Chaplin - The Legend of the Century / 2014

A new TV documentary on Chaplin that celebrates a 100 years of the iconic Tramp, presented by Laurent Delahousse.

Il mio XX secolo / 19897.01 voti

A tale of twin girls, Dóra and Lili, who are born in 1880 Budapest at the same moment Thomas Edison presents his electric lightbulb to the world. The sisters are soon orphaned and separated in childhood, and follow different paths: one grows up to be a naïvely idealistic, bomb-toting anarchist, the other a pampered, hedonistic courtesan. Their paths cross once again on the Orient Express on New Year s Eve 1899...

20 Centimetri / 20056.76 voti

Marieta è un travestito madrileno che soltanto venti centimetri, quelli del titolo, allontanano dalla felicità. Marieta soffre di una forma di narcolessia che l'addormenta nei vicoli tristi della prostituzione e la sprofonda in numeri musicali, di cui è protagonista esplosiva e naturalmente "castrata". Se lungo i marciapiedi di Madrid Marieta vende il piacere per comprare la piena grazia femminile, in quelli glamour dei suoi sogni danza e canta, in vesti sempre diverse, il meglio della musica leggera europea. La sua vita è popolata da personaggi almodovariani che finiscono per ingombrare a passo di danza la sua fervente attività onirica.

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Twentieth Century Begins, Part 1 / 1986

The final film of the television series "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson." It is based on the late and little-known stories of Arthur Conan Doyle, united by the theme of the approaching world war and the struggle of the legendary detective with foreign spies.

Murder in the Central Committee / 1982

The plot follows a private detective, an ex communist and former CIA agent, who travels from Barcelona to Madrid to discover the identity of the assassin of the leader of the Spanish Communist party who was stabbed during a blackout while presiding over a meeting of the party's central committee. The film is a thriller with ironic political overtones.

19th-Century Georgian Chronicle / 1979

A poetized chronicle of the events taking place in one of the Georgian villages in the late 19th century, when, to save a forest, the innumerous intelligentsia could rally the people and oppose the industrialists…

The Duel of the Century / 1981

This mystery-tinged 'Martial Arts World' epic was one of director Chu Yuan and novelist Ku Lung's last together for the Shaw Studios, but it's another action-filled winner. Liu Yung and Sun Chien team to investigate the martial arts murders of a supposedly mortally wounded swordsman, only to find deception, death, double-dealings, imposters, and one deadly duel after another. No less than three choreographers are on hand to handle the multitude of magnificent martial arts.

Century of the Dragon / 1999

Rookie policeman Shing (Louis Koo) grapples with right and wrong in this action-packed story about Hong Kong gangsters. Assigned to go undercover, Shing is so successful in playing the part of a gang member that he becomes right-hand man to gang leader Fei Ling (Andy Lau). Shing comes to respect Fei Ling and question his original motives, but the troubled cop must make a crucial decision before rival gangs and impatient cops move in for the kill.

A Century of Peace and Harmony / 2002