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Pub. Date
[2006]
Description
A Royal Air Force officer is caught between the ravages of World War II and unrequited love. Flight Lieutenant David Bradford meets and falls in love with a beautiful Jewish girl, Sarah while recuperating from a leg wound in Jerusalem. Her family rejects him, however, and wages war on the couple by trying to keep them apart.
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
Glamorous lady detective Phryne Fisher returns in a cinematic sequel to the wildly popular TV series. In 1929 Jerusalem, Phryne's rescue of a young Bedouin girl leads her on a globe-trotting adventure to uncover priceless treasures, wartime secrets, and an ancient tomb bearing a terrible curse, with the help of handsome detective Jack Robinson.
4) Risen
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
Clavius, a powerful Roman Military Tribune, and his aide Lucius, are tasked with solving the mystery of what happened to Jesus in the weeks following the crucifixion, in order to disprove the rumors of a risen Messiah and prevent an uprising in Jerusalem.
6) The order
Pub. Date
c2003
Description
Journey to a turbulent world under seige as reformed artifact smuggler Rudy travels to Jerusalem to rescue his museum-curator father, who's been kidnapped by ruthless fanatics. There he recovers a sacred scroll believed to hold dangerous secrets of an underground sect. Framed for murder by a scheming police chief, Rudy enlists the aid of a mysterious beauty to clear his name and wages a one-man battle to recapture the prized manuscript before the...
Pub. Date
c2013
Description
A brilliant biopic of the influential German-Jewish philosopher and political theorist. Arendt's reporting on the 1961 trial of ex-Nazi Adolf Eichmann in The New Yorker, controversial both for her portrayal of Eichmann and the Jewish councils, introduced her now-famous concept of the 'Banality of Evil.' Using footage from the actual Eichmann trial and weaving a narrative that spans three countries, von Trotta beautifully turns the often invisible...
Series
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
Cast away: A FedEx engineer whose ruled-by-the-clock existence abruptly ends when a harrowing plane crash leaves him isolated on a remote island.
The last of the Mohicans: Hawkeye, rugged frontiersman and adopted son of the Mohicans, is tested by fate amidst a brutal conflict between the British, the French and Native American allies in colonial America.
Master and commander: Captain "Lucky" Jack Aubrey is torn between duty and friendship as he...