In the northern Chinese city of Manzhouli, they say there is an elephant that simply sits and ignores the world. Manzhouli becomes an obsession for the protagonists of this film, a longed-for escape from the downward spiral in which they find themselves.
A school teacher discusses types of government with his class. His students find it too boring to repeatedly go over national socialism and believe that dictatorship cannot be established in modern Germany. He starts an experiment to show how easily the masses can become manipulated.
From his poor childhood to his rise to fame, from his triumphs to his failures, from Paris to New York, discover the exceptional journey of an artist. Intimate, intense, fragile and indestructible, devoted to his art until the very end, here is one of the most immortal singers of all time: MONSIEUR AZNAVOUR.
A Liverpool tarmac gang set off for a contract in Middlesborough. After a day of work, the group are approached by two gypsies who offer them a lucrative side job.
Dette er den sanne historien om den største falskmynteroperasjonen gjennom tidene, organisert av nazistene i 1936. Den jødiske falskmynteren Salomon "Sally" Sorowitsch blir sendt til konsentrasjonsleiren Sachsenhausen for å lede operasjonen. Den går ut på å lage utenlandsk valuta for å svekke økonomien til allierte motstandere, og Salomon får et moralsk dilemma.
Stockholm, in the 1950s. Erik is expelled from the local school for getting into one brawl too many. To protect Erik from his violent stepfather’s reaction to his expulsion, Erik's mother arranges for Erik to spend a year at Stjärnsberg Boarding School, the only school willing to accept him. This is Erik's last chance to graduate to Upper School and he promises his mother, for his and her sake, to do all he can to stay out of trouble.
Japan, 1944. Trained for intelligence work, Hiroo Onoda, 22 years old, discovers a philosophy contrary to the official line: no suicide; stay alive whatever happens; the mission is more important than anything else. Sent to Lubang, a small island in the Philippines where the Americans are about to land, this role will be to wage a guerrilla war until the return of the Japanese troops. The Empire will surrender soon after; Onoda, 10,000 days later.
Arbeidsledige Gaz trommer sammen sine beste kamerater for å tjene noen sårt tiltrengte kroner på å strippe. Gjengen kan ikke akkurat sammenlignes med Chippendales, men de er villige til å vise alt... Til tross for sine forskjellige handikap, kler de av seg på scenen til stor jubel fra et entusiastisk publikum.
In August 1952, a family of British tourists is found by the roadside in Haute Provence, brutally murdered. In the ensuing, very public, investigation a local landowner, 75 year old Gaston Dominici, is arrested for the murders, having been denounced by his sons. Under police interrogation, Dominici confesses to have killed the family and it looks certain that he will be charged, tried and sentenced to death. But then the case begins to collapse. The old man retracts his confession and the lack of evidence against him becomes apparent…
It's the beginning of the WWII. South of France. Patricia, 18, is the oldest daughter of a well-digger, Pascal, who considers her a princess because of her moral qualities. She's kind, devoted. One day, she briefly meets a young man, Jacques, the son of Mazel, owner of the shop where her father buy his material. He's handsome and teasing. Her father's friend, Felipe, would love to marry her, and he invites her to an aviation show. She accepts his invitation only because she knows Jacques is a pilot and will be there. Soon, she'll carry his child, and he'll be gone, and the family will have to deal with this out-of-wedlock pregnancy...
A young man goes missing after visiting his girlfriend's isolated country home. His sister and her boyfriend trace him to the creepy mansion, but their search becomes perilous when they uncover a gruesome family history.
I denne musikalske komedien får to opprørske tenåringsjenter med en forkjærlighet for elektronisk musikk livet snudd på hodet på en leir drevet av nonner.
In Paris around 1900, a young man raised by his wealthy uncle plots revenge after his cousin is betrothed to a rich neighbor. He steals the fiancé's family jewels, reveling in the thrill, and sets off on a lifelong path of burglary.
Den ferske, karismatiske rekrutten Roland Bozz (Farrell) slutter seg til en tropp som forbereder seg på å reise til Vietnam. Hans uavhengighet og direkte trass setter ham i konflikt med troppen og de overordnede, som ikke har tid til en konflikt midt oppe i krigen. Men når troppen blir sendt til Tigerland - et helvete av en treningsleir og siste stopp før Vietnam - blir Bozz, med sitt lederskap og karakterstyrke, det samlende punkt blant de unge mennene.
Stefan har funnet kjærligheten i stoffrie Dubai og må dra til Tyskland for å hente dokumenter til bryllupet, men uvanene til gamlekompisen Kai gjør hjemturen vanskelig.
Alice follows a white rabbit down a rabbit-hole into a whimsical Wonderland, where she meets characters like the delightful Cheshire Cat, the clumsy White Knight, a rude caterpillar, and the hot-tempered Queen of Hearts and can grow ten feet tall or shrink to three inches. But will she ever be able to return home?
1967-1976. As one of history's greatest fashion designers entered a decade of freedom, neither came out of it in one piece.
Scandal erupts over a famous bullfighter's affair with a left-wing actress.
One hundred years ago the Titanic was launched. We bring you a new and never broadcast HD doc revealing the litany of human error, from the building process, to the tragic events that led her to be rammed into the iceberg that sank her.
Anna, a beautiful girl from a poor background, is offered a well-paid position as a lady's companion in London. Anna's boyfriend, the sceptical Georg, suspects that the job offer is too good to be true, but Anna dismisses him and reports to the London address. The stately home in England turns out to be a whorehouse that imports women from Denmark. Anna manages to overpower her first client but is unable to escape.