In the spring of 1821, the Greek population of the Ottoman Empire revolted against their masters. In a few weeks, over twenty thousand Turkish men, women and children were murdered in the Morea. In reprisal, Greek communities across the empire as far away as Asia Minor were ruthlessly put to death. The…
A log home built in 1834 is the oldest surviving building in Elkhart County, Indiana. The stories about the original family, the restoration of the home, and stories by the current owner preserve history in a special way.
1913 is the last peaceful year before the outbreak of the First World War. But the artists of the time forecast the dark era. Authors write desperate stories, painters destroy perspectives and Igor Stravinsky conducts „Le Sacre du Printemps“ – an aggressive soundtrack for the cultural…
1913 ist das letzte friedliche Jahr vor dem Ersten Weltkrieg. Die Künstler erahnen in ihren Werken schon die düsteren Zeiten: Autoren schreiben verzweifelte Texte, Maler zerstören Perspektiven. Und Igor Stravinsky schafft mit „Le Sacre du Printemps“ den aggressiven Soundtrack…
In February the tsar is overthrown. Many artists are euphoric: Revolution! Freedom! What were poets, thinkers, and avant-gardists like Maxim Gorky and Kazimir Malevich doing during this drastic change of power? In the film, five of them alight from the director’s piles of books as animated cut-out…
DVD -> boutiquecapitole@cinematheque.ch En novembre 1918, aux derniers jours de la guerre mondiale, la Suisse traverse la première et unique grève générale nationale de son histoire. Ce film montre l’enchaînement des événements ayant conduit…
F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic novel, The Great Gatsby is set in 1922 and to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the events in the book, let's take a virtual tour of New York City in 1922. What places would Nick and Daisy and Jay Gatsby have known? What haunts did F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald…
En 1940 naît à Paris la Continental, société de production de films créée par l’occupant. A sa tête, Alfred Greven, producteur cinéphile et homme d’affaires opportuniste. Pendant les années d’occupation, sous les directives…
Die Themen-Edition zum 70. Jahrestag des Kriegsendes in Europa (2015) Diese Film-Reihe zeigt wie der Zweite Weltkrieg in Köln zu Ende ging Auf der Basis einer mehrjährigen Recherche rekonstruiert "Köln 1945", der zweiteilige Hauptfilm dieser Themenreihe, den Vormarsch der…
¿Estuvo el movimiento estudiantil de 1968 sometido a las provocaciones de la inteligencia norteamericana? ¿Es creíble que un grupo de militares mexicanos actuarán coordinadamente con la Agencia Central de Inteligencia (CIA) durante ese conflicto? El documental La Conexión…
ENGLISH The Islamic revolution in Iran under the leadership of Ayatollah Khomeini, Pope John Paul II’s visit to Poland, the opening of China under Deng Xiaoping, Great Britain’s neoliberal shift under Margaret Thatcher and the invasion of the Soviet Union in Afghanistan – these are…
Deng Xiaoping ouvre la Chine au monde, Margaret Thatcher débute sa croisade libérale, l'ayatollah Khomeini revient en Iran, le pape Jean-Paul II embrasse sa terre natale, la centrale nucléaire de Three Mile Island connait un accident majeur, l’Union Soviétique envahie…
