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Popelka, a resourceful and independent young girl, is a servant in her stepmother's house and confides in her closest friend the owl. When she comes...

Genre: Fantasy

Cast: Libuše Šafránková

In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Jean Gabin

In the ruins of post-WWII Berlin, a twelve-year-old boy is left to his own devices in order to help provide for his family.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Edmund Moeschke

18-year old Georg and 13-year old Barbara have been playing together as children. Play becomes love later, which leads to a catastrophe , as their...

Genre: Romance

Cast: Julia Brendler

This five part epic war drama gives a dramatized detailed account of Soviet Union's war against Nazi Germany during world war two. Each of the five...

Genre: War

Cast: Mikhail Ulyanov

This film is the first of a two-part historical and biographical portrait of the communist politician and anti-fascist Ernst Thälmann. In early...

Genre: History

Cast: Günther Simon

A mysterious magnetic spool found during a construction project is discovered to have originated from Venus. A rocket expedition to Venus is launched...

Genre: Science Fiction

Cast: Oldřich Lukeš

A grandiose military film epic, which does not know analogues in world cinema: the history of the Great Patriotic War from the Battle of the Kursk...

Genre: War

Cast: Fritz Diez

After returning from a concentration camp, Susanne finds an ex-soldier living in her apartment. Together the two try to move past their experiences...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hildegard Knef

Salem 1692. The young Abigail, seduced and abandoned by John Proctor, accuses John's wife of being a witch in revenge. A series of tragic trials soon...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Simone Signoret

The "Fiery Arc" tells of a grandiose battle on the Kursk Bulge in the summer of 1943. Here was the largest tank battle in the history of World War...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Nikolay Olyalin

A young engineer is sent to post-WWII Berlin to help the Americans in spying on the Russians. In a time and place where discretion is still a...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Anthony Hopkins

30 years after the end of World War II, a Soviet and an American journalist meet again for realizing post war paths of their countries.

Genre: War

Cast: Aleksandr Mikhaylov

Lavish adaptation of Wilhelm Hauff′s fairy tale: Young charburner Peter Munk dreams of joining the upper class. He makes a deal with the...

Genre: Family

Cast: Lutz Moik

In this the fourth episode, “Battle of Berlin,” the Soviets start their assault on Berlin and Stalin negotiates with the other Allies.

Genre: War

Cast: Mikhail Ulyanov

The young talented girl Anya, dreaming of a ballet, enters the choreographic school. Due to poor health, learning for her becomes unbearably...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Galina Belyaeva

Eight space cargo-ships disappear without a trace within three days. And the orbit station "Margot" has suddenly fallen silent. The space council is...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Cox Habbema

The WWII pivotal battle of Stalingrad is shown through the eyes of the soldiers and officers on both sides of the war.

Genre: War

Cast: Mikhail Ulyanov

An old man living in an oriental city tells the story of his life to a group of kids: He too was once a young boy by the name of Little Muck - much...

Genre: Fantasy

Cast: Thomas Schmidt

In the latter half of the 19th century, gold is discovered in the Black Hills, sacred land of the Lakota people. Gold diggers, profiteers and...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Gojko Mitić