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The Case of Johanna Langefeld
The Case of Johanna Langefeld
The film explores the only known case in the history of post-WWII era of concentration camp survivors helping the SS Commandant of the Auschwitz and Ravensbruck camps to escape prison and justice in Nazi trial.
The Case of Johanna Langefeld 2019
The First Motion of the Immovable
The First Motion of the Immovable
It all begins with a childhood memory: that day when the father of the future filmmaker Sebastiano d'Ayala Valva forces him to listen to certain music that initially terrifies him; a distant echo from the past that leads him to follow the trail of his mysterious ancestor, the Italian composer Giacinto Scelsi (1905-1988), who claimed that his music was directly inspired by the gods.
The First Motion of the Immovable 2019
Palace of Ghosts: The Last Anniversary of the GDR
Palace of Ghosts: The Last Anniversary of the GDR
East Berlin, October 7, 1989: While the state elite was celebrating the GDR's 40th birthday before the eyes of the world, resistance was forming in the streets. Guests celebrated in the Palace of the Republic in Berlin. In front of it, people loudly demanded reforms. There were also demonstrations outside Berlin, for example in Plauen. The situation escalates ...
Palace of Ghosts: The Last Anniversary of the GDR 2019
Bunyi Hujan di Atas Genting
Bunyi Hujan di Atas Genting
Adopted from Seno Gumira Ajidarma's short story, Sawitri, this former prostitute believes that one day she will meet again with her boyfriend Pamuji, who left her when the government was cleaning up thuggery in her country.
Bunyi Hujan di Atas Genting 2019
Transatlantico Rex - Nave 296
Transatlantico Rex - Nave 296
Transatlantico Rex - Nave 296 2019
Mystères en Terre sainte
Mystères en Terre sainte
Mystères en Terre sainte 2019
The Pompeii Prophecy: Countdown To Devastation
The Pompeii Prophecy: Countdown To Devastation
With reference to the eruption of Mount Vesuvius that destroyed the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum, investigators hunt for clues hidden beneath the surface to assess the risk of a new and potentially devastating event of equal magnitude. This documentary follows historians and geologists as they discover the latest evidence of Pompeii's fiery destruction, unpacking the chain of events that led to the ancient world's most notorious disaster in AD 79. What lessons does the tragedy of Pompeii hold for Naples' citizens, who face a mounting threat from the unseen forces beneath their feet?
The Pompeii Prophecy: Countdown To Devastation 2019
Richard Löwenherz - Ein König in der Falle
Richard Löwenherz - Ein König in der Falle
Richard Löwenherz - Ein König in der Falle 2019
That's all, brother : la résurrection du C-47
That's all, brother : la résurrection du C-47
That's all, brother : la résurrection du C-47 2019
Sur les pas de Robespierre
Sur les pas de Robespierre
Sur les pas de Robespierre 2019
The Daunting Fortress of Richard the Lionheart
The Daunting Fortress of Richard the Lionheart
To protect his rich and strategic lands in France, the English king, Richard the Lionheart, decided to build an impregnable castle to bar the route along the Seine, thus asserting his supremacy in Normandy. Four years later, France’s King Philip besieged the site at the head of an army of 6,000 men.
The Daunting Fortress of Richard the Lionheart 2019
Made in Auschwitz: The Untold Story of Block 10
Made in Auschwitz: The Untold Story of Block 10
Around 80 years ago, the gynecologist Carl Clauberg conducted medical experimentation on Jewish girls and women in Auschwitz. The results of those sadistic experiments were used in medicine across the globe. It is possible that German companies played a part in those experiments. Most of the survivors became infertile, and very few of them were later capable to give birth. The Untold Story of Block 10 introduces the audience to those who have survived.
Made in Auschwitz: The Untold Story of Block 10 2019
The Ceausescu Trial: A Stolen Revolution
The Ceausescu Trial: A Stolen Revolution
30 years after the fall of the Romanian dictator Ceausescu in 1989, we get a reconstruction of one of the most violent events during the fall of the communist regimes. The investigation exposes the gray areas of a coup d'état sparked by the ex-communist elites under the guise of a people's revolution. And zooms in on the role of the media in the mock trial and execution of Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife Elena.
The Ceausescu Trial: A Stolen Revolution 2019
The Great Fire of London: Hour by Hour
The Great Fire of London: Hour by Hour
Dan Jones, Suzannah Lipscomb and Rob Bell take viewers back to one of the most momentous events in English history - the devastating fire of September 1666 that obliterated almost every building inside the city walls of medieval London. They follow the blaze as it rampaged out of control, to reveal what actually happened, hour by hour, and street by street.
The Great Fire of London: Hour by Hour 2019
Bernie Madoff: In His Own Words
Bernie Madoff: In His Own Words
This show reports the story of the largest financial fraud in US history as told by its chief perpetrator Bernard Madoff, wife Ruth Madoff, assorted victims, Madoff employees and government agents.
Bernie Madoff: In His Own Words 2019
Pompeii: The Bodies in the Basement
Pompeii: The Bodies in the Basement
A new investigation into one of the most harrowing gravesites of the 79AD eruption, where more than 55 bodies were found cowering in a warehouse at a site that has long baffled archaeologists. While the skeletons at the back of the room have no possessions, those crowded at the front are laden with jewellery and gold - but why, in the chaos of their dying moments, were the bodies so starkly divided by wealth?
Pompeii: The Bodies in the Basement 2019
Cannes 1939, le festival n'aura pas lieu
Cannes 1939, le festival n'aura pas lieu
Cannes 1939, le festival n'aura pas lieu 2019