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A Japanese pacifist, unable to face the dire consequences of conscientious objection, is transformed by his attempts to compromise with the demands of war time Japan

In 1648, during the English Civil War, Captain Sylvester switches sides between the Parliamentary and Royalist camps as his interests dictate, while King Charles I is on the run from Oliver Cromwells troops

The British army fights off rampaging locals in 1850s India

In 1976, Karen and Barry Mason had fallen on hard times and were looking for a way to support their young family when they answered an ad in the Los Angeles Times Larry Flynt was seeking distributors for Hustler Magazine What was e

Based on a play, the story details the dramatic negotiations between the UK, France, Poland, Nazi Germany, and the U S S R from the day Czechoslovakia fell, until Britains declaration of war on Germany, caused by Hitlers invasion of Poland

Religious and cultural reawakening inspires rebellion in a 19th century Norwegian village

In the summer of 1944, the Finnish Forces must defend Finland from the invading Soviet Red Army

Zeitgeist Addendum attempts to locate the root causes of the pervasive social corruption, while also offering a solution

When Russias first nuclear submarine malfunctions on its maiden voyage, the crew must race to save the ship and prevent a nuclear disaster

Two decades before she would gain fame and some fortune as Alexis Carrington on Dynasty 1981, Dame Joan Collins starred as Esther in this melodramatic, routine Biblical story The setting is Persia in the fourth century B C , as Es

An 11th century noblewoman opens her Saxon husbands eyes by riding bareback through town

A young lawyer, Richard Goodwin, investigates a potentially fixed game show Charles Van Doren, a big time show winner, is under Goodwins investigation

The different aspects of life in Pompeii, a coastal luxury resort near Naples catering for the very rich of imperial Rome, mainly before but culminating in the eruption of the Vesuvian volcano, which wipes it from the face of the Ear

Industrial Soundtrack For The Urban Decay traces the origins of Industrial music, taking you on a journey through the crumbling industrial cities of Europe to Americas thriving avant garde scene

The life and career of the brutal Soviet dictator, Joseph Stalin

Three teenagers risk their lives when they commit treason to spread the truth in Nazi Germany Based on the true story of the Helmuth Hubener group, the youngest German resistance fighters in World War II

During WW2, a Dutch family caught hiding Jews is sent to a concentration camp where their Christian faith helps them endure the hardships

During the height of World War II, commander Stan and a courageous group of resistance fighters are given a suicide mission to deliver a stolen Nazi submarine filled with atomic uranium Hunted down by Hitlers army, the motley crew

A confessional, cautionary, and occasionally humorous tale of Robbie Robertsons young life and the creation of one of the most enduring groups in the history of popular music, The Band

Set during British India 1857, Captain Clayboune Rock Hudson is faced with restoring his reputation after being harshly disciplined for disobeying orders

The story of the invention of football and how it quickly rose to become the worlds most popular game by crossing class divides

After an actor finds a treasure map detailing the location of ancient gold hidden near a town in the Misiones province named after the 19th century politician Leandro N Alem, he persuades the producers to change the project, as a po

In 1803 France, Napoleon Bonaparte Robert Cornthwaite orders the capture of notorious highwayman Purple Mask Tony Curtis, who routinely rescues imprisoned nobles and harasses the Revolutionary officials

On the H M S Defiant, during the French Revolutionary War, fair Captain Crawford is locked in a battle of wills against his cruel second in command Lieutenant Scott Padget, whose heavy handed command style pushes the crew to mutiny

Based on the novel by Antonio Di Benedetto written in 1956, on Don Diego de Zama, a Spanish officer of the seventeenth century settled in Asuncion, who awaits his transfer to Buenos Aires

In the sixteenth century, a noblewoman has a love affair with the French King

Young George Matcham visits his uncle Lord Nelson and the vulgar Lady Hamilton With the clear eyes of youth, he measures Nelsons stature and notes his feet of clay And yet, Nelson is a hero, a great man How can this be resolved

A Dutch slave captain, on a voyage to Cuba, faces a revolt fomented by a newly captured African slave, Tamango The slaves capture the captains mistress, forcing a showdown

Two noble Scottish brothers deliberately take opposite sides when Bonnie Prince Charlie returns to claim the throne of Scotland in order to preserve the family fortune

Fanny lives in an English farmhouse in 1657 when militant Puritans rule Two fugitives with radical new ideas arrive When the sheriff arrives, things deteriorate badly prompting Fanny to make drastic decisions about her life

Snowbound and desperate, some of the Donner Party died of starvation Some of them did not They all sang

Hiroshima and Nagasaki 75 Years Later is told entirely from the first person perspective of leaders, physicists, soldiers and survivors

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

To the world, Shakespeare left a lasting legacy and an awful lot of unanswered questions Follow John Nettles as he recounts the life of William Shakespeare

In late nineteenth century America, Rising Free portrays the story of a young woman living in the aftermath of racial prejudice Surrounded by danger of being sold and further stripped of freedom, she discovers hope through a graciou

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