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Just when you thought you knew everything about WWII, Secret War uncovers more incredible stories that exist under the radar. As bombs were dropped from planes, missiles were launched and tanks were deployed all over the world, another kind of war was being waged by the Allies: a secret war – a war of espionage.

Asta Nielsen, the greatest Danish diva of all time, has been reincarnated on the big screen with the revival of the 1919 silent film TOWARDS tHE LIGHT, produced by Nordisk Film and directed by Holger-Madsen. This special-edition DVD features a new score composed by some of Denmark's leading musicians: Jonas Struck, Kasper Tranberg, Mads Hyhne and P.O. Jørgens. TOWARDS THE LIGHT is a haunting story of dangerous temptation, a tale of the divine and the diabolical. Asta Nielsen plays an alluring, coquettish upper-class woman who, after being abandoned by her first love, sets out to seduce an evangelist.

Rankin reveals the rich history of Hollywood photography and how its most influential and enduring images were created. From Hollywood's golden age, epitomised by gorgeous images of screen goddesses Greta Garbo and Marlene Dietrich to brooding shots of Marlon Brando; from the unparalleled allure of pictures of Marilyn Monroe to iconic black and white stills of Charlie Chaplin, Rankin immerses himself in the art of the Hollywood portrait and explores the vital role it has played in both the movie business and our continuing love affair with movie stars.

Montagu, Garbo, Fuchs, Penkovsky… Their names may mean nothing to you, yet these people changed the course of history.

Based on the book Ten Days to D-Day by David Stafford, this program unfolds day-by-day, revealing through the letters and diaries of ten people the momentous ten days that led to the Allied invasion of Europe on June 6, 1944.
Follow 10 characters through the dramatic 10-day countdown to D-Day and the beginning of the end of World War II. D-Day on June 6, 1944 is the day of the most ambitious military operation in history. The aim: to liberate Europe from Nazi rule. However it is the dramatic 10 days leading up to the Allied invasion of Europe that have been described as the 10 most important days of the 20th century.

Profiles of secret operatives for the Allies in World War II.

"Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood" commemorates the birth of an art that would transform the 20th century. This six-hour series is narrated by critically acclaimed actor/director Kenneth Branagh with music composition by Carl Davis, Philip Appleby and Nic Raine.