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1) The tempest
Author
Language
English
Description
Prospero, the deposed Duke of Milan, uses his skill at controlling natural forces to cause the shipwreck of his old opponents, forcing them to seek refuge on the island where he and his daughter Miranda have been living in exile, and setting the stage for Miranda to fall in love with Ferdinand, the prince of Naples. Includes explanatory notes, plot summaries, critical essay, and illustrations.
2) Transit
Publisher
Music Box Films
Language
Deutsch
Formats
Description
In a plot borrowed from Anna Seghers' novel about World War II, but shifted to an indeterminate present, Georg, on the run from oppression, flees to Marseille, where he assumed the identity of a dead writer, becoming involved with a young refugee and his widowed mother, and a mysterious woman calld Marie. History is blurred to create an urgent and timeless exploration of the plight of displaced peoples around the world.
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
The village of Three Pines, a refuge from the modern world in the beautiful Eastern Townships, basks in the tranquil glory of its autumn colours. But the blazing woods conceal the body of a much-loved teacher - shot through the heart with an arrow. A tragic hunting accident or murder? Charismatic Chief Inspector Armand Gamache and his team of officers probe to discover deep layers of deceit, resentment, and murderous rage in the pretty village.
5) Haven
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2004.
Language
English
Description
Ruth Gruber, an American journalist helps escort nearly 1,000 Jews from a Nazi concentration camp.
7) The tempest
Publisher
Touchstone Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
This modern retelling of William Shakespeare's final masterpiece is an exciting, mystical, and magical fantasy. Exiled to a magical island, the sorceress Prospera conjures up a storm that shipwrecks her enemies, and then unleashes her powers for revenge.
Series
Publisher
Panorama Entertainment
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
Persian
Description