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Fog in August (2016)
A drama starring Ivo Pietzcker, Sebastian Koch and David Bennent
A Roma boy is placed in a mental hospital and experiences the Nazi euthanasia program. Aware of what was happening and attached to friends, the lad attempts to sabotage the program. The film addresses the complexities of the program director, the lives of the child victims, and the struggles of the child protagonist. More than five thousand children died in the Nazi euthanasia program.
Dallas Buyers Club (2013)
A drama starring Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Garner and Jared Leto
Loosely based on the true-life tale of Ron Woodroof, a drug-taking, women-loving, homophobic man who in 1986 was diagnosed with HIV/AIDS and given thirty days to live.
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Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (2013)
A history movie starring Idris Elba, Naomie Harris and Tony Kgoroge
A chronicle of Nelson Mandela's life journey from his childhood in a rural village through to his inauguration as the first democratically elected president of South Africa.
Mademoiselle Paradis
A history movie starring Maria Dragus, Devid Striesow and Susanne Wuest
18th century Vienna. The true story of Maria Theresia von Paradis, a gifted piano player and close friend of Mozart’s, who lost her eye-sight as a child. Desperate to cure their talented daughter, the Paradis entrust Maria to Dr. Mesmer, a forward-thinking-physician who gives her the care and attention that she requires ... (more)
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Professor Marston and the Wonder Women (2017)
A history movie starring Luke Evans, Rebecca Hall and Bella Heathcote
The unconventional life of Dr. William Marston, the Harvard psychologist and inventor who helped invent the modern lie detector test and created Wonder Woman in 1941.
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The Zookeeper's Wife (2017)
A biography starring Jessica Chastain, Daniel Brühl and Efrat Dor
The real-life story of one working wife and mother who became a hero to hundreds during World War II. In 1939 Poland, Antonina Żabińska and her husband, Dr. Jan Żabiński, have the Warsaw Zoo flourishing under his stewardship and her care. When their country is invaded by the Nazis, Jan and Antonina are stunned – and forced to report to the Reich’s newly appointed chief zoologist, Lutz Heck ... (more)