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1) The Chosen
Publisher
Angel Studios
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
A charismatic fisherman drowning in debt. A troubled woman wrestling with real demons. A young tax collector ostracized by society. A religious leader questioning his faith tradition.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Intent on destroying America, by changing history, a mysterious criminal, Flynn, steals a secret state-of-the-art time machine. The only hope of stopping him lies with an unexpected team: Lucy, a history professor; Wyatt, a soldier; and Rufus, a scientist, who must use the machine's prototype to travel back in time to ensure critical events remain unchanged.
Publisher
MGM
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
This glorious epic is an inspiring, grand-scale recreation of the life of Jesus of Nazareth. Lavishly produced at a cost of {dollar}20 million—an enormous amount for the time—and honored with five 1965 Academy Award nominations [Cinematography (Color), Original Score, Art Direction (Color), Costume Design (Color), Special Visual Effects], this exceptional motion picture boasts an all-star cast—including Max von Sydow, John Wayne, Charlton Heston,...
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Anne Shirley is thirteen years old and finds that life in Avonlea is never simple. Torn between her free-spirited nature and her own perceived need to become sensible, Anne finds that the journey toward her goal is fraught with confusion and more than a few unfortunate yet amusing mishaps.
Publisher
Warner Bros
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Amid the clash of European and Native American cultures following the founding of Jamestown, Virginia, in 1607, the legendary romance of an English explorer, Captain John Smith (international superstar Colin Farrell - Alexander), and a beautiful Indian princess, Pocahontas (Q'orianka Kilcher), is transformed into a sweeping exploration of love, loss and discovery, both a celebration and an elegy for the America that was... and the America that was...
7) Ironweed
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
1987.
Language
English
Description
Based on the William Kennedy novel of the same name, IRONWEED is set in the waning years of the Depression. Jack Nicholson plays Francis Phelan, a washed-up baseball player who deserted his family back in the 1910s when he accidentally killed his infant son by dropping him. Since that time, Phelan has been a shabby barfly, living from drink to drink; spending his days palling around with Rudy (Tom Waits). Wandering into his hometown of Albany, New...
Language
English
Formats
Description
Based on a true story, this riveting western follows a headstrong New York widow (Jessica Chastain) as she journeys west to meet Sioux chief Sitting Bull, facing off with an army officer (Sam Rockwell) intent on war with Native Americans. Official Selection at the **Tribeca Film Festival** and **Toronto International Film Festival**. "*Jessica Chastain and Michael Greyeyes bring smarts and chemistry to this worthy Western.*" - Tomris Laffly, ***Time...
10) Lady Jane
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
1986.
Language
English
Description
In 1553, England's idle rich were anything but idle. With the blessing of the royal family, they plundered the riches of the church, stole the finest farmlands, and generally took all the best things the country had to offer. A cousin to the infamous Henry VII, Lady Jane Grey (Helena Bonham Carter) disapproved of the way her fellow nobles behaved, and disagreed with their religious beliefs. But as a sheltered 16-year-old, there wasn’t much she could...
11) Angel Heart
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
1987.
Language
English
Description
Seedy Brooklyn private eye Harry Angel (Mickey Rourke) is hired by shady Louis Cyphre (Robert De Niro) to locate a pop singer who reneged on a debt. Harry ventures into Harlem, the first step of a Heart of Darkness-inspired odyssey. Each time Harry makes contact with someone who might know the singer's whereabouts, he or she is killed in a horrible, ritualistic fashion; a Satanic cult seems to be at the bottom of all the carnage. Harry solves the...
Publisher
Warner Bros
Pub. Date
1996.
Language
English
Description
In 1963 civil rights leader Medgar Evers was murdered in his owndriveway. For 30 years his assassin has remained free. Alec Baldwinstars as a dedicated young trial lawyer, and Whoopi Goldberg stars asthe widow of renowned civil rights leader Medgar Evers in the truemurder story GHOSTS OF MISSISSIPPI. On June 12, 1963, an assassin'sbullet kills Medgar Evers. But nearly 31 years pass before his killerfaces justice when Attorney Bobby DeLaughter (Baldwin--The...
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Deutsch
Description
Maximilian's marriage to Marie turns out to be a happy one. However, the risk of war with France is imminent. Maximilian arms his men and thwarts a conspiracy of the Ghent citizens. However, everything is put to risk when Joan's husband finds out that she has an affair with Maximilian's confident Polheim. According to Burgundy's law, Polheim faces death penalty.
14) Gettysburg
Publisher
Warner Bros
Pub. Date
1993.
Language
English
Description
Summer 1863. The Confederacy pushes north into Pennsylvania. Union divisions converge to face them. Two great armies will clash at GETTYSBURG, site of a theology school. For three days, through such legendary actions as Little Round Top and Pickett's Charge, the fate of "one nation, indivisible" hangs in the balance.
15) The Divine Order
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Winner of the Audience Award for Best Narrative Film at the **Tribeca Film Festival**, THE DIVINE ORDER is set in Switzerland in 1971 where, despite the worldwide social upheavals of the previous decade, women were still denied the right to vote. When unassuming and dutiful housewife Nora is forbidden by her husband to take a part-time job, her frustration leads to her becoming the poster child of her town’s suffragette movement. Her newfound celebrity...
16) Ask for Jane
Publisher
levelFILM
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
A group of determined Midwestern women begin providing safe but illegal abortions in this 1960s period drama based on a true story.
17) Colette
Publisher
Bleecker Street
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
After marrying a successful Parisian writer known commonly as “Willy” (Dominic West), Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette (Keira Knightley) is transplanted from her childhood home in rural France to the intellectual and artistic splendor of Paris. Soon after, Willy convinces Colette to ghostwrite for him. She pens a semi-autobiographical novel about a witty and brazen country girl named Claudine, sparking a bestseller and a cultural sensation. After its...
18) Becket
Publisher
MPI Media Group
Pub. Date
1964.
Language
English
Description
One of the greatest historical dramas in motion picture history, BECKET is the moving, passionate and ultimately tragic story of King Henry II (Peter O’Toole) and his friend and confidant, Thomas Becket (Richard Burton). King Henry II is far from being a saint. He reigns over a Medieval England festering with political conflict and occupies his days with drinking, pursuing woman and wagering war. His constant cohort in these escapes is Thomas Becket....
Publisher
SPI International
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
Hungarian
Description
On August 16, 1958 two Hungarian immigrants break into the Hungarian embassy in Bern and take the ambassador hostage. As the Swiss police surrounds the building and a group of Hungarian immigrants shows up on the street to demonstrate, a tense, twist-filled hostage drama plays out behind the closed doors of the embassy. Based on a true story. Winner of the Federico Fellini Award at the **Tiburon International Film Festival**. Nominated for the Grand...
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Deutsch
Description
Maximilian saves Polheim's life and rids himself of the conspirators. In order to dispel rumors that their first-born son is actually a girl, Maximilian and Marie have their son baptized in public. However, as the ducal family leaves the cathedral, Maximilian is stabbed. He escapes death by the skin of his teeth only to confront the young French Prince Charles in the Battle of Guinegate.
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