Algeria, 1956. Plunged into a war that does not speak its name, a young peasant girl becomes, in spite of herself, a maquis. But during an attack, she is captured by a group of commandos who take her to a forbidden interrogation site, where she is locked up with a former French Resistance fighter.
Suffering from a fatal malady as a child the future great physicist, Nikola Tesla, promised his parents that he would recover under the sole condition...if they allowed him to become an engineer. And he kept his promise. Never ending yearning for knowledge, research practice, creative endeavor, discoveries that have unfixed all established notions - that's what was the characteristic of the great physicist. Nikola Tesla would always remain a scientist whose life was a sort of mystification rather than pure reality.
The film depicts the conquest of Istanbul on a chessboard. Aşık Paşazade recounts the conquest to Fatih's grandchildren, and the story is visualized.
In the Strait of Magellan, on 1923, an Irish photographer gradually discovers that the defendants in a bloody crime are innocent, and are only victims of intolerance and political expediency.
During the reign of King Louis X the Hutin, his wife Marguerite indulged in parties of pleasure in the secrecy of the Tour de Nesle. Her young lovers were also her victims, and she had them murdered to avoid detection. Such was the fate that awaited Philippe d'Aulnay, who had barely arrived in Paris and who, in one night, had gone from the arms of the sovereign to the bottom of the Seine. What the queen doesn't know is that among his companions in debauchery that night was a certain Buridan. An adventurer, ready to do anything to conquer money and power - including blackmailing the Queen of France... This is the beginning of a merciless war between these two beings, with one spectacular turn of events after another, horrifying revelations and the crossfire of hatred and love.
This two-hour special reveals the complicated history, extreme politic, and rigid societal standards that have created a legacy of internal oppression and external aggression. As the North Korean people suffered famine, labor camp and public executions, the Kim regime spent three generations relentlessly pursuing nuclear ambitions. They operate as a criminal syndicate, using counterfeit money, drugs and cyber espionage to fund their war machine. Now, with weapons rivaling the world’s superpowers, their aggressive rhetoric has pushed the world to a crisis point.
Documentary that follows events after the fall of Slobodan Milosevic, while looking back on the previous fifteen years, tracing his rise to power. Personal testimony alternates with analysis of a disintegrating society.
Martinique, 1942. Rose, a young teacher, is fired from her job by the Vichy regime of Admiral Robert. Rose seeks to leave the island by boat with a group of fellow dissidents. Her plans are thwarted by the landing on the island of a German officer, and her meeting with Jacques Meyer, the captain of the local navy. A strange confrontation between the German officer, Captain Meyer and rebellious Rose then begins.
In the late 1600s, more than 150 men and women were accused of being witches. After the infamous Salem Witch Trials, 19 people were hanged for their alleged crimes, and one person was pressed to death under heavy stones. This History Channel documentary travels back to one of America's darkest times and reveals startling facts about who the real accusers were and what the community did to make restitution to the loved ones of the dead.
An ancestral house builds itself, comes to life, and shows us its story spanning one hundred fifty years. Through the ages, it allows us to perceive the passage of time.
A young actress at the beginning of her career gets the opportunity of a lifetime and goes to Hollywood, but very quickly discovers that not all that glitters is gold. When she is forced to understand the deep complexity of being a Jew in the Hollywood film industry, she embarks on a brave war against anti-Semitism, in the name of Zionism and for the glory of the State of Israel.
Florence in 1848. There is a strong political tension in the Grand Duchy of Tuscany. Giovanni, a young Neapolitan composer who has just arrived in the city, accidentally comes into contact with some liberals and is convinced to compose the hymn of the Volunteers.
A historical account of the du Pont chemical manufacturing company and its vital role in the growth of the USA.
This short film looks at the life of Michel Ney, who fought at Napoleon's side and was made a Marshall of France.
"Richard the Lionheart", King of England was one of the greatest warriors of his age. After a declaration from the Pope to recapture the Holy Land, Richard takes on the biggest challenge of his life by agreeing to lead a coalition army to win back these sacred lands and take back the city of Jerusalem in the name of God.
In 1937, near the border between the Dominican Republic and Haiti, a young Haitian woman named Marie is expecting her first child with Frank, her doting Dominican husband. After her mother's burial, she is awakened in the middle of the night by distant screams. The immediate execution of all Haitians on Dominican soil has been ordered — the so-called “Cut” — and what seals a victim’s fate is whether or not they can pronounce "perejil" (parsley). Marie takes off to find Frank in the next town over, with nothing but the clothes on her back.
The image of Greater Poland in the breakthrough years 1913-1918. It tells about the fate of Polish junior high school students and their attitude towards the Prussian partitioning authorities, activity in the independence underground, and participation in the preparations for the Greater Poland Uprising.
On a cold night in April 1912, over 1,500 people aboard the RMS Titanic lost their lives to the merciless waters of the North Atlantic. More than ninety years after the fateful event, questions about the ship's destruction still remain.
1986. Following an accident during a mountain hike, Primo Levi is rescued by a man who is unaware of his history and does not even understand the meaning of the number tattooed on his arm. Faced with this situation, Levi feels the need, once again in his life, to recount his story and, with it, the tragedy of the Holocaust.
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