The Luzhin Defence 2000 POSTER

The Luzhin Defence

6.8

58%

based on novel or book

chess tournament

Based upon the novel by Vladimir Nabokov, a chess grandmaster travels to Italy in the 1920s to play in a tournament and falls in love.

Death Defying Acts 2007 POSTER

Death Defying Acts

5.8

42%

Gillian Armstrong

Gillian Armstrong Director

Saoirse Ronan

Saoirse Ronan as Benji McGarvie

Guy Pearce

Guy Pearce as Harry Houdini

Catherine Zeta-Jones

Catherine Zeta-Jones as Mary McGarvie

Timothy Spall

Timothy Spall as Sugarman

On a tour of Britain in 1926, Harry Houdini enters into a passionate affair with a psychic out to con the famous magician.

The Age of Shadows 2016 POSTER

The Age of Shadows

7.1

♡ 102

100%

independence movement

japanese occupation of korea

korean resistance

shanghai, china

Jee-woon Kim

Jee-woon Kim Director

Shingo Tsurumi

Shingo Tsurumi as Higashi

Byung-hun Lee

Byung-hun Lee as Jung Chae-San

Yoo Gong

Yoo Gong as Kim Woo-Jin

Kang-ho Song

Kang-ho Song as Lee Jung-Chool

Set in the late 1920s, The Age of Shadows follows the cat-and-mouse game that unfolds between a group of resistance fighters trying to bring in explosives from Shanghai to destroy key Japanese facilities in Seoul, and Japanese agents trying to stop them.

Riefenstahl 2024 POSTER

Riefenstahl

7.1

97%

nsdap (nazi party)

third reich (iii reich 1933-45)

Andres Veiel

Andres Veiel Director

Ulrich Noethen

Ulrich Noethen as Narrator

Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler as Self

Elfriede Kretschmer

Elfriede Kretschmer as Self

Ernest A. Ostro

Ernest A. Ostro as Self

Explores Leni Riefenstahl's artistic legacy and her complex ties to the Nazi regime, juxtaposing her self-portrayal with evidence suggesting awareness of the regime's atrocities.

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