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Inspector De Luca: Series (2008)Il commissario De Luca
Between 1938 and 1948, from the height of Italy's Fascist regime to the end of the tumultuous post-war period, Chief Detective De Luca investigates and solves crimes in the City of Bologna and along the Adriatic coast. With little or no regard for those in power, whoever they happen to be, his solitary, uncompromising character often lands him in trouble, but his respect is reserved for truth and justice alone. In the four TV movies of the series "Unauthorized Investigation", "Carte Blanche", "The Damned Season" and "Via Della Oche" - each taken from a novel by best-selling mystery writer Carlo Lucarelli - Chief Detective De Luca always ultimately gets to the bottom of his cases, though what he finds often leaves a bitter aftertaste. - Director:
- Antonio Frazzi
- Cast:
- Alessandro Preziosi, Corrado Fortuna, Rolando Ravello
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The King's Choice (2016)Kongens nei
An award-winning historical drama based on a true story about three dramatic days in 1940, when the King of Norway was presented with an unimaginable ultimatum from the German armed forces: surrender or die. With the German Air force and soldiers hunting them, the Royal Family is forced to flee from the capital - parting ways without knowing if they'll ever see each other again. The Crown Princess Martha (Tuva Novotny) leaves Norway with the children to seek refuge in Sweden, whilst King Haakon (Jesper Christensen) and the Crown Prince Olav (Anders Baasmo Christiansen) stay to fight. After three days of desperately trying to evade the Germans, Haakon makes his final decision; he refuses to capitulate, even if it may cost him, his family and many Norwegians their lives. - Director:
- Erik Poppe
- Cast:
- Jesper Christensen, Anders Baasmo Christiansen, Karl Markovics
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The Emmy Award winning 'Game of Thrones' returns for a final season of duplicity and treachery, nobility and honour...and an epic clash between the living and the dead. With the Army of the Dead - led by the Night King, his White Walkers and an undead dragon - bearing down on Jon and Dany and their combined forces, a denouement eight seasons in the making will be reached, answering a myriad of questions surrounding the fate of the series' protagonists. Meanwhile, Jon's true identity promises to undermine Dany's claim to the Iron Throne...and, of course, Cersei has a devious strategy of her own. - Director:
- David Nutter
- Cast:
- Peter Dinklage, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Lena Headey
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From Prime-time Emmy Award-winning executive producer Dick Wolf (Law and Order) and the team behind 'Chicago Fire' comes 'Chicago P.D.', a riveting police drama about the men and women of the Chicago Police Department's District 21 who put it all on the line to serve and protect their community. At the helm of the Intelligence Unit is Sergeant Hank Voight (Jason Beghe), a man not against crossing legal and ethical lines to ensure the safety and security of the city he loves. Filled with hard-hitting drama and heart-pounding action, watch every episode of the thrilling first season back-to-back and uninterrupted of Chicago P.D. - Director:
- Michael Slovis
- Cast:
- Jason Beghe, Jon Seda, Sophia Bush
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The epic and dramatic tale of power, politics and passion. Amid scandal, intrigue and immense conflict, Russian empress Catherine the Great (Helen Mirren) develops an extraordinary and fiery relationship with Grigory Potemkin (Jason Clarke) as they overcome their adversaries and serve as the architects of modern-day Russia. - Director:
- Philip Martin
- Cast:
- Helen Mirren, Jason Clarke, Gina McKee
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Winner of 6 Academy Awards including Best Director for writer/director Damien Chazelle, and winner of a record-breaking 7 Golden Globe Awards, "La La Land" is more than the most acclaimed movie of the year - it's a cinematic treasure for the ages that you'll fall in love with again and again. Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling star as Mia and Sebastian, an actress and a jazz musician pursuing their Hollywood dreams - and finding each other - in a vibrant celebration of hope, dreams and love. - Director:
- Damien Chazelle
- Cast:
- Ian Wolfe, Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone
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Return of the Hero (2018)Le retour du héros
