Le mystère de l'homme de Denisova

2022-06-23 | fr

Pope Pius XII and the Holocaust

A portrait of Pope Pius XII (1876-1958), head of the Catholic Church from 1939 until his death, who, during World War II, and while European Jews were being exterminated by the Nazis, was accused of keeping a disconcerting and shameful silence.

2024-10-08 | de

Shackleton's Captain

In 1914 Sir Ernest Shackleton's Imperial Trans Antarctic Expedition headed for the South Pole and disaster. Shackleton's Captain reveals the truth behind the spectacular survival of all the crew and shows how one man's extraordinary skill and unsung heroism made it possible: Frank Worsley, Captain of the expedition ship, Endurance.

2012-03-01 | en

Hitler's Putsch: The Birth of the Nazi Party

The night of November 8, 1923, is arguably the most significant and transformative in the history of the twentieth century. A localised uprising in the Bavarian capital of Munich, led by a small man with a toothbrush moustache and a poisonous yet compelling grandiloquence, would have repercussions that would lead to the political shackling of an entire nation, the most abhorrent crimes of the century and a world war. You might say, Adolf Hitler came of age amid the smell of sweat and sawdust of a Munich beer hall. In the political chaos of 1923, he was a local irritant, gaining popularity among workers and soldiers, the ethos of his Nazi Party spreading like a virus. His first attempt at attaining true power came with an attempted putsch on the already separatist government of Bavaria, which left him imprisoned.

2023-03-21 | en

Jésus a-t-il vraiment eu des enfants ?

2024-04-08 | fr

Les Juifs du monde arabe, le grand départ

2018-09-06 | fr

Geniale Frauen - Malerinnen von der Renaissance bis zum Klassizismus

2024-04-21 | de

Rodolphe Forget, précurseur du Québec inc.

2022-06-21 | fr

Tout impossible est simultanément à chaque instant possible

2023-01-24 | fr

Darwin et la science de l'évolution

2002-01-01 | fr

Béton Boréal

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De Gaulle, une genèse dans le Nord

2020-01-01 | fr

Darlan, le troisième homme de Vichy

2021-10-01 | fr

Opération Louxor

2024-10-28 | fr

Alhambra, the treasure of the last sultanate of Spain

The Alhambra is a unique site in the world: a palatial city built between the 13th and 15th centuries by the last of the Muslim kingdoms of Spain. It is the ultimate demonstration of the talents of a people condemned by the Reconquista.

2024-10-26 | fr

Shâd Bâsh

2024-03-22 | fr

Bernadette Soubirous and the Apparitions of Lourdes

A romanced version of the apparitions of Mary at Lourdes in 1856.

1909-01-01 | fr

Uncle Yanco

While in San Francisco for the promotion of her last film in October 1967, Agnès Varda, tipped by her friend Tom Luddy, gets to know a relative she had never heard of before, Jean Varda, nicknamed "Yanco". This hitherto unknown uncle lives on a boat in Sausalito, is a painter, has adopted a hippie lifestyle and loves life. The meeting is a very happy one.

1967-01-01 | fr

Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey

Hal Holbrook's Mark Twain is an icon of American theater. Since first walking on stage in 1954, Holbrook has performed his one-man show Mark Twain Tonight! for millions on and off Broadway, in all fifty states, in twenty countries, before five U.S. presidents and behind the Iron Curtain. Countless actors and Twain scholars have been influenced by Holbrook's work and his Tony and Emmy Award-winning masterpiece.

2014-06-15 | en

The House That Shadows Built

The House That Shadows Built (1931) is a short feature, roughly 48 minutes long, from Paramount Pictures made to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the studio's founding in 1912. It was a promotional film for exhibitors and never had a regular theatrical release and includes a brief history of Paramount, interviews with various actors, and clips from upcoming projects (some of which never came to fruition). The title comes from a biography of Paramount founder Adolph Zukor, The House That Shadows Built (1928), by William Henry Irwin.

1931-07-08 | en