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The Rise & Fall of Penn Station
9.5
2004

The Rise & Fall of Penn Station

In 1910, the Pennsylvania Railroad successfully accomplished the enormous engineering feat of building tunnels under New...

Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot
7.3
1958

Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot

This is the second part of a projected three-part epic biopic of Russian Czar Ivan Grozny, undertaken by Soviet film-mak...

Winter Journey
8.0
2019

Winter Journey

Tucson, Arizona, September 1996. At the request of his son Martin, George Goldsmith tells him of his past in Nazi German...

Septet: The Story of Hong Kong
6.9
2022

Septet: The Story of Hong Kong

A seven-part anthology film exploring the history of Hong Kong from the 1940s to present day.

Let God Kill the Spies
1993

Let God Kill the Spies

Five centuries of persecution and the struggle of the Macedonian people for freedom and an independent Macedonian state ...

Fathers and Sons
6.0
1959

Fathers and Sons

About the socio-political conflict between two worldviews, about the relationship between younger and older generations,...

The Great Conqueror's Concubine
7.7
1994

The Great Conqueror's Concubine

Insurrection deposes the tyrannical first emperor of China during the evil Qin Dynasty. Warrior/general Xiang Yu and the...

Hock E Aye Vi Edgar Heap of Birds: Family - An Oral History Project
10.0
2025

Hock E Aye Vi Edgar Heap of Birds: Family - An Oral History Project

In preparation for his first major retrospective at the Oklahoma Contemporary in 2025, Hock E Aye Vi Edgar Heap of Birds...

The Story of Adèle H.
6.9
1975

The Story of Adèle H.

In the 19th century a mysterious woman named Adele H. crosses the ocean, from Europe to North America, to relentlessly p...

Year One in the North
5.2
2005

Year One in the North

In 1868, after the fall of the Shogun-dominated Japan, the new government orders people from Awaji, near Kobe, to re-loc...

Unconquered
6.3
1947

Unconquered

England, 1763. After being convicted of a crime, the young and beautiful Abigail Hale agrees, to escape the gallows, to ...

Lady of the Dynasty
4.4
2015

Lady of the Dynasty

The tragic story of a Tang Dynasty imperial consort who was the favorite of the Emperor Xuanzong.

The Banquet
6.1
2006

The Banquet

Crown Prince Wu Luan is in love with Little Wan but left heartbroken when she marries his father, the emperor. The emper...

Afterimage
6.5
2016

Afterimage

In 1945, as Stalin sets his hands over Poland, famous painter Wladislaw Strzeminski refuses to compromise on his art wit...

Gangubai Kathiawadi
7.5
2022

Gangubai Kathiawadi

Duped and sold to a brothel, a young woman fearlessly reclaims her power, using underworld connections to preside over t...

Kajastus
1930

Kajastus

A historical drama depicting the Finnish struggle against Tsarist Russia. Opens at the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg ...

House of the Rising Sons
2018

House of the Rising Sons

The musical biography of the 1970s Hong Kong rock band The Wynners. Starting with their humble beginnings as band causin...

Colonia
7.3
2016

Colonia

A young woman's desperate search for her abducted boyfriend draws her into the infamous Colonia Dignidad, a sect nobody ...

Anaesthesia
1938

Anaesthesia

An examination of the history of anesthesia, from ancient Egyptian times to contemporary times.

Begum Jaan
5.6
2017

Begum Jaan

On the eve of Independence, the chairman of the Border Commission, Sir Cyril Radcliffe decides to divide India and Pakis...