Category: History
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Kamalolmolk
The movie chronicles the life of the famous painter Kamololmolk, and his relationship with various kings.
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The Prelude to an Undeclared War
In 1939, when the Japanese army invaded the protected border of our country, our border warriors showed how they protected the protected border of our country from foreign invaders.
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Memorias del general Escobar
After the end of the Spanish Civil War, General Antonio Escobar Huerta stoically awaits his execution, accused of military treason and sentenced to death for having sworn allegiance to the Republic. Despite being a man of deep religious convictions, Antonio Escobar decided to make an oath honoring the legally constituted government of the Second Spanish…
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The Life and Death of King John
The reign of England’s King John is threatened by Philip of France who demands that John’s nephew Arthur be placed on the throne. Pragmatic and decisive, King John moves to plactate the French, but there are others who seek disputre his authority.
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Solomon Northup’s Odyssey
This is based on a true story. Solomon Northrop is a black man in the mid 19th century before slavery was abolished. He’s a born free man who works as a carpenter and is also a part time musician. One day he is approached by some men who want him to play for them. However,…
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Rosa Luxemburg
Polish socialist and Marxist Rosa Luxemburg works tirelessly in the service of revolution in early 20th century Poland and Germany. While Luxemburg campaigns for her beliefs, she is repeatedly imprisoned as she forms the Spartacist League offering a new vision for Germany.
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Gorillas in the Mist
The story of Dian Fossey, a scientist who came to Africa to study the vanishing mountain gorillas, and later fought to protect them.
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Nikita Khrushchev – The Red Tsar
Nikita Khrushchev was a devoted supporter of Stalin, but eventually put an end to his predecessor’s regime of terror. In this documentary his family members, along with historians, bring to life his story and a piece of Soviet history.
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Weapons of War: US Navy Carriers
Packed with combat action from key conflicts, this DVD traces the fascinating rise of the biggest warships the world has ever known. Find out how US air power evolved from early biplanes landing on converted battleships to sophisticated warplanes on enormous modern super carriers. Discover everything you need to know about the most powerful and…
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Er Woo Dong: The Entertainer
Er Woo Dong translates to “entertainer,” a rough approximation of the duties of 14th-century Korean courtesan Er Yoon Chang. After a lifetime “in service,” Er Yoon Chang retires to a faraway village. Meanwhile, her powerful father, ashamed of his daughter’s lifestyle, dispatches an assassin to do her in. Er Yoon Chang is protected by her…
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The Last Inspection
The film takes place in 1927 in Uzbekistan. A group of Central Investigation officers has been sent from Moscow to Tashkent to assist the local police in the fight against banditry. At the same time, they participate in the fight against the remnants of the Basmachi and the White Guard underground.
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Allusion: Reincarnation Story
Musical film: Hiromi Go plays a warrior, a gigolo, and an officer spread across a thousand years of history
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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…
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Broken Rainbow
Documentary chronicling the government relocation of 10,000 Navajo Indians in Arizona.
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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”.