In 1789, French poet André Chénier struck up a romance with a young aristocrat.
Xuan Yuan the Great Emperor tells the legendary story of the ancestor of Chinese people: Ji Di. Ji Di lived in the Yellow River basin about 5000 years ago.
In the face of rebellion in Russia, Czar Alexander II sends soldier Michael Strogoff 2,000 miles away, with a critical message for Grand Duke Vladimir. On the train journey, Michael befriends a traveler and comes into contact with a mysterious spy, who both unexpectedly aid him in his quest. Once behind enemy lines, Michael is near his hometown and his mother, whom he must avoid in order to fulfill his mission.
The story of Eugeniusz Bodo, a famous Polish actor and singer, who was at the peak of his career in 1930s.
During the century of the Spanish Gold, Doña Prouhèze, wife of a nobleman, deeply loves Don Rodrigo, who is forced to leave Spain and go to America. Meanwhile Prouhèze is sent to Africa to rule the city of Mogador. Ten years later Rodrigo leaves America and travels to Africa in search of Prouhèze to find out that she died and eventually meeting her daughter.
In 1854, Australian gold rush miners struggle for their rights against an oppressive government.
The twins of the recently departed Marcus Aurelius fight it out to see who will become emperor of Rome.
Poet Layli Long Soldier crafts a searing portrait of her Oyate’s connection to the Black Hills, through first contact and broken treaties to the promise of the Land Back movement, in this lyrical testament to resilience of a nation.
Detective story set up in the time and place of young Pushkin, at Tsarskosel'sky Liceum.
The life of Vincent de Paul, the 17th-century author and priest who founded two religious orders.
This film is based on the classic novel of the same name by writer Ivan Franko, one of the most famous figures of Ukrainian literature. It is set during the 1200s and the invasion of the medieval Ukrainian-Russian state of Rus' by Chengis Khan's Golden Horde. Due to its having been produced during the Soviet era, the story's aspect of class-conflict between the "heroic" peasantry and the "decadent" noble particularly emphasized here.
The film mainly describes the Ming Dynasty ancestors, Zhu Xi, established a secret military intelligence organization - nine gates (九门), to monitor the government officials and to control the people in the capital. In the middle of the Ming Dynasty, the minister of Military Affairs was attempting to rebel. As being the strongest assassin organization in the capital, nine gates (九门) were ordered to investigate the case. However, this case was intricately rooted, and things far exceeded everyone’s imagination. Even the nine internal forces were deeply involved...
A Hindu doctor with dementia and a Muslim auto rickshaw driver form an unlikely friendship as they cross India in search of the doctor's childhood home.
Three sisters run brothels protected by the authorities, abuse and prostitute young women under the false pretense of employing them as servants.
This short chronicles Abraham Lincoln's presidency from his inauguration through delivery of the Gettysburg Address.
Passers-by, those who knew him in his youth, René Barjavel, witness of his beginnings, his wife, his doctor, writers ... By questioning them Michel Polac tries to better understand the troubled personality of Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Notorious anti-Semite and genius writer.
The tragic medieval tale of a man of inhuman strength, fierce temper and a desire for noble knighthood. While on the run as a murderer, he finds new life as a knight, only to face disillusionment, the horrors of war and ugly human vices.
Based on the book "Ambassador Extraordinary" by the Tur Brothers. The film tells about the life and work of the first Soviet woman diplomat (the prototype was A. M. Kollontai). In the difficult years of the Great Patriotic War, Elena Koltsova, Soviet ambassador to a neutral Scandinavian country, works hard to expose the provocations of Hitler's Germany.
The narrative covers a century of institutional history, revealing how a small group expanded its mission and membership to achieve widespread influence.
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