Derek Jacobi
Biography: Sir Derek George Jacobi CBE (born 22 October 1938) is an English actor. Jacobi is known for his work at the Royal National Theatre and for his film and television roles. He has received numerous accolades including a BAFTA Award, two Olivier Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and a Tony Award. He was given a knighthood for his services to theatre by Queen Elizabeth II in 1994. Description above from the Wikipedia article Derek Jacobi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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Birthday: October 22, 1938
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Gladiator
2000-05-04
Gladiator
Overview: After the death of Emperor Marcus Aurelius, his devious son takes power and demotes Maximus, one of Rome's most capable generals who Marcus preferred. Eventually, Maximus is forced to become a gladiator and battle to the death against other men for the amusement of paying audiences.
Genres: Action Drama Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-05-04
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Underworld: Evolution
2006-01-12
Underworld: Evolution
Overview: As the war between the vampires and the Lycans rages on, Selene, a former member of the Death Dealers (an elite vampire special forces unit that hunts werewolves), and Michael, the werewolf hybrid, work together in an effort to unlock the secrets of their respective bloodlines.
Genres: Fantasy Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-01-12
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The Golden Compass
2007-12-04
The Golden Compass
Overview: After overhearing a shocking secret, precocious orphan Lyra Belacqua trades her carefree existence roaming the halls of Jordan College for an otherworldly adventure in the far North, unaware that it's part of her destiny.
Genres: Adventure Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-12-04
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Hamlet
1996-12-25
Hamlet
Overview: Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, returns home to find his father murdered and his mother now marrying the murderer... his uncle. Meanwhile, war is brewing.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-12-25
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Henry V
1989-10-05
Henry V
Overview: In the midst of the Hundred Years War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France in 1415.
Genres: War Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-10-05
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Stranger in Town
1982-05-23
Stranger in Town
Overview: An eccentrically-dressed stranger gets off a train and within a few days has endeared himself to the citizens of the town with his jovial behaviour and magical tricks. He is known as Sir Columbus. However, when he calls upon prominent citizen Mr. Latham, he is neither jovial or eccentric, he is out for revenge.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-05-23
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Enigma
1982-10-15
Enigma
Overview: Five highly-trained KGB agents are sent to the west to assassinate several Soviet dissidents. In order to stop the diabolical plot, an American agent must infiltrate Soviet intelligence and obtain information from a Russian computer.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-10-15
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The Day of the Jackal
1973-05-16
The Day of the Jackal
Overview: An international assassin known as ‘The Jackal’ is employed by disgruntled French generals to kill President Charles de Gaulle, with a dedicated gendarme on the assassin’s trail.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-05-16
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Gosford Park
2001-11-07
Gosford Park
Overview: In 1930s England, a group of pretentious rich and famous gather together for a weekend of relaxation at a hunting resort. But when a murder occurs, each one of these interesting characters becomes a suspect.
Genres: Drama Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-11-07
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Animated Epics: Beowulf
1998-01-01
Animated Epics: Beowulf
Overview: Swords fly as Beowulf battles the evil Grendel in this exciting animated adaptation of the epic poem. Incorporating fascinating sketch art and featuring the voice of Joseph Fiennes as Beowulf. found.
Genres: Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-01-01
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Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon
1998-09-16
Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon
Overview: In the 1960s, British painter Francis Bacon surprises a burglar and invites him to share his bed. The burglar, a working class man named George Dyer, accepts. After the unique beginning to their love affair, the well-connected and volatile artist assimilates Dyer into his circle of eccentric friends, as Dyer's struggle with addiction strains their bond.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-09-16
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Strings
2004-10-24
Strings
Overview: Strings is a mythological story about the son of a king, Hal Tara, who sets out on a journey to avenge the death of his father. To his surprise he discovers the truth of his own people - and where he least expects it - he finds true love.
Genres: Adventure Animation Drama Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-10-24
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The Odessa File
1974-10-17
The Odessa File
Overview: Following the suicide of an elderly Jewish man, investigative journalist Peter Miller sets out to hunt down an SS Captain and former concentration camp commander. In doing so he discovers that, despite allegations of war crimes, the former commander has become a man of importance in industry in post-war Germany, protected from prosecution by a powerful organisation of former SS members called Odessa.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-10-17
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Nanny McPhee
2005-10-21
Nanny McPhee
Overview: Widower Cedric Brown hires Nanny McPhee to care for his seven rambunctious children, who have chased away all previous nannies. Taunted by Simon and his siblings, Nanny McPhee uses mystical powers to instill discipline. And when the children's great-aunt and benefactor, Lady Adelaide Stitch, threatens to separate the kids, the family pulls together under the guidance of Nanny McPhee.
Genres: Fantasy Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-10-21
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The Secret of NIMH
1982-06-17
The Secret of NIMH
Overview: A widowed field mouse must move her family -- including an ailing son -- to escape a farmer's plow. Aided by a crow and a pack of superintelligent, escaped lab rats, the brave mother struggles to transplant her home to firmer ground.
Genres: Family Animation Fantasy Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-06-17
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Moss & Freud
Moss & Freud
Overview: Supermodel Kate Moss embarks on a journey of self-discovery when acclaimed artist Lucian Freud offers to paint her portrait.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
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The Medusa Touch
1978-04-13
The Medusa Touch
Overview: A French detective in London reconstructs the life of a man lying in hospital with severe injuries with the help of journals and a psychiatrist. He realises that the man had powerful telekinetic abilities.
Genres: Horror Thriller Science Fiction Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-04-13
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Dead Again
1991-08-23
Dead Again
Overview: In 1949, composer Roman Strauss is executed for the murder of his wife. In 1990s Los Angeles, a detective comes across a mute amnesiac woman who is somehow linked to the Strauss murder.
Genres: Mystery Drama Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-08-23
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Revengers Tragedy
2002-08-06
Revengers Tragedy
Overview: A film adaptation of the 1606 satirical tragedy by Thomas Middleton, relocated to a post-apocalyptic Liverpool. Christopher Eccleston plays the revenge-obsessed Vindice, who has sworn to kill the evil Duke (Derek Jacobi) who murdered his one true love.
