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1900 | Nineteen Hundred | 1900 de Bertolucci - 197...
NA-P89-2462-DRA-LT
R$12.90
Set in Italy, the film follows the lives and interactions of two boys/men, one born a bastard of peasant stock, Olmo, the other born to a land owner, Alfredo. The drama spans from 1900 to about 1945, and focuses mainly on the rise of Fascism and the peasants' eventual reaction by supporting Communis..
Abraham Lincoln
A-1983-DRA
R$7.00
D.W. Griffith's first talking movie is the biography of Lincoln from his birth in a log cabin to his entry into politics and his years of power before his assassination in Ford's Theatre. It is sincere and straightforward as it relays to us his life story, including his romance with Ann Ruglefge, hi..
Battleship Potemkin | Potemkin | The Armored Cruis...
NA-2952-DRA-LT
R$12.90
Based on the historical events the movie tells the story of a riot at the battleship Potemkin. What started as a protest strike when the crew was given rotten meat for dinner ended in a riot. The sailors raised the red flag and tried to ignite the revolution in their home port Odessa...
David and Bathsheba - 1951
NA-2839-BIB-LT
R$12.90
Though David has all the wealth, power, wives & children inherent for the King of Israel he does not have what he craves most: the true love of a woman who loves him as a man instead of as King. He is attracted to Bathsheba, the wife of one of his soldiers who is more devoted to army duty than to hi..
December 7th | December 7, 1941 | December 7th: Th...
NA-1157-DOC-LT
R$12.90
"Docudrama" about the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941 and its results, the recovering of the ships, the improving of defense in Hawaii and the US efforts to beat back the Japanese reinforcements...
Diana - 1956
NA-1000-DRA-LT
R$12.90
Diane de Poitiers is in a childless marriage with count de Breze. When he is charged with treason, Diane visits king Francis I to successfully plead for her husband's life, something that start a rumor that she has offered her own services in return. Her husband reject her, leading Francis to ask he..
Empress Yank Kwei Fei | The Empress Yang Kwei Fei ...
NA-1095-DRA-LT
R$12.90
In eighth century China, the Emperor is grieving over the death of his wife. The Yang family wants to provide the Emperor with a consort so that they may consolidate their influence over the court. General An Lushan finds a distant relative working in their kitchen whom they groom to present to the ..
Guns at Batasi - 1964
NA-P60-7076-GUE-LT
R$12.90
Set within a newly independent African nation still overshadowed by British military influence, Guns at Batasi follows Regimental Sergeant Major Lauderdale as he struggles to preserve discipline, hierarchy and imperial order while a violent coup erupts around the Batasi barracks. Trapped inside the ..
Holocaust | Holocaust: The Story of the Family Wei...
NAS-3022-SER-LT
R$39.50
This miniseries follows each member of the Jewish Weiss family throughout Hitler's reign in Germany. One by one, the family members suffer the horrible fate of extermination under Anti-Semetic Nazi Law until only one son remains at the end of World War II. A subplot follows the story of Eric Dorf, a..
I Shot Jesse James - 1949
NA-1205-FAR-LT
R$12.90
While the law hunts him, Jesse James lives quietly in a rented house on the corner of Lafayette and Twenty-first streets in St. Joseph, Missouri, under the alias of Tom Howard. His wife Zee begs him to end his association with the Ford brothers. Before they can leave on a "last" bank holdup, Bob lea..
If Paris Were Told to Us - 1956
NA-723-COM-LT
R$12.90
A witty journey through the history of Paris told to a group of students by Sacha Guitry, from its foundation at the time of Caesar to 1955. Among others you will meet King Charles VII making Agnès Sorel his mistress; you will witness the creation of printing spurred on by King Louis XI; share the l..
Independence or death - 1972
NA-2275-DRA-LT
R$12.90
The dream of Brazilian independence, under Dom Pedro I, is expressed in the cry of "Freedom or Death" (O Grito de Independencia ou Morte), since cries were the only way to rally up support against colonial oppression. Dom Pedro I (played by Tarcisio Meira) heads Brazil's break from his own parent's ..
Jigokumon - 1953
A-1061-DRA
R$7.00
In 1160, in the Heian Period, Lord Kiyomori travels with his court to another feud and his Castle Sanjo is invaded by two other lords, in a coup. The loyal samurai Moritoh Enda asks the court lady Kesa to pose of the lord's sister to create a diversion while the lord's real sister and his father fle..
John Paul Jones - 1959
NA-1667-AVE-LT
R$12.90
The swashbuckling adventures of the Revolutionary War hero and inspiration of the US Navy. His contributions weren't always appreciated by the new U.S. government. After the Revolutionary War, Congress loans him to Catherine the Great of Russia where he fights for her. The story concludes with his d..
Kagemusha - 1980
A-1118-DRA
R$6.00
When a powerful warlord in medieval Japan dies, a poor thief recruited to impersonate him finds difficulty living up to his role and clashes with the spirit of the warlord during turbulent times in the kingdom...
Kings of the Sun
NA-P73-8065-AVE-LT
R$14.90
Set in a fictionalised pre-Columbian world shaped by the traditions of large-scale Hollywood historical adventure, Kings of the Sun follows the young Mayan ruler Balam as he leads his people away from invasion and across the Gulf of Mexico in search of a new homeland. Their attempt to rebuild a comm..
La Vie est à Nous - 1936
A-1987-DRA
R$7.00
A propaganda film of the communist party of France, showing how the comrades help the proletariat against the capitalists...
Lucrezia Borgia - 1935
NA-2428-DRA-LT
R$12.90
At the end of the 15th Century, Rome is ruled ruthlessly by power mad and sex hungry Cesare Borgia, the eldest son of Pope Alexander VI. Following the advice of his chief adviser Niccolo Macchiavelli, Cesare Borgia decides to attempt to unify the country in order to become even more powerful. To thi..
Lucrezia Borgia - 1940
NA-2430-DRA-LT
R$12.90
The action takes place in the last part of Lucrezia's life,when she was duchess of Ferrara ;her notorious brother Cesar was dead then and yet does not appear even though the sister hints at him while taking a flask of poison.At the time ,lucrezia was essentially a patron,protecting the artists. And ..
Mary of Scotland | Mary, Queen of Scotland - 1936
NA-P32-1750-DRA-LTS
R$12.90
In 1561, Mary Stuart, the young widow of Francis II of France, sets sail for her native Scotland to re-establish herself as monarch. In spite of attempts by her politically insecure cousin, Queen Elizabeth of England, to prevent her from reaching Scotland, Mary lands safely with her Italian secretar..
Mary, Queen of Scots - 1971
NA-P42-1844-DRA-LTS
R$12.90
Historical drama set in the sixteenth century following Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots, from her return from France to her political downfall, portraying her rivalry with Elizabeth I of England, religious tensions between Catholicism and Protestantism, court intrigues, fragile alliances and personal de..