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.
In the year 180 A.D. Germanic tribes are about to invade the Roman empire from the north. In the midst of this crisis ailing emperor Marcus Aurelius has to make a decision about his successor between his son Commodus, who is obsessed by power, and the loyal general Gaius Livius.
Britain, A.D. 117. Quintus Dias, the sole survivor of a Pictish raid on a Roman frontier fort, marches north with General Virilus' legendary Ninth Legion, under orders to wipe the Picts from the face of the Earth and destroy their leader, Gorlacon.
In 140 AD, twenty years after the unexplained disappearance of the entire Ninth Legion in the mountains of Scotland, young centurion Marcus Aquila arrives from Rome to solve the mystery and restore the reputation of his father, the commander of the Ninth. Accompanied only by his British slave Esca, Marcus sets out across Hadrian's Wall into the uncharted highlands of Caledonia - to confront its savage tribes, make peace with his father's memory, and retrieve the lost legion's golden emblem, the Eagle of the Ninth.
Marcus Numidius, a Roman tribune sent to Armenia to put down a gladiators' revolt, captures the rebels' popular leader, Aselepius. Princess Amira, with ambitions of being Queen and jealous of Asclepius' popularity, plans his death in the arena by substituting a lion for his human opponent
George Bernard Shaw’s breezy, delightful dramatization of this classic fable—about a Christian slave who pulls a thorn from a lion’s paw and is spared from death in the Colosseum as a result of his kind act—was written as a meditation on modern Christian values. Pascal’s final Shaw production is played broadly, with comic character actor Alan Young as the titular naïf. He’s ably supported by Jean Simmons, Victor Mature, Robert Newton, and Elsa Lanchester.
Rome, under Commodus: intrigue, fight for power, gladiators, senators, Christians, Barbarians, slaves, Pretorians, battles, wrestles, swords and muscles in by-the-numbers Italian epic.
3 men are stranded adrift after surviving a fatal plane crash during WWll and must survive against sharks, dehydration, and famine for 47 days.
Feryada Gücüm Yok
The arbitrariness of an evil father leads his children to patricide.
In the delta islands of the Paraná, a woman is the object of desire of the village's men.
A slice of life among Russian intelligentsia on the eve of WWII. A haunting reminder of Stalin's psychotic purge of 1938 and the nightmarish German siege of Leningrad.
Julie Page seems to have everything going for her. Even though she's from a wealthy family, at the top of her class, and planning to go off to college after graduation, she's totally miserable and feels crushed by the impossibly high expectations of her mother. After being bullied at school and fighting with her mom, Julie snaps and reinvents herself. She meets Ari, a street tough girl who pulls her into a world of punk rock rebellion and the kind of freedom she's never had. Unexpectedly, Julie meets two local musicians, Remy Sinclair and his best friend Joey. Remy's music teacher, Mr. Foxhoven, is pushing him to attend music school as he struggles with the idea of leaving the people he cares about. Remy and Julie fall in love and their two worlds collide impacting everyone they care about. This is a story for anyone who has ever fallen in love and questioned who they want to become. "Ever Fallen" is the kind of coming-of-age story that speaks to every generation.
A young priest arrives in a provincial town. Thanks to his unconventional approach to his role as a clergyman, he manages to show what true love for one's neighbor is. He buys a cafe where he starts feeding some visitors for free and listens to their dramatic and tangled stories. The lives of people, as well as the priest himself, begin to change drastically.
Fusing comedic and dramatic elements, "The Pit" is a fun, stylish and entertaining portrayal of early twenty-somethings in Bushwick. Inspired by such films as "Dazed and Confused" and "Masculine Feminine", the film serves both as a snapshot of the current hipster scene in Brooklyn and an exploration of the pitfalls of attempting to integrate oneself in a largely apathetic and hedonistic counter-culture.
Strom vědění dobrého
The cold, the fog and the haze pervades all around. We get the feeling of being besieged through an eternal winter and a never-ending war. Within this numb atmosphere in which all has frozen, one embarks on a journey to his/her past and future.
German women may be perceived as passive witnesses to the horrific crimes committed by the Nazi regime, but many were active participants that were as brutal and merciless as their better-known, male counterparts. Over the past 15 years, a new generation of international historians has been digging into the truth of how deeply the Third Reich’s women were involved in the atrocities. Combining their fresh analyses with striking archival footage, this film reveals previously unknown stories about the women who refused to live in the shadow of Nazi men.
It shows the inspirational story of the extraordinary bravery of seven Maratha warriors of Maratha Empire to achieve dream of Swaraj in 1674.
Pedrito Masangkay: Walang Bakas na Iniwan