The “General” Election / 1985

This is an account of the years of the dictatorship in Uruguay, told with archive material and interviews with witnesses who remain anonymous. There is a focus on the 1984 elections and the euphoric festivities afterwards, as the people celebrated not so much the winner of the election as the end of the dictatorship and the start of the campaign for truth and justice.

The General's Daughter /

I Was a General of Wehrmacht / 1988

Kazimierz Leski tells the story of his life. During the war, he was a spy of the Polish resistance, pretending to be a German general. After the war, he was tortured and imprisoned for espionage, and spent ten years in Stalinist jail.

Count of Montebello and General de Boisdeffre going to the Kremlin [Moscow] / 1896

The Count of Montebello and General de Boisdeffre arrive at the coronation of Nicholas II of Russia.

General's Goblet / 2014

A warrior is captured by Japanese forces and vows to revenge for his master's defeat.

General Bartolomé Mitre Visits the History Museum / 1901

Prelude to the General / 2016

Two women face one another. Two worlds touch. Past and presence. The young woman warns the older woman. Something terrible will happen. The older woman massages the general. She knows the general’s secret. She wanders through empty rooms. Rooms coated with a patina of secrecy. The warning hangs in the air. The young woman doesn’t have a chance. Towira’s films are characterised by a fusion of stylisation and realism. She holds a mirror to reality, a mirror that is closely related to the country’s history.

The astonishing destiny of General Luo / 2004

Born in Austria in 1903, Jacob Rosenfeld was imprisoned in Dachau. He manages to flee and takes refuge in Shanghai, like 30,000 other people. He exercised his profession there and sought to get involved in 1941 alongside the revolutionaries of the Chinese Communist Party. Rosenfeld becomes a surgeon on the war front between China and Japan. Thanks to his talents as a doctor and an organizer, he soon became close to Mao Tsé-Toung. In 1945, he was appointed general, responsible for the health of the armies and the entire liberated area. He is now called General Luo. Later, he became the Minister of Health of the first communist government. Thanks to his journal found in 2001, this documentary traces its extraordinary destiny.

The General's Room / 2022

A young boy’s understanding of his parents’ decision to sell their old family house will confront him with his family’s roots, and blur the border between past and present.

The General's Children / 1912

Kind-hearted Thekla helps her frivolous brother and hides him on a remote farm.

Admiral Sallandrouze and General Tournier / 1896

Shalom, general / 1990

The reality the conscientious objector Roman is confrontend with at an old-age home is something he has previously been spared: suffering, frailty, death. He has to take care of "General" Kulat, an old Wehrmacht officer, a fanatic militarist. Their confrontation becomes war.

General's Regal Smile / 2002

After the experience in the War of Independence, Luka Gavez returns to his old job, reselling works of art and antiques. He is very successful in these actions, collaborating with a retired actress. However, when given the opportunity for a “big hit”, Luka does not resist the temptation.

Vlasov: General for Two Devils / 1995

Patriot or traitor? More than one-half century after his execution, General Andrei Vlasov remains one of World War II's most controversial figures. What prompted him to change sides and can he really be considered a collaborator? The film draws on numerous archival documents, which were previously classified and inaccessible to researchers, and on a series of interviews conducted with former members of the Russian Liberation Army, Red Army officers and diplomats, as well as former officers of the British and German armies.