Documentary, History
The epic story of the Russian Civil War (1918-21): the White Terror, the counterrevolutionary uprisings, the guerrilla war, the Kolchak front, the Wrangel front and the Kronstadt rebellion. Chaos and violence, devastation and death.
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Stasi: A State Against Its People
The Sailor's Song
The Last Days of Pompeii
Dingjun Mountain
Michael Collins
Savior
The Russian Revolution
Destination Home
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Admiral
Alfred
My Brother Is an Only Child
Rachí
Katyn
Nuclear Savage: The Islands of Secret Project 4.1
Lincoln@Gettysburg
Man with a Movie Camera
Blood Diamonds
Thimble Theater
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Stasi: A State Against Its People
IMDB 9 | Oct , 2021
After the fall of the Berlin Wall, thousands of documents were hastily shredded by the dreaded GDR political police. 16,000 bags filled with six million pieces of paper were found. Thanks to the meticulous work of technology, the destinies of men and women who had been spied on and recorded without their knowledge could be reconstructed.The Sailor's Song
IMDB 6.5 | Nov , 1958
A film about the historical uprising of the seamen in Kiel: During the Russian October Revolution of 1917, German and Russian soldiers start to solidarize with each other. By disarming the officers, machinist Henne Lonke and stoker Jens Kasten prevent the attack on a Russian freighter. When German admiralty gives out orders for operation "Nibelungen", which would lead the German fleet into a suicidal attack against England and quell the revolutionary spirit, seamen and soldiers from different political backgrounds unite in protest.The Last Days of Pompeii
IMDB 5.2 | Mar , 1926
Carmine Gallone and Amleto Palermi’s The Last Days of Pompeii 1926 stages in sumptuous colour tinting the epic fall of the ancient city buried by Mount Vesuvius’ eruption. Adapted from Edward Bulwer-Lytton’s love story, the film was innovative in its special effects and an early major box-office hit. A beautiful tinted restoration print was prepared using photochemical processes by Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia-Cineteca Nazionale in the mid-1990s and the premiere screening of the restoration print was held in the amphitheatre in Pompeii, followed by a screening at the major restoration festival ‘Il Cinema Ritrovato’ in Bologna in 1998.Dingjun Mountain
IMDB 10 | Dec , 1905
The first Chinese film ever made, a sung representation of Battle of Mount Dingjun.Michael Collins
IMDB 6.9 | Oct , 1996
Michael Collins plays a crucial role in the establishment of the Irish Free State in the 1920s, but becomes vilified by those hoping to create a completely independent Irish republic.Savior
IMDB 7.2 | Jun , 1998
A hardened mercenary in the Foreign Legion begins to find his own humanity when confronted with atrocities during the fighting in Bosnia.The Russian Revolution
IMDB 6.3 | Jun , 2017
Starting in 1881 this film shows the personal battle between Lenin's Ulyanov family and the royal Romanovs that eventually led to the Russian revolution.Destination Home
IMDB 0 | Jan , 2014
A Liberian refugee SAM REAYAH and his family have been separated for five years and live in uncertainty waiting for family reunion. While Sam and his younger daughter Ruth continue their lives in Buduburam Refugee camp in Ghana, his wife Decontee and his older daughter Joyce have already started a life in Rochester, USA. The film explores the idea of home. Sam's family had a home in Liberia, but they had to give it up. They were forced to build homes elsewhere. They built a home in Ghana. They build a home in The United States. They built homes together, they build homes separate of each other. But which home does the heart want?Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
IMDB 7.1 | Sep , 1916
The story of a poor young woman, separated by prejudice from her husband and baby, is interwoven with tales of intolerance from throughout history.Good Night, and Good Luck.
IMDB 7.1 | Sep , 2005
The story of journalist Edward R. Murrow's stand against Senator Joseph McCarthy's anti-communist witch-hunts in the early 1950s.Admiral
IMDB 6.4 | Jan , 2015
When the young republic of The Netherlands is attacked by England, France and Germany and faces its own civil war no less, only one man, Michael de Ruyter, can lead the county's strongest weapon, the Dutch fleet.Alfred
IMDB 6.7 | Dec , 1986
Short biographical documentary about the life of Alfred Florstedt and his life as a progressive communist from the Weimar Republic to his death in 1985.My Brother Is an Only Child
IMDB 6.7 | Mar , 2007
Accio and Manrico are siblings from a working-class family in 1960s Italy: older Manrico is handsome, charismatic, and loved by all, while younger Accio is sulky, hot-headed, and treats life as a battleground — much to his parents' chagrin. After the former is drawn into left-wing politics, Accio joins the fascists out of spite, but his flimsy beliefs are put to test when he falls for Manrico's like-minded girlfriend.Rachí
IMDB 0 | Apr , 2024
Combining modern footage with home movies and interviews, filmmaker María Casado's life is explored, focusing on themes of family, history, and belonging, with a particular emphasis on childhood experiences related to home.Katyn
IMDB 6.7 | Sep , 2007
On September 1st, 1939, Nazi Germany invades Poland, unleashing World War II. On September 17th, the Soviet Red Army crosses the border. The Polish army, unable to fight on two fronts, is defeated. Thousands of Polish men, both military and government officials, are captured by the invaders. Their fate will only be known several years later.Nuclear Savage: The Islands of Secret Project 4.1
IMDB 6.4 | Nov , 2011
A shocking political exposé, and an intimate ethnographic portrait of Pacific Islanders struggling for survival, dignity, and justice after decades of top-secret human radiation experiments conducted on them by the U.S. government.Lincoln@Gettysburg
IMDB 7.4 | Nov , 2013
An examination of how President Abraham Lincoln used contemporary telecommunications to his maximum advantage in the American Civil War.Man with a Movie Camera
IMDB 7.8 | May , 1929
A cameraman wanders around with a camera slung over his shoulder, documenting urban life with dazzling inventiveness.Blood Diamonds
IMDB 6.8 | Dec , 2006
Blood Diamonds is a made-for-TV documentary series, originally broadcast on the History Channel, that looks into the trade of diamonds which fund rebellions and wars in many African nations. The program focuses primarily on two nations: Sierra Leone and Angola. Diamonds which are traded for this purpose are known as blood diamonds.Thimble Theater
IMDB 7.4 | Jan , 1938
One of Joseph Cornell’s funniest films, Thimble Theater is structured like a vaudeville variety show about nature.