Evening in Byzantium (1978)
Gênero : Cinema TV, Drama
Runtime : 3H 20M
Director : Jerry London
Sinopse
While the prestigious Cannes Film Festival goes on around him, American movie producer Jesse Craig struggles to develop a pitch-worthy thriller about a terrorist plot. Before long, Craig becomes concerned that a shocking act of real-life terrorism already may be underway. Meanwhile, radical actor Bret Easton works in cahoots with a group of extremists to coordinate the hijacking of a trio of passenger planes in a devastating, multi-city nuclear attack.
The story of the German sail-training ship Pamir that sunk in a hurricane.
1998: Um homem foge pelo deserto de Negev. Sem saída, seus perseguidores, homens da igreja, o capturam e o executam. Em munique, nos dias de hoje, um pesquisador especializado na bíblia morre em misteriosas circunstâncias. Sua filha Johanna é uma jovem policial que descobre que seu pai deixou para trás um manuscrito misterioso contendo profecias amaldiçoadas. Quando essas previsões começam a se tornar verdadeiras, Johanna - com a ajuda de Simon, um especialista em textos religiosos, começa a seguir uma série de pistas. Ela finalmente descobre o que seu pai havia encontrado em segredo: ele estava tentando decifrar um código secreto, escondido há milhares de anos, e queria alertar a humanidade sobre os riscos decorrentes de forças obscuras. Sua tentativa de decifrar tais códigos conduzem Johanna e Simon para Israel e depois para a França, diretamente para as mãos de seus inimigos, uma ordem religiosa que vem tentando há séculos ganhar o controle do Vaticano e dominar a raça humana.
Na virada do século na Ilha Príncipe Edward, Matthew Cuthbert e sua irmã Marilla decidem adotar um menino órfão como ajuda para sua fazenda. Mas eles tomam um susto inesperado quando, por um erro, chega uma garota: Anne Shirley. Anne é uma sonhadora com um ponto de vista incomum, longe do jeito pragmático de Marilla, que acaba concordando em manter a Anne. Na TV passou em 2 episódios. (e Livre - Estimado Livre)
A great Empire, once famous for its enlightened traditions, is taken over by a ruthless political establishment. Religious fundamentalists and national separatists are tearing at the fabric of its liberal society. Under the influence of his conservative advisors, the Emperor fails to initiate the reforms that could save the Empire from annihilation. One man alone can avert the cataclysm to come. The year is 1888 and the 600-year-old Empire of Austria-Hungary is at a cross-road of history. Crown-Prince Rudolf, son of fabled Empress Sisi, the most beautiful woman of her time, is the man with the vision and the ability to lead his Empire into the 20th century. Yet his enemies, the all-powerful Prime Minister first and foremost, scheme to isolate Rudolf from his father and from access to power. Against the backdrop of one of the most dangerous, exciting and colorful periods in history, at the dawn of the modern age...
Flynn Carsen, recebe um antigo pergaminho egípcio que contém um misterioso símbolo. Mas antes que ele possa conhecer o verdadeiro valor da relíquia, é atacado e tem o pergaminho roubado. Junto com seu amigo Judson, consegue desvendar o significado do símbolo: trata-se do selo do Rei Salomão. O perigo? Quando aberto, o pergaminho revelará ao seu portador o mapa das minas de Salomão. Sem escolha, eles partem para uma perigosa missão, onde passarão por terríveis provas e armadilhas.
Joseph Vilsmaier Two-part TV movie focuses on the tragic events surrounding the sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff, a German passenger ship, at the end of World War II. On 30 January 1945, Captain Hellmuth Kehding was in charge of the ship, evacuating wounded soldiers and civilians trapped by the Red Army. Soon after leaving the harbor of Danzig, it was hit by three torpedoes from the Soviet submarine and sank in less than an hour.
Die deutsche Fotojournalistin Katharina macht eine Reportage auf einer texanischen Ranch. Dabei verliebt sie sich - trotz aller Gegensätze - in den Chef-Cowboy. Und er sich in sie. Aber hat die Liebe eine Chance?
This drama is based on the childhood memories of Hans Jürgen Massaquoi, who was one of the few black native Germans in Nazi Germany. In 1935 at the age of nine, he lives with his German mother in a small flat in Hamburg's working class district Barmbek, while his father and grandfather had left the country. Although the boy is not persecuted by the Nazis and dreams of joining the Hitler Youth, his skin color makes him a target for racist abuse...
When an explosion at a top-secret government lab injures an elderly janitor, no one could have expected the terrifying results. Exposure to mysterious chemicals causes him to undergo a bizarre transformation. He is slowly... incredibly... growing younger every day. Now, a ruthless CIA assassin will stop at nothing to take him prisoner and turn him into a government guinea pig. With his future on the line, the janitor goes on the run with his wife and a feisty female agent. All the while, he continues to transform... into a being with powers that are as deadly as they are unimaginable.
In New Zealand, a scientist, his family and down-on-his-luck investigator are trying to prove that the beaching of the local whale population is caused by activities of a corporation which is searching for natural gas in the area.
A Russian TV mini-series.
An examination of the aftermath of Desert Storm and how servicemen and women were affected by it medically.
Based on a true story, this film depicts the life of Ted Bundy, the serial killer. In 1974, after having murdered several young women, he leaves Seattle for Utah, where he is a law student and where other girls disappear. It takes the cooperation of a number of police forces to work efficiently on this case. Soon, but not soon enough, the police eliminate endless possibilities and close in on him. Bundy is tried in the media and his good-boy attitude brings him sympathy but also the hatred of many.
Summer of 1944. Young baroness Barbara is getting married. Her husband, Alexander, leaves to the war and disappears after giving Barbara the amber amulet as symbol of their love. Soviet soldiers, commanded by Major Belyaev are placed in the estate of Barbara parents. Barbara falls in love with a Russian officer.
Based on Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale "Mikula and Mikulka".
Durante o tumultuado período dos anos 1960, duas famílias americanas se encontram em situações distintas. Os Herlihy têm um filho no Vietnã. Enquanto isso, o filho da família Taylor se une ao Partido dos Panteras Negras.
Summer of 1945. The salute of the Great Victory died down and the country is gradually returning to peaceful life. From "fire yes into the fire" a young reconnaissance commander Volodya Sharapov falls, having come to the MUR for distribution, to the department for combating banditry. In the city the Black Cat gang rages, terrifying Muscovites. Captain Gleb Zheglov enters the fray with the bandits, for whom Sharapov soon becomes his right hand.
