Genres:Drama Countries:Austria | Germany | Hungary | Luxembourg | Switzerland | UK Directors:Simon Aeby Actors:Steven Berkoff | Nikolaj Coster-Waldau | Patrick Godfrey | Lee Ingleby | Eddie Marsan | Joe Mason | Peter McDonald | John Shrapnel | Julie Cox | Lili Geszler | Anastasia Griffith
This Simon Aeby's scope period drama uses its narrative to explore conflicts and tensions during the notorious 16th century Inquisition. Nikolaj Coster Waldau and Peter McDonald play Martin and Georg, two men who meet and bond as youths in a European monastery, then part ways and diverge paths; Georg becomes a cleric at a nearby abbey, Martin a soldier in the Army. The adult men reconnect following a fifteen year absence, and not long after, Martin (in the face of overwhelming dissuasion from Georg) falls head over heels in love with Anna - a social outcast because of her father's role as executioner. Martin and Anna marry, and - in a beat that recalls Berlanga's El Verdugo - Martin is forced to enter his father's line of work as a decapitator - a role he performs fluidly and effectively. Trouble brews, however, on two fronts: from Fabio, a handicapped local who covets Martin's new job, and from an Inquisitor (legendary playwright Steven Berkoff) who arrives to oversee George's execution when the local archbishop grows dissatisfied with him - forcing Martin to step in and act as George's salvation. Meanwhile, Brother Bernhard schemes to rob the church of stability.
Genres:Action | Drama | History | War Countries:China Directors:John Woo Actors:Tony Leung Chiu Wai | Takeshi Kaneshiro | Fengyi Zhang | Chen Chang | Wei Zhao | Jun Hu | Chiling Lin | Shido Nakamura | Yong You | Ba Sen Zha Bu | Yong Hou
Bitter over an unforeseen defeat to rival states Shu and Wu, Cao Cao (Fengyi Zhang) of the Wei Kingdom is confident that his million-man fleet will crush the under-manned alliance once and for all. An epidemic and seasickness cripple Cao Cao?s men, however, postponing D-day. Gen. Zhou Yu (Tony Leung Chiu Wai) and strategist Zhuge Liang (Takeshi Kaneshiro) take the time to demoralize their enemy, and trick Cao Cao into practically giving them 100,000 arrows and even beheading his top generals.
Genres:Action | Adventure | Drama | History | War Countries:China Directors:John Woo Actors:Tony Leung Chiu Wai | Takeshi Kaneshiro | Fengyi Zhang | Chen Chang | Wei Zhao | Jun Hu | Chiling Lin | Shido Nakamura | Yong You | Ba Sen Zha Bu | Yong Hou | Tong Jiang | Jingwu Ma | Chun Sun | Dawei Tong
In 208 A.D., in the final days of the Han Dynasty, shrewd Prime Minster Cao Cao convinced the fickle Emperor Han the only way to unite all of China was to declare war on the kingdoms of Xu in the west and East Wu in the south. Thus began a military campaign of unprecedented scale, led by the Prime Minister, himself. Left with no other hope for survival, the kingdoms of Xu and East Wu formed an unlikely alliance. Numerous battles of strength and wit ensued, both on land and on water, eventually culminating in the battle of Red Cliff. During the battle, two thousand ships were burned, and the course of Chinese history was changed forever.
Genres: Drama | War
