Das war der 2. Weltkrieg

Das politische und wirtschaftliche Chaos das der Erste Weltkrieg hinterlässt, ermöglicht es Diktatoren wie Hitler oder Mussolini erheblich an Einfluss zu gewinnen. Erste aggressive politische Schritte bleiben für sie ohne ernstzunehmende Konsequenzen. Erst als Deutschland in mehr und mehr Gebiete einfiel, reagieren die anderen Großmächte. Doch um einen Krieg zu vermeiden, ist es bereits zu spät.

Jesus von Nazareth

Das größte Drama der Menschheitsgeschichte erzählt von der Geburt, dem Leben und Wirken, dem Tod und der Auferstehung des Jesus von Nazareth. Das von Franco Zeffirelli inszenierte Meisterwerk vermittelt dem Zuschauer ein authentisches Gefühl für die Zeit und die Gestalt Jesu. Ein unvergleichliches Staraufgebot und eine fantastische Dramaturgie entführen Sie für mehr als sechs Stunden in die Welt vor 2000 Jahren.

The Detectives

The absurd adventures of two defective detectives, who - despite unbelievable incompetence - somehow manage to solve their cases (or be nearby when the cases are solved) and retain their jobs.

World War II In HD Colour

World War II In HD Colour is a 13-episode television documentary miniseries recounting the events of World War II narrated by Robert Powell. The show covers the Western Front, Eastern Front, and the Pacific War. It is on syndication in America on the Military Channel. This series is in full color, combining both original and colorized footage.

Jesus of Nazareth

Dramatizes the birth, life, ministry, crucifixion, and resurrection of Jesus largely according to the Christian Bible's New Testament Gospels.

Play of the Month

Play of the Month is a BBC television anthology series featuring productions of classic and contemporary stage plays which were usually broadcast on BBC1. Each production featured a different work, often using prominent British stage actors in the leading roles. The series was transmitted from October 1965 to September 1983; the producer most associated with the Play of the Month was Cedric Messina. Some of the 121 episodes are missing from the archives, having been junked in the 1960s and ...

The First Circle

In the USSR, political prisoners who were scientists were not always sent to GULAG, but also to The First Circle (named after Dante's Inferno), a special incarceration unit near Moscow where they could work for the government.

What Waits Below

The US military is running a test for a special type of radio transmitter, to be used to communicate with submarines, in a deep system of underground caves in Central America. When the signal from one of the transmitters suddenly disappears, a team of soldiers led by Major Elbert Stevens (Bottoms) and cave specialists led by Rupert 'Wolf' Wolfsen (Powell) including scientist Leslie Peterson (Blount) are sent in to find out what happened. Exploring deep underground, they stumble upon a ...

The Survivor

Auf einem Feld nahe einer britischen Siedlung stürzt ein Jumbo-Jet mit 300 Passagieren an Bord ab und explodiert nach der Crashlandung. Aus dem brennenden Wrack läuft den Rettern ein einziger Überlebender entgegen: Pilot Keller (Robert Powell), der sich nicht an Einzelheiten erinnern kann und fast unversehrt ist. Keller gerät schon bald ins Kreuzfeuer der Ermittler, doch für das lokale Medium Hobbs (Jenny Agutter) liegt das Problem woanders: während der Rekonstruktion kommt es in der Nähe ...

Harlequin

In this modern-day version of the Rasputin story, David Hemmings plays an up-and-coming senator, Nick Rast, whose young son is terminally ill with leukaemia. A mysterious faith healer, Gregory Wolfe, appears and seems to cure the boy. Rast's wife Sandy falls in love with Wolfe, but the powerful interests behind Rast's career, represented by geriatric monster Doc Wheelan are less happy with events.

The Four Feathers

They made him a hero by branding him a coward . . . the story of a man who conquered fear.

Die 39 Stufen

Mahler

Famed composer Gustav Mahler reflects on the tragedies of his life and failing marriage while traveling by train.