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"Nuremberg, November 20, 1945--The trials of Nazi war criminals begins in a city still in ruins, barely six months after the Germans' surrender. The United States, France, Great Britain and the USSR unite to deliver exemplary justice in response to crimes against peace and, for the first time in history, to "crimes against humanity". On the accused bench sit 21 of the highest Nazi dignitaries, including Hermann Göring, Rudolph Hess, Joachim von Ribbentrop...
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Line engraving, hand-colored, mat 56 x 72 cm. Vue d'optique (optical perspective) meant to be viewed with a device called a zograscope, popular in the 18th century. Perspective view of the Heidelberg Castle with the gardens known as "Hortus Palatinus, " surrounding landscape and the Neckar river.
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Criterion collection volume 650
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Based on the memoirs of an imprisoned French resistance leader, this unbelievably taut and methodical marvel follows the fictional Fontaine's single-minded pursuit of freedom, detailing the planning and carrying out of his escape with gripping precision.
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Criterion collection volume 329
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Traces a young peasant's journey from potential Resistance member to Gestapo recruit. At once the story of a nation and one troubled boy's horrific coming of age, the disquieting portrait of lost innocence and guilt.
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Criterion collection volume 327-330
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(Le souffle au cœur = Murmur of the heart) In 1950s France, 15-year-old Laurent is dying to lose his virginity, but he's watched closely by his tight family circle and suffocated by domestic problems, including his mother's marital discontent. When an illness sends him to a spa, he finally finds an opportunity for sex -- with a very unexpected partner.
(Lacombe, Lucien) Story of a young opportunist French peasant who joins the Gestapo during the...
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As the 1987 trial of Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie unfolds on television, Victor Bastien reviews old family documents and finds a distressing "Aryan declaration" authored by his late father. This new discovery throws Victor's conception of his family's history into darkness. His mother, Rivka, keeps a stubborn silence about the past, while Tania, his sister, defends their father's declaration. At the same time, Victor's wife and children grow concerned...
8) Welcome
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A 17-year-old Kurdish refugee has struggled his way in Europe in an attempt to unite with his girlfriend, who has emigrated to England. When he is stopped in France, he decides to swim the English Channel to complete his journey.
The Berlin Wall: 75-year-old man attempts to re-build the Berlin Wall.
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Albin Mercier, a failed and disillusioned journalist, is sent to Germany to cover an event. There, he meets a successful writer who's happily married to a Frenchwoman named Helene. Bitterly jealous, yet besotted with the beautiful Helene, he decides to ruin the couple's lives.
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Imaginary Feasts - explores how in Nazi concentration camps, Soviet gulags, and Japanese prison camps, starving prisoners shared and recorded favorite meals and recipes. By examining these objects of survival, the film shows quiet acts of incredible resistance. Mina's Recipe Book - follows the journey of one of these recipe books. It was one in which Anny Stern's mother, Mina, hand-wrote recipes while imprisoned at a Nazi concentration camp in Terezin,...
13) A man escaped
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Criterion collection volume 650
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Based on the memoirs of an imprisoned French resistance leader, this unbelievably taut and methodical marvel follows the fictional Fontaine's single-minded pursuit of freedom, detailing the planning and carrying out of his escape with gripping precision.
16) Architectures 5
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A privileged, unprecedented inside look at the work of superstar architects and some of their most brilliant creations.