North Carolina, um 1860: Die Pfarrerstochter Ada und der einfache Handwerker Inman sind ein ungleiches Paar, aber ihre Liebe entflammt in Sekunden. Nur einen einzigen leidenschaftlichen Kuss können sie austauschen, bevor der Ausbruch des Bürgerkriegs sie auseinander reißt. Drei Jahre lang kämpft Inman und hütet in all dem Grauen das einzige Foto von Ada wie einen Schatz. Nur ihre Briefe halten ihn am Leben. Als Ada ihn bittet, zu ihm zurückzukehren, wagt der verwundete Inman den schwierigen Weg nach Hause. Als Deserteur zum Abschuss freigegeben, trifft er ein Land der Verwüstung und unerwartete Feinde. Ada, die sich unterdessen mit Hilfe der naturverbundenen Ruby zu einer selbstbewussten Frau entwickelt hat, ersehnt nichts so sehr, wie Inmans Heimkehr.

Beth zieht mit ihrer Mutter in eine verschlafene Kleinstadt. Dort lernt sie als erste neue Freundin Jody kennen, die von dem alkoholsüchtigen Freund ihrer Mutter regelmäßig verprügelt wird. Jody sammelt schon lange alles, was sie zu der legendären Goldgräberin Molly Morgan finden kann. Eines Nachts flieht Jody von zu Hause und die beiden Freundinnen machen sich auf die abenteuerliche Reise zum Bear Mountain, in dem ein riesiger Goldschatz verborgen sein soll.

The Old Man of the Mountain ist ein US-amerikanischer Kurzfilm. Mit den besonderen Gästen ‎‎Cab Calloway‎‎ and His Orchestra wurde der Kurzfilm ursprünglich am 4. August 1933 von ‎‎Paramount Productions‎‎ in die Kinos gebracht. Calloway spricht alle Charaktere im Cartoon mit Ausnahme von Betty selbst (sprechende Stimme von ‎‎Bonnie Poe‎‎; Gesangsstimme von ‎‎Mae Questel‎‎). Calloway spielt zusammen mit seinem Orchester auch die gesamte Musik des Cartoons, einschließlich zweier Songs, die Calloway mitgeschrieben hat. Die Dorfbewohner haben Angst vor dem Terror, der in den Höhen lebt, bis Betty Boop mit einem Hauch von Gleichgültigkeit gegenüber dem lokalen Feindbild ankommt, den sie bald in seine gerechten Wüsten locken wird.‎

In the mountains and monasteries of China, four translators and writers recount the life and work of Tang dynasty hermit poet Han Shan (Cold Mountain).

It's 1849 and everyone wants to make his way to San Francisco for that golden opportunity. Jorge, a poor Mexican peasant, and his son Fernando believe they have struck it rich when they find an enormous gold rock. Upon entering the nearest town to cash in, they quickly become entangled with a dangerous outlaw who has eyes on their fortune. After the rock and child go missing, Jorge teams up with a conniving Chinese immigrant to find his son and get back what is his, but not before running into a surplus of outrageous characters including an unsavory hunting party...or killing each other first in this wacky adventure!

Set in 1857 during the Australian gold rush, the film follows the charismatic headman of the Chinese mining camp, who struggles to maintain the fragile harmony between Chinese and European diggers when a murdered European woman is discovered to have links to the Chinese community.

To Climb a Gold Mountain tells the true stories of four women from Asian descent who lived in America over the span of 160 years. Each woman fought in her own way to make a difference. Each woman represents a distinct theme of struggle and triumph, and ushers in another story leading up to the present time.

Description: Mountains of Gold is a unique chronicle of a nomadic, hunter gatherer society undergoing the profound change to a money economy over a ten-year period. This tribe was first discovered by Australian explorers in 1938. Original footage shows the people's amazement at seeing their "white ancestors" in their midst. Until 1984, when gold was discovered on their land, the Ipini's wealth was still being measured by how many wives and pigs they had. When they decided to sell their land to the goldmining company, their way of life would change forever. The mining company began the long and arduous process of bargaining with the Ipini who were surprisingly skilled negotiators.

Filmmaker Karen Cho travels from Montreal to Vancouver to uncover stories from the last survivors of the Chinese Head Tax and Exclusion Act, a set of laws imposed to single out the Chinese as unwanted immigrants to Canada from 1885 to 1947. Through a combination of history, poetry and raw emotion, this documentary sheds light on an era that shaped the identity of generations.

The story of Almayer, a Dutch trader struggling to survive in Malaysia at the turn of the 19th Century. His dream of finding a mythical gold mountain is challenged by his scheming wife, the colonial authorities, the political machinations of the local chief and Arab traders, and his daughter's love for a freedom-fighting Malay prince.

Various fables of human conflict and redemption, stimulating the imagination through magic, mysticism and humour.

Serra Pelada's discovery in 1979 precipitated one of the world's largest contemporary gold rushes. In a matter of days miners could make hundreds of thousands of dollars as chunks of gold kilos in weight were found.

In a Serbian village on the slopes of Stara Planina live 15 households. The youngest man in the village is 70 years old. The film gathers the intimate thoughts of the inhabitants of this village, whose wait for death is marked not by loneliness but by a common bond. The reduced nature of their daily life speaks not of poverty but of a spiritual wealth. Though without heirs or much of a future, they are not crushed by their solitude, but thankful for the life given to them. By observing their life, which is focused on the details of daily tasks, through deliberate movement and silent gestures, we discover people in harmony with the cycles of nature. In presenting their most intimate reflections on isolation, wilderness, life, love, this film is a testament of their preparations for their journey.

Corrupt officials seek to gain control of a large region of Southern China, but a group of Shaolin monks will not surrender without a fight.

Hong Kong horror movie from 1942.

«The Foolish Old Man Removes the Mountains» is a well-known fable from Chinese mythology about the virtues of perseverance and willpower. It was also used by Mao Zedong in a famous speech in 1945. Now Marc Handler, former creative director of Disney China, becomes chief scriptwriter to develop an original plot based on the old fable. New animation film about Foolish Old Man adopts a more "painterly" 2D hand-painted style, and makes extensive use of traditional opera elements in its soundtrack.

Documentary about the mountain Jelenk.

After an Air Force jet crashes in the Himalayas, an old shepherd leaves his herd to find its pilot. But the mountain where the jet fell is sacred and the shepherd’s intentions are not. He struggles across dimensions of space and time as he treads on forbidden ground. The herd left behind disintegrates as predators roam around, and they are left headless.

Nach einer Prügelei über offene Schulden vertragen sich die beiden Freunde Andy und Pete wieder. Sie beschließen, gemeinsam in einer vielversprechenden Mine in Nevada nach Gold zu suchen. Doch auch der skrupellose Schurke Bannon hat ein Auge auf die Goldader geworfen und scheint dabei am längeren Hebel zu sitzen. Glücklicherweise kommt den beiden der alte Goldgräber Jackpot zu Hilfe. Der hat zudem noch eine bildschöne Tochter...