The Gleiwitz Case
6.6
1961
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Re-enacted true story of successful assault by Nazis, posing as Poles, on a German border radio station so that Hitler could justify thereby his invasion of Poland.
Francis of Assisi
7.5
1961
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In 13th century Italy, Francis Bernardone, the son of an Assisi merchant, renounces a promising army career in favor of a monastic life and starts his own religious order, sanctioned by the Pope.
Donald and the Wheel
5.7
1961
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A father tells his son the invention of the wheel was most important; to prove it, the two hipsters visit the inventor caveman Donald Duck. There follows a survey of the progress of transportation, a digression into the basics of gear ratios, a series of live-action dancers to various styles of music inside a giant jukebox, an illustration of the use of wheels in power generation and space satellites, etc. Ultimately, Donald decides he doesnt want the responsibility, but certainly someone else would take on the task.
The Colossus of Rhodes
5.8
1961
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While holidaying in Rhodes, an Athenian war hero becomes involved in two plots to overthrow the tyrannical king: one from Rhodian patriots, and the other from sinister Phoenician agents.
Constantine and the Cross
6
1961
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Biopic of Constantine the Great, set between 293-312 AD, from his days as Tribune to his accession as Roman Emperor of Gaul under the tetrarchy system and ending with his battle against the usurper Roman Emperor Maxentius in Rome.
The Little Shepherd Of Kingdom Come
6.4
1961
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An orphan fights for the north in the Civil War, then returns to his girlfriend in Kentucky.
The Secret Ways
6
1961
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During the 1956 Hungarian uprising, an American mercenary is hired to smuggle a Hungarian resistance leader out of Soviet-occupied Budapest.
Operation Eichmann
6
1961
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Drama about the life Adolf Eichmann, the Nazi officer responsible for the deaths of countless Jewish people during World War II.
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
8.3
1961
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His ideals challenged by life as a conscript in war-time Japans military, a pacifist faces ever greater tests in his fight for survival.
The Forgotten Faces
6.6
1961
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An amateur short film which retells the Hungarian revolution of 1956.
Sword of Sherwood Forest
5.9
1960
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While King Richard is away at the Crusades, some Nottingham nobles and their Sheriff plot to confiscate estates of fallen Crusaders but Robin Hood and Maid Marian foil their plan.
Revenge of the Barbarians
6
1960
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Exodus
6.8
1960
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The State of Israel is created in 1948, resulting in war with its Arab neighbors.
Esther and the King
5.5
1960
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Two decades before she would gain fame and some fortune as Alexis Carrington on Dynasty (1981), Dame Joan Collins starred as Esther in this melodramatic, routine Biblical story. The setting is Persia in the fourth century B.C., as Esther comes to the attention of the recently widowed King Ahasuerus. The King has been trying to stifle and defeat the campaign of hatred fomented against the Jews by his evil minister Haman (Sergio Fantoni). Before the King can pair off with Esther and defeat the villainous Haman, there are several intervening adventures and an additional, attractive woman who competes for attention.
Primary
7.1
1960
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Cinéma vérité feature that follows presidential hopefuls John F. Kennedy and Hubert H. Humphrey during the 1960 Wisconsin primary.
The Alamo
6.9
1960
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In 1836, a small band of soldiers sacrifice their lives in hopeless combat against a massive army in order to prevent a tyrant from smashing the new Republic of Texas.
Spartacus
8.1
1960
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The slave Spartacus survives brutal training as a gladiator and leads a violent revolt against the decadent Roman Republic, as the ambitious Crassus seeks to gain power by crushing the uprising.
Inherit the Wind
8.2
1960
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Based on a real-life case in 1925, two great lawyers argue the case for and against a Tennessee science teacher accused of the crime of teaching evolution.
The Story of Ruth
7.3
1960
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Inspired by the scriptural tale. Moabitess priestess Ruth is drawn both to a Judean man and to his talk of a forgiving God. After tragedy strikes, she begins a new life in Bethlehem.
Austerlitz
6.9
1960
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Another of Napoleons adventures in this epic reconstruction of the battle of Austerlitz, where he had the greatest victory of his career, over the Russians.
Oscar Wilde
5.8
1960
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Playwright Oscar Wildes homosexuality is exposed when he brings a libel action against his lovers father, leading to his own prosecution.
Wild River
7.7
1960
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A TVA bureaucrat comes to the river to do what none of his predecessors have been able to do - evict a stubborn octogenarian from her island before the rising waters engulf her.
The Trials of Oscar Wilde
7.1
1960
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A chronicle of Oscar Wildes libel suit against the Marquis of Queensberry and the tragic turn his life takes because of it.
The Storm of the Pacific
6.3
1960
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Lt. Koji Kitami is a navigator-bombardier in Japans Naval Air Force. He participates in the Japanese raid on the U.S. Naval Base at Pearl Harbor in 1941 and is welcomed with pride in his hometown on his return. As Japan racks up victory after victory in the Pacific War, Kitami is caught up in the emotion of the time and fights courageously for the standard of Japanese honor. But his assuredness of his governments righteousness is shaken after the Japanese navy is defeated in the debacle of Midway.