Der Eiffelturm ist ein Wahrzeichen Frankreichs und eine der meistbesuchten Sehenswürdigkeiten der Welt. Doch beinahe wäre er gar nicht erbaut worden. Der Entwurf von Gustave Eiffel konkurrierte mit dem Plan des Architekten Jules Bourdais, der einen "Sonnenturm" aus Granit mit einer Leuchtturmspitze vorsah. Der Herausforderer Eiffel und der favorisierte Bourdais kämpften mit harten Bandagen: Sie trugen PR-Kämpfe aus, verunglimpften das Projekt des Rivalen und spannen politische Intrigen. Das Duell spiegelt nicht nur den Geltungsdrang zweier Persönlichkeiten, sondern auch einen Epochenwandel wider: Bourdais gegen Eiffel, das war Stein gegen Eisen, Architektur gegen Ingenieurskunst, schöne Künste und Kulturerbe gegen Fortschritt und Industrie. Der Zeitgeist verlangte nach technischen Errungenschaften. Der Wettlauf um den höchsten Turm der Welt, um den ersten "tausend Fuß", also 300 Meter hohen Turm, hatte begonnen.
Tension mounts between a quadraplegic man and his wife as she prepares a bath for him.
The deconstruction of the Avatar scenes and sets
After being fired by his ruthless boss, the dangerously vulnerable David is forced to confront the looming loss of his terminally ill mother, Annie, as well as his own relentless demons.
Valdis Nulle is a young and ambitious captain of fishing ship 'Dzintars'. He has his views on fishing methods but the sea makes its own rules. Kolkhoz authorities are forced to include dubious characters in his crew, for example, former captain Bauze and silent alcoholic Juhans. The young captain lacks experience in working with so many fishermen on board. Unexpectedly, pretty engineer Sabīne is ordered to test a new construction fishing net on Nulle's ship and 'production conflict' between her and the captain arises...
Fight Club was a two-day professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event promoted by Game Changer Wrestling (GCW) that was held on October 8 and 9, 2022. Both nights of the event were held in Atlantic City, New Jersey; night 1 of the event took place at the Garden Pier at the Showboat while night 2 was held inside Showboat Hotel itself. The event aired on PPV via the FITE TV service.
Ein animiertes Roadmovie, das in der weiten und kargen Landschaft der australischen Nullarbor-Ebene spielt.
Launder Run tells the story of Jake, a man returning to his gritty hometown after years away, carrying the weight of a troubled past. The film opens on a rainy Saturday afternoon as Jake trudges through a bleak estate, visibly exhausted and clutching a plastic bag. Arriving at his sister Sue’s chaotic, unkempt flat, he confronts the ruins of his old life—a dirty fridge, a cluttered bedroom reduced to storage, and the ghosts of a once-close family. Seeking solace, he revisits his old pub, a place teeming with memories. As he steps inside, the bartender recognizes him with shock, hinting at Jake’s mysterious past and the reasons for his long absence. “Lounder Run” explores themes of homecoming, redemption, and the unshakable grip of one’s origins.
This film is the record of a traumatic reaction to the terrorist acts in the Moscow subway of March 29, 2010.
A hitman is tasked to take out ex-mobsters when he suddenly hears a voice that questions his morality.
Batman und Robin ist ein Abenteuer-Serial mit fünfzehn Einzelepisoden von Columbia Pictures aus dem Jahr 1943.
Hello explores changes in two people’s working lives: a Mexican trash picker who separates and collects recyclable materials from landfills to sell by the kilo, and a German freelance computer-animation designer working for the advertising industry in Berlin. The double interview is controlled and manipulated by a computer-generated severed hand which Maria describes as an object once discovered in the trash while working in the violent northern town of Mexicali. This CGI hand was in turn produced by Max, who was born with no arms, and sought refuge in computer-imaging as a means to operate and manipulate a digital reality.
Mathias Pascal, saddled with a stupid wife and a nagging mother-in-law, leaves home and is extremely lucky at several gambling resorts. He returns home and discovers that a drowned man, fished out of the river, bears an uncanny likeness to him and is being buried by his family as him. This, to him, is a pleasant turn of events and he goes to Rome, where he falls in love with Louise Paleari. Count Papiano, a jealous suitor of Louise's, threatens him with arrest unless he produces credentials to prove his identity.
