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1) Russian ark
Publisher
Wellspring Media
Pub. Date
[2003], c2002
Language
Russian
Description
A modern filmmaker magically finds himself transported to the 18th century where he embarks on a time-traveling journey through 300 years of Russian history. The first feature film ever created in a single take.
Series
Criterion collection volume 249
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
Français
Description
Focuses on the harrowing events of 1957, a key year in Algeria's struggle for independence from France. Recreates the tumultuous Algerian uprising against the occupying French in the 1950s. As violence escalates on both sides, the French torture prisoners for information and the Algerians resort to terrorism in their quest for independence. Children shoot soldiers at point-blank range, women plant bombs in cafés. The French win the battle, but ultimately...
4) The violin
Publisher
RB Media
Pub. Date
2008
Language
Español
Description
In rural Mexico, during the peasant revolts of the 1970s, Plutarco, his son Genaro and grandson Lucio lead double lives. On the one hand, they are simple country musicians, and on the other they actively support the peasant guerrilla movement against the oppressor government. When the army occupies the village, the rebels are forced to flee and leave their ammunition behind. Making the most of the fact that he looks like an inoffensive violinist,...
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002], c2001
Language
Español
Description
During the Spanish Civil War, young Carlos is abandoned at a completely isolated orphanage. The tensions therein have been building for years, exacerbated by the unexploded bomb resting menacingly in the courtyard. Bullies scheme, tempers flare, and a ghost that visits Carlos's bed seems to be the key to it all.
6) The leopard
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
Italiano
Description
After the reunification of Italy, an aging Sicilian prince sees his influence slipping away, the growth of national movements and his nephew's attempts to take power.
Publisher
MHZ Networks Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2016
Language
Français
Description
Beginning with the Germans arrival in June 1940, they endure five years of rationing, fighting and betrayals, and strain to keep some semblance of their existence intact. The war shatters all their lives, but a few of them, even in the shadow of destruction, reach out to find fleeting moments of connection and love.
9) Ida
Publisher
Music Box Films
Pub. Date
2014
Language
Polish
Description
A moving and intimate drama about a young novitiate nun in 1960s Poland who, on the verge of taking her vows, discovers a dark family secret dating from the terrible years of the Nazi occupation.
Series
Criterion collection volume 130
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2001, c1965
Language
Czech
Description
When the Nazis come to Czechoslovakia, they appoint Tono as the "Aryan controller" of a shop owned by an elderly Jewish widow. The two become friends, and Tono faces a difficult decision when the Nazis start rounding up the Jews.
11) War and peace
Publisher
Kultur
Pub. Date
(2002)
Language
Russian
Description
Detailed adaptation of the Tolstoy novel of the Napoleonic invasion of Russia.
12) The seventh seal
Series
Criterion collection volume 11
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
1998
Language
Swedish
Description
In medieval Sweden a knight returns from war only to find a ravaged homeland. He meets up with a group of travelling players and eventually confronts the embodiment of death with whom he engages in a game of chess for his life.
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
Français
Description
The German occupation changes the life of the village of Villeneuve forever, and as its residents come under the pressures of war, they make choices that are inspiring and heartbreaking. In this gripping drama, ordinary citizens become patriots, traitors, Nazi employees or activists. Beginning with the Germans' arrival in June 1940, they endure five years of rationing, fighting and betrayals, and strain to keep some semblance of their existence intact....
Publisher
MHZ Networks Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
Français
Description
It chronicles the impact of World War II on a small village in central France. The series follows the lives of the villagers during the war as their lives become irrevocably changed by the German occupation and its aftermath. The Germans arrive in June 1940; the occupation will go on for five years and will reveal the strengths, weaknesses and secrets of the characters as they come under the pressures of war.
17) Golden voices
Publisher
Music Box Films
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
Russian
Description
Raya and Victor built a shared career as the Soviet Union's most beloved film dubbers, translating the work of Federico Fellini and Stanley Kubrick into Russian over the decades. Upon the collapse of the USSR in 1990, the Jewish couple must immigrate to Israel and reinvent their talents to find employment. As they strive to acclimate to their adopted home, opportunities for first-rate vocal performances are few and far between. Raya answers a help...
18) A royal affair
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
The passionate and forbidden romance between the insane Danish King, the royal physician, and the young but strong-willed Queen leads to a revolution that changes an entire nation. - From WorldCat.
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