Genres: Comedy Drama Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-08-06
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Allelujah
2023-03-17
Allelujah
Overview: When news of the closure of a small hospital's geriatric ward begins to reach the community, the hospital invites a local news crew to document their planning of a concert in honor of the hospital's most celebrated nurse. But there might be something more threatening to the hospital itself, more deadly than the politicians ready to shut down the place at a moment's notice.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-03-17
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The Old Curiosity Shop
2007-12-26
The Old Curiosity Shop
Overview: A kindly shop owner whose overwhelming gambling debts allow a greedy landlord to seize his shop of dusty treasures. Evicted and with no way to pay his debts, he and his granddaughter flee.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-12-26
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The Body
2001-04-13
The Body
Overview: An ancient skeleton has been discovered in Jerusalem in a rich man's tomb. Colouration of the wrist and leg bones indicates the cause of death was crucifiction. other signs, include a gold coin bearing the marks of Pontius Pilate and faint markings around the skull, lead authorities to suspect that these could be the bones of Jesus Christ. Politicians, clerics, religious extremists and those using terror as a means to an end, find their beliefs and identities tested while risking their lives to unearth the truth.....
Genres: Drama Mystery Romance Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-04-13
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The Gathering Storm
2002-04-22
The Gathering Storm
Overview: A love story offering an intimate look inside the marriage of Winston and Clementine Churchill during a particularly troubled, though little-known, moment in their lives.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-04-22
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The Wyvern Mystery
2000-10-12
The Wyvern Mystery
Overview: After precipitating the death of a tenant with whom he has been feuding, Squire Fairfield brings the dead man's young daughter to live in Wyvern Manor. Alice grows up thinking the squire is her kind benefactor, and falls in love with one of his two sons.
Genres: Drama Mystery Thriller Horror History TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-10-12
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Bye Bye Blackbird
2005-10-14
Bye Bye Blackbird
Overview: A period drama set in the early years of the 20th century. Josef, a former construction worker who delighted in dancing on girders high above the city, who now sweeps up at the circus. Once the big top's owner spots the young roustabout defying gravity on the trapeze, however, he endeavors to pair Josef with his aerialist daughter Alice in a perilous sky-high pas de deux. Offers a romantic view of big top life, with a moth-eaten angel in his feathered, tattered costume.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-10-14
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Anonymous
2011-10-21
Anonymous
Overview: Set against the backdrop of the succession of Queen Elizabeth I, and the Essex Rebellion against her, the story advances the theory that it was in fact Edward De Vere, Earl of Oxford who penned Shakespeare's plays.
Genres: Drama History Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-10-21
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The Vision Thing
1993-10-06
The Vision Thing
Overview: In the run-up to a General Election, the British Prime Minister thinks he is receiving messages from God.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-10-06
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Othello
1965-12-15
Othello
Overview: General Othello's marriage is destroyed when vengeful Ensign Iago convinces him that his new wife has been unfaithful.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-12-15
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There Be Dragons
2011-03-25
There Be Dragons
Overview: Arising out of the horror of the Spanish Civil War, a candidate for canonization is investigated by a journalist who discovers his own estranged father had a deep, dark and devastating connection to the saint's life.While researching the life of Josemaria Escriva, the controversial founder of Opus Dei, the young journalist Robert uncovers hidden stories of his estranged father Manolo, and is taken on a journey through the dark, terrible secrets of his family’s past.
Genres: War History Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-03-25
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The Riddle
2007-10-14
The Riddle
Overview: A journalist investigates a series of murders that follows the discovery of an unpublished novel by Charles Dickens in the cellar of an old Thames pub.
Genres: Thriller Mystery Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-10-14
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Achilles
1995-08-31
Achilles
Overview: With the loss of Patroclus (his undeclared male lover), Greek warrior Achilles returns to the Trojan War.
Genres: Animation War Fantasy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-08-31
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Ironclad
2011-03-03
Ironclad
Overview: In the year 1215, the rebel barons of England have forced their despised King John to put his royal seal on the Magna Carta, a seminal document that upheld the rights of free men. Yet within months of pledging himself to the great charter, the King reneged on his word and assembled a mercenary army on the south coast of England with the intention of bringing the barons and the country back under his tyrannical rule. Barring his way stood the mighty Rochester castle, a place that would become the symbol of the rebel's momentous struggle for justice and freedom.
Genres: Romance Adventure Action History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-03-03
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Philby, Burgess and Maclean
1977-05-31
Philby, Burgess and Maclean
Overview: Recruited by the Russians during their days at Cambridge, three young Englishmen rise to become high-ranked MI5 agents until their exposure in 1949.
Genres: Thriller Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-05-31
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Little Dorrit
1987-12-11
Little Dorrit
Overview: A drama based on the novel by Charles Dickens which tells the story of Arthur Clennam who is thrown into a debtor's prison. There he meets a young seamstress whose father has been imprisoned for twenty-five years. A film in originally released in two parts.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-12-11
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The Human Factor
1979-12-18
The Human Factor
Overview: A low-ranking Secret Service agent is conned into supplying information to Eastern Bloc countries. Although he is not a suspect due to his unimportant position, when his office partner is hauled in as a suspect he realises he has got himself into very deep water.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-12-18
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Two Men Went To War
2002-11-01
Two Men Went To War
Overview: Comedy drama based on the true story of two British Army dentists who in 1942, eager to see action, go AWOL and invade occupied France on their own.
Genres: Comedy War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-11-01
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Adam Resurrected
2008-08-08
Adam Resurrected
Overview: After again attempting to commit murder, a Jewish man with a mysterious past and extraordinary intelligence, charisma, and body control returns to an insane asylum, where he makes a startling discovery.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-08-08
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A Bunch of Amateurs
2008-11-17
A Bunch of Amateurs
Overview: Jefferson Steel, a washed-up Hollywood action star, is desperate to revive his flagging career. When his sleazy agent signs him up for what he believes is a high-profile Royal Shakespeare Company production of King Lear at Stratford upon Avon, Steel thinks he has finally landed the plum role he has been waiting for. However, he soon discovers that he has been tricked into joining an amateur dramatics group for a charity production.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-11-17
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Up at the Villa
2000-04-14
Up at the Villa
Overview: Superficial people are revealed and drastically changed by circumstance or luck in this a tale of death, seduction, blackmail and theft among British and Americans in Florence in the turbulent days just before World War II.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-04-14
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The Secret Garden
1987-11-30
The Secret Garden
Overview: When a spoiled English girl living in 19th century India loses both parents in a cholera epidemic, she is sent back to England to live in a country mansion. The lord is a strange old man-- frail and deformed, immensely kind but so melancholy. She wishes to discover what has caused him so much sorrow and to bring joy back to the household. It all must have something to do with the screams and wails which echo through the house at night and no one wants to talk about.
Genres: TV Movie Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-11-30
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Ultimate Fights from the Movies
2002-04-16
Ultimate Fights from the Movies
Overview: In their second film compilation following their 'Boogeymen:The Killer Compilation' series, FlixMix takes you into the history of action movies from Hollywood to Hong Kong cinema that spans a 20-year period. This one features action scenes from 16 action-packed movies featuring action gurus, Jet Li, Michelle Yeoh, Chow Yun-Fat, Jackie Chan, Jean-Claude Van Damme and many more.
