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When Germany invades Holland in 1940, a British intelligence officer and two Dutch diamond merchants go to Amsterdam to persuade the Dutch diamond merchants to evacuate their diamond supplies to England

Focuses on the people, their stories and architecture spanning from the mid 1800s, when Shanghai was opened as a trading port, to the present day

During the Korean War, General Douglas MacArthur masterminds the amphibious invasion of Inchon in September 1950

During the First World War, a female German spy Fraulein Doktor and her team of saboteurs plan to kill Lord Kitchener, obtain the Allied defense plans and steal the new French mustard gas formula

Playwright Oscar Wildes homosexuality is exposed when he brings a libel action against his lovers father, leading to his own prosecution

Story of a revolt against England in 1830s Canada

The enigma of the personality cult is revealed in the grand spectacle of Joseph Stalins funeral

The U S Navys SEALAB, a pressurized underwater habitat complete with science labs and living quarters for divers, helps advance deep sea diving and rescue

An investigation of disaster capitalism, based on Naomi Kleins proposition that neo liberal capitalism feeds on natural disasters, war and terror to establish its dominance

Frictions develop when Yisroel Izzy Jonigkeyt, a Chassidic Jew from Crown Heights, travels to San Francisco to visit Polish born Catholic friend Marek Wisniewski with the intent of discovering why a Bay Area art world iconoclast na

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

A young officer, Ivan Demarin, is sent to the depths of Siberia Here Ivan meets his first love and, together with his regiment, finds himself drawn into a conspiracy by local princes, who are hunting for Yarkands gold

As the slave trade is dwindling in East Africa in the late 19th century, two competing slave traders start a brutal violent conflict between each other for the monopoly on the remaining profits

Moscow, 1952 Anna is taken to the Kremlin where she has to cure Stanlin himself She needs to keep the secret at all costs and as her relationship with the URSS leader grows, her couple with Vassilli tumbles

To escape the outback, a young Afghan cameleer falls in with a mysterious bushman on the run with stolen Crown gold

While a world war rages, Philippe, a draft dodger from Quebec, takes refuge in the American West, surviving by competing in Charlie Chaplin impersonation contests As Philippe makes his long journey home, he encounters various charac

Club Frontera is a riveting documentary about the Club Tijuana Xoloitzcuintles Xolos professional Mexican soccer team and their positive impact on the city of Tijuana, Mexico The compelling film follows players, fans, political fi

In 1948, at the U S embassy in Zadestan, a young diplomat is ordered to find the missing daughter of an influential U S Senator

When Warren Jeffs rose to Prophet of the Fundamentalist Church of Latter Day Saints, he took control of a religion with a history of polygamous and underage marriage In a short time, Warren managed to expand these practices and the

How Italys historic national hero Giuseppe Garibaldi led a military campaign known as Expedition of the Thousand in 1860 and conquered Sicily and Naples

1809, France Captain Neuville is called to the front, leaving his future bride heartbroken Her sister decides to write letters on his behalf to cheer her up But it all goes south when Neuville reappears

Tommy Tommy Trinder is called in to smooth things out after Wally King Chips Rafferty encroaches upon Aboriginal tribal ground

In a French forest in 1798, a child is found who cannot walk, speak, read or write A doctor becomes interested in the child and patiently attempts to civilize him

In 1866 Wyoming, a frontier scout tries to prevent a war between the Sioux and the U S after the Army builds a road and a fort on territory previously ceded to the Sioux by treaty

Its 1917 In Russia, the Communist revolution is in full swing Stephen Steve Locke is a British agent in Russia The main task of Steve is to prevent the Bolsheviks, led by Joseph Stalin, to sign in Petrograd a separate treaty wi

The World War II story of the Royal Navys effort to defeat Nazi Germanys most powerful warship

In the second of the Angelique series, the heroine joins a group of bandits, rescues her children, becomes a successful businesswoman, and once again becomes entangled in politics and matters of the heart

In the town of Pompeii, 79 A D , a few weeks before the volcanic eruption of Vesuvius, a Roman lady Helene meets and falls in love with a young Greek man Lysias He is betrothed to another woman who, to win him back, acquires a potio

For the first time on the big screen, the film tells the fascinating story of one on the worlds most famous wines and how it exploded as a world phenomenon

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 1943, the Aleutian island of Kiska, Alaska was fortified by a small contingent of Japanese soldiers When word arrived of an impending attack by an overwhelming force of Americans, the Japanese Navy attempted one of the most darin

An all star cast from Daiei Film Company has made the ultimate Jirocho movie about the legendary yakuza Shimizu no Jirocho, the biggest Boss in the Tokaido area

The ruthless Roman tribune, Vadio, joins forces with the evil Morakeb to take over the throne of Aristea, usurping King Krontal and stealing away his lovely daughter in the process Meanwhile, Marco Aulo, now a Roman centurion, comes

The beautiful Beatrice Cenci, daughter of the noble Francesco, falls in love with the intendant Olimpio But she has to face the jealousy of her violent and morbid father, and the hostility of her stepmother Lucrezia

Caterina finds out that her husband Peter Tzar of Russia, is plotting to kill her She sets Count Orlov free from prison, Peters sworn enemy, becomes empress of Russia and leads the Cossacks army against him