Vanessa Redgrave
2) Wagner
Publisher
Kultur
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Biographical drama of composer Richard Wagner.
3) The riddle
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
In order for reporter Mike Sullivan to stop a cunning killer, he must first solve a murder hidden within a newly discovered Charles Dickens manuscript.
4) Howards End
Series
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Margaret and Helen Schlegel are sisters from a well-educated European family. A series of events brings them into a relationship with the very English Wilcox family. Both families also come into contact with Leonard Bast and his wife, a couple near the lowest tier of the rigid class system. Leonard's desire for cultural and intellectual status attracts the attention of Helen. Margaret must reconcile her independent spirit with her desire for companionship...
5) Deep impact
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
Unless a comet can be destroyed before colliding with Earth, only those allowed into government shelters will survive.
Publisher
Bbc Us / Canada
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
The beloved nurses and nuns of Nonnatus House return to warm your heart as they care for the poorest women in London's East End. Life never stands still as the midwives face surprise pregnancy, disease, blossoming romance and missing friends.
8) Anonymous
Publisher
Columbia Pictures Industries
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Was Shakespeare a fraud? Who really wrote about cloak-and-dagger political intrigue, illicit romances in the Royal Court, and the schemes of greedy nobles hungry for the power of the throne? Set against the backdrop of the succession of Queen Elizabeth I, and the Essex Rebellion against her, intrigue and suspense advance the theory that it was really Edward De Vere, Earl of Oxford, who penned Shakespeare's plays.
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
It's 1966, and it's a testing time for the midwives. But there's excitement, too, as the women's rights movement intensifies. With Trixie's help, Sister Julienne is determined to steer Nonnatus House of its financial quandary. Dr. Turner deals with an array of difficult cases including a former soldier involved in nuclear test explosion. Meanwhile, Sister Monica Joan experiences a crisis of faith, and Sister Frances realizes she needs to be a little...
Publisher
Not Supplied
Pub. Date
Not Supplied
Language
English
Description
Ethan Hunt is an American secret agent who is framed for the deaths of his espionage team. Fleeing from government assassins, breaking into the CIA's most impenetrable vault, clinging to the roof of a speeding bullet train, Hunt hotly races to stay one step ahead of his pursuers, and drawing one step closer to discovering the shocking truth.
12) The Bostonians
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Olive, a militant suffragette, takes on the education of Verena, a brilliantly gifted but naive young girl. Olive wants to mold and use this gift for the feminist cause. But Verena is also loved by Basil Ransom, an impecunious young lawyer with views strenuously opposed to the Boston feminists. The contest is met between Basil and Olive. The prize: possession of Verena.
13) Wilde
Publisher
Columbia Tristar Home Video
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Notorious poet and playwright Oscar Wilde devours all that life has to offer, but there's only so much that late Victorian England will tolerate. As Wilde delves into a taboo world of unrealized homosexual desire, his life rapidly becomes a turbulent charade. He cannot escape the repercussions wrought by a "pure" society, nor will he hide in shame for being true to his nature.
15) The thief lord
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
After their mother dies, two boys travel for Venice, where they meet Scipio, the Thief Lord. Along with a small band of abandoned kids, the boys join Scipio's world of robbing the rich. Soon, they win the heart of the detective hired to track them.
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Now nearing the 1960s, the community enters a new time of social change, while stories of birth, life and death continue to touch your heart. Will live-wire Nurse Trixie marry her young curate? What new project calls for a heart as big as Chummy's? How will Sister Evangelina react to two new nurses? And why does Sister Julienne appear so unsettled by a mystery benefactor?
18) Camelot
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[1998, c1967]
Language
English
Description
A musical interpretation of the legend of King Arthur.
19) The fever
Publisher
HBO Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Suffering from fever while visiting a country with a repressive regime, a woman contemplates the privilege that she has enjoyed throughout her life and how it relates to the poverty and oppression of others.
20) Evening
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Overcome by the power of memory, Ann Lord reveals a long-held secret to her concerned daughters. Constance is a content wife and mother. Nina is a restless single woman. Both are bedside when Ann calls out for the man she loved more than any other. But her daughters wonder who is Harris and what is his relation to their mother? Constance and Nina try to take stock of Ann's life as their mother is tended to by a night nurse as she journeys into her...