Genres: Documentary Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-04-16
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The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1982-02-02
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Overview: Quasimodo, the hunchback bellringer of Notre Dame's cathedral, meets a beautiful gypsy dancer, Esmeralda, and falls in love with her. So does Quasimodo's guardian, the archdeacon of the cathedral, and a poor street poet. But Esmeralda's in love with a handsome soldier. When a mob mistakes her for a witch, it's up to Quasimodo to rescue her and claim sanctuary for her in the cathedral.
Genres: Drama Romance TV Movie Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-02-02
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Gladiator II
2024-11-05
Gladiator II
Overview: Years after witnessing the death of the revered hero Maximus at the hands of his uncle, Lucius is forced to enter the Colosseum after his home is conquered by the tyrannical Emperors who now lead Rome with an iron fist. With rage in his heart and the future of the Empire at stake, Lucius must look to his past to find strength and honor to return the glory of Rome to its people.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-11-05
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Cyrano de Bergerac
1985-07-26
Cyrano de Bergerac
Overview: As incomparable in swordplay and wordplay as he is, the gallant soldier, philosopher, and poet Cyrano de Bergerac is as timid as a schoolboy before the fair Roxanne. Derek Jacobi delivers an electrifying award-winning portrayal of Rostand's legendary log-nosed swordsman in this highly acclaimed production from the world's premier theatre troupe, The Royal Shakespeare Company. The bold Cyrano boasts he can defeat a hundred men in a swordfight, but because of his grotesque nose lacks the confidence to court the woman he loves. Yet so entranced with Roxanne is Cyrano that he uses the eloquence of his poetry to woo her for a rival.
Genres: TV Movie Adventure Drama History Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-07-26
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Joe Maddison's War
2010-09-19
Joe Maddison's War
Overview: Newcastle, 1939. Shipyard worker Joe feels emasculated and past his prime; too old to serve in the war, and he’s shocked when his wife leaves him for a younger naval officer. Needing a new challenge, Joe and his friend Harry reluctantly volunteer to join the Home Guard.
Genres: War Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-09-19
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Anastezsi
2007-03-16
Anastezsi
Overview: A talented young violinist enrols at an isolated music school. But when he begins having visions of the other students dead, he realises there is a sinister side to the community and the master violinist himself.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-03-16
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Breaking the Code
1996-09-17
Breaking the Code
Overview: A biography of the English mathematician Alan Turing, who was one of the inventors of the digital computer and one of the key figures in the breaking of the Enigma code, used by the Germans to send secret orders to their U-boats in World War II. Turing was also a homosexual in Britain at a time when this was illegal, besides being a security risk.
Genres: History Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-09-17
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On Wings of Fire
1986-06-01
On Wings of Fire
Overview: Maestro Zubin Mehta introduces the history of Zoroastrianism and prophet Zarathushtra in an epic that covers 3500 years of the Zoroastrians, Parsees of India.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-06-01
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Pinochet in Suburbia
2006-03-26
Pinochet in Suburbia
Overview: In 1998 former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet visits Britain for medical treatment. On being tipped off, Amnesty International seize the chance to bring to justice a man they insist is guilty of multiple human rights violations. The newly-elected Labour government is initially amenable, and soon Pinochet is under house arrest (albeit in a detached house in leafy suburbia) and awaiting extradition to Spain. However, Amnesty are up against the complexities of British law, the vacillations of Home Secretary Jack Straw, Pinochet's former ally Margaret Thatcher - and the Senator's own vast reserves of cunning.
Genres: Drama History TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-03-26
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Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003-04-03
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Overview: Broadway: The Golden Age is the most important, ambitious and comprehensive film ever made about America's most celebrated indigenous art form. Award-winning filmmaker Rick McKay filmed over 100 of the greatest stars ever to work on Broadway or in Hollywood. He soon learned that great films can be restored, fine literature can be kept in print - but historic Broadway performances of the past are the most endangered. They leave only memories that, while more vivid, are more difficult to preserve. In their own words — and not a moment too soon — Broadway: The Golden Age tells the stories of our theatrical legends, how they came to New York, and how they created this legendary century in American theatre. This is the largest cast of legends ever in one film.
Genres: Music Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-04-03
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The Tenth Man
1988-12-04
The Tenth Man
Overview: During World War 2 the Germans arrested people at random off the streets of Paris and in retaliation to sabotage by the resistance announced the execution of one in ten prisoners. Chosen as one of the victims, lawyer Chavel trades his place with another man in return for all his possessions. At the end of the war he returns to his house and tries to integrate himself with the family of the man who traded places with him, all the while hiding his true identity. However matters are complicated when a stranger arrives claiming to be Chavel.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-12-04
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Last Will. & Testament
2012-10-23
Last Will. & Testament
Overview: It's the greatest mystery of all time; who wrote the works of Shakespeare? DEREK JACOBI leads an impressive cast on a quest to uncover the truth behind the world's most elusive author and discovers a forgotten nobleman whose story could rewrite history.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-10-23
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Effie Gray
2014-03-08
Effie Gray
Overview: A look at the mysterious relationship between Victorian art critic John Ruskin and his teenage bride Effie Gray.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-03-08
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Guantanamero
2007-11-23
Guantanamero
Overview: After a violent storm, Ali awakens on a deserted beach, sick and disoriented. They'll be looking for him and he must keep moving. Ivan, a local Cuban, takes Ali to the apartment of his sister Manuela, a dancer in Havana. At first, she is apprehensive to take in this tormented stranger, but she relents as she feels drawn to this mysterious person who has shown up on her door step. Ali is haunted by nightmares, which bring him to the horror of the interrogation room at Guantanamo, and by startling visions linking his past and his present life. But are these nightmares flash backs to his experiences in the prison or just dreams of a tortured soul?
Genres: Fantasy Drama Mystery
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2007-11-23
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Venom! Nine Ways to Die
Venom! Nine Ways to Die
Overview: Over a million people a year are injected with animal venom, and many thousands die. We see how the nine main types of venom work their damage in the human body, using cases of actual victims who survived.
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Original Language: en
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Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
2022-11-26
Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
Overview: Reflecting Peter O'Toole's theatrical legacy, this feature documentary is structured into four acts, each introduced by a quote about O'Toole that encapsulates his life during a specific period.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-11-26
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Witness Against Hitler
1996-03-10
Witness Against Hitler
Overview: The true story of a Prussian aristocrat working for German military intelligence during World War II, who, with a group of fellow devout Christians, plotted to assassinate Hitler with a bomb in his briefcase.
