Mother at War

BBC - Women at War: 100 Years of Service Series 1 (2017) Movies

Posted by notbanned at Nov. 17, 2017

To mark a century since women first took on roles alongside men in the armed forces, five celebrities with a connection to the military experience how things have changed in the years since.

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BBC - Royal Wives at War (2016) Movies

Posted by notbanned at Jan. 10, 2016

A revealing new look at the abdication crisis of 1936 through the eyes of the two women at its very heart. In a series of dramatised monologues set in 1967, Elizabeth the Queen Mother and Wallis Simpson look back at the dramatic events which led to King Edward VIII giving up the throne for the woman he loved. Combining drama reconstructions, archive footage and a chorus of acquaintances and biographers, Royal Wives at War returns to some of the original words and opinions of the two women at the heart of that battle and unravels the story of a frosty relationship between the Queen Mother and Wallis that lasted for decades.

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BBC - Royal Cousins At War (2014) Movies

Posted by vivid23 at Feb. 8, 2014

At the outbreak of the First World War three cousins reigned over Europe's greatest powers - Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany and King George V of England. This two-part series looks at the role played by the three monarchs, and their relationships with each other, in the outbreak of war, arguing that it is far greater than historians have traditionally believed.

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ABC - When the War Came to Australia (1991) Movies

Posted by notbanned at Dec. 21, 2020

This four part series, as seen on ABC TV, tells the story from the point of view of ordinary Australians on the Home Front during World War II. Personal recollections, rare archival footage and the music of the time combine to create an evocative and haunting picture of this unique picture in Australian history.

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East of Eden (1955) [Special Edition] Movies

Posted by Someonelse at June 8, 2013

East of Eden (1955) [Special Edition]
A Film by Elia Kazan
2xDVD9 | VIDEO_TS | NTSC 16:9 | 02:03:06 | 5,65 Gb + 4,85 Gb
Audio: English AC3 5.1 @ 448 Kbps; French AC3 3.0 @ 192 Kbps
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
Genre: Drama, Romance

In the Salinas Valley, in and around World War I, Cal Trask feels he must compete against overwhelming odds with his brother Aron for the love of their father Adam. Cal is frustrated at every turn, from his reaction to the war, to how to get ahead in business and in life, to how to relate to estranged mother.

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The Mother of Kings / Matka Królów (1987) [Re-UP] Movies

Posted by Someonelse at June 16, 2015

An impoverished widowed mother expecting her fourth child deals with nearly 25 years of political oppression in this stark drama. Lucja Krol (Magda Teresa Wojcik) is befriended by her neighbor, but the communist scholar is soon arrested and jailed. She survives the Depression of the 1930s and narrowly escapes being arrested by Nazis during World War II. Her former neighbor Wiktor becomes a high-ranking official after his arrest but is disgraced when he campaigns for the release of Lucja's son Klemens (Bougslaw Linda) after he too is arrested. Klemens is tortured into a bogus confession and dies at the hands of his captors, who never tell Lucja about the fate of her son. This 1982 film was shelved until 1987 when censorship restrictions became more relaxed in communist Poland.

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Not Without My Daughter (1991) Movies

Posted by Efgrapha at Jan. 31, 2014

Not Without My Daughter (1991)
DVD9 | VIDEO_TS | PAL, 16:9 (720x576) VBR | 01:51:07 | 6.2 Gb
Audio: AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps (each): English, Spanish, Italian, German, French, Polish
Subs: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Swedish, Finnish, Norwegian, Danish, Portugese
Genre: Drama

In this docudrama based on true events, a mid-'80s Michigan housewife finds her life turned upside down when a vacation to Tehran with her Iranian husband turns into virtual imprisonment for her and her young daughter. Betty Mahmoody (Sally Field) is reluctant to visit the wartorn homeland of her doctor husband, Moody (Alfred Molina). But, depressed about the racism of the American medical establishment and pining for contact with his family, Moody convinces her to join him for a two-week jaunt. The Islamic fundamentalism and strange customs of Iran bewilder and frighten Betty and her daughter, Mahtob (Sheila Rosenthal). But nothing prepares her for Moody's announcement that the family will be remaining in Tehran indefinitely.

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Mother (1926) Movies

Posted by Someonelse at July 4, 2011

Pudovkin's innovative classic about a Russian family shattered by the uprising in 1905. A masterpiece of Russian cinema that established Pudovkin, and rivaled only Eisenstein for supremacy in montage, poetic imagery, and propagandistic ideals. Based on Maxim Gorky's great novel, it's one of cinematic history's seminal works. Striking cinematography, stunning use of montage make this one important.

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Journey for Margaret (1942) Movies

Posted by Notsaint at Nov. 23, 2014

An American newspaperman and his wife, caught in the London blitz, lose their unborn child in an air raid. Outraged, they visit a shelter for homeless children where they fall in love with orphans Margaret and her brother Peter. They eventaully adopt the children and bring them to America.

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ITV - The Great War: The People's Story (2014) Movies

Posted by Polik88 at Oct. 15, 2014

This landmark drama documentary series is the definitive account of five extraordinary years that changed Britain for ever. World War 1 through the eyes of ordinary people - strong, engaging and identifiable characters based on unheard diaries and accounts. Great stories for a prime time audience an unparalleled era of social change captured in the remarkable stories of our characters.

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