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In Persia in the 11th Century, a surgeons apprentice disguises himself as a Jew to study at a school that does not admit Christians

A chronicle of Oscar Wildes libel suit against the Marquis of Queensberry and the tragic turn his life takes because of it

In 1820 Louisiana, river pirates tangle with plantation owners while gambling ship pirate queen Lili Scarlet falls in love with planter Andre Tulane to the dismay of rival Hugo Marat, leader of the river pirates

In 18th century Russia, Imperial officer Piotr Grinov is dispatched to a faraway isolated outpost where his loyalties are tested during the Pugachev Rebellion against the Empress Catherine II

William Hoy was one of the first Deaf Major League Baseball players in the 1800s Being deaf, he introduced hand signals for strike and ball to the game and overcame many obstacles to become one of the greatest players of his time

World war two drama about the 1942 North Africa battle at El Alamein between the Allies and the Axis forces

This is the story of the days directly after 911, and the presidents whereabouts

Belle Melina Mercouri is a tempestuous gypsy girl who is after Sir Paul Deverill Keith Michell Her plan is to marry him and take him for every cent he has before moving on to other lovers

In the midst of the Russian Revolution of 1905, the crew of the battleship Potemkin mutiny against the brutal, tyrannical regime of the vessels officers The resulting street demonstration in Odessa brings on a police massacre

Roman slave Lurcio inadvertently becomes the possessor of a scroll naming the proposed assassins of the Emperor Nero Administering to the participants of his masters orgy guests seems small compared to the trouble the scroll brings

An intentionally noncommittal version of the Cuban revolution told through flashbacks, the film recounts Ches switch from doctor to politico in Castros campaign

The true story of an Argentine family who lived with Josef Mengele without knowing his true identity, and of a girl who fell in love with one of the biggest criminals of all time

Fenella, a poor Italian girl, falls in love with a Spanish nobleman, but their affair triggers a revolution and national catastrophe

Quebec, the 1830s and 1840s As she attends the bedside of Jerome, her second husband, Elisabeth recalls her youth, her marriage to her first husband, Antoine, life in remote Kamouraska where he is seigneur, their love dissolving in

Mohawk archaeologist Baptiste Asigny engages in a search for his ancestors following a tragic terrain slump in the Percival Molson Stadium

The lives and battles of soldiers leading up to the 1904 siege of Port Arthur during the Russo Japanese War

December 1897, Paris Edmond Rostand is not yet thirty but already two children and a lot of anxieties He has not written anything for two years In desperation, he offers the great Constant Coquelin a new play, a heroic comedy, in

This powerful and thought provoking film chronicles the compelling events in the Pacific Theater of WWII, from the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941 to the American occupation of Japan in 1945 It depicts the strength and courage of Am

As the 2008 financial crisis loomed, frantic efforts to save the US from economic collapse happened in secret VICE News explores the untold stories of powerful people leading the way

In 1937, 800 Chinese soldiers fight under siege from a warehouse in the middle of the Shanghai battlefield, completely surrounded by the Japanese army

The life of Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto from the early 1930s to his death at the hands of the US military in 1943

The lives and battles of soldiers leading up to the 1904 siege of Port Arthur during the Russo Japanese War

After their lord is tricked into committing ritual suicide, forty seven samurai warriors await the chance to avenge their master and reclaim their honor

A documentary that examines the inspirational life of Dayton O Hyde as a modern day renaissance man and one of the last old style cowboys

The story of Abraham Lincolns childhood in the harsh wilderness of Indiana and the hardships that shaped him, the tragedy that marked him for ever and the two women who guided him to immortality

This documentary uses news footage and amateur video to paint a vivid picture of Romanias 1989 revolution and the fall of dictator Nicolae Ceausescu

A Japanese merchant who leaves his wife behind in order to travel to Manchuria, where he witnesses an act of barbarism His subsequent actions cause misunderstanding, jealousy and legal problems for his wife

Explore how John F Kennedys worldview was influenced by his younger years, when he endured poor health, family tragedy and a demanding father

A university student returns home to self isolate during lockdown Hes totally alone, hes caught the virus and in order to cope hes started to talk to himself

The Titanics twin sister, the Britannic, was bigger and better built, but she sank to the bottom three times faster Why she sunk has remained a mystery until now

In the south of Sweden, some farmers get into trouble when the German Count is forcing them to perform day labor for him But a man refuses to bow to the German Count

Dr Bernard Nathanson and Dr Mildred Jefferson square off in a national battle in this untold conspiracy that led to the most famous and controversial court case in history

A documentary that recounts the many ways in which American slavery persisted as a practice many decades after its supposed abolition

A young woman is searching, today, in Paris, for the collection of paintings stolen from her Jewish family during WWII

A documentary fiction that reconstructs the complex procedural path followed by the 1969 massacre through the point of view of Francesca Dendena, daughter of one of the victims and President of the Family Association of the victims o

In an insane asylum, Marquis de Sade directs Jean Paul Marats last days through a theater play The actors are the patients