Teenager Derek und sein kleiner Bruder Tobey sind neu in der Stadt und wissen noch nicht, dass man die Abkürzung zur High School über das verwilderte Gelände der mysteriösen Familie Hartley besser nicht benutzt. Zu viel Schlimmes sei da den Gerüchten zufolge bereits geschehen. Tobey aber lässt sich nicht abschrecken, stolpert prompt über einen toten Hund und wird vom alten Mr. Hartley verjagt. Das aber macht Derek nur neugierig. Gemeinsam mit dem Schulrowdy, der seinen Hund vermisst, will er das Hartley-Haus einer nächtlichen Inspektion unterziehen.
Did the Nazis ever see Charlie Chaplin's 'The Great Dictator'? Yugoslavia, 1942 - The young Serbian projectionist Nikola Radosevic decides to teach the German oppressors a lesson they won't forget. The beginning of a true and astonishing World War II resistance story.
In a pub in Madrid's downtown, a group of workmates meets to celebrate a birthday party. There, the singular characters share their opinions about education, maternity and other matters about life. In the middle of that, Lucía tries to behave normal, but in her head, there is only one thing: She may be pregnant and if it's confirmed, she would be forced to face one of the most difficult decisions: became a mother or not. A story about maternity, friendship, and identity.
UFC 204: Bisping vs. Henderson 2 was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship held on October 8, 2016 at the Manchester Arena in Manchester, England. The event was headlined by a UFC Middleweight Championship bout between current champion Michael Bisping and the former Pride Welterweight, Pride Middleweight and former Strikeforce Light Heavyweight Champion Dan Henderson. The pairing met previously in July 2009 at UFC 100 with Henderson taking the victory via second round highlight reel knockout.
During one of their night stays, three college teens play a silly prank where they randomly call people and tell them that they know who that person is and what they have done. What will happen when things take a dangerous turn?
Michel, ein Mathematiklehrer im Ruhestand, lebt seit dem Tod seiner Frau allein und beschäftigt sich damit, einen Aufsatz über die Überzeugungen zu schreiben, die das tägliche Leben prägen. Eines Tages trifft er auf Dora, eine junge Obdachlose, die verletzt vor seiner Haustür auftaucht, und die er bis zu ihrer Genesung aufpäppelt. Ihre Anwesenheit bringt etwas Neues in Michels Leben, doch allmählich wird die Wohnung zum Ort mysteriöser Ereignisse...
Detective Sergeant Malcolm Ainslie, a Catholic priest turned distinguished investigator for the police, has agreed to hear the confession of a convicted serial killer sentenced to death in a just a matter of hours. What he promises to reveal to Ainslie is the truth behind the crimes and the reason he confessed to the one crime Ainslie doesn't even believe he committed. What unfolds between the two men is a serpentine trail into both men's pasts based on the bestseller from master storyteller Arthur Hailey.
25 Jahrhunderte lang wurde der Parthenon beschossen, in Brand gesetzt, von Erdbeben erschüttert, wegen seiner Skulpturen geplündert und durch katastrophale Renovierungen entstellt. Um den Parthenon vor dem Einsturz zu bewahren, muss das moderne Restaurierungsteam das Geheimnis lüften, wie die alten Griechen diese Ikone der westlichen Zivilisation in weniger als neun Jahren errichteten, ohne auch nur den geringsten architektonischen Plan zu haben.
Im Jahr 480 vor Christus erwarteten 7000 griechische Soldaten an einer Landenge einen gewaltigen Angriff. Ihnen gegenüber stand die persische Streitmacht, eine der mächtigsten Armeen ihrer Zeit. Die Speerspitze der griechischen Truppen bildeten „nur“ 300 spartanische Krieger, angeführt von ihrem furchtlosen König Leonidas. Ihr Kampf wird als die Schlacht bei den Thermopylen in die Geschichte eingehen und sein Ausgang, den kein Einziger von ihnen überlebt, den Lauf der Geschichte und der westlichen Zivilisation dauerhaft beeinflussen.
Ursprungsland | US |
Original Sprache | en |
Produktionsländer | |
Produktionsfirmen |