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A dramatic history of Pu Yi, the last of the Emperors of China, from his lofty birth and brief reign in the Forbidden City, the object of worship by half a billion people; through his abdication, his decline and dissolute lifestyle; his exploitation by the invading Japanese, and finally to his obscure existence as just another peasant ...

Runtime

2h 43m

Director

Bernardo Bertolucci

Cast

John Lone, Peter O'Toole, Joan Chen

Austrian mountaineer Heinrich Harrer journeys to the Himalayas without his family to head an expedition in 1939. But when World War II breaks out, the arrogant Harrer falls into Allied forces' hands as a prisoner of war. He escapes with a fellow detainee and makes his way to Lhasa, Tibet, where he meets the 14-year-old Dalai Lama, whos...

Runtime

2h 16m

Director

Jean-Jacques Annaud

Cast

Brad Pitt, Jamyang Jamtsho Wangchuk, David Thewlis

From childhood to adulthood, Tibet's fourteenth Dalai Lama deals with Chinese oppression and other problems.

Runtime

2h 14m

Director

Martin Scorsese

Cast

Tenzin Thuthob Tsarong, Tencho Gyalpo, Tsewang Migyur Khangsar

A sumptuous and sensual tale of intrigue, romance and betrayal set against the backdrop of a defining moment in European history: two beautiful sisters, Anne and Mary Boleyn, driven by their family's blind ambition, compete for the love of the handsome and passionate King Henry VIII.

Runtime

1h 56m

Director

Justin Chadwick

Cast

Natalie Portman, Scarlett Johansson, Eric Bana

In 1415, in the midst of the Hundred Years' War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France.

Runtime

2h 17m

Director

Laurence Olivier

Cast

Renée Asherson, Ralph Truman, Ernest Thesiger