ANTHROPOID is based on the extraordinary true story of Operation Anthropoid, the World War II mission to assassinate SS General Reinhard Heydrich. The Reich’s third in command after Hitler and Himmler, Heydrich was the main architect behind the Final Solution and the leader of occupying Nazi forces in Czechoslovakia whose reign of terror prompted self-exiled Czech and Slovak soldiers (Cillian Murphy and Jamie Dornan) to hatch a top-secret mission that would change the face of Europe forever.
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8 episodes
The early life of Queen Victoria, from her accession to the throne at the tender age of 18 through to her courtship and marriage to Prince Albert.
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Difficulties bring people together. Even if they are employed by the KGB and absolutely not going to fall in love with each other, but just do their job wery well – pretending that they love “their” children, that they themselves are good travel agents. But every day to be in tension, and at night to lead another life, the life of agents under the cover, pulls people together. The life becomes more complicated when a new neighbor begins to ask many questions. Very realistic story of the Cold War..
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Set during the Civil War, Free State of Jones tells the story of defiant Southern farmer, Newt Knight, and his extraordinary armed rebellion against the Confederacy. Banding together with other small farmers and local slaves, Knight launched an uprising that led Jones County, Mississippi to secede from the Confederacy, creating a Free State of Jones. Knight continued his struggle into Reconstruction, distinguishing him as a compelling, if controversial, figure of defiance long beyond the War.
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It’s the 50th anniversary of Star Trek and the History Channel wants to celebrate it with you with a two-hour documentary. ’50 Years of Star Trek’ features interviews with cast members and creators, including one of Leonard Nimoy’s final full length interviews.
10 episodes
This historical costume show with beautiful royal interiors and beautiful scenery will take you into the reign of the young King Louis XIV. Strong feelings, such as determination and courage overlap in the young King with cunning and forced cruelty. In order to find and neutralize traitors among ршы subordinates, the young king is forced to be constantly on the alert and think up a smart plan, which is to take place in Versailles.. (more…)
Ewan McGregor is Jesus – and the Devil – in an imagined chapter from his forty days of fasting and praying in the desert. On his way out of the wilderness, Jesus struggles with the Devil over the fate of a family in crisis, setting for himself a dramatic test.
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On a December morning in 1970, the King of Rock ‘n Roll showed up on the lawn of the White House to request a meeting with the most powerful man in the world, President Nixon. Starring Academy Award?® nominee Michael Shannon as Elvis Presley and two-time Academy Award?® winner Kevin Spacey as Richard Nixon, comes the untold true story behind this revealing, yet humorous moment in the Oval Office forever immortalized in the most requested photograph in the National Archives.
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A history of the Louvre during the Nazi occupation and a meditation on the meaning and timelessness of art.
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10 episodes
An adventurous explorer Marco Polo finds himself in the middle of Mongolian underneath intrigues – the court of this country is full of greedy, rival servants and highborn people who are the masters of different intrigues. The writers of the show present a very realistic picture of the 13th century world. What adventures wait for the famous traveler in Kublai Khan’s court?
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