Genres: Drama War TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-03-10
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Through the Weeping Glass: On the Consolations of Life Everlasting (Limbos & Afterbreezes in the Mütter Museum)
2011-09-24
Through the Weeping Glass: On the Consolations of Life Everlasting (Limbos & Afterbreezes in the Mütter Museum)
Overview: A documentary on the subject of the collections of books, instruments and medical anomalies at The College of Physicians of Philadelphia and the Mutter Museum housed there. This short film represents the first to be made by the internationally recognized Quay Brothers in the United States. While not a stop-motion animation film, a form for which the Quays are best known, the entire film is vibrantly constructed and 'animated'. Musical score by composer Tim Nelson and voice-over provided by Derek Jacobi.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-09-24
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Grace of Monaco
2014-04-22
Grace of Monaco
Overview: The story of former Hollywood star Grace Kelly's crisis of marriage and identity, during a political dispute between Monaco's Prince Rainier III and France's Charles De Gaulle, and a looming French invasion of Monaco in the early 1960s.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-04-22
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The Secret Garden
1994-11-05
The Secret Garden
Overview: Animated TV-film version of Frances Hodgson Burnett's classic children's story about a spoiled English orphan who lives in India but is transplanted to her uncle's old, mysterious house in England after her parents' deaths. After making friends with a country boy and several animals, who talk here, she discovers many secrets on the grounds, including a locked-up, neglected garden and a locked-up, sickly boy, who turns out to be her cousin.
Genres: Animation Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-11-05
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Muse of Fire
2013-09-26
Muse of Fire
Overview: Funny, passionate, exciting, and smart: ‘Muse Of Fire’ will change the way you feel about Shakespeare forever. This unique feature documentary follows two actors, Giles Terera and Dan Poole, as they travel the world to find out everything they can about tackling the greatest writer of them all. Together they have directed and produced an inspiring film that aims to demystify and illuminate Shakespeare’s work for everyone: from actors, directors and students of all disciplines, right through to the? man on the street? Denmark with Jude Law, Baz Luhrmann in Hollywood, Prison in Berlin, and on the street with Mark Rylance. Think Shakespeare is boring? Think again!
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-09-26
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Airlock, or How to Say Goodbye in Space
2007-08-20
Airlock, or How to Say Goodbye in Space
Overview: Two astronauts await the news that will decide their fate.
Genres: Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-08-20
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Diamonds
2009-04-04
Diamonds
Overview: Complex tale about small and big players in the African diamond business wrapped around a murder of US senator's daughter.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2009-04-04
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The Martini Shot
2023-09-27
The Martini Shot
Overview: This existential comedic drama follows an ailing film director as he begins to shoot what he believes to be his final work of art. What starts out as a normal film for him changes dramatically as the deterioration of his health progresses. The result being a fascinating exploration of mortality and one’s profound effect on the world.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-09-27
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The King's Speech
2010-11-26
The King's Speech
Overview: The King's Speech tells the story of the man who became King George VI, the father of Queen Elizabeth II. After his brother abdicates, George ('Bertie') reluctantly assumes the throne. Plagued by a dreaded stutter and considered unfit to be king, Bertie engages the help of an unorthodox speech therapist named Lionel Logue. Through a set of unexpected techniques, and as a result of an unlikely friendship, Bertie is able to find his voice and boldly lead the country into war.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-11-26
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Richard II
1978-12-10
Richard II
Overview: Richard II, who ascended the throne as a child, is a regal and stately monarch. He believes he is the rightful ruler of England, ordained by God, yet he is a weak and ineffective king - wasteful in his spending habits, unwise in his choise of chansellors, and detached from his country and its people. When he seizes the land of his cousin Henry Bolingbroke, both the commoners and the barons decide that their king has gone too far...
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-12-10
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The Fool
1990-12-07
The Fool
Overview: A costume drama / satire about financial skull-duggery, and confidence tricksters in both the upper and lower classes in Victorian London. A working class man impersonates a lord who is supposedly very rich and a financial wizard. As such he is invited to all the best peoples' parties.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-12-07
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Blue Blood
1974-11-01
Blue Blood
Overview: A debauched young aristocrat entrusts the running of his country house to Tom, the butler, on whom he depends absolutely. Before long the servant begins to dominate his master, to the alarm of the newly hired German nanny who senses sinister, demonic intent in Tom's control of the house.
Genres: Drama Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-11-01
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Discovering Hamlet
1990-01-07
Discovering Hamlet
Overview: IN 1988, rising star Kenneth Branagh tackled the role of Shakespeare’s prince of Denmark for the first time in his professional career under the guidance of celebrated actor Derek Jacobi. Narrated by Patrick Stewart, this hour-long film documents how Kenneth Branagh and Derek Jacobi, two intelligent and passionate men, found new depths in Shakespeare’s classic drama, Hamlet. Filmmakers Mark Olshaker and Larry Klein follow the company through four weeks of rehearsals, from the first read-throughs to opening night.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-01-07
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Looking for Richard
1996-10-11
Looking for Richard
Overview: Al Pacino's deeply-felt rumination on Shakespeare's significance and relevance to the modern world through interviews and an in-depth analysis of "Richard III."
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-10-11
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The Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky
2002-04-25
The Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky
Overview: Dramatization of Russian ballet star Vaclav Nijinsky's diaries which detail his madness as well as his homosexual relationship with Ballet Russe impresario Sergei Diaghilev and his marriage to his Hungarian wife.
Genres: Drama Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-04-25
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Verona's Romeo & Juliet
Verona's Romeo & Juliet
Overview: Set in 1301 at the end of Medieval times, our most famous star-crossed lovers turn the tides on the history Shakespeare based his own story on, as they reveal the truth to the very future of the Empire. But the biggest twist in this most beloved of tales, is leaving the poetry of Iambic Pentameter in the past, for the original pop music that rockets these ever-present themes right to the heart of our characters in the most surprising, and perhaps most powerful way that has ever been seen, or heard, before... The greatest love story of all time, set to the greatest music of our time.
