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A small village during World War II. Due to deep poverty, some villagers engage in trade of goods, contraband, across the mountain border. A great gap opens between the villagers and those fighting the enemy.
Sixty years ago Ian Sinclair was a revolutionary leader. Today he is in an old folks' home, but has not lost his sense of humour, or his appetite for the struggle. In protest at the proposed closure of the home, the old socialist firebrand embarks upon a hunger strike that ends up having wide-range repercussions.
A bunch of unemployed and unqualified workers are hired to unload a few railway wagons. Because of the low wages, the manager needs to encourage the workers in some other way.
It is May 1944, two weeks before D-day. Britain stands poised for the long-awaited invasion of France - thousands of troops wait anxiously for the orders to come for embarkation. MI5 is horrified to discover the top-secret codewords for the invasion suddenly appearing as clues in the Daily Telegraph crossword. Two agents are immediately dispatched to confront the culprit, the headmaster of a boys' school in southern England.
The best performances of UK ice dancing pair Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean.
All the little ponies and their young friend Megan must save Baby Surprise and their ponies, magical rainbow locket from the evil Cartrina. If they don't, Catrina will force all the baby ponies to become her slaves. It's a battle the little ponies must win or life in Dream Valley will never be the same!
John Candy presents the 1983 Young Comedians Show.
In prison the night before his execution, republican preacher Hugh Peter prepares to be hanged, drawn and quartered for treason
British TV-Drama
1730: shortly after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, women refusing to abjure Protestantism are imprisoned in the Tower of Constance. Among them, Marie Durand, who would later become an icon of the Huguenots. All these women consumed by loneliness, illness and fear cling to only one idea: to resist.
One regular Sunday meeting of a boy and his father who live separately.
A rich, bored gourmand who has tasted all there is of exotic meals, even human flesh, gets a tip-off from a rich midget. The midget had tasted everything out of this world, and even something not of this world. In other words, a ghost. The gourmand becomes very interested…
Days and nights of the life of the head of Kolkhoz who tries to improve the life of the members every way he can imagine.
A handful of young geologists are unlucky enough to be forced to stay at a rundown hotel in the middle of nowhere. What they don't know is that the hotel has been abandoned for twenty years because the owner of the hotel had killed his family and all the guests two decades ago. Strange things begin to happen, and suddenly murders are committed...
It's the first day on the job at Sun Hill police station for probationary P.C. Jim Carver, but by no means an uneventful one…
The story of a peasant girl of fifteen, Mariute, who comes down from the Carnia mountains to the Friulian plains with her mother at the beginning of the summer.
Booker tells the true story of Booker T. Washington, who, as a young slave, dreams of learning to read and write. After the Civil War frees him, Booker is forced to work long hours in a salt furnace to help his family survive. But with hard work and persistence, Booker finds a way to learn and gain the freedom that comes with education.
A contemporary remake of "Cinderella"
An old man cashes in all his possessions and sets off on a journey to the Tohoku region in late autumn. Along the way, he visits a friend on his deathbed and develops a faint affection for an elegant old woman, but the purpose of his journey is actually to find a place to die. He gives a large sum of money to a young couple, who are poor but have a dream for the future, and tries to throw himself into the sea. The movie depicts the loneliness of an old man who has lost his wife.
A playful group portrait with Rainer Grams‘ companions and contemporaries for the "Kleine Fernsehdrama" (ZDF).
A man is investigated for the murder of a person, even though he was in the company of a girl in a nightclub at the time; However, the young woman is afraid to testify for fear of retaliation, so she asks the man's family for a large sum of money in order to tell the truth to the police. Subsequently, other murders follow one another, including that of the real murderer, who was only a hitman, of the witness and of the witness's best friend. The suspect thus thinks that it is his business partner who wants to get involved but the truth turns out to be even more tangled.
The film depicts a famous Malayalam writer's emotional relationship with an intellectual who leads the life of a simple farmer in a remote village. The story unfolds through the writer's bus journey to visit him.
