12

12 [videorecording] / a Sony Pictures Classics release, Three T Productions presents Nikita Mikhalkov's film; producers, Nikita Mikhalkov, Leonid Vereschagin; screenplay by Nikita Mikhalkov, Alexander Novototsky-Vlasov, Vladimir Moiseenko; director, Nikita Mikhalkov.

Set in contemporary Moscow where 12 men must decide the fate of a young man accused of murdering his step-father. Consigned to a makeshift jury room, one by one each man takes center stage to confront, connect, and confess while the accused awaits a verdict and revisits his heartbreaking journey through war in flashbacks.

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300

300 [videorecording] / Warner Bros. Pictures; Hollywood Gang Productions; Atmosphere Entertainment; Legendary Pictures; Virtual Studios; produced by Mark Canton, Bernie Goldmann, Gianni Nunnari, Jeffrey Silver; screenplay by Zack Snyder & Kurt Johnstad and Michael B. Gordon; directed by Zack Snyder.

In the Battle of Thermopylae of 480 BC an alliance of Greek city-states fought the invading Persian army in the mountain pass of Thermopylae. Vastly outnumbered, the Greeks held back the enemy in one of the most famous last stands of history. Persian King Xerxes lead a Army of well over 100,000 men to Greece and was confronted by 300 Spartans, 700 Thespians and other Slave soldiers. Xerxes waited many days for King Leonidas to surrender or withdraw. When the Greeks did not leave, Xerxes was left with no option and he moved forward. The battle lasted for about 3 days and after which all 300 Spartans were killed. The Spartan defeat would not have happened if not for a local shepherd, named Ephialtes, who defected to the Persians and informed Xerxes of a separate path through Thermopylae, which the Persians could use to outflank the Greeks.

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The 300 Spartans

The 300 Spartans [videorecording] / Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation; written by George St. George; produced by Rudolph Mat? and George St. George; directed by Rudolph Mat

In the 5th-century B.C., King Leonidas of Sparta has only his 300 bodyguards to stand with him against an invasion by the 60,000 men of the Persian army. Their heroic stand against the invasion gives the other Greek city-states time to organize a large fighting force and ultimately defeat the Persians.

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Aimée & Jaguar

Aim

During the allied bombing of Berlin, a dangerous love affair blossoms between a married German woman and a Jewish woman, who happens to be a member of the underground. Based on a true story.

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The Alamo

The Alamo [videorecording] / Metro Goldwyn Mayer; a Batjac Production; producer/director, John Wayne; screenplay, James Edward Grant.

Tells the story of the historic battle by 185 men against a 7,000-man Mexican army--a battle that ended in the smaller forces' defeat, but lasted long enough to insure the eventual independence of Texas.

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Alexander Nevsky

Alexander Nevsky [videorecording] / Mosfilm Studio.

Biographical story of Prince Alexander Nevsky and his successful resistance against an attempt by the Teutonic Knights to invade Russia in 1242.

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All quiet on the western front

All quiet on the western front [videorecording] / produced by Carl Laemmle, Jr.; adaptation and dialogue, Maxwell Anderson; screenplay, George Abbott; adaptation, Del Andrews; directed by Lewis Milestone.

A group of young World War I German recruits pass from idealism to disillusionment with war.

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Amen

Amen [videorecording] / Claude Berri presents a coproduction Katharina/Renn Productions, TF1 Films production in association with KC Medien, with the participation of Canal+; a film by Costa-Gavras; screenplay writers, Costa-Gavras, Jean Claude Grumberg; director, Costa-Gavras.

When a newly commissioned SS Lieutenant witnesses the chemical disinfectant he's helped perfect being used to systematically murder interred Jews, he knows he must act. The only symphatic ear he finds is a young priest with ties to the Vatican. As the two unlikely allies fight to reveal the truth to the Church and world, they discover that a man of conscience can commit treason and a man of God can commit heresy in order to thwart genocide.

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American experience. Fly girls

American experience. Fly girls [videorecording] / written, produced and directed by Laurel Ladevich; a Silverlining Productions film for the American experience; WGBH Boston.

The story of aviatrix Jacqueline Cochran and the Women's Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) is told by some of the participants and illustrated with archival film and home movies.

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Andrei Rubl

strasti po Andre

Andrei Rubl

Story of the famed 15th century icon painter who survives the cruelties of medieval Russia and creates works of art.

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