The History of the Civil War

Open files

A more experimental aproach to labor protection films. In the line of Săucan's style, the soundtrack is as important as the image, the threatening mus

1975

Battleship Potemkin

A dramatized account of a great Russian naval mutiny and a resultant public demonstration, showing support, which brought on a police massacre. The fi

1925

Nanook of the North

This pioneering documentary film depicts the lives of the indigenous Inuit people of Canada's northern Quebec region. Although the production contains

1922

The Travelling Players

This expansive Greek drama follows a troupe of theater actors as they perform around their country during World War II. While the production that they

1975

The Last Emperor

A dramatic history of Pu Yi, the last of the Emperors of China, from his lofty birth and brief reign in the Forbidden City, the object of worship by h

1987

Sprængning af Træer i Dyrehaven

A group of military men uses explosives to de-root trees.

1907

Københavnerbilleder

Various street scenes from Copenhagen in 1907.

1907

The Centuries Surround Me with Fire

A documentary, originally produced for Dutch television, on the life and works of Osip Mandelstam (1891-1938), the groundbreaking Soviet poet and diss

1976

Hansa

Footage of the German airship Hansa over Copenhagen.

1912

A Hero's Death

It was the biggest escape in the history of the Berlin Wall: in one historic night of October 1964, 57 East-Berliners try their luck through a tunnel

2001

The Witches of Salem

Salem 1692. The young Abigail, seduced and abandoned by John Proctor, accuses John's wife of being a witch in revenge. A series of tragic trials soon

1957

Stasi, un État contre son peuple

After the fall of the Berlin Wall, thousands of documents were hastily shredded by the dreaded GDR political police. 16,000 bags filled with six milli

2021

1900

The epic tale of a class struggle in twentieth century Italy, as seen through the eyes of two childhood friends on opposing sides.

1976

Around China with a Movie Camera

A new film compiled from the BFI National Archive's unparalleled holdings of early films of China, features films from 1900-48 filmed across China. Th

2016

So Clever Are German Spies

A horse and cart carrying two nuns is stopped by two men with fixed bayonets.

1914

My Brother Is an Only Child

Accio and Manrico are siblings from a working-class family in 1960s Italy: older Manrico is handsome, charismatic, and loved by all, while younger Acc

2007

Crabs and Shrimp

Jean Painlevé is interested here, with the help of Eli Lotar, in crabs and shrimps. He is particularly interested in detailing their anatomy and obser

1930

The Distant Drummer: A Movable Scene

Robert Mitchum narrates an anti drug propaganda film.

1970

The Message of the XIII Party Congress (on Cooperation)

1925 (Soviet Union)

1925

Victor Fainberg. Madly in Dissent

2023