My boy, look at the stars

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

The Lark Farm is set in a small Turkish town in 1915. It deals with the genocide of Armenians, looking closely at the fortunes, or rather, misfortunes of one wealthy Armenian family.

Runtime

2h 2m

Director

Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani

Cast

Paz Vega, Moritz Bleibtreu, Alessandro Preziosi

1911. Lenin organizes the first Bolshevik party school near Paris, in the small town of Longjumeau. Through a chain of historical parallels and associations, this time is intertwined with the events of the Paris Commune, the October Revolution and the political struggles of the post-revolutionary years.

Runtime

1h 46m

Director

Sergei Yutkevich

Cast

Yuriy Kayurov, Claude Jade, Vladimir Antonik

During the Sarikamis Battle, the Ottoman army runs out of ammunition and appeals to the people of Van for help, who happen to have supplies. However, the First World War is on and all men are fighting at four corners of the empire and therefore can not respond to to the appeal. The young children of Van want to do something...

Runtime

1h 54m

Director

Özhan Eren

Cast

Özge Özberk, Burak Sergen, Cansel Elçin

During the ill-fated Hungarian revolution of 1956, Karcsi Szabo, star player on the water polo team, is torn between his love for a revolutionary student and his training for the Melbourne Olympics.

Runtime

2h 3m

Director

Krisztina Goda

Cast

Kata Dobó, Iván Fenyő, Sándor Csányi