France 1809. The charming Captain Neuville (Jean Dujardin) is set to marry Pauline when war breaks out, forcing Neuville to depart for the battlefield. After not hearing from the captain for months, Pauline soon starts to become ill with worry, pushing her sister Elisabeth (Melanie Laurent) to write fake letters on the captain's behalf. When Neuville returns home unexpectedly, he is welcomed in glory but in truth is a war deserter and an opportunistic coward. A suspicious Elisabeth is determined to expose the real Neuville and the two imposters start a ruthless fight; conspiring against each other using the best tricks they can find. - Director:
- Laurent Tirard
- Cast:
- Jean Dujardin, Mélanie Laurent, Noémie Merlant
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Barnaby Rudge (1960)Barnaby Rudge - Charles Dickens Classics
On a stormy night in 1775 a ragged stranger (Nigel Arkwright) wanders into the Maypole Inn. Edward Chester (Bernard Brown), whose horse is lame, leaves the inn on foot to meet his beloved Emma Haredale (Eira Heath) at a masked ball. Joe Willet (Alan Haywood), quarrels with his father, Maypole landlord John (Arthur Brough), and joins the army, only saying goodbye to Dolly (Jennifer Daniel), the pretty daughter of locksmith Gabriel Varden (Newton Blick). Varden's household includes his formidable wife (Joan Hickson) and dithering maid Miss Miggs (Barbara Hicks). Simple-minded Barnaby Rudge (John Wood) wanders in and out of the story, chattering with his pet raven Grip. Barnaby's mother Mary (Isabel Dean) is visited by the stranger, and feels compelled to protect him. As the stories interweave, Barnaby is caught up in the Gordon Riots, a violent demonstration against Catholics. Jailed with the ringleaders, will he hang for their actions? - Director:
- Morris Barry
- Cast:
- John Wood, Barbara Hicks, Newton Blick
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When Bill Hixon (Rob Lowe) lands in Boston, Lincolnshire, with his 14-year-old daughter Kelsey (Aloreia Spencer) in tow, he's hoping they can flee their painful recent past. Whip-smart, acerbic and unstoppable, Bill is very good at what he does. America's Top Metropolitan Police Chief three years running is the ideal candidate to make his mark on the Force as its new Chief Constable. From the outset, Bill isn't about making friends. He's here to get the job done and get the hell out as quick as his spin-class-toned legs will carry him. Bill soon discovers that the people of this unfamiliar community are just as smart-mouthed, cynical and dificult to impress as he is. They don't suffer fools, authority or algorithms gladly. And as Bill, a man who's spent his life keeping the messiness of human intimacy at arm's length, is reluctantly propelled into front-line policing, the result will be as funny as it is dangerous. - Director:
- Annie Griffin
- Cast:
- Rob Lowe, Bronwyn James, Anthony Flanagan
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Paul Dombey (John Carson) is the wealthy owner of a shipping company whose sole desire is to have a son to inherit the family firm. But when a son arrives, his wife dies soon after, and the sickly boy's own days are numbered. Dombey finds no solace in the affections of his elder child Florence (Kara Wilson). He sees little use in daughters in the business world. Encouraged by the sinister Major Bagstock (Clive Swift), Dombey enters into a second, loveless marriage with Edith Grainger (Sally Home), who eventually flees to France with Dombey's double-dealing business manager James Carker (Gary Raymond). Dombey's livelihood is further undermined by a burgeoning railway network. All seems lost unless his pride will allow him to salvage a relationship with Florence. - Director:
- Joan Craft
- Cast:
- John Carson, Kara Wilson, William Moore
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When Arthur Clennam (Matthew Macfadyen) returns to England after many years abroad, he takes a kindly interest in Amy Dorrit (Claire Foy), his mother's seamstress, and in the affairs of Amy's father, William Dorrit (Tom Courtenay), a man of shabby grandeur, long imprisoned for debt in the Marshalsea prison. Arthur's attempts to help the Dorrits reveal how the dark shadow of the prison stretches far beyond its walls, affecting the lives of many - from the reluctant rent-collector of Bleeding Yard, Mr. Pancks, the garrulous and the lovelorn Flora Finching (Ruth Jones), Merdle, an unscrupulous financier - to the bureaucratic Barnacles in the Circumlocution Office. Just as Arthur discovers that is possible to climb to the very top in London society, so he comes to realise it is equally possible to slip down again. Could the only chance of escape lie in unravelling the mystery of Arthur's own family's murky past? And if he does where will it leave him, Amy and her father? - Director:
- Adam Smith
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- Claire Foy, Matthew Macfadyen, Tom Courtenay
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World-renowned American scholar, Professor James Shapiro re-examines the work of the world's greatest playwright during the exciting but troubled reign of King James.