Genres: Romance Music Drama
Original Language: en
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Mr. Pye
1986-03-02
Mr. Pye
Overview: Mr. Pye is a missionary whose mission to spread God's love on the tiny English Channel island of Sark faces supernatural setbacks in this comic fantasy from the author of Gormenghast.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-03-02
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Three Sisters
1970-04-01
Three Sisters
Overview: Nearly a thousand miles away from their beloved Moscow, Chekhov's Three Sisters live in virtual exile. Olga , a schoolmistress, attempts to support her siblings and the home that is the sole legacy of their late father.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-04-01
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The Man Who Went Up in Smoke
1980-12-25
The Man Who Went Up in Smoke
Overview: The journalist Alf Mattson gets thoroughly drunk at his birthday party, where his wife announces that she intends to divorce him. He is knocked down on the street and is later carried home by a friend. The next day he is to fly to Budapest in order to make a report for the Stockholm television. Mattson disappears in Budapest.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1980-12-25
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Much Ado About Nothing
1967-02-05
Much Ado About Nothing
Overview: Dame Maggie Smith stars in the 1967 screen version of Franco Zeffirelli's exuberant National Theatre production of Shakespeare's romantic comedy, in which young lovers Hero and Claudio conspire to make sharp-tongued rivals Beatrice and Benedick fall in love with each other.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-02-05
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Pearl Islands
2022-09-10
Pearl Islands
Overview: Follow the breathtaking adventures of divers looking for pearls in the Persian Gulf and learn how the gems brought fortune to the islands of Bahrain.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-09-10
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The Gospel of Luke
2015-01-01
The Gospel of Luke
Overview: THE GOSPEL OF LUKE, more than any other, fits the category of ancient biography. Luke, as "narrator" of events, sees Jesus as the "Savior" of all people, always on the side of the needy and the deprived. Narrated in the NIV by British actor Richard E. Grant and in the KJV by Sir Derek Jacobi, this epic production featuring specially constructed sets and the authentic countryside of Morocco has been critically acclaimed by leading religious scholars as a unique and highly authentic telling of the Jesus story.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-01-01
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Inside the Third Reich
1982-05-09
Inside the Third Reich
Overview: A dramatization of the life of Albert Speer, Hitler's young architect and onetime confidant, and his meteoric rise into the Nazi hierarchy. Based upon Speer's own monograph of the same title.
Genres: History War Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-05-09
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Wilfred
2000-06-03
Wilfred
Overview: Imagining the unimaginable through the eyes of Wilfred Owen, combining reconstructions of Owen’s war experiences with animation and readings from his poems and letters.
Genres: Drama Animation War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-06-03
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The Dinosaur Hunters
2002-12-30
The Dinosaur Hunters
Overview: One man who kept asking questions was Gideon Mantell, the amateur paleontologist who, in the early 19th century, fought to get the British scientific establishment to accept Britain had been inhabited by dinosaurs. As this dramatised documentary shows, Mantell had an uphill battle in a time when the biblical account of creation was considered literal truth and authorities such as the Reverend William Buckland were determined that science remain "the handmaid of religion".
Genres: Drama Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-12-30
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Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC
2015-11-01
Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC
Overview: The BBC delves into its archives to discover British acting greats as they take their first tentative steps on the road to success. Long before they were knighted for their services to drama, we see early appearances from Michael Caine in a rare Shakespearean role, Ben Kingsley, Ian McKellen, Derek Jacobi and Michael Gambon. Featuring unique behind-the-scenes footage alongside a wealth of classic British productions like War and Peace, the Mayor of Casterbridge and the Singing Detective, it reveals many career-defining moments from the first generation of acting talent to fully embrace television drama.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-11-01
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The Fishing Match
1962-08-19
The Fishing Match
Overview: Peter drives his uncle and his friends to the countryside to take part in a fishing match. Meeting Kath he tells her stories of his father's travels but discovers a picture of him taken in Skegness and knows he's living a lie.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-08-19
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Rhythm of Life
2021-07-03
Rhythm of Life
Overview: A star-studded short film encouraging people to get COVID-19 vaccines and featuring the song "The Rhythm of Life" from the 1966 classic musical, Sweet Charity.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-07-03
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Revelation
2001-04-12
Revelation
Overview: Since A.D. 50, a mysterious sacred artifact known as the Loculus has been at the center of a bloody clandestine war. Missing for a few hundred years, the puzzling relic has suddenly reappeared in the present day, bringing with it a terrible secret that could spell doom for all of mankind. Now it's up to Magnus Martel to subvert a murderous secret society and uncover the truth behind the ancient treasure.
Genres: Fantasy Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-04-12
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Hamlet
1980-05-25
Hamlet
Overview: Hamlet comes home from university to find his uncle married to his mother, and his father's ghost haunting the battlements and scaring the watch. Then his father's ghost directs him to seek revenge.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-05-25
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Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
2000-12-25
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
Overview: The comedienne stars in this festive sketch show, alongside a host of celebrity guests.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-12-25
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Endgame
2009-01-18
Endgame
Overview: The time is the late '80s, a crucial period in the history of South Africa. President P.W. Botha is hanging on to power by a thread as the African National Congress (ANC) takes up arms against apartheid and the country tumbles toward insurrection. A British mining concern is convinced that their interests would be better served in a stable South Africa and they quietly dispatch Michael Young, their head of public affairs, to open an unofficial dialogue between the bitter rivals. Assembling a reluctant yet brilliant team to pave the way to reconciliation by confronting obstacles that initially seem insurmountable, Young places his trust in ANC leader Thabo Mbeki and Afrikaner philosophy professor Willie Esterhuyse. It is their empathy that will ultimately serve as the catalyst for change by proving more powerful than the terrorist bombs that threaten to disrupt the peaceful dialogue.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-01-18
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Sidney Turtlebaum
2008-11-03
Sidney Turtlebaum
Overview: Sidney Turtlebaum is a bitter sweet comedy that tells the story of Sidney, an eccentric gay Jewish man in his seventies. To punish the world Sidney earns his living as a pickpocket and a conman - his chosen modus operandi is to gatecrash Shiva houses of mourning to steal from the gathered crowd.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-11-03
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Aladdin
1994-01-01
Aladdin
Overview: A young man's life is turned around with the help of a genie inside a lamp.
Genres: Animation Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-01-01
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Jail Caesar
2012-06-28
Jail Caesar
Overview: The early life of Roman ruler Julius Caesar as told in three working prisons in South Africa, the UK and Canada. A small group of professional actors is joined by a cast of real-life inmates to tell the story of one of history's foremost personalities.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-06-28
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National Theatre Live: King Lear
2011-02-03
National Theatre Live: King Lear
Overview: An ageing monarch. A kingdom divided. A child’s love rejected. As Lear’s world descends into chaos, all that he once believed is brought into question. One of the greatest works in Western literature, King Lear explores the very nature of human existence: love and duty, power and loss, good and evil.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-02-03
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The Man Who Tried to Steal an Island
The Man Who Tried to Steal an Island
Overview: Out in the English Channel is the tiny island of Sark, in August 1990, a French Physicist attempted a bizarre one man invasion attempt on the island. This is his story.
