La Cenerentola, ossia La bontà in trionfo (Cinderella, or Goodness Triumphant) is an operatic dramma giocoso in two acts by Gioachino Rossini. The libretto was written by Jacopo Ferretti, based on the fairy tale Cendrillon by Charles Perrault. The opera was first performed in Rome's Teatro Valle on 25 January 1817.---- IMDB id refers to Great Performances: Season 24, Episode 12 La Cenerentola (3 Apr. 1996) from Houston Grand Opera so release date is misleading.
Sharon is a fast-rising PR executive from Singapore, searching for love in Hong Kong, who may have found her dream guy, but as she chases after him online and in person, Sharon quickly finds out the dangers of stalking a secret crush.
In Denver, an intrepid activist runs for office with the aim of eliminating cash bail.
Snowbound in a remote cabin, two starving men begin visualizing each other as food. When salesman Daffy Duck calls at their door, it doesn't take long before the men set their minds on having Daffy as their dinner.
An animation documentary describing the tragic consequences of the A-bomb explosion in Hiroshima on August 6th, 1945. The flash of the A-bomb, 100 times brighter than the sun, is called "PICA", and the enormous shock wave which came right after the flash is called "DON". At the time this film was completed, it was the very first attempt in the world to deal with such a sensitive subject of Hiroshima using animation media.
It is a comedy about a young couple – Charlie, a news editor on a private television station, and Dana, the TV owner's secretary. Their story is intercepted by the reality news idea of Slobodan, the owner of the television station where both of them work. Slobodan is in a hurry to start the reality as soon as possible because he owes money to a tycoon and time is running out, and trashy programs generate quick profits. Charlie is reluctant to support Slobodan's idea but Slobodan convinces him it is what the viewers want. Although Slobodan is confident that his idea will generate the needed cash, the tycoon loses his patience. While Slobodan leaves the TV building, two masked men kidnap him and drive off in a van. That is when the twist happens.
A family in their summer house in the Stockholm archipelago. The two daughters fantasize they are adults, representing different colors - red, yellow, blue, green, violet, black and indigo.
Johnny plays drums at midnight, but his survival is tentative.
A woman's marriage is on the rocks ; to avenge herself, she decides to take a lover for one night .So she buys all his stock from a balloon man and flies them through the Parisian sky ; all her balloons carry a message :"I will be alone after midnight" (hence the title); a lot a suitors comme to the rendezvous : a fisherman, a soldier, a traveler , a gentleman cambrioleur (a nod to Arsène Lupin?) and others ,much to Michel, a young man in love with her's displeasure.
Der krankhaft eifersüchtige Handy-Vertreter Morrison steckt mitten in der Ehekrise, als er auf einem Inlandsflug den jovialen Unternehmer Dennis kennenlernt, der seine Sorgen und Nöte scheinbar zu teilen scheint. Dennis empfiehlt im Falle von Ehebruch den guten alten Kopfschuss, was Morrison doch sehr zu denken gibt, als er kurz darauf hinterm Flughafen unwissentlich einen Quickie mit Dennis' Ehefrau einlegt. Was Morrison nicht ahnt: er ist nur das Bauernopfer in einem Komplott, bei dem es um viel Geld geht.
Eigentlich hatte sich Super-Gangster Jimmy Scalzetti aus dem Geschäft zurückgezogen. Um aber das Leben seines Sohnes zu retten, der an einer tödlichen Krankheit leidet, entscheidet er sich zu einem letzten großen Coup: Er will die gesamten Weihnachtseinnahmen des exklusivsten Einkaufcenters der Stadt 12 Millionen Dollar! Zu dumm nur, dass Ex-Cop Cornelius Morgan hier gerade seine schöne Frau Kate abholen will, als Scalzettis Killertruppe losschlägt. Allein und entschlossen stellt sich Morgan zum Kampf. Doch im gefährlichen Katz- und Maus-Spiel hat Scalzetti noch ein Ass im Ärmel: Er hat Kate als Geisel. Ein gnadenloses Duell beginnt.
Neun Flüchtlingskinder hat Eva in ihr Herz geschlossen. Wie eine Mutter kümmert sie sich um die Mädchen und Jungen im SOS-Kinderdorf. Bei einem Unfall trifft sie mit dem reichen Müßiggänger Paul zudem ihren absoluten Traummann. Und auch der notorische Schwerenöter verliebt sich auf den ersten Blick..
This profoundly moving film explore the clandestine struggle of three women fighting for their right to love within their Orthodox Communities in Jerusalem. All three are lesbians, and members of a secret support group called the "Ortho-Dykes".
One of the most important figures to sculpt modern society, Martin Luther questioned the suppositions regarding the religious authority of his time and ultimately formed the Protestant Church. While searching for salvation, he rediscovered the fundamentals of biblical Christianity and forever changed the theological world. This two-hour documentary details Luther's motivations, the defining moments of his life and the issues he faced.
The best from 1984 to today. To celebrate the success of Thomas & Friends we have put together the very best 20 episodes, from the classic live action to the all new animation. Watch Thomas and his friends in their most thrilling adventures featuring legendary storytellers Ringo Starr and Michael Angelis. It's Full Steam Ahead to the Best of Thomas!
CHINA: A CENTURY OF REVOLUTION is a six-hour tour de force journey through the country's most tumultuous period. First televised on PBS, this award-winning documentary series presents an astonishingly candid view of a once-secret nation with rare archival footage, insightful historical commentary and stunning eyewitness accounts from citizens who struggled through China's most decisive century. CHINA IN REVOLUTION charts the country's most violent era where decades of civil war and foreign invasions led to the bloody battle for power between Mao Zedong and Chiang Kai-shek. THE MAO YEARS examines the turbulent era of Mao's attempts to forge a "new China" from the war-ravaged and poverty-stricken nation. Mao's death begins BORN UNDER THE RED FLAG, which follows the country's new leadership of Deng Xiaoping and its unlikely transformation into an extraordinary hybrid of communist-centralized politics with an ever-expanding free market economy.