The Longest Day
The Longest Day (1962)
IMDB rating: 7.80
Plot: The retelling of June 6, 1944, from the perspectives of the Germans, the US, Britain, and the Free French. Marshall Erwin Rommel, touring the defenses being established as part of the Reich’s Atlantic Wall, notes to his officers that when the Allied invasion comes they must be stopped on [...]
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Baader Meinhof Complex, The
Baader Meinhof Complex, The (2008)
IMDB rating: 7.40
Plot: Germany in the 1970s: Murderous bomb attacks, the threat of terrorism and the fear of the enemy inside are rocking the very foundations of the yet fragile German democracy. The radicalised children of the Nazi generation lead by Andreas Baader, Ulrike Meinhof and Gudrun Ensslin are fighting a [...]
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Caligula
Caligula (1979)
IMDB rating: 4.60
Plot: The rise and fall of the notorious Roman Emperor Caligula, showing the violent methods that he employs to gain the throne, and the subsequent insanity of his reign - he gives his horse political office and humiliates and executes anyone who even slightly displeases him. He also sleeps with his sister, [...]
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Salome
Salome (1953)
IMDB rating: 5.70
Plot: In the reign of emperor Tiberius, Gallilean prophet John the Baptist preaches against King Herod and Queen Herodias. The latter wants John dead, but Herod fears to harm him due to a prophecy. Enter beautiful Princess Salome, Herod’s long-absent stepdaughter. Herodias sees the king’s dawning lust for Salome as her means [...]
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Flags of Our Fathers
Flags of Our Fathers (2006)
IMDB rating: 7.20
Plot: In February, 1945, one of the fiercest battles of the Pacific theater of World War II occurs on the tiny island of Iwo Jima. Thousands of Marines attack the stronghold maintained by thousands of Japanese, and the slaughter on both sides is horrific. Early in the battle, an [...]
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Last Emperor, The - DivX Version (Normal Quality), DVD (Good Quality), PDA Version, HD Ready:720p (Super Quality)
Last Emperor, The (1987)
IMDB rating: 7.80
Plot: 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 [...]
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