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Alexander was King of the ancient Greek city state Macedon and widely considered to be one of history’s greatest and most successful military commanders. By the age of 30 he had created one of the largest empires in history.
Tag: History
My Happy Marriage 2023 • TvSeries
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An unhappy young woman from an abusive family is married off to a fearsome and chilly army commander. But the two learn more about each other, love may have a chance.
United 93 2006 • Movie
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A real-time account of the events on United Flight 93, one of the planes hijacked on September 11th, 2001 that crashed near Shanksville, Pennsylvania when passengers foiled the terrorist plot.
El Conde 2023 • Movie
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After living 250 years in this world, Augusto Pinochet, who is not dead but an aged vampire, decides to die once and for all.
W.E. 2012 • Movie
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The affair between King Edward VIII and American divorcée Wallis Simpson, and a contemporary romance between a married woman and a Russian security guard.
Taking Woodstock 2009 • Movie
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A man working at his parents’ motel in the Catskills inadvertently sets in motion the generation-defining concert in the summer of 1969.
The Official Story 1985 • Movie
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During the final months of Argentinian Military Dictatorship in 1983, a high school teacher sets out to find out who the mother of her adopted daughter is.
1942: A Love Story 1994 • Movie
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A young Indian couple, both from wealthy backgrounds, find themselves caught up in the 1940’s Indian revolutionary movement against their families whom are under the thumb a sadistic British general.
The Legendary Life of Queen Lau 2022 • TvSeries
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Everyone thought that fate played an unbelievable joke – the foul-mouthed woman from the village who can beat a brawny man with her bare hands has become queen. She will be the one to help her “weak chicken” husband in a story full of laughter and warmth. Liu Jin Feng was abandoned by her own father. Growing up in a small alley, she and her mother only had each other to depend on. The entire court laughed when she married into the imperial family. Even her husband, the King , was suspicious of her and repeatedly tried to test her loyalties. Duke Qi has been manipulating government affairs, the young king has always had lofty ideals for the future of his kingdom. Jin Feng’s chubby appearance is unlike the fair and slender maidens in the inner court. With her around, life in the palace has become less boring and more chaotic. As the newly weds get to know each other, the most “mismatched” king and queen become the most perfect couple.
The Normal Heart 2014 • TvMovie
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In the early 1980s, the onset of the HIV-AIDS crisis in New York led to an emergence of homosexual activists. With support from the medical community, they try to raise awareness about the disease.
Man on Wire 2008 • Movie
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A look at tightrope walker Philippe Petit’s daring, but illegal, high-wire routine performed between New York City’s World Trade Center’s twin towers in 1974, what some consider, “the artistic crime of the century”.
The Most Reluctant Convert 2021 • Movie
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Spanning C.S. Lewis’ bitter childhood, WWI and his life-changing friendships at Oxford, The Most Reluctant Convert depicts the events that shaped Lewis’ early life and journey from hard-boiled atheism to prolific Christianity.
Bitter Honey 2016 • Movie
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Based on novelist Muro Saisei’s 1959 book, Bitter Honey narrates the story of a poet who informed by his physician of his impending death finds renewed flights of fantasy. He is visited by a thin and attractive girl in red who becomes a catalyst for romance. The girl has to vie with competition for the artist’s attention, however, as other women work in the wings. Bitter Honey’s story is coloured by gorgeous photography as it explores sex, love, life and immortality.
Son of India 2022 • Movie
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Journey of a seasoned politician from a core party leader to the Chief Minister of a state, filled with achievements, manipulations, self – righteous attitude vs pure instinct, of finding despair in the midst of companionship.
Boudica: Queen of War 2023 • Movie
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The eponymous Celtic warrior who rules the Iceni people alongside her husband, Prasutagus. The King dies at the hands of Roman soldiers, leaving Boudica’s kingdom without a male heir, and the Romans seize her land and property.
The Girl King 2015 • Movie
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THE GIRL KING paints a portrait of the brilliant, extravagant Kristina of Sweden, queen from age six, who fights the conservative forces that are against her ideas to modernize Sweden and who have no tolerance for her awakening sexuality.
Sonja: The White Swan 2018 • Movie
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The story of Sonja Henie, one of the world’s greatest athletes and the inventor of modern figure skating, who decides to go to Hollywood in 1936 to become a movie star.
Elesin Oba: The King’s Horseman 2022 • Movie
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After his king dies, a horseman must sacrifice himself to serve his ruler in the afterlife but sudden distractions lead to unexpected tragedy.
Hostile Territory 2022 • Movie
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In post-civil war America, when a Union soldier is presumed dead, his children are mistakenly sent away on the orphan train. This is a wild-west story of people uniting for the greater good, and children forced to grow up quickly.
Famous Love Affairs 1961 • Movie
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Anthology of four love stories that have some historical basis.
The White Countess 2006 • Movie
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In 1930s Shanghai, a blind American diplomat develops a curious relationship with a young Russian refugee who works odd–and sometimes illicit–jobs to support members of her dead husband’s aristocratic family.
White Vengeance 2011 • Movie
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White Vengeance tells the story of two brothers contending for supremacy during the fall of the Qin Dynasty, which ruled Imperial China from 221 to 206 BC. As rebels rose, the nation fell into chaos. Liu Bang (Leon Lai) and Xiang Yu (Feng Shaofeng), became leaders of the rebellious army, and also became sworn brothers in battle. Xiang Yu and Liu Bang are close friends who both serve King Huai of Chu. King Huai uses a plot, saying that whoever can subvert the Qin kingdom in Guanzhong would be the Lord Qin, in order to benefit from the competition between Xiang Yu and Liu Bang. Xiang Yu is over-confident. He fights against the main force of Qin army, and entrusts Liu Bang with Yu Ji (Liu Yifei), the woman he loves. Liu Bang expresses his love to Yu Ji and takes the chance to invade Guanzhong first when most of Qin army is outside fighting against Xiang Yu’s army. Xiang Yu is furious & betrayed when he found it. Xiang planned to kill Liu at a banquet held in Hong Men, during which Zhang Liang (Zhang Hanyu), the mastermind of Liu Bang, and Fan Zeng (Anthony Wong), the mastermind of Xiang Yu, have a direct confrontation. But who will emerge as the winner from this epic battle and survive to claim their path to the crown?
Samurai Cat 2014 • Movie
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Masterless Samurai Kyutaro Madarame is hired by a dog-loving gang to get rid of their rival gang’s beloved pet, an adorable white cat. Upon raising his sword, however, he cannot bring himself to go through with the act and the cat melts his heart.
Che: Part One 2009 • Movie
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In 1956, Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara and a band of Castro-led Cuban exiles mobilize an army to topple the regime of dictator Fulgencio Batista.
Behind 98 2015 • Movie
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This movie tells the story about the Indonesian riot in 1998 which resulted in the fall of the three-decade-long presidency of Suharto. This event is seen from the perspective of a group student who also participated as the protester.
The Warrior from Sky 2021 • Movie
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The ancient god of war, Chen Nan, who led the gods and demons in the battle against the Heavens, awakens from his tomb at the top of the snowy mountains after a ten-thousand-year slumber. With his divine powers and memories closed, and after a fierce fight with the guardians of the tomb, he inadvertently enters the land of Chu by mistake.
The War Below 2021 • Movie
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During World War I, a group of British miners are recruited to tunnel underneath no man’s land and set bombs from below the German front in hopes of breaking the deadly stalemate of the Battle of Messines.