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Tells the story of the greatest natural disaster of the ancient world, an event that experts believe inspired the legend of Atlantis.
Biopic of the Turkish poet Nâzim Hikmet and Ahmet Ümit, who followed in his footsteps. Based on the real-life stories of the two writers, the film explores the impact of Nâzım Hikmet's journey to Moscow on Ahmet Ümit's turbulent life and his move to Moscow in the 1980s. The film, which also features important segments of Turkish history, highlights the most dramatic aspects of the writers' challenging journeys while emphasizing the redemptive power of art and literature. Embracing the slogan "Life is short, art is long," the film explores how two young people were transformed into writers by the influence of their era.
More than a quarter century has passed since the collapse of the Soviet Union. We still feel the contradictory echoes, the echo of this collapse, and, probably, we will feel for a long time. But there is little left that still unites us - former citizens of the former empire, wherever fate brings us - Soviet food, an absolutely unique sociocultural phenomenon of Soviet history and Soviet life.
The son of Emperor Nero's poisoner drinks the fatal potion prepared by his mother.
Alderney, Channel Islands. 1964. A telephone operator ends up being the pivotal piece of a drama unfurling which puts professional integrity, and relationships, to the test.
This is a story about a police officer named Khun Phan in WWII. He is off on an undercover mission to take down a governor at an island which everyone there is considered as bandits.
Explore Emily Dickinson's vivacious, irreverent side that was covered up for years — most notably her lifelong romantic relationship with another woman.
Follows the life of Yuldash Akhunbabayev, one of the first leaders of Uzbekistan. The painting covers the period from the late 1930s to the beginning of the Great Patriotic War.
1944. Nazi Germany is on the verge of total defeat. Hidden in a secret SS headquarters a senior SS General awaits an American special forces guide who parachutes in to lead him away to America in return for vital information about entrenched German positions and forces. Some SS colleagues, unaware of the General's treachery, detain the American and get shot in the head during the negotiations.
A band of vikings are on the run from a blood thirsty group of Berserkers who want to fight to the death.
Samuel Allen's life collapses, but he wants to pursue his childhood goals and become a preacher. To do this, the rock n roll star has to fight against his past demons.
In March 2002, a state TV signal in China gets hacked by members of the banned spiritual group Falun Gong. Their goal is to counter the government narrative about their practice. In the aftermath, police raids sweep Changchun City, and comic book illustrator Daxiong (Justice League, Star Wars), a Falun Gong practitioner, is forced to flee. He arrives in North America, blaming the hijacking for worsening an already violent repression. But his views are challenged when he meets the lone surviving participant to have escaped China, now living in Seoul, South Korea.
In New France before the British Conquest, Marie, an indigenous slave, serves the local surgeon. Her daily life of household chores is bleak and alienating. The encounter with a young girl she presumes to be her child will give her motivation to undertake radical actions.
A retrospective look at the youth cultures born in the German Democratic Republic. A celebration of the lust for life, a contemporary trip into the world of skate, a tale on three heroes and their boards, from their childhood in the seventies, through their teenage rebellion in the eighties and the summer of 1989, when their life changed forever, to 2011.
The film tells the story of the love between Susran and Mizago, two Circassians fighting for freedom against the Russians in the Caucasus. Susran is the leader of the Circassians fighting against the Russians in the region. Susran falls in love with Mizago while dancing with her at a party. Mizago is the daughter of Karabata, a Circassian who collaborates with Russian Colonel Rakimov. Upon learning this, Susran goes to Karabata's house. However, he is ambushed and captured. Meanwhile, Susran's comrades-in-arms, Kanshav and Çelemet, kidnap Mizago. Susran will try to escape from Colonel Rakimov's clutches and reunite with Mizago.
Is there nothing new under the sun? 1770. The South Atlantic. A fleet sets sail from Buenos Aires to expel the British forces and reconquer the Falkland Islands. A major international crisis explodes. What follows may sound strangely familiar, but is firmly based on the historical record and the actual speeches and writings of the time.
