Han vil det hele og helst på én gang. Allerede i sine unge år er den tyske dramatiker Bertolt Brecht en selvbevidst mand, der mener, at han er skabt til noget stort. Brecht opfatter sig selv som en digter og tænker i traditionen efter Goethe og Schiller. Brechts selvtillid og veltalenhed gør også indtryk på det modsatte køn, og hans kærlighedsliv bliver lige så turbulent som hans arbejdsliv.
During the chaotic Warlord Era, an eccentric soldier has a sudden stroke of luck and is promoted seven ranks to Marshal. He, along with his three silly friends, do all sorts of bizarre things. Meanwhile, externally, three wild warlords are eyeing him like a tiger. Internally, he doesn't know whether any of his three wives are spies. Ultimately, a battle for hegemony unfolds, with shells flying and dilemmas between friends.
Azize finds herself with her 3 children and mother-in-law in a difficult fight. She raises her children while fighting the difficulties of the war period and her husband's absence whom she loves more than anything. It's about war, love, greed, treason and sacrifice.
A detailed account of one of the bloodiest battles of World War I. Between February and December 1916, the French and German armies relentlessly fought in the devastated camps around the village of Verdun.
As dawn breaks on April 25, 1915, ANZAC troops go into battle on the beaches of the Gallipoli peninsula. Landing in the dark chaos, Tolly, Bevan and their mates struggle to establish a tenuous foothold on the treacherous slopes and deep ravines. They endure the next eight months on the peninsula learning lessons of survival. By the time of the final evacuation they have also learned the skills of combat and what it means to be a young man in war.
At the outbreak of World War I, two teenage boys - one German and one British - defy their parents to sign up. An epic historical drama spanning the five years of the First World War, as seen through the eyes of two ordinary young soldiers.
Vi befinder os i Birmingham lige efter første verdenskrig, hvor den berømte Peaky Blinders bande huserede. Bandelederen Tommy Shelby (Cillian Murphy) styrer gruppen med hård hånd, men tilkalder sig snart opmærksomhed fra politichefen Chester Campbell (Sam Neill), der får til opgave at rydde op i byen.
It's 1910 and we're in Banbury church hall at the Banbury Intricate Craft Circle. Margaret has been to London and discovered the Women's Suffrage movement so she decides they need to set up their own movement and The Banbury Intricate Craft Circle becomes the hilariously ineffectual Banbury Intricate Craft Circle politely request women's Suffrage. Gwen is the only member who actually enjoys the craft element of the meetings, while Helen thinks that craft is a little unnecessary, but she's not interested in women's rights: "What on earth do women need a vote for? My husband votes for who I tell him to vote for. What could be a better system than that?"
The Village tells the story of life in a Derbyshire village through the eyes of a central character, Bert Middleton.
Daniel Radcliffe er den unge doktor, og Jon Hamm den samme doktor som ældre, i dette komedie/drama af russeren Mikhail Bulgakov, baseret på dennes egne oplevelser som læge i den lille by Murvivo. Forfatteren lader den unge og den gamle udgave af selvsamme person udveksle betragtninger af sort humor og afslører herigennem tvivl om sine evner og om betydningen af det ansvar, han har følt over for sine overtroiske og dårligt uddannede patienter.
A girl named Haru Asagi works as a maid for the Miyanomori family, which is headed by one of Japan's most powerful magnates. However, the family head suddenly announces that he is retiring, so one of his six sons must assume control of the family.
The story of a love triangle between a conservative English aristocrat, his mean socialite wife and a young suffragette in the midst of World War I and a Europe on the brink of profound change.
Belfast, 1909. The Harland and Wolff shipyard has been handed the greatest project in its history. It will build a great, unsinkable ship. And it will be called the RMS Titanic.
A heart-wrenching journey through Titanic's last moments, featuring both fictional and historical characters, ranging from steerage passengers and crew to upper class guests and staff.
Denne miniserie handler om en engelsk soldat der kæmper under første verdenskrig i de grusomme skyttegrave i Nordfrankrig, hvor han er hjemsøgt af minderne om hans forbudte kærlighedsaffære med en fransk kvinde...
Three soldiers who met while each was serving a different partition of Poland form a friendship that lasts after their homeland regains independence.
The story takes place in 1910 in Montreal, Quebec, while a killer terrorized the city. In the same period, Florence and Camille Courval, two sisters originating in French Manitoba inherit the Eden Museum, where statues of wax in connection with criminal news are housed.
Berlin, 1914: When Katharina von Strahlberg discovers that her husband Richard had an affair with her sister-in-law Martha, she leaves him after stealing some important plans and photos of East Africa and travels to Dar es Salaam with one of Richard's business partners. In the German colony, she learns that nobody wants to employ her because of her husband's power, but she draws new courage from meeting Franz Lukas, a doctor, and Victor March, a lively Scotsman...
Russian Empire. The second decade of the twentieth century. As a result of the conflict between the Entente and the bloc of the Central Powers led by Germany, which erupted in August 1914, Russia is drawn into the First World War. A wave of unrest is rolling through the country. Revolutionary moods are increasing every day. Counterintelligence is trying with all its might to suppress the activity of German spies active in the territory of the country ...
Four bandit siblings try to take revenge on the landowners who killed their father.