters and original transcripts woven into the dialogue. The film is a powerful, moving story about three loving sisters accused of witchcraft.