Nikolai Chukrov - the main character in this impressive and original account of the oppression and inhumane actions of a dictatorship - is a man without a past or a future. He was born in a gulag and still lives in an area where former concentration camps were located under Stalin's regime and which the Russian government would prefer to keep quiet about even after the fall of communism. Director Alexander Gutman links this personal story with the preparation of a concert by Sergei Prokofiev, who died in neglect on the same day as Stalin. The final strand of the story consists of unique weekly newsreels showing the construction of penal camps.
In 2027, in a chaotic world in which humans can no longer procreate, a former activist agrees to help transport a miraculously pregnant woman to a sanctuary at sea, where her child's birth may help scientists save the future of humankind.
After the Indian Government ordered troops into the Soni Darbar in Amritsar, angering Sikhs worldwide, leading to the assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi during 1984, followed by violence against the Sikhs, and instructions to Police to hunt down and apprehend all suspected terrorists.
Diego, Manny and Sid return in this sequel to the hit animated movie Ice Age. This time around, the deep freeze is over, and the ice-covered earth is starting to melt, which will destroy the trio's cherished valley.
August 1961: To earn a bit of West German money, East Berlin "plaselayer" Hans Kuhlke smuggles scrap metal to his friend Erwin Sawatzke in West Berlin.
A young woman from the Midwest gets more than she bargained for when she moves to New York to become a writer and ends up as the assistant to the tyrannical, larger-than-life editor-in-chief of a major fashion magazine.
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