For Greater Glory: The True Story of Cristiada 2012
For Greater Glory: The True Story of Cristiada 2012
R | 2h 25min | Drama, History, War | 1 June 2012 (USA)
Storyline:
What price would you pay for freedom? In the exhilarating action epic FOR GREATER GLORY, an impassioned group of men and women make the decision to risk it all for family, faith and country. This film unfolds the (hidden) true story of 1920’s Cristeros War.
The White Ribbon 2009
The White Ribbon 2009
Das weiße Band – Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte (original title)
R | 2h 24min | Drama, History, Mystery | 5 March 2010 (USA)
Storyline:
From July, 1913 to the outbreak of World War I, a series of incidents take place in a German village. A horse trips on a wire and throws the rider; a woman falls to her death through rotted planks; the local baron’s son is hung upside down in a mill; parents slap and bully their children; a man is cruel to his long-suffering lover; another sexually abuses his daughter. People disappear. A callow teacher, who courts a nanny in the baron’s household, narrates the story and tries to investigate the connections among these accidents and crimes. What is foreshadowed? Are the children holy innocents? God may be in His heaven, but all is not right with the world; the center cannot hold.
The King 2019
The King 2019
R | 2h 20min | Biography, Drama, History | 1 November 2019 (USA)
Storyline:
Hal, wayward prince and heir to the English throne, is crowned King Henry V after his tyrannical father dies. Now the young king must navigate palace politics, the war his father left behind, and the emotional strings of his past life.
The Photographer of Mauthausen 2018
El fotógrafo de Mauthausen (2018)
TV-MA | 1h 50min | Biography, Drama, History | 26 October 2018 (Spain)
Storyline:
Based on real events, Francesc Boix is a Spaniard inmate in the Nazi concentration camp of Mauthausen in Austria who tries to save the evidences of the horrors committed inside its walls.
Memorial Day 2012
R | 1h 44min | Action, Drama, History | 11 July 2012 (Norway)
Storyline:
Memorial Day, 1993. When 13-year-old Kyle Vogel discovers the World War II footlocker belonging to his grandfather, Bud, everyone tells Kyle to put it back. Luckily, he ignores them. Although Bud has never talked about the war, he finds himself striking a deal with his grandson: Kyle can pick any three souvenirs, and Bud will tell him the stories behind each one. Memorial Day not only takes us on a journey into Bud’s complicated wartime past, but also into Kyle’s wartime future. As the two men share parallel experiences in combat, they come to realize how that magical day on the porch shaped both of their lives.
Taboo 1999
Gohatto (original title)
1h 40min | Drama, History, Thriller | 18 December 1999 (Japan)
Storyline:
Set during Japan’s Shogun era, this film looks at life in a samurai compound where young warriors are trained in swordfighting. A number of interpersonal conflicts are brewing in the training room, all centering around a handsome young samurai named Sozaburo Kano. The school’s stern master can choose to intervene, or to let Kano decide his own path.
