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Young Mr. LincolnYoung Mr. Lincoln (1939)
Dir. John Ford
Feat. Henry Fonda, Alice Brady, Marjorie Weaver
A fresh–faced Henry Fonda gives credence to the formative years of Abraham Lincoln, seen here as a country boy–turned–lawyer…
Marseillaise, LaMarseillaise, La (1938)
Dir. Jean Renoir
Feat. Pierre Renoir, Lisa Delamare, Leon Larive
Renoir's classic depicts events leading up to the French revolution in the 18th Century, electing to extract history from the heart of the common…
Triumph of the WillTriumph of the Will (1935) Recommended
Dir. Leni Riefenstahl
The famous official document of the Nazi rally at Nuremberg, 1934, shot in stunning geometric compositions. This manages to stagger the senses, while…
October : 10 Days That Shook the World (1928)
Dir. Sergei Eisenstein
Feat. Nikandrov , N. Popov, Boris Livanov
A brilliant reconstruction of the momentous events of 1917, when revolutionary soldiers overthrew the provisional Government bringing Lenin and the…
End of St. Petersburg, TheEnd of St. Petersburg, The (1927)
Dir. Vsevolod Pudovkin
Feat. Vera Baranovskaya, Aleksandr Chistyakov
The tensions that exploded with the 'October Revolution' in Russia, 1917 are schematised here using understated characterisations (of workers and…
StrikeStrike (1924)
Dir. Sergei Eisenstein
Feat. Grigori Alexandrov
Eisenstein's first feature is a depiction of a violent factory strike in Czarist Russia, filmed with a protoform version of his 'montage' theories in…
Day the Wall Came DownDay the Wall Came Down
Chronicle of events that led to the falling of the Berlin Wall and the re–integration of East and West Germany.

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