Set in the 1800s among the Berbers of North Africa, this 1997 Algerian feature concerns a noble widow who receives a customary purse of gold coins from the enemy tribe that murdered her husband; the gift puts her in conflict with her kinsmen, who want the money to buy back land taken by the enemy in cahoots with French colonials.

A member of an elite paramilitary counter-terrorism unit becomes traumatized after witnessing the su...

The classic story of English POWs in Burma forced to build a bridge to aid the war effort of their J...

An epic tale spanning forty years in the life of Celie, an African-American woman living in the Sout...

Tells the life story of Danish author Karen Blixen, who at the beginning of the 20th century moved t...

A French teacher in a small Algerian village during the Algerian War forms an unexpected bond with a...

In 1920s Ireland young doctor Damien O'Donovan prepares to depart for a new job in a London hospital...

The true story of anti-apartheid activists in South Africa, and particularly the life of Patrick Cha...

An ex-mercenary turned smuggler. A Mende fisherman. Amid the explosive civil war overtaking 1999 Sie...

In 1943, as Hitler continues to wage war across Europe, a group of college students mount an undergr...

On the one hand, there’s the desert eating away at the land. The endless dry season, the lack of wat...

Wounded in Africa during World War II, Nazi Col. Claus von Stauffenberg returns to his native German...

A young mute woman is raped and becomes pregnant, with disastrous consequences within her family. Th...

John Meadham, in charge of a West Africa trading post, wire the home office in London that he is tir...

The film follows the exploits of Jacques, a car-mechanic turned pro-thief, and his Jewish co-conspir...

In the German-occupied Paris, Helene is torn between the love for her boyfriend Jean, working for th...

During World War II, a secret agent must seduce and assassinate an official who works for the Japane...

Near the end of World War II, Gen. Dietrich von Choltitz receives orders to burn down Paris if it be...
Based on a traditional African tale. A king has the habit whilst walking in disguise on the streets ...

A sorcerer (played by the director himself) controls all activities in a village. Manipulating the d...

A dissolute man whose wife cheats on him seeks revenge to preserve his honor.