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Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet
2016-07-07
Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet
Overview: Live theatre presentation of Shakespeare's classic play about two teenagers from warring families whose love affair ends in tragedy.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-07-07
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The History of Love
2016-11-09
The History of Love
Overview: The story of a long-lost book that mysteriously reappears and connects an old man searching for his son with a girl seeking a cure for her mother's loneliness.
Genres: Drama Romance War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-11-09
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Murder on the Orient Express
2017-11-03
Murder on the Orient Express
Overview: Genius Belgian detective Hercule Poirot investigates the murder of an American tycoon aboard the Orient Express train.
Genres: Mystery Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-11-03
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Great Escape: The Untold Story
2001-01-01
Great Escape: The Untold Story
Overview: A documentary about the 1944 mass escape from the German prisoner of war camp Stalag Luft III for British and Commonwealth airmen that eventually was dramatized by the famous film "The Great Escape".
Genres: Documentary History War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-01-01
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Margot
2009-11-30
Margot
Overview: At the age of forty Dame Margot Fonteyn is considered to be past her best as a prima ballerina and Ninette de Valois is reducing her roles at the Royal Ballet. Then the exciting young Russian dancer Rudolf Nureyev, a recent defector to the West, comes into her life and her bed and revitalizes her career. Frederick Aashton creates a new ballet for them and they become the golden couple of the ballet world. However, Margot is married to Roberto 'Tito' Arias, a Panamanian politician of dubious repute who is not sympathetic to her calling and is probably faithless. When he is shot and paralyzed for life Margot must carry on dancing well into her sixties in order to pay for his costly treatment though she still collaborates with Rudolf in the occasional ballet.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-11-30
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Inquisition
2002-12-22
Inquisition
Overview: Set in the Spain of 1680, a time of torture and interrogation by the Grand Inquisitor. A young man appears that is healing the sick and raising the dead. There are rumours that he might be the second coming of the Messiah. He is brought before the Grand Inquisitor. Though questioned and tortured, he chooses to remain silent.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-12-22
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National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
2013-11-02
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
Overview: To celebrate its 50th anniversary, the National Theatre of Great Britain presents National Theatre: 50 Years on Stage, bringing together the best British actors for a unique evening of unforgettable performances, broadcast live from London to cinemas around the world.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-11-02
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Hereafter
2010-10-22
Hereafter
Overview: Three people — a blue-collar American, a French journalist and a London school boy — are touched by death in different ways.
Genres: Drama Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-10-22
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Stratton
2017-07-06
Stratton
Overview: A British Special Boat Service commando tracks down an international terrorist cell.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-07-06
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One of Those Days
2008-01-01
One of Those Days
Overview: We've all had "one of those days" - when nothing seems to go right, when life just seems to be dealing you one poor hand after another. Unfortunately for Howard Whittam, that day is Judgment Day.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-01-01
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The Halloween Kid
2012-07-29
The Halloween Kid
Overview: Henry is a lonely child who lives for his favourite holiday.
Genres: Drama Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-07-29
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A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong
2017-12-30
A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong
Overview: The Mischief Theatre Company return as the Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society who are this time determined to ignore a BBC blacklisting by hijacking a live production of Charles Dickens' famous festive fable. Yet they struggle with studio direction and special effects, and trying to keep a professional cast at bay.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-12-30
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The Chimes
1999-04-19
The Chimes
Overview: A claymation adaptation of "The Chimes: A Goblin Story of Some Bells that Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In". The Chimes was a short novel by Charles Dickens which was written and published in 1844, one year after A Christmas Carol. It is the second in his series of "Christmas books": five short books with strong social and moral messages that he published during the 1840s.
Genres: Animation Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-04-19
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Mist: The Tale of a Sheepdog Puppy
2006-08-04
Mist: The Tale of a Sheepdog Puppy
Overview: Mist: The Tale of a Sheepdog Puppy is a British family television film following the life of a border collie puppy as she grows up to become a working Herding dog. Part fiction, part documentary, it was filmed by real-life shepherd David Kennard on his farm in Devon. It features his seven working dogs - the puppy Mist, her gentle mother Gail, grandfather 'Sir' Gregory, eccentric, bubbly, hyper uncle Jake, sour and negative great-auntie Fern, gruff, tough cousin Ernie and wise auntie Swift. [Wikipedia]
Genres: TV Movie Family Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-08-04
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David Macaulay: Cathedral
1986-04-30
David Macaulay: Cathedral
Overview: Author David Macaulay hosts CATHEDRAL, based on his award-winning book. Using a combination of spectacular location sequences and cinema-quality animation, the program surveys France's most famous churches. Travel back to 1214 to explore the design of Notre Dame de Beaulieu, a representative Gothic cathedral. The program tells period tales revealing fascinating stories of life and death, faith and despair, prosperity, and intrigue.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-04-30
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Tolkien
2019-05-03
Tolkien
Overview: England, early 20th century. The future writer and philologist John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892-1973) and three of his schoolmates create a strong bond between them as they share the same passion for literature and art, a true fellowship that strengthens as they grow up, but the outbreak of World War I threatens to shatter it.
Genres: War Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-05-03
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Tomb Raider
2018-03-05
Tomb Raider
Overview: Lara Croft, the fiercely independent daughter of a missing adventurer, must push herself beyond her limits when she finds herself on the island where her father disappeared.
Genres: Action Adventure Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-03-05
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Molokai: The Story of Father Damien
1999-03-17
Molokai: The Story of Father Damien
Overview: The true story of the 19th century Belgian priest, Father Damien, who volunteered to go to the island of Molokai, to console and care for the lepers.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-03-17
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Nothing Is Truer than Truth
2018-04-29
Nothing Is Truer than Truth
Overview: NOTHING IS TRUER THAN TRUTH is a feature length documentary about Edward de Vere, Seventeenth Earl of Oxford, A-list party boy on the continental circuit, who spent a year and a half in Venice and traveling in Europe, learning about commedia dell'arte and collecting the experiences that would become the Shakespeare plays. Shot in Venice, Verona, Mantua, Padua, and Brenta, the film ventures to actual sites De Vere visited in 1575-76, including the settings for THE MERCHANT OF VENICE, OTHELLO, ROMEO & JULIET, and TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA. The film features renowned Shakespeare scholars, actors, and directors, including Sir Derek Jacobi, Mark Rylance, Tina Packer, and Diane Paulus, and argues that De Vere's bisexuality is the reason for the pseudonym Shake-speare.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-04-29
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Horrible Histories: The Movie - Rotten Romans
2019-07-26
Horrible Histories: The Movie - Rotten Romans
Overview: Roman teenager, Atti is forced to join the Roman army when one of his clever schemes falls foul of Emperor Nero. He is sent to "miserable, cold, wet Britain" where "the natives are revolting - quite literally". Things go from bad to worse when Atti is captured by Orla, a feisty teenage Celt desperate to prove herself as a warrior.
