The story of a young woman who goes to present-day Israel/Palestine determined to find out about her soldier grandfather's involvement in the final years of Palestine under the British mandate.
The inhabitants of Las Caldas, a village in Asturias, in northern Spain, whose life revolves around a sumptuous spa, trace complicated personal relationships while the whole country is inexorably heading towards revolution and civil war.
In this adaptation of the award-winning podcast, Slow Burn’s Leon Neyfakh excavates the strange subplots and forgotten characters of recent political history—and finds surprising parallels to the present.
Alone and without her parents, Judith Dunbar spends her school days in a boarding school. When her friend Loveday invites her to Gut Nancherrow one day, it is love at first sight for Judith. The elegant lady of the house Diana, her husband Colonel Cary-Lewis and Loveday's siblings Edward and Athena immediately fall in love with her and treat her like family. But the outbreak of the Second World War put an end to the idyll on Nancherrow overnight. A long, thorny road lies ahead of Judith until she finally finds happiness in a family of her own...
"Operation Valkyrie" was the name of an official alarm plan during the Second World War. With the help of this plan, the conspirators around Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg wanted to bring about the overthrow of Germany on July 20, 1944. The events are well known: Stauffenberg's assassination attempt failed, Adolf Hitler remained alive. In addition to the purely scenic reconstruction, this two-part, documentary-style film consists of interspersed interviews and reports with eyewitnesses and survivors who were directly involved. Everything that is available in the way of authentic testimony about July 20, 1944 is examined and documented with the highest degree of realism.
Favorite Son is a miniseries about political intrigue that aired on NBC in 1988 a week before that year's presidential election. It starred Harry Hamlin, Linda Kozlowski, James Whitmore, Robert Loggia, John Mahoney, Ronny Cox, and a pre-Seinfeld Jason Alexander. The miniseries was adapted from the 1987 novel of the same written by Steve Sohmer, who also wrote the teleplay.
After his father's assassination by the Japanese, Zhong Liang becomes a revolutionary courier, risking his life to deliver vital information. Despite facing numerous challenges and losses, he remains dedicated to the cause and works alongside fellow agents to fight for the revolution.
The Great Patriotic War, winter 1941. Food supplies ran out and supplies were blocked. Besieged Leningrad was dying of hunger: 125 grams of bread per day were given to employees, dependents and children. It was then that a gang appeared in the city, engaged in fraud and robbery. The criminals were mainly engaged in forgery of food cards. The name of their gang, ZIG ZAG, stood for "Defenders of German Interests —The Banner of Adolf Hitler."
This 9-episodes documentary series extensively examines the history of Poland in the 20th Century, telling the story through archival films, newsreels, interviews, and readings from novels and poems.
A dramatic story about a young man entangled in complicated matters of war, conspiracy and political struggle. The action of each part of the triptych presents one day from different years. These are fictionalized experiences of an authentic participant of the Polish resistance movement during the Nazi occupation.
Having narrowly escaped a court martial, fighter pilot Rudakov is sent on a dangerous mission behind enemy lines. Rudakov's plane is shot down, but he manages to survive and steal an enemy Messerschmitt from the airfield. Under the cover of "foreign" wings, Rudakov joins the war against the Nazis as part of a partisan detachment. SS Obersturmbannführer Katulsky learns that a Soviet pilot is flying the Messerschmitt. However, it is not only Katulsky who begins the hunt for Rudakov – the order to destroy his plane is also given by the second secretary of the regional party committee, Kezhaev, who once sent Rudakov to court.