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Freedom's Fury
Documentary, History
Freedom's Fury
Release date: 2006
Cast: Viktor Ageyev, Antal Bolvari, János Bük, Sándor Csóori, Dwight D. Eisenhower
A documentary on the 1956 Olympic semifinal water polo match between Hungary and Russia. Held in Australia, the match occurred as Russian forces were in Budapest, stomping out a popular revolt....
Blockade
Documentary, History, War
Blockade
Release date: 2006
The images comprise only of material Sergei Loznitsa found in the Moscow film archives about the siege of Leningrad during the World War II. By providing the originally silent images with a...
The Armenian Genocide
Documentary, History
The Armenian Genocide
Release date: 2006
Cast: Julianna Margulies, Ron Suny, Peter Balakian, Elizabeth Frierson, Vahakn Dadrian
Explores the Ottoman Empire killings of more than one million Armenians during World War I. The film describes not only what happened before, during and since World War I, but also takes a direct...
Shooting Dogs
Drama, History
Shooting Dogs
Release date: 2006
Cast: John Hurt, Hugh Dancy, Dominique Horwitz, Nicola Walker, David Gyasi
Two westerners, a priest and a teacher find themselves in the middle of the Rwandan genocide and face a moral dilemna. Do they place themselves in danger and protect the refugees, or escape the...
Killing the Shadows
Comedy, Drama, History
Killing the Shadows
Release date: 2006
Cast: Haluk Bilginer, Beyaz, Şebnem Dönmez, Güven Kıraç, Ragıp Savaş
Killing The Shadows is a bawdy comic fable set in the Ottoman Empire during the mid-14th century based on two legendary figures in Turkish folkore, the jester Hacivat (Beyazit Ozturk) and the nomad...
Soldier of God
Drama, History
Soldier of God
Release date: 2005
Cast: Tim Abell, Bill Mendieta, Mapi Galán, Nicholas Kadi, Scott Cleverdon
The Knights Templar, a religious order originally assigned to protect Christian pilgrims, has disintegrated from chivalric order and justice into dissolute chaos, as its individual factions...
St. Peter
Drama, Family, History
St. Peter
Release date: 2005
Cast: Omar Sharif, Daniele Pecci, Flavio Insinna, Claudia Koll, Lina Sastri
Saint Peter, a reluctant but passionate leader, from the crucifixion of Jesus to his own. The film's first half dramatizes the New Testament's "Acts": early fear, the renewal of Pentecost, Saul's...
Helen of Troy
History, Documentary
Helen of Troy
Release date: 2005
Cast: Bettany Hughes
British historian Bettany Hughes tours the eastern Mediterranean in search of facts behind the legends of "the face that launched a thousand ships," exploring the ways Greeks made love and war circa...
The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle
Mystery, Drama, Crime, History
The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle
Release date: 2005
Cast: Douglas Henshall, Tim McInnerny, Emily Blunt, Brian Cox, Sinéad Cusack
What led Arthur Conan Doyle to create, and then destroy the world famous detective, Sherlock Holmes? This compelling drama explores the dark secrets that surround the author and his creation....
Destined for Blues
Drama, Music, History
Destined for Blues
Release date: 2005
Cast: Tomasz Kot, Jolanta Fraszyńska, Maciej Balcar, Adam Baumann, Anna Dymna
The life of Ryszard Riedel, former leader of cult Polish rock-blues band Dzem, including the history of his family relationships, music career and addiction to alcohol and drugs....
American Soldiers
Drama, Action, History, Thriller, War
American Soldiers
Release date: 2005
Cast: Curtis Morgan, Zan Calabretta, Jordan Brown, Eddie Della Siepe, Ben Gilbank
Iraq, 2004: during a routine sortie a US patrol is ambushed and the young soldiers are forced to put their training and skills into action fast. A determined foe with superior local knowledge, the...
Same Sex America
Documentary, History
Same Sex America
Release date: 2005
Cast: Matthew Cummings, Eliza M. Skinner
In the spring of 2004, Massachusetts began the final battle of its journey towards legalizing same-sex marriage. This documentary follows a few local couples & their families through the months...
Sophie Scholl: The Final Days
Drama, History
Sophie Scholl: The Final Days
Release date: 2005
Cast: Julia Jentsch, Fabian Hinrichs, Alexander Held, Johanna Gastdorf, André Hennicke
In 1943, as Hitler continues to wage war across Europe, a group of college students mount an underground resistance movement in Munich. Dedicated expressly to the downfall of the monolithic Third...
Last Letters Home
Documentary, War, History
Last Letters Home
Release date: 2004
Cast: Lloyd Byers, Mary Byers, Mary Ann Cowherd, Sarah Cowherd, Melissa Givens
Ten families read letters from their loved ones killed during Operation Iraqi Freedom in this powerful and moving HBO documentary by Oscar and Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Bill Couturie (Dear...
Wolf
Thriller, History
Wolf
Release date: 2004
Cast: Eduardo Noriega, Jose Coronado, Mélanie Doutey, Silvia Abascal, Santiago Ramos
Based on a true story. In the 70s, during the last stages of Franco's dictatorship, Txema, a basque construction worker, is arrested because of his connection to some terrorists who have just...
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
Documentary, History
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
Release date: 2004
Cast: Kathy Bates, Martin Scorsese, Quentin Tarantino, Jodie Foster, Steven Spielberg
Documentary about the art of film editing. Clips are shown from many groundbreaking films with innovative editing styles....
Beyond the Front Line
History
Beyond the Front Line
Genre: History
Release date: 2004
Cast: Tobias Zilliacus, Ilkka Heiskanen, Christoffer Weiss, Kim Gustafsson, Sampo Sarkola
A movie based on real wartime diaries tells the story of the Swedish speaking Finns' infantry regiment 61. The story follows the regiment during the Continuation War from 1942 to 1944 and from Syväri...
The Weeping Meadow
Drama, History
The Weeping Meadow
Release date: 2004
Cast: Alexandra Aidini, Nikos Poursanidis, Giorgos Armenis, Vasilis Kolovos, Eva Kotamanidou
The story follows a family of refugees from the early twentieth century through to the Civil War. Through movements, separations, and reunions, personal lives intersect with Greece’s major historical...
Marco Polo: The China Mystery Revealed
Documentary, History
Marco Polo: The China Mystery Revealed
Release date: 2004
Cast: Michael Yamashita
Marco Polo became a legend after his epic, 24 year trek across Asia. Was he the world's greatest overland explorer? Or the biggest liar? National Geographic's own legend, Michael Yamashita, used...