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61) Secrets of war
Series
Film Movement volume year 13, film 11
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
Nederlands
Description
Tuur and Lambert are best friends in a Nazi-occupied Dutch village who pass their days playing soldiers and exploring local caves, mimicking a war that seems far removed from their everyday life. When Maartje joins their class, the young girl immediately stands out as different from her classmates. Yet the boys embrace their new friend, forming a unique bond based on shared adventures, secrets and mischief. Ultimately, the realities of war even find...
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
日本語
Description
Sixty-one years ago, the United States and Japanese armies met on Iwo Jima. Decades later, hundreds of letters are unearthed from that stark island's soil. The letters give faces and voices to the men who fought there, as well as the extraordinary general who led them. Leading the defense is Lt. General Tadamichi Kuribayashi. With little defense other than sheer will and the volcanic rock of the island itself, Gen. Kuribayashi's unprecedented tactics...
63) The bird catcher
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
On her attempt to flee occupied Norway, a young jewish girl is forced to conceal her identity.
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Experience the Civil War in twenty 4-8 minute segments featuring never before seen photographs, artifacts and hundreds of rare paintings and engravings. Learn about the lives of the soldiers through their handwritten letters home and find out what life was like from the perspective of the average foot soldier.
65) Café society
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Set in the 1930s, a young Bronx native moves to Hollywood where he falls in love with the secretary of his powerful uncle, an agent to the stars. After returning to New York he is swept up in the vibrant world of high society nightclub life.
67) Operation Sussex
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
One of the most important intelligence operations of World War II was this top secret spy mission that was created and directed by General Eisenhower. American, British, and Free French intelligence services were to recruit and train volunteers for an Allied resistance network. Men and women operatives parachuted two at a time into occupied France without Geneva Convention protections and then provided crucial details about the German military leading...
68) Empire of light
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Formats
Description
A drama about the power of human connection during turbulent times, set in an English coastal town in the early 1980s.
69) Jesus revolution
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Formats
Description
The story of one young hippie's quest in the 1970s for belonging and liberation that leads not only to peace, love, and rock and roll but that sets into motion a new counterculture crusade a Jesus Movement changing the course of history. Inspired by a true movement, it tells the story of a young Greg Laurie being raised by his struggling mother, Charlene in the 1970s. Laurie and a sea of young people descend on sunny Southern California to redefine...
70) The wind rises
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
日本語
Description
Dramatizes the life of Jiro Horikoshi as he designs modern fighter planes against the backdrop of Japan's national tragedies in the years between World War I and World War II.
72) Che
Series
Criterion collection volume 495
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
Español
Description
A portrait of the man who overthrew a dictatorship and became a revolutionary before his life was ended. Includes both Che Part One: The Argentine and Part Two: Guerrilla and bonus features.
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
日本語
Description
Rurouni Kenshin Part III takes place after Kenshin's confrontation with Shishio ends in defeat. Kenshin Himura awakens at the home of his old Master. With his mind set on revenge, he trains day and night to learn the final technique of his deadly fighting style. While he builds up his strength, Shishio and his army attack the coastline and force the new government to name Kenshin a wanted man.
74) Big eyes
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Walter Keane became a worldwide celebrity and talk show fixture in the 1950s after he pioneered the mass production of prints of big-eyed kids, and used his marketing savvy to sell them cheaply. Unfortunately, he claimed to be the artist. That role was played by Margaret, his shy wife. The ruse broke up their marriage and led to a divorce and a dramatic courtroom battle to prove authorship of the paintings.
75) Howards End
Series
Criterion collection volume 488
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
In Edwardian England, two well educated sisters each find different ways to deal with the constraints of society.
76) Emily
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Imagines Emily Bronte's own story that inspired 'Wuthering Heights.' As she struggles within the confines of her family life and yearns for freedom, and so begins a journey to channel her potential into the seminal novel." --
79) Spotlight
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
The riveting true story of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Boston Globe investigation that would rock the city and cause a crisis in one of the world's oldest and most trusted institutions. When the newspaper's tenacious 'Spotlight' team of reporters delve into allegations of abuse in the Catholic Church, their year-long investigation uncovers a decades-long cover-up at the highest levels of Boston's religious, legal, and government establishment.
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
An account of the battle history of the U.S. Marine Corps in the Pacific Theater during WWII. Featuring dramatic footage and informative maps, this series details the string of island battles and subsequent victories across the Pacific.
Contains episodes: Tinian--securing the Marianas; Peleliu--a costly mistake; Iwo Jima--stepping stone to Japan; Okinawa--the final battle.
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