Escape from Sobibor 1987
Escape from Sobibor 1987
2h 23min | Drama, History, War | TV Movie 12 April 1987
Storyline:
The historical recreation of the escape from the Nazi Death Camp Sobibor, where approximately one-quarter million Jews were executed. Of approximately 600 prisoners who attempted escaped in October 1943, around 300 succeeded. However, nearly all were ultimately recaptured; only about 60 people survived Sobibor.
Hans Roeckle und der Teufel 1974
Hans Röckle und der Teufel (original title)
1h 15min | Family, Fantasy | 5 July 1974 (East Germany)
User review:
This movie is based on a contemporary children’s book, not the usual Grimm Brothers stock. Hans Röckle is a puppeteer, inventor, blacksmith and more. He is challenged by the Devil (in almost a dozen fancy costumes) who offers him even more inventiveness, against his soul should he ever make money with an invention, build something twice, or cease inventing for 7*7 hours.
Devil’s Knot 2013
1h 54min | Biography, Crime, Drama | 12 March 2014 (Philippines)
Storyline:
Based on the actual events of the West Memphis Three, where three young boys were savagely murdered in West Memphis, Arkansas in 1993. Spurred on by the demand from a grieving town, the local police act quickly to bring three “devil-worshipping” teenagers to trial. With their lives hanging in the balance, investigator Ron Lax is trying to find the truth between the town’s need for justice and the guilt of the accused.
Growing Up – Boys
Growing Up – Boys
49min | Documentary | 2002
Plot:
This series offers a highly visual insight into the minds and bodies of teenagers and uses their own experiences to track their progress from child to adulthood. The focus is on the boys Jesse, Andy, Mark and Dominic and the girls Sharmaine, Claudia, and the twins Rebecca and Jessica. This series concludes that to become a settled adult, a teenager must grow to be comfortable with his/her body, new identity, and the responsibilities that come with adulthood.
L’albero di Guernica 1975
1h 50min | Drama, War | 19 November 1975 (France)
Storyline:
The Spanish Civil War, as experienced by the town of Villa Ramiro. The local count and his Fascist nephews ally with the rebels; the count’s son, indifferent to politics at the outset, later makes a choice; the town’s teacher, Antonio Garcia, a pacifist, tries not to take sides but to inspire the children with ideas; a beautiful eccentric woman, Vandale, brings leadership and strength to the town; dwarfs long for equality. The fictive story of Villa Ramiro is inter-cut with archival footage of the war itself. The town is near Guernica, and the local Republicans draw inspiration from its freedom tree.
Weiser 2001
Weiser 2001
1h 35min | Drama, Mystery | 18 January 2001 (Poland)
Storyline:
Poland. Summer 1967: 12-year-old kids, Pawel, Piotr, Szymek, and Elka, meet a fascinating, mysterious Jewish boy. David Weiser opens for them a new world of miracles and mystique. He is scheming something unusual.
Elysium 1986
1h 58min | Drama, War
Plot:
1944. The Szekeres’ are a much honoured intellectual Jewish family in Budapest, therefore they believe that they will be able to survive the Holocaust. One day the ten-year-old Gyurika does not return from the neighborhood. It is too late to learn that the well-behaved little boy was ordered by a gendarme to join the march of yellow-stared people. Gyurika still expects on the train that someone will come for him. The crazy run of his parents is in vain. Gyurika gets into the camp called Elysium, where experiments are carried out on children. Doctor Helmer grows fond of the intelligent little boy who speaks good German and is full of trust for adults again, but this does not save Gyurika from death.
The Black Hen 2015
Kalo Pothi (original title)
1h 30min | Action, Drama, History | 30 December 2015 (France)
Storyline:
We are in the year 2001, a temporary ceasefire brings a much-needed break to a small war-torn village in Northern Nepal, bringing much joy among the residents. Prakash and Kiran, two young close friends, are also starting to feel the change in the air. Though they are divided by caste and social creed, they remain inseparable, and start raising a hen given to Prakash by his sister, with hopes to save money by selling her eggs. However, the hen goes missing. To find it, they embark on a journey, innocently unaware of the tyranny brought by the fragile ceasefire.
Tree Without Leaves 1986
Rakuyôju (original title)
1h 45min | Drama | 15 November 1986 (Japan)
Storyline:
Haru, an aging scriptwriter, has isolated himself somewhere in the woods of Nagano to work on his first novel. As the last surviving member of his kin, he intends to chronicle the family he grew up in.
