Nøgleord Communism

Beretningen om den amerikanske videnskabsmand J. Robert Oppenheimer og hans rolle i udviklingen af atombomben.

Dramaet 'Trumbo' handler om den legendariske manuskriptforfatter Dalton Trumbo, der i 1950erne blev sortlistet for sit kommunistvirke. Historien begynder, mens Trumbos karriere er på toppen, og han leverer det ene succesmanuskript efter det andet. Men problemerne lurer, da førende politikere og Hollywood-folk indleder en hetz mod kommunister i showbiz - heriblandt Trumbo og en håndfuld af hans kolleger. Mens retssagerne ruller, afskriver de store studier manuskriptforfatternes ret til at arbejde. Dalton Trumbo og Co. lader sig dog ikke slå ud, og snart begynder de skrive film under pseudonymer. 'Trumbo' er baseret på de virkelige hændelser omkring kommunistforskrækkelsen i USA, forfølgelsen af alle, der udviste de mindste socialistiske tendenser, og endelig de berygtede "Hollywood Ten". Dalton Trumbo var blandt de mest kendte navne, der blev sortlistet, og under pseudonymet som sin kollega, Ian McLellan Hunter, modtog han en Oscar for manuskriptet til 'Roman Holiday'.

Historien handler om Puyi, den sidste kejser af Kina. Man følger hans liv fra fødsel, da han bliver kejser som 3-årig og hersker over en halv milliard mennesker, da han bliver fængslet under den japanske invasion og til sidst i hans liv, hvor han blot er gartner.

Sovjetunionen 1953: Kommunistpartiets top går i panik, da deres øverste leder og diktator, Josef Stalin, pludselig falder om og dør. For hvem skal nu regere nationen? Den naturlige efterfølger, Georgij Malenkov, har rygrad som en karklud. Chefen for sikkerhedspartiet, Lavrentij Berija, og Nikita Khrusjtjov, sker derimod ikke mange midler i deres kamp for at erobre magten.

Østberlin, 1984. Den dybt loyale Stasi-Agent Wiesler. er fra højeste sted blevet beordret om at overvåge den intellektuelle forfatter Dreyman, og hans kæreste, Sieland, en kendt skuespillerinde, men finder snart ud af at ministeren kun søger snavs på Dreyman for selv at kunne få fingre i kæresten. Wiesler bliver mere og mere fascineret af deres liv, og bliver trukket længere ind end han burde.

Vagabonden kæmper imod teknologien, arbejdsløshed, fængsel, indbrudstyve, krævende kunder og chefer.Chaplins sidste stumfilm er bemærkelsværdig højtråbende, og er den eneste gang man hører vagabondens stemme.

1941, syv krigsfanger flygter fra den frygtelige sovjetiske Gulag-lejr. Igennem 11 måneder kæmper de sig over 6.500 km fra Sibirien over den glohede Gobi-ørken i Mongoliet og videre over Himalaya bjergene. De tvinges igennem en udmattende overlevelsekamp mod det barske terræn, sult, tørst, sol og frost. Men de kæmper også en indre kamp for att træffe de vanskelige valg, der udfordrer samvittigheden, når mennesket presses til den yderste grænse og kæmper for sin frihed.

After breaking off her engagement on her wedding day and going directly to a prostitution house, a young model becomes the city's most famous harlot, known as "Hilda Hurricane", in the 50's Brazil. She could do fine if it wasn't for Malthus, a young novice said to be a saint, for whom she falls in love. However, the boy is kept under the strict, severe doctrine of Father Nelson, a conservative priest intolerant even to every minor sin. Things start getting harder when Roberto, Malthus' old friend and a communist reporter (the actual author of the story), tries to interview Hilda and disclosure the real reasons behind her radical change of mind. In the meantime, the middle-classes are terrified by the "leftist threat" in Brazilian politics.

Set in the Japanese occupation era, the rich yet naive young master Ming Tai is trained to become an agent, and is later sent to become an underground spy for the Communists. Together with his brother and double agent Ming Lou, they try and bring down Wang Wei's Kuomintang Secret Service Headquarters.

In an alternate world, the Cold War has continued to persist for 140 years. As a result, the world was divided into two factions: the West Block, and the East Block. As the Cold War drags on, the tension between the two factions, as well as the amount of nuclear weapons they have, rise. Mylene Hoffman is a female cyborg who is a spy for the West Block. Together with three other agents, Mylene partakes in various missions issued by her superiors.

An immersive 360-degree narrative telling the epic story of the Vietnam War as it has never before been told on film. Featuring testimony from nearly 80 witnesses, including many Americans who fought in the war and others who opposed it, as well as Vietnamese combatants and civilians from both the winning and losing sides.

Behind the Iron Curtain, Geri leaves for college, looks forward to meeting girls and partying and joins a group of radicals led by the charismatic Száva. But Geri has a secret. He’s an informant of the totalitarian state and to save his brother, he’s been forced to spy on his new friends for State Security.

A seemingly sheltered family living behind the Berlin Wall in East Germany begins to crumble, in a climate of fear, mistrust, and shocking secrets.9

The life of German thinker Karl Marx, focusing on his political and economic theories, his romance with Jenny von Westphalen, and his friendship with Friedrich Engels.

Juana Doña, a communist woman; Carmen Polo, dictator Franco's wife; and Eva Duarte, President Perón's wife, the first lady of Argentina, the idolized Evita, crisscross their lives during Evita's official visit to Spain, an autarchic country isolated from the world, in June 1947. Behind the pomp of reception there is a pharaonic preparation, hidden businesses, battles in the Caudillo's court and the possibility of saving a human life.

The True Believers is a 1988 Australian mini series which looks at the history of the Australian Labor Party from the end of World War Two up to the Australian Labor Party split of 1955. It was co-written by Bob Ellis who focused on three characters "Chifley, the unlettered man of great dignity; Menzies, who used to stand for something but eventually stood only for Menzies; and Evatt, the grand idealist... It's almost like Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part 1. It's a chunk of national history during Australia's great era of change after the war."

What it felt like to live through the collapse of communism and democracy. A series of films by Adam Curtis.

1950s. Under the communist regime, a struggling actor joins the KGB as an informant to make ends meet. He quickly finds himself caught up in a dangerous web of deceit and treachery.

Louis Malle called his gorgeous and groundbreaking Phantom India the most personal film of his career. And this extraordinary journey to India, originally shown as a miniseries on European television, is infused with his sense of discovery, as well as occasional outrage, intrigue, and joy.

Recounts the tumultuous history of Cuba, a nation of foreign conquest, freedom fighters and Cold War political machinations.

Communism spread to all of the continents of the word, lasting through four generations and over seven decades. Hundreds of millions of men and women were affected by this political system, one of the most unjust and bloodiest in history. Using newly discovered propaganda films and archival photos, these four episodes explore the mysteries of this totalitarian political machine that lured its share of important followers into the fold. Known as the red church, communism seduced its ardent followers like some earthly religion.

Three years in the making, this comprehensive study of the Soviet dictator blends documentary footage and interviews with experts and surviving witnesses.

Four episodes, each featuring a "person of interest" — Roger Milliss, Michael Hyde, Gary Foley and Frank Hardy — exploring their previously secret ASIO intelligence file.