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1781) The decent one
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
Deutsch
Description
"Dokumentation über den NS-Reichsinnenminister Heinrich Himmler (1900-1945), die sich auf seinen umfangreichen privaten Nachlass stützt. Aus dem Off vorgetragene Ausschnitte aus seinen Briefen und Tagebüchern ergeben eine Art biografischer Erzählung, während die Aussagen auf der Bildebene anfangs assoziativ, während des Holocaust dann zunehmend kontrastiv illustriert werden. Dabei stehen die banalen Briefinhalte im krassen Gegensatz zur...
1782) Testimony
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Based loosely on the memoirs of Shostakovich, a classical composer living in Russia during the reign of Stalin, this film traces the relationship between Shostakovich and Stalin and the effect that Stalin had on Shostakovich's life and work.
1783) Birdman of Alcatraz
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
The true story of a convicted killer who avoids the depths of despair by becoming a world-renowned authority on birds during his imprisonment.
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
Widescreen [edition; Blu-ray + DVD combo pack].
Language
Español
Description
Paris, 1930. The infamous surrealist filmmaker Luis Buñuel is left penniless after the scandalous release of L'Age d'Or leads to a falling out with collaborator Salvador Dalí. On a whim, Buñuel's good friend, sculptor Ramón Acín, buys a lottery ticket and promises to devote his winnings to fund Buñuel's next film. Incredibly, Ramón wins the 20,000-pesos jackpot, sending the two friends to the remote mountains of their native Spain to...
Pub. Date
[2005]
Edition
Special edition.
Language
English
Description
Kamran, a 12 year old boy, travels from the U.S. to England and Iran in pursuit of the life story of his ancestor, the 11th century mathematician, astronomer and poet, Omar Khayyam. The film moves between his journey and the epic past where the friendship between Omar Khayyam and Hassan Sabbeh is destroyed by their love for the same woman.
1786) Frost/Nixon: DVD
Pub. Date
2009.
Edition
Anamorphic widescreen.
Language
English
Description
Three years after leaving office, Richard Nixon confronts the questions of his time in office when the Watergate scandal ended his presidency in a history-making interview with British television personality David Frost.
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
A taut, gripping, true-life extreme adventure chronicling the suspenseful struggle for survival on top of the world's highest mountain. Scott Fischer and Rob Hall are experienced guides who lead two opposing expedition teams up the treacherous face of Mount Everest. Along for the climb are a desperate group of experienced and not-so-experienced thrill-seekers, including journalist Jon Krakauer. Although initially exhilarating, the climb becomes perilous...
1788) At eternity's gate
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Famed but tormented artist Vincent van Gogh spends his final years in Arles, France, painting masterworks of the natural world that surrounds him.
1789) The duchess
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
Blu-ray version.
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the life of 18th century aristocrat Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire. She was reviled for her extravagant political and personal life. She was a vibrant beauty and celebrity of her time. Georgiana is trapped in an unhappy marital triangle with her husband and his live-in mistress. She falls passionately in love with Earl Grey, an ambitious young politician, and the affair causes a bitter conflict with her husband and threatens to erupt...
1790) Eleanor and Franklin
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book- this is the story of one of America's greatest presidents and the First Lady who devoted herself to public service.
1791) My brilliant career
Series
Criterion collection volume 973
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
Director-approved Blu-ray special edition.
Language
English
Description
"For her award-winning breakthrough film, director Gillian Armstrong drew on teenage author Miles Franklin's novel, a celebrated turn-of-the-twentieth-century Australian coming-of-age story, to brashly upend the conventions of period romance. Headstrong young Sybylla Melvyn (Judy Davis, in a star-making performance) bemoans her stifling life in the backcountry where her writerly ambitions receive little encouragement, and craves independence over...
1792) Raging Bull
Series
Criterion collection volume 1134
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
Director-approved Blu-ray special edition.
Language
English
Description
Widely hailed as the greatest film of the 1980s, this searing story charts the tortured rise and fall of middleweight champion Jake 'The Bronx Bull' La Motta.
1793) El cantante
Pub. Date
[2007]
Edition
[Standard version].
Language
English
Description
A tale of romance and redemption based on the true story of salsa legend Héctor Lavoe and the woman who kept him from falling over the edge.
1794) An honest liar
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"An Honest Liar tells the story of the world-famous magician, escape artist and enemy of deception, James 'The Amazing' Randi. He devised intricate invesigations exposing the 'miracles' of psychics, faith healers and con-artists. A master deceiver who came out of the the closet [at] 81, Randi created fictional characters, fake psychics, and even turned his partner of 25 years, the artist Jose Alvarez, into a sham guru named Carlos. But when a shocking...
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Explores the relationship between two men, Niklas Frank, and Horst von Wachter, each of whom are the children of high-ranking Nazi officials and possess starkly contrasting attitudes toward their fathers. Philippe Sands investigates the complicated connection between the two, and even delves into the story of his own grandfather who escaped the same area where their fathers carried out mass killings. Features never before seen home movie and archive...
Pub. Date
[2003]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Description
Legendary Hollywood producer Robert Evans, the man behind such films as Rosemary's baby, Love story, Chinatown, and The Godfather - tells it like it is and was in Hollywood. Includes his appeal to the Board of Directors short film that saved Paramount Pictures in 1970. Also, includes archival interviews about Evans with stars and filmmakers. Includes an Evans gag reel.
1797) Running from crazy
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
This documentary examines the personal journey of Mariel Hemingway, the granddaughter of writer Ernest Hemingway, as she strives for a deeper understanding of the suicide and mental illness that have afflicted so many of her family members. Intimate verité footage and raw, emotional interviews with Mariel and her daughter are interwoven with rarely seen archival footage of the three Hemingway sisters and their parents.
1798) Patch Adams
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Based on the true story of a compassionate but outrageous med student who risks his career by defying the medical profession with his unwavering belief that laughter is the best medicine.
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