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90 Degrees South: Captain Robert Scott
(1933) [E]

Captain Scott described photographer Herbert Ponting as 'an artist in love with his work' and, after the tragic outcome of the 1910 expedition which cost Scott and four of his companions their lives, Ponting resolved that the grandeur of the Antarctic and Scott's heroism should not be forgotten....  More

South: Sir Earnest Shackleton
(1919) [E]

When the Endurance was trapped by pack ice, the crew drifted on ice floes for months before Ernest Shackleton and five of his men made a miraculous 850-mile boat journey to safety. One of the greatest epics in the history of exploration, this is the original 1919 film produced by Shackleton and...  More

Walk the Line
(2005) [M]

Joaquin Phoenix powerfully portrays Johnny Cash, a young, passionate artist who rebelled against convention and always walked his own path regardless of the consequences. His troubled childhood, along with his outlaw persona and unbridled talent led him to walk the line between genius and self...  More

The Last Emperor
(1987) [M]

Bernardo Bertolucci's epic film tells the incredible story of Pu Yi, who in 1908 at the age of three became ruler of nearly half the world's population. He was the "Son of Heaven", "Lord of Ten Thousand Years" and the last emperor of China.

His reign was short and three years later a...  More

The Lost Honour Of Katarina Blum
(1975) [M]

Drama based on the true account of events, which happened in Germany in the 1970s. Katharina Blum is a young attractive German maid. She meets Ludwig, and they fall in love at once. They spend the night together. In the morning, the police bursts in her flat, looking for Ludwig : he is a...  More

The Enigma Of Kaspar Hauser
(1974) [M]

Herzog's film is based upon the true and mysterious story of Kaspar Hauser, a young man who suddenly appeared in Nuremberg in 1828, barely able to speak or walk, and bearing a strange note; he later explained that he had been held captive in a dungeon of some sort for his entire life that he...  More

Breaker Morant
(1980) [PG]

Hero or villian? His exploits shook an empire... and made him a legend. South Africa, 1901: The British war against the Boers has deteriorated into bitter guerilla warfare. A unit of the Bushveldt Carbineers made up mainly of Australians is ordered by the British High Command to fight the Boer on...  More

Hitler: A Film From Germany (2 tape set)
(1977) [M]

Hitler is represented in a variety of styles including a ventriloquist's dummy and as a Mr Punch with Eva Braun as Judy. A stylised interpretation of history to examine the German psyche and the power of Hitler. No archival footage is used. German dialogue with subtitles.  More

Gandhi
(1982) [M]

Epic and unforgettable, Gandhi swept the 1983 Oscars, winning eight awards, including Best Picture, Best Actor (Ben Kingsley), Best Screenplay and Best Director for Richard Attenborough. The awe-inspiring story of Mahatma Gandhi, the diminutive lawyer who stood up to the British in India and...  More

My Mother's Castle (Le Chateau De Ma Mere)
(1990) [G]

Part 2 of the popular French classics based on author Marcel Pagnol's childhood memoirs. In 'La Gloire De Mon Pere' Marcel looks back at a perfect summer spent as a child in a cottage at the foot of the Provence Mountains. In 'Le Chateau De Ma Mere' Marcel remembers his family's trip to the...  More