An epic romance set against Russia’s 1917 revolutions and the subsequent civil war.

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This Stanley Kubrick classic explores the practice of executing soldiers for cowardice. Kirk Douglas stars.

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This week we dig into the trenches of World War I and the disillusionment of the common soldier.

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T.E. Lawrence aims to help the Arabs in their quest for self-governance in the middle of the first World War. Peter O’Toole stars.

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Our first look at World War I focuses on the Gallipoli campaign pitting Aussie forces against the Ottoman Empire.

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Set in the 1910s in Bengal, this film shows us a poor, but loving, family struggling to make a living.

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We had to tackle one of the most iconic movies of all-time and what really went down with this famous shipwreck.

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Parallel stories in 1909 and 1940 with white men venturing into the Amazon with the shaman Karamakate as their guide.

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Set against the pogroms against Jews in Russia in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Fiddler on the Roof shows the poor milk farmer Tevye deal with marrying off [ … ]

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In the midst of the 1905 Russian Revolution, the crew of the Potemkin revolts against harsh treatment.

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