The Battleship Potemkin

The Battleship Potemkin [videorecording] / Produced by the 1st Studio of Goskino; supervised by J. M. Bliokh; script by N. F. Agadzhanova-Shutko; director, S.M. Eisenstein.

Re-creates the 1905 mutiny on the battleship "Prince Potemkin." It focuses on a mutiny by the battleship's crew and the subsequent massacre of civilians, reflecting the spirit of the times.

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Berga

soldiers of another war

Berga [videorecording]: soldiers of another war / a co-production of Guggenheim Productions Inc. and Thirteen/WNET New York; written, directed and narrated by Charles Guggenheim.

This film reveals the little known story of Berga. In December 1944, thousands of American prisoners were transported to Stalag 9B. The Nazi guards asked all the Jews to identify themselves. When no one responded they chose soldiers that "looked Jewish" or had "Jewish-sounding" names, and shipped them off to Berga, a satellite camp to the infamous Buchenwald. These Americans suffered the same as all the other Jews in the camp.

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Beyond borders

Beyond borders [videorecording] / Paramount Pictures and Mandalay Pictures presents a Camelot Pictures production; produced by Dan Halsted, Lloyd Phillips; written by Caspian Tredwell-Owen; directed by Martin Campbell.

While attending a fundraising gala, Sarah witnesses a fiery plea delivered by an intruder - a renegade humanitarian, Dr. Nick Callahan. His pleas made on behalf of impoverished African children turns Sarah's life upside down. Sarah impulsively abandons her pampered life to work along his side. Her work takes her to volatile areas, where few have travelled to and even fewer have survived. She discovers harsh realities and encounters and ignites in her a passion for saving lives.

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Black book

Zwartboek

Zwartboek [videorecording] = Black book / Fu Works in association with Egoli Tossell Film AG ... [et al.]; a VIP 4 Medienfonds 4 production; produced by Jeroen Beker, Teun Hilte, San Fu Maltha, Jens Meurer, Jos van der Linden, Frans van Gestel; written by Gerard Soeteman, Paul Verhoeven; directed by Paul Verhoeven.

Rachel, a young Jewish girl hiding from the Nazi's during World War II in The Netherlands, sees her hiding place blown up. She escapes with her rescuer, a young sailor, but the boat sails into a trap set by the Germans. She escapes and joins the resistance, and under the false name Ellis de Vries she meets SS-hauptsturmf

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Black Hawk down

Black Hawk down [videorecording] / Revolution Studios and Jerry Bruckheimer Films present a Ridley Scott film, a Jerry Bruckheimer production in association with Scott Free Productions; produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and Ridley Scott; screenplay by Ken Nolan; directed by Ridley Scott.

Details the near-disastrous mission in Somalia on October 3, 1993 where nearly 100 U.S. Army Rangers, commanded by Capt. Mike Steele. The troops were dropped by helicopter deep into the capital city of Mogadishu to capture two top lieutenants of a Somali warlord. The resulting action lead to a large and drawn-out firefight between the Rangers and hundreds of Somali gunmen. The battle led to the destruction of two U.S. Black Hawk helicopters and to the heroic efforts by various Rangers to get to them out. Centers on Sgt. Eversmann commanding one Ranger unit pinned down by the street fighting, to Warrant Officer Durant who was only survivor of the second black hawk crash site and subsequently captured. Lt. Col. McKnight leads a rescue convoy for the Rangers only to get lost within the hostile city. Lt. Perino leads the Rangers to the first black hawk crash site, while Staff Sgt. Yurek leads his decimated Ranger group through gunfire to safety.

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Blood and oil. The Middle East in World War I

Blood and oil. The Middle East in World War I [videorecording] / Inecom Entertainment Company presents a Marty Callaghan production.

Examines the devastating conflict and Western political intrigue that laid the foundation for wars, coups, revolts, and military interventions in the Middle East.

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Blood diamond

Blood diamond [videorecording] / Warner Bros. Pictures presents in association with Virtual Studios, a Spring Creek/Bedford Falls production in association with Initial Entertainment Group; produced by Gilian Gorfil ... [et al.]; story by Charles Leavitt and C. Gaby Mitchell; screenplay by Charles Leavitt; directed by Edward Zwick.

Danny Archer is an ex-mercenary turned smuggler. Solomon Vandy is a local Mende fisherman. Amid the explosive civil war overtaking 1999 Sierra Leone, these men join together for two dangerous missions: recovering a rare pink diamond of immense value and rescuing the fisherman's son. The son was conscripted as a child soldier into the brutal rebel forces ripping a swath of torture and bloodshed across the alternately beautiful and ravaged countryside.

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The bloody child

The bloody child [videorecording] / Menkesfilm presents a film by Nina Menkes; produced and directed by Nina Menkes; conceived by Tinka Menkes and Nina Menkes; produced for the Independent Television Service (ITVS).

The true story of a young U.S. Marine, just back from the Gulf War, who was arrested while digging a grave in the middle of the Mojave Desert for his murdered wife, whose bloodied body lay in the backseat of his car.

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Braveheart

Braveheart [videorecording] / Paramount Pictures presents an Icon Productions/Ladd Company production; a Mel Gibson film; written by Randall Wallace; produced by Mel Gibson and Alan Ladd, Jr. and Bruce Davey; directed by Mel Gibson.

William Wallace, a Scottish folk hero, leads his men to battle against the British oppression.

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Breaker Morant

Breaker Morant [videorecording] / South Australian Film Corporation presents; screenplay by Jonathan Hardy, David Stevens, Bruce Beresford; produced by Matthew Carroll; directed by Bruce Beresford.

Three Australian lieutenants are court martialed for executing prisoners as a way of deflecting attention from war crimes committed by their superior officers. Based on a play and true story.

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