IncertaintiesJames Shapiro tells the intriguing story of popular uncertainty about this elusive and intellectual new king and a great writer's first efforts to get to grips with massive change. Puritans, plague, an extravagant gift to a Spanish diplomatic delegation and the production of a new British coin called the 'Unite', all figure in Shapiro's rich and fascinating history of a troubled time. Featured plays include 'Measure for Measure', 'Timon of Athens' and Shakespeare's first Jacobean masterpiece, 'King Lear'.
Equivocation
It's 1606 and in the aftermath of the Gunpowder Plot, the authorities are cracking down on Catholics. Shakespeare's 'Macbeth' captures the anxiety and obsessions of the time. King James continues to be focused on succession and legitimacy, while food riots in the Midlands create the climate for the gripping tragedy of 'Coriolanus'.
Legacy
Shakespeare's late plays, like 'The Winters Tale' and 'The Tempest', are often seen as mellow swansongs. James Shapiro gives us a different Shakespeare - a playwright still experimentin and alert to the troubled Jacobean world around him. And he closes the series reflecting on the legacies of king and playwright.- Director:
- Steven Clarke
- Cast:
- James Shapiro, Greg Hicks, Kelly Hunter
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Caravaggio tempestuous life stretched across two centuries, the worn-out Renaissance of the 1500s and the rising Baroque of the 1600s. During his short life, and a career burnt out too quickly, the Lombard painter deeply shook the world of art with unforgettable masterpieces. He emerged from the slums and taverns, climbed the great staircases of cardinals' palaces and soon reached the peak of his fame. It was a life of drama and adventure, incredible fame and desperate sadness. In this fascinating programme we explore Caravaggio's life, career, work and the scandals which dominated his final years. We discover the influences of Milan in his childhood, his time in Rome, where he chose the real life of the backstreets and taverns as his subjects, his rise to fame and his incredible fall from grace, forced to flee the Eternal City under threat of execution. We journey with Caravaggio to Naples and the Italian coast, across the sea to Malta and back to his homeland where, with salvation tantalisingly close, an amazing life came to an end. Every step of the way we see how each move and passing year influenced his work, how every incident shaped his approach to his work. Sensational footage shows his exquisite masterpieces in detail, and the inspiration and impact of each is fully explored. - Director:
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When veteran LAPD detective Erin Bell (Nicole Kidman) receives an ink-marked bill in the office mail, she is forced to confront her past, and her connection to murderer and gang leader Silas (Toby Kebbell). Still haunted by an undercover FBI sting gone horribly wrong, Bell is flooded with painful memories of her old partner Chris (Sebastian Stan) and becomes hell bent on closing the case, whatever it takes. - Director:
- Karyn Kusama
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- Nicole Kidman, Toby Kebbell, Tatiana Maslany
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Hitler's Hollywood (2017)Hitlers Hollywood /'From Caligari to Hitler
Nazi-cinema was a state-controlled industry, subject to rigid political and cultural censorship. At the same time, it aspired to be Great Cinema; it viewed itself as an ideological and aesthetic alternative to Hollywood. A German dream factory. Rüdiger Suchsland's 'Hitler's Hollywood' takes a closer look at the roughly 1000 feature films made in Germany between 1933-1945, examining how stereotypes of the enemy and values of love and hate managed to be planted, into the heads of the German people, through the cinema screens. - Director:
- Rüdiger Suchsland
- Cast:
- Hans Albers, Rüdiger Suchsland, Hans Henrik Wöhler
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