The Day of Retribution

At the turn of the sixteenth century, Michelangelo (Mark Frankel), Raphael (Andrea Prodan), and Leonardo Da Vinci (John Glover) create their masterpieces, while dealing with religious persecution, political turmoil, and the discovery of America.

Director

Jerry London

Cast

F. Murray Abraham, Mark Frankel, Vittorio Amandola

A dramatisation of two generations of the Strauss family of Vienna, whose dance music and operettas dominated much of Europe and beyond for most of the 19th century.

Runtime

10h 6m

Director

Marvin J. Chomsky

Cast

Anthony Higgins, Stephen McGann, John Gielgud

In 1969, a young Beijing student, Chen Zhen, is sent to live among the nomadic herdsmen of Inner Mongolia. Caught between the advance of civilization from the south and the nomads' traditional enemies - the marauding wolves - to the north; humans and animals, residents and invaders alike, struggle to find their true place in the world.

Runtime

1h 56m

Director

Jean-Jacques Annaud

Cast

William Feng, Shawn Dou, Shaofeng Feng

Set against the backdrop of an imperial victory in the civil war leading up to the Meiji Restoration, Fallen Blossoms tells the story of the sorrows of women in a geisha house in Kyoto by recounting the relationships of its inhabitants.

Runtime

1h 15m

Cast

Ranko Hanai, Reiko Minakami, Rikie Sanjō

Pre-WWII Czech democratic politician Milada Horáková was one of the first victims of the communist regime in Czechoslovakia. Opposing the 1948 coup but not leaving the country, she was arrested and tried for treason on fabricated charges in a show trial broadcast on the radio.

Runtime

2h 10m

Cast

Ayelet Zurer, Robert Gant, Daniel Rchichev