Genres: Comedy Family Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-07-26
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David Macaulay: Roman City
1994-02-15
David Macaulay: Roman City
Overview: The glories of Ancient Rome are explored in ROMAN CITY, based on David Macaulay's acclaimed book. This animated and live-action video recounts life in Verbonia, a fictional city in Gaul. A well-planned town with all modern conveniences, it is threatened by conflict between conquerors and conquered. Macaulay also visits Pompeii, Herculaneum, Ostia, Nimes, Orange, and Rome, to view actual Roman architecture and engineering greatness.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-02-15
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David Macaulay: Pyramid
1989-01-04
David Macaulay: Pyramid
Overview: How did ancient Egyptians build the Great Pyramid at Giza, joining two million blocks of heavy stone with amazing precision? Who were the leaders who built these enormous structures, and what did these tombs signify? Host David Macaulay explores the history, mythology, and religions of Egypt's people, combining live footage and animation. Take a rare look at the mummy of Ramses II and buried treasure in the sacred Valley of the Kings.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-01-04
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David Macaulay: Mill Times
2001-05-06
David Macaulay: Mill Times
Overview: Travel back to late 18th century Lowell, MA, now infamous for its textile mills and its "Lowell Girls," the poor, barely-educated waifs who helped turn those mills into sweatshops.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-05-06
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Come Away
2020-11-12
Come Away
Overview: Before Alice went to Wonderland, and before Peter became Pan, they were brother and sister. When their eldest brother dies in a tragic accident, they each seek to save their parents from their downward spirals of despair until finally they are forced to choose between home and imagination, setting the stage for their iconic journeys into Wonderland and Neverland.
Genres: Fantasy Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-11-12
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Morris: A Life with Bells On
2009-01-09
Morris: A Life with Bells On
Overview: The film follows the fortunes of an avant garde Morris team in their struggle to evolve Morris Dancing.
Genres: Comedy Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-01-09
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Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham Greene
2013-01-01
Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham Greene
Overview: The documentary uses Graham Greene's own words from his books and recordings, as well as photographs and clips from his many films, to reveal the fascinating life of one of the great writers of the twentieth century.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-01-01
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Charlotte
1981-02-26
Charlotte
Overview: In 1939, Charlotte Salomon leaves Berlin to seek refuge at her grandparents' villa in the south of France. A little later, war breaks out, and Charlotte must, besides forgetting all she left behind, deal with her grandmother's depression, and her mother's suicide. To fight despair, Charlotte starts to paint, producing over one thousand images. "Is my life real, or is it theater?" This is the title she gives her body of work, which highlights her former life in Berlin. She finds herself though her art, but in 1943 is deported to Germany and Auschwitz.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-02-26
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The Congress
1989-03-19
The Congress
Overview: For 200 years, the United States Congress has been one of the country's most important and least understood institutions. In this elegant, thoughtful and often touching portrait, Ken Burns explores the history and promise of this unique American institution. Using historical photographs and newsreels, evocative live footage and interviews with David Broder, Alistair Cooke, Cokie Roberts, Charles McDowell and others, the award-winning film chronicles the personalities, events and issues that have animated the first 200 years of Congress and, in turn, our country.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-03-19
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Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
2004-09-04
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Overview: The story of Jack Johnson, the first African American Heavyweight boxing champion.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-09-04
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The Warrior Queen of Jhansi
2019-11-15
The Warrior Queen of Jhansi
Overview: The Warrior Queen of Jhansi tells the true story of Lakshmibai, the historic Queen of Jhansi who fiercely led her army against the British East India Company in the mutiny of 1857. From Queen Elizabeth to Queen Victoria, two-and- a half-centuries of East India Company rule will be reversed by its attempt to crush India’s Warrior Queen. Lakshmibai is known as one of the most prominent figures within the independence movement of India. The passion to free her province from colonial rule led this young woman to become one of the greatest generals of the Indian army, and to go down in history for her bravery, strategic acumen, and as a force to reckon with by the East India Company and the British Raj. The Warrior Queen of Jhansi is the story of the woman who lived and fought for the freedom of her people.
Genres: History War Drama Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-11-15
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Circle of Deceit
1993-10-16
Circle of Deceit
Overview: John is a special forces operative who retires after his family is killed in a terrorist bombing, but his former bosses have other plans. He is re-activated for duty and is given orders to infiltrate the organization responsible for his family's murder.
Genres: TV Movie Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-10-16
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The Art of Francis Bacon
2007-01-01
The Art of Francis Bacon
Overview: This film explores many of his key canvases which have been newly filmed in HDTV. The works are complemented solely with Bacon’s own words, recorded by Derek Jacobi. The artist’s biography is outlined, but the focus is on his ideas: his thoughts about his work, his reflections about how and why he paints. The result is a rigorous and revealing portrait of one of the few artists who has truly changed the way we see and understand ourselves.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-01-01
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The Host
2020-01-17
The Host
Overview: A chance opportunity arises for Robert Atkinson, a London banker who risks his bank's money to leave the mundane behind and start a new life. To take advantage, he unwittingly signs up with a Chinese cartel to transport a briefcase to Amsterdam. But all is not as it seems in a city veiled by dark secrets. Fuelled by power players, drugs, seduction and violence, Robert awaits his turn in a deadly game of choice and consequence.
Genres: Thriller Mystery Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-01-17
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Muse
2019-10-18
Muse
Overview: Luca is the pre-eminent artist of his generation and at the peak of his career, lauded, feted and collected by all. He is the ultimate showman however, his fortune and fame have left him agoraphobic and crippled by depression. He hasn't left his house in five years, he's a virtual recluse who battles daily with his demon. When a chance encounter brings Luca back from the edge, the question is, can he stay there.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-10-18
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Olivier Talks About Othello
1965-01-01
Olivier Talks About Othello
Overview: Promotional short hosted by Laurence Olivier promoting the film "Othello."
