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Land of the Undaunted
1975

Land of the Undaunted

The Gorgon
1942

The Gorgon

1017 AD. The Republic of Pisa is organizing a fleet to drive out the Saracens who are infesting the Mediterranean. While...

Ophelia
7.1
2019

Ophelia

Ophelia comes of age as lady-in-waiting for Queen Gertrude, and her singular spirit captures Hamlet's affections. As lus...

...e continuavano a mettere lo diavolo ne lo inferno
2.7
1973

...e continuavano a mettere lo diavolo ne lo inferno

Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom
1985

Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom

At the beginning of the Civil War, Union gunboats sailed into Port Royal Sound, on the Sea Islands off the coast of Geor...

Five Days, Five Nights
7.0
1961

Five Days, Five Nights

Five Days, Five Nights (Fünf Tage, Fünf Nächte) takes place in Dresden in the immediate aftermath of the Second World Wa...

Buddha: The Great Departure
7.5
2011

Buddha: The Great Departure

Prince Siddhartha is heir to the Shakya kingdom, which is constantly at war with the more powerful Kosala kingdom. His f...

The Time of Secrets
6.0
2022

The Time of Secrets

Marseille, July 1905. Nearly a teenager, Marcel Pagnol embarks in his last summer vacation before high school and return...

The Shogun's Vault IV: The Gold Mines of Sado
1983

The Shogun's Vault IV: The Gold Mines of Sado

Account magistrate Wakisaka Bizen Mamoru asks Yoshibei, the chief priest of Iriya and Myohoji Temple to explore the Sado...

Daas
5.7
2011

Daas

In 1776 Vienna, imperial counselor Henryk Klein investigates allegations that the charismatic Jewish nobleman Jakub Fran...

The Happy Valley
5.8
1987

The Happy Valley

In 1940 Kenya as their country prepares for war, the local aristocratic social set lives a decadent, self-indulgent life...

Subedar Joginder Singh
7.3
2018

Subedar Joginder Singh

It is a biographical feature film on India's Highest Wartime Gallantry Award - Param Vir Chakra winner Subedar Joginder ...

Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
6.7
2002

Confessions of a Dangerous Mind

Television made him famous, but his biggest hits happened off screen. Television producer by day, CIA assassin by night,...

Pope Joan
6.8
2009

Pope Joan

A 9th century woman of English extraction born in the German city of Ingelheim disguises herself as a man and rises thro...

Purple Butterfly
6.6
2003

Purple Butterfly

Ding Hui is a member of Purple Butterfly, a powerful resistance group in Japanese occupied Shanghai. An unexpected encou...

The General and the Tyrant
1961

The General and the Tyrant

Upon becoming Prince Regent, the bellicose Lord Biu of Wu sends commander-general Si Ching-wan to rage wars between the ...

The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
6.9
2021

The Electrical Life of Louis Wain

The extraordinary true story of eccentric British artist Louis Wain, whose playful, sometimes even psychedelic pictures ...

ICHI
6.8
2008

ICHI

Ichi is a blind entertainer that travels the countryside with her traditional Japanese guitar and walking stick. She’s i...

John A.: Birth of a Country
6.5
2011

John A.: Birth of a Country

A riveting political thriller starring Shawn Doyle (John A. Macdonald), Peter Outerbridge (George Brown) and David LaHay...

Böseckendorf - Die Nacht, in der ein Dorf verschwand
3.0
2009

Böseckendorf - Die Nacht, in der ein Dorf verschwand

Autumn 1961: The GDR regime secures the border between the workers' and peasants' state and the class enemy in the West....