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Pub. Date
[2007]
Edition
Full screen version.
Language
English
Description
Two sisters, Evangeline and Beatrice, have established a fashion house that creates a sensation in the London of the Roaring Twenties. The sisters and the House of Eliott face changing times, cutthroat competition and romance as they survive in the world of fashion. But the world of haute couture is shrinking. In order to survive, can the House of Eliott realize that ready-to-wear is fashion's future?
42) Flame and Citron
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
Danish
Description
Copenhagen, 1944. A young idealist codenamed Flame and tense family man Citron are two Resistance fighters who become the underground's most proficient killers of collaborators and sympathizers. The Nazi SS is hunting them. They trust only each other. But in a time where fear and mercy must live in the shadows, a mysterious woman and a new assignment to assassinate the head of the Gestapo may lead them to the deadliest place of all. Based on the Holder...
Series
Plays of William Shakespeare volume 1
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Shakespeare's drama of Mark Antony's obsessive passion for Queen Cleopatra, and how it leads to the tragic downfall of both.
44) Country matters
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
Full screen.
Language
English
Description
Adaptations of short stories by A.E. Coppard and H.E. Bates. Set against the English countryside during the post-World War I period. Reveals the timeless and constant qualities of the British landscape and its people.
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Language
English
Description
"The world is changing rapidly. The Sheriff of Nottingham has forged a pact with the black knights to kill King Richard. But first, the sheriff wants Robin dead more than ever and sets about catching him with the help of his sister and others. Marian and Edward are placed under house arrest in the castle after Gisborne burns their home to the ground. Now with Marian as castle spy, Robin and his gang can continue to help the people of Nottingham and...
Series
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
On Moonlight Bay (1951, 95 min.): Tomboy Marjorie and college man Bill are lovebirds who hear wedding bells ahead but WWI rages "over there". Will harmony find this Hoosier home?
By the light of the silvery moon (1953, 100 min.): The young lovers return in a moonlit sequel to On Moonlight Bay in this remembrance of WWI-era Americana.
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
Robin of Locksley heads home from the Crusades to find his people starving and brutalized under the tyrannical rule of the new Sheriff. Along with trusty companion Much, trickster Allan A. Dale and passionate Will Scarlett, Robin teams up with forest outlaws Little John and Roy, leading his gang to help Nottingham's poor. Robin's ally in Nottingham is Marian, the sweetheart he left behind when he left for the Crusades. The state of England is rotten...
Series
Pub. Date
[2000 or 2001]
Language
English
Description
Shakespeare's play about Richard of Gloucester, a self-proclaimed villian who usurps the crown. Through family machinations, political marriages and military coups, this play portrays the tumultous reign of King Edward IV and the ascension of Richard to the throne, an intricate period in English history.
50) Richard III
Series
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Begins by recapitulating the final scene of Henry IV, Part III with Edward IV being crowned king. In the background of the celebration, Richard jealously views the proceedings. Soon afterwards, Edward IV is murdered, drowned in a vat of wine. Richard becomes king and, after proceeding with a succession of intrigues and duplicities, he finds his kingdom in dire peril, set upon by Henry Tudor and mustering a final defense for his realm at the Battle...
51) War & peace
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Television adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's timeless masterpiece of love and loss, focusing on the consequences faced by three Russian families during the Napoleonic Wars.
52) Richard III
Series
Pub. Date
1987.
Language
English
Description
Presents Shakespeare's play about Richard of Gloucester, a self-proclaimed villain, who usurps the crown from King Edward IV.
53) My boy Jack
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
It's 1914 and the British Empire's greatest supporter, Rudyard Kipling, is at the peak of his literary fame. Kipling's son, Jack, is determined to play his part in the immiment war with Germany but finds himself rejected due to his poor eyesight. Kipling uses his influence to land Jack a commission in the Irish Guards. Kipling's wife, Caroline, is bitterly upset, failing to see the glory in losing her only son to the war. How will the great writer,...
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Join former pirate Phineas Bogg and 12-year-old orphan Jeffrey Jones as they journey back in time, guided by the mysterious Omni device. From rescuing Cleopatra to saving the Founding Fathers and joining Robin Hood's merry men, these intrepid travelers do whatever it takes to make sure past events happen the way they're supposed to.
55) Henry V
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Stage production of William Shakespeare's patriotic historical drama that celebrates the English nation and the greatness of its King.
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
中文(繁體)
Description
The legendary life of Chinese hero Guan Gong from the late years of the Dong Han Dynasty to the early days of Three Kingdoms. The story follows three close friends crusading to recover the Han Dynasty over the course of hundreds of battles, with one of them, Guan Yu, becoming the invincible "God of War" through his extraordinary bravery, strength and moral character.
Series
Criterion collection volume 583
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
With cannon fire igniting the North African skies, the British cavalry charges into battle to capture the strategic city of Khartoum. In the midst of the devastating carnage, a horrified officer resigns from his post. But he soon finds his shame is greater than his fear, and he returns to save his honor - and the friends he betrayed - at any cost.
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
In 1757, during the French and Indian War, half-sisters Cora and Alice Munro set out to join their father, the British Commander of Fort William Henry. After they are betrayed by Magua, the sisters are rescued by Hawkeye whose efforts to lead them to safety are aided by the noble Mohican Uncas, the last of this tribe.
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