The Inner Circle
5.9
1991
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The true story of Ivan Sanchin, the KGB officer who was Stalins private film projectionist from 1939 until the dictators death. Told from Sanchins view, the sympathetic but tragically flawed hero maintains unwavering faith in his Master despite the arrest of his neighbors and his involvement with their daughter, his wifes affair with the chilling State Security chief Lavrentii Beria and her tragic decline, and the deadly political machinations within the Kremlin he witnesses firsthand.
La Guerre sans nom
8.3
1992
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Documentary on the French-Algerian conflict 1954-1962 which was never officially called a \war\, including interviews with some of the survivors.
Time of the Gods
7.1
1992
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\Young man, from now on you will only work for me\. These were Adolf Hitlers words to the young sculptor Arno Breker in 1936. What would he commission from his new \Phidias\?
JFK
8.3
1991
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New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison discovers theres more to the Kennedy assassination than the official story.
Raise the Red Lantern
8.2
1991
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A young woman becomes the fourth wife of a wealthy lord, and must learn to live with the strict rules and tensions within the household.
Black Robe
7.1
1991
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In the 17th century, a Jesuit missionary nicknamed Black Robe by the natives and his small party of companions try reaching the Huron tribe in Canada all while facing mistrust, Iroquois warring parties and harsh winter conditions.
Let Him Have It
7.3
1991
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This drama reveals the controversial postwar 1950s London murder trial that sent an intellectually challenged young man to the gallows for a murder he did not commit.
Assassin of the Tsar
6.8
1991
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Over seventy five years ago Russias last Tsar and his entire family met their fate at the hands of a murderous assassin. Yet, behind the closed doors of a modern day psychiatric hospital a patient is telling the story of the event.
Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio
7.6
1991
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For 50 years, radio dominated the airwaves as the first mass medium. Ken Burns examines the lives of three men who shared the responsibility for its invention and early success.
Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis
6.5
1991
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True story of the sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis, its crews struggle to survive the sharks and exposure, and the captains scape-goat court-martial.
Edward II
6.9
1991
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In this Derek Jarman version of Christopher Marlowes Elizabethan drama, in modern costumes and settings, Plantagenet king Edward II hands the power-craving nobility the perfect excuse by taking as lover besides his diplomatic wife, the French princess Isabel, not an acceptable lady at court but the ambitious Piers Gaveston, who uses his favor in bed even to wield political influence - the stage is set for a palace revolt which sends the gay pair from the throne to a terminal torture dungeon.
Once Upon a Time in China
6.8
1991
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Legendary martial arts hero Wong Fei-Hung fights against foreign forces plundering of China. When Aunt Yee arrives back from America, Wong Fei-Hung assumes the role of her protector.
The Elementary School
8.2
1991
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The time is 1945-46. 10 year old Eda and his friend Tonda live in a small village outside Prague. In school, their class is so wild and indisciplined that their teacher quits and is replaced by the militant Igor Hnidzo. He is very strict - but also very just. His weakness is his interest in young women.
The True Story of Glory Continues
5
1991
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Morgan Freeman narrates this documentary that explores the 54th Massachusetts regiment that is the basis of the motion picture, \Glory\.
Echoes That Remain
7
1991
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Echoes That Remain combines hundreds of rare archival photos and previously unseen film footage with live action sequences shot on location at the sites of former Jewish communities in Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland and Romania. The films production team spent over a year of research in archives around the world collecting film footage and photographs to help dramatize the folk stories, parables, and anecdotes. Playing an important role in the film are a series of evocative images from the famed photo biographer of Eastern European shtetl life, the late Roman Vishniac.
Chernobyl: The Final Warning
7.1
1991
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True story about the tragic nuclear power plant accident in Chernobyl and how one American specialist, Dr. Robert Gale, helped the soviet doctors treat the survivors.
Never Forget
6.6
1991
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Mr. Mermelstein (Leonard Nimoy) and Mrs. Mermelstein (Blythe Danner) a true-life California couple, thrown into the spotlight of judicial history in the 1980s. He is a Hungarian-born Jew, sole-survivor of his familys extermination at Auschwitz, and she is a Southern Baptist from Tennessee. Their four children are good kids, typical Americans, with just enough orneriness to irritate each other, but enough love and class to pull together when it counts. When challenged by a hate group to prove that Jews were actually gassed at Auschwitz, Mel Mermelstein rises to the occasion with the support of his wife and children, in spite of the dangers to himself, his business, and his family. William John Cox (Dabney Coleman) provides legal help (pro bono) as a lawyer, originally a Roman Catholic from Texas.
The Josephine Baker Story
7.2
1991
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Born poor in St. Louis, Missouri, Josephine Baker achieved fame and fortune through her sizzlingly exotic, erotic performances. Starting life on the American Vaudeville circuit, success takes Josephine to Paris where her semi-nude dancing causes an international sensation. Through her marriages to an Italian pseudo-count and an orchestra leader, to her bond with army officer Sydney Williams, Josephines life is a rollercoaster ride of love and rejection from both her lovers and her country. But semi-nude, or head-to-toes in sequins; in battle fatigues or rags - her beauty and ambition ensured that Josephine Baker will always be remembered as the first, and possibly most loved, truly international star.
Lucy & Desi: Before the Laughter
6.6
1991
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This made for TV movie tells the story of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. It begins in the 1930s when they met as actors under contract at RKO and ends with their divorce in 1960. In between we see how their careers developed, their often rocky marriage, and how they came to develop the groundbreaking and iconic I Love Lucy show.
Brother Future
6
1991
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A young street rapper is transported back in time to the pre-Civil War South, where he finds himself in the middle of a slave revolt.
Daughters of the Dust
6.5
1991
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A languid, impressionistic story of three generations of Gullah women living on the South Carolina Sea Islands in 1902.
The Long Walk Home
7.3
1990
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Two women, black and white, in 1955 Montgomery Alabama, must decide what they are going to do in response to the famous bus boycott led by Martin Luther King.
Europa Europa
5.6
1990
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A boy in Nazi Germany, trying to conceal that he is Jewish, joins the Hitler Youth.
China Cry: A True Story
6.7
1990
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This is the true story of Sung Neng Yee, now known as Nora Lam, who fled from Communist China to Hong Kong for her palpably real Christian faith.