Welcome to Strawberry Land, the charming and peaceful home of Strawberry Shortcake and her fruit-filled friends, where rivers of strawberry juice flow past homes made of pastry! But all is not well in this picturesque paradise. The presence of the Purple Pieman of Porcupine Peak and his beastly Berry Birds threatens their tranquil existence.
A raunchy sketch comedy special created by and starring members of the Groundlings comedy troupe.
Reduced to poverty, a young man is taken in by a rich lady who asks him for some dangerous services in exchange.
Alla and Igor decide to get married. It is the second marriage for both of them. Resentment towards her ex-husband, who is busy with science and indifferent to everyday problems, has embittered Alla. She is sure that he and his parents want to take away her child. In her anger she does not notice that she is unfair to her loved ones and makes her son unhappy.
Comprehensive classic piece that looks at the process of creating the movie, told with a strong, well-constructed narrative that plays almost as a movie itself, a detailed retelling of how the movie was made and the dedication to authenticity that's evident right down to the finest little details on the ship. After a narrator sets the scene for various segments from the film, the piece takes its time to take a closer look at all of the elements that are necessary to create the movie and the challenges of shooting such a labor- and authenticity-intensive picture.
A young American widow is mysteriously drawn to a historic castle in the Scottish Highlands and finds herself at the center of a 200-year old ghost story.
To celebrate the "birthday" of the famous Improv comedy club, 6 famous comedians get up on stage and do their thing. However, to make things interesting, while each one does his particular routine, the other 5 comics sit at the back of the stage and heckle the performer. This video is especially notable for Martin Mull issuing a zinger at Robin Williams that shuts-up the otherwise motor-mouthed comic for at least 5 seconds.
A television documentary about John Cage and his music.
Everything seems normal at a hockey arena until the roof, straining under the weight of the ice and snow that has built up, finally gives way, collapsing on top of the fans and players below. Many are killed in the tragic accident, but a few survive, trapped under tons of snow and steel. Can they hold out long enough for the rescue teams to reach them?
Verso l'ora zero is an Italian television film from 1980. It is based on the Agatha Christie novel Towards Zero.
In this rare Rai television special from 1984, Andrea Pazienza recounts his artistic and personal journey through comics, politics, creativity, and generational anxieties. Through characters like Zanardi and Pentothal, a lively and intimate portrait emerges of a visionary author, a symbol of Italian culture in the 1970s and 1980s.
Johann Hull, a man with revolutionary charisma, comes to St. Barbara one day. He encourages the starving fishermen to fight to improve their living conditions. They dare to revolt.
Convinced that his family is tainted by generations of evil, Roderick Usher is hellbent on stopping his sister Madeline’s wedding to prevent the cursed Usher bloodline from expanding. When her fiancé Alain arrives at the crumbling estate to claim his bride, Roderick goes to ruthless—even deadly—lengths to keep them apart.
Biopic of Arthur Lucan, who portrayed Old Mother Riley for over twenty years on stage and screen.
Barbara and Naseem are in the same hospital, having babies. They make friends. But the celebrations of their husbands, Kenny and Quereshi, 'Jimmy', lead to a headlong chase, with crazy mix-ups, collisions and brushes with the law
A story based on the great Melbourne bookie robbery.
Prison inmate Danny Monk does not foresee the circumstances when he barricades himself in a cell during a prison riot with Prison Officer Green as hostage.
The Hanseatic City of Hamburg is documented without narration.
A variety special starring John Denver and special guest George Burns.
A tribute to Joe Zawislak and his horror host character "Dr. Shock".
Feeling unneeded, a disillusioned Santa Claus (Charles Durning) quits Christmas. Through the selflessness of a little girl looking to reunite her parents for Christmas (and the help of his bumbling chief elf, Philpot (Bruce Vilanch), Santa and the child travel across America and Santa discovers that people really do need him and care about other people.
An unusual and evocative journey through the city of Milan at the beginning of the 80's, among fashion, art and everyday life.
The McAuleys are local celebrities and Eileen Hughes, a young shop assistant, is flattered to be taken under their wing. Then she accepts their invitation to join them for a week's holiday in London ...
Teenaged boy discovers he has been afflicted with AIDS after a blood transfusion.
A tale of cat lovers, the social circle they inhabit and the power struggles between them.