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-01-01
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I, Claudius: A Television Epic
2002-09-30
I, Claudius: A Television Epic
Overview: The cast and crew of I, Claudius (1976) discuss the making of the series.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-09-30
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The Statue of Liberty
1985-10-26
The Statue of Liberty
Overview: For more than 100 years, the Statue of Liberty has been a symbol of hope and refuge for generations of immigrants. In this lyrical, compelling and provocative portrait of the statue, Ken Burns explores both the history of America’s premier symbol and the meaning of liberty itself. Featuring rare archival photographs, paintings and drawings, readings from actual diaries, letters and newspapers of the day, the fascinating story of this universally admired monument is told. In interviews with Americans from all walks of life, including former New York governor Mario Cuomo, the late congresswoman Barbara Jordan and the late writers James Baldwin and Jerzy Kosinski, The Statue of Liberty examines the nature of liberty and the significance of the statue to American life. Nominated for both the Academy Award ® and the Emmy Award ®, The Statue of Liberty received the prestigious CINE Golden Eagle, the Christopher Award and the Blue Ribbon at the American Film Festival.
Genres: History Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-10-26
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A Bird Flew In
2022-09-30
A Bird Flew In
Overview: Charts six interlinked narratives after the cast and crew of a film are sent home from set.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-09-30
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Charles Dickens's England
2009-07-24
Charles Dickens's England
Overview: The film looks at the places Charles Dickens lived and worked and how he used them in his novels and stories.
Genres: History Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-07-24
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Say Your Prayers
2021-04-02
Say Your Prayers
Overview: Two orphaned brothers turned radical Christian hitmen venture to rural Ilkley under the instruction of Father Enoch. Their mission: assassinate the famed atheist writer Professor John Huxley.
Genres: Comedy Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-04-02
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Lead Heads
Lead Heads
Overview: A drama about greed, the film will focus on a group of men corrupted by greed, who, in their desperation, are drawn together for one night to play a game that may cost them both their souls and lives.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
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Coronation Street: Queens of the Street
Coronation Street: Queens of the Street
Overview: We mark 60 glorious years of Coronation Street, the world’s longest-running soap, with a celebration of the women who have ruled the roost in Weatherfield since the very first episode in December 1960.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
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The Making of 'Gosford Park'
2002-06-18
The Making of 'Gosford Park'
Overview: A documentary giving film fans a behind-the-scenes look at the making this Robert Altman film about a murder at an English country estate. Includes interviews with the cast and crew, who relate some of their experiences with making the film, as well as giving their views on all the work that went into it.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-06-18
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Basil
1998-07-22
Basil
Overview: A lonely young aristocrat in turn-of the century England struggles to meet the approval of his over-bearing, class-conscious father while trying to please the selfish woman he loves.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-07-22
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Pompeii and the Roman Villa
2008-10-19
Pompeii and the Roman Villa
Overview: Narrated by Sir Derek Jacobi - star of the landmark television series "I, Claudius" - this documentary explores art and culture around the Bay of Naples before Mount Vesuvius erupted in AD 79. The bay was then the most fashionable destination for vacationing Romans. Julius Caesar, emperors, and senators were among those who owned sumptuous villas along its shores. Artists flocked to the region to create frescoes, sculpture, and luxurious objects in gold, silver, and glass for villa owners as well as residents of Pompeii and other towns in the shadow of Vesuvius. The film concludes with the story of the discovery of Pompeii and Herculaneum from the 18th century onward.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-10-19
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Celebration of the Tercentenary of the Founding of The Premier Grand Lodge
2017-10-31
Celebration of the Tercentenary of the Founding of The Premier Grand Lodge
Overview: THE UNITED GRAND LODGE OF ENGLAND CELEBRATED ITS EPIC TERCENTENARY CELEBRATION AT THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL IN 2017. Over 4,000 Freemasons from Provinces and Districts were joined by representatives from over 130 sovereign Grand Lodges from around the world to mark 300 years since the founding of the world’s first Grand Lodge for Freemasons. The audience witnessed a theatrical extravaganza which embraced the rich history and heritage of Freemasonry and featured a cast of renowned actors including Sir Derek Jacobi, Samantha Bond and Sanjeev Bhaskar.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-10-31
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Venom
2015-08-04
Venom
Overview: A BBC Earth documentary inside the world of the most venomous creatures on Earth, with stories from survivors of deadly venom attacks from animals coupled with 3D graphic technology that showcases the effects of venom on the human body.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-08-04
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Mysterious Castles of Clay
1978-01-01
Mysterious Castles of Clay
Overview: Mysterious Castles of Clay is a 1978 film about a termite colony; filmed in Kenya by film-makers Joan and Alan Root, and narrated by Orson Welles. (narration replaced by Derek Jacobi, in a later release titled "Castles of Clay")
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-01-01
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My Week with Marilyn
2011-11-23
My Week with Marilyn
Overview: London, 1956. Genius actor and film director Laurence Olivier is about to begin the shooting of his upcoming movie, premiered in 1957 as The Prince and the Showgirl, starring Marilyn Monroe. Young Colin Clark, who dreams on having a career in movie business, manages to get a job on the set as third assistant director.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-11-23
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Angelina Ballerina: The Show Must Go On
2004-11-30
Angelina Ballerina: The Show Must Go On
Overview: It's Christmas, and Angelina Mouseling (Finty Williams) is auditioning for the lead role in the musical extravaganza, Cinderella Mouse and the Ugly Whiskers. She is devastated when Penelope Pinkpaws (Jonell Elliott) is chosen to play Cinderella and she is cast as the Wicked Stepmouse. Taking Miss Lilly's (Dame Judi Dench's) advice to "think horrid" much too literally, Angelina storms off in a fit of a temper. Then a toboggan race goes wrong and it seems that the production will have to be cancelled. Realizing how selfish she has been, Angelina determines to sort things out, because as every aspiring star knows, "The Show Must Go On".
Genres: Animation Family Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-11-30
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Cinderella
2015-03-06
Cinderella
Overview: When her father unexpectedly passes away, young Ella finds herself at the mercy of her cruel stepmother and her daughters. Never one to give up hope, Ella's fortunes begin to change after meeting a dashing stranger in the woods.
Genres: Romance Fantasy Family Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-03-06
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Albert Speer und der Traum von Hollywood
2021-05-03
Albert Speer und der Traum von Hollywood
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2021-05-03
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You
2013-12-03
You
Overview: Part of Channel 4 series Derek Jacobi has stepped in to voice lyrics in a incredibly moving new film. Taking the role of an ageing writer addressing a lover, Jacobi's monologue is interspersed with footage of birth, death and all that comes in between. Absolutely shattering stuff.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-12-03
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Breaking The Codes
2020-01-23
Breaking The Codes
Overview: Using rare archive footage and exclusive interviews, this series takes you to the heart of a war that was fought far from the bombs and shells of any battlefront. A war that involved the brilliant skills of mathematicians and chess players. Revealed here are the remarkable exploits of American and British code-breakers and their immense contribution to victory in during WWII.
Genres: History War Documentary Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-01-23
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