Popular History Movies - Page 394
Stevie Wonder: Songs in the Key of Life - An All-Star Grammy Salute
2015
star 8"Stevie Wonder: Songs in the Key of Life — An All-Star GRAMMY Salute" will feature some of today's top artists covering songs by the legendary GRAMMY winner, as well as other archival material. In addition, various presenters will help highlight the historical impact of Wonder's songs on music and our culture. In the 56-year history of the GRAMMY Awards, Wonder is the only artist to have received Album of the Year honors in three out of four consecutive years with Innervisions, Fulfillingness' First Finale, and the seminal Songs in the Key of Life. With a catalog that is one of the richest treasure troves in American music, his songs are still revered and influential today and his longevity as one of America's — and the world's — most respected and beloved artists is well earned.Years of Fire
1939
Cheer Up, Korea
2025
Cheer Up, Korea
2025
Tallinn in Flames
2026
Tallinn in Flames
2026
On one moonlit night in 1944, Soviet bombers turned Tallinn into a burning labyrinth of fire and ash - attacking the capital of a country that was not even at war. Through restored images, this night is relived.Arab Treasure Ship
2012
Arab Treasure Ship
2012
This film shows the ship’s construction and launch. It tells the story of how she was sewn together without a single screw, nail or bolt and the mighty struggle to launch her.Nina's House
2005
Nina's House
2005
star 5.9Starting in 1944 in the wake of the Liberation and continuing into the '60s, 'houses of hope' were established to lend a semblance of continuity to youngsters orpahaned by the war. Nina's Home takes place between September 1944 and January 1946 in an orphanage housed in a chateau outside Paris. At the outset, the country residence is run by Nina who has a core population of French Jewish children whose parents are probably dead. Food is scarce. News of the Concentration Camps hasn't hit yet, but some months later, a contingent of youths arrive form the liberated camps. The children are a disparate, wild, damaged group and conflicts ensue. Nina's challenge is to help them make their first delicate moves toward the future and in the process restore all of them, including herself, to life.The Least of These
2019
The Least of These
2019
star 6.3The story of missionary Graham Staines who was martyred in India in 1999. “The Least of These” shares the story leading up to the murders of the Australian Christian missionary and his sons, Philip, 10, and Timothy, 6, who were helping a community of lepers in India.Bir Millet Uyanıyor
1932
Bir Millet Uyanıyor
1932
star 8The events begin on March 15, 1920. The captain Davut, who belongs to the Kuvva-i Milliye in Anatolia, and the commander Tilki join the alliance that first presses the Akbas Ammunition and transfers the ammunition to the Kuvva-i Milliye on a received code.The Maias: Story of a Portuguese Family
2014
star 5.9The tragedy and comedy in Carlos' life begins, grows and ends like the tragedy and comedy of Portugal. In the company of his close friend, João da Ega, allegedly a brilliant writer, Carlos, with his idle existence as an aristocratic doctor, spends his time to enjoying friends and lovers. Until he falls in love. She is a new character in this revolutionary novel. It's a vertiginous passion that goes beyond that past gloominess to reach a new and darker abyss, incest.Falácias
2021
The Mystery of D.B. Cooper
2020
star 6.3This documentary brings to life the stories of four people believed by their family and friends to be “DB Cooper,” a man who hijacked a 727 flying out of Seattle and jumped from the plane over the wilds of Washington State with a parachute and $200,000, never to be heard from again.Le Grandi Operette : La bella Elena
2000
Part of a specialized series entitled “Le Grandi Operette” (The Great Operettas), this specific video version presents the Italian-language adaptation of Jacques Offenbach's opera.Blood and Beauty
2019
Blood and Beauty
2019
UnBowed
1999
UnBowed
1999
star 6.5An unlikely romance develops between a Lakota warrior and a young black woman at an 1890s black college.Gaggee
2012
Gaggee
2012
A period drama set in the city of Varanasi. The raja of Varansi is unable to satisfy his younger wife’s sexual needs so she has an affair with one of the king’s generals.Reed: Insurgent Mexico
1972
star 6A dramatization of John Reed's newspaper accounts of the Mexican Revolution. Considered the first real film in Mexican cinema to be made on the Mexican Revolution.Wawelski convuntus dowódców
1970
A TV special - host Irena Dziedzic interviews notable figures of Polish history at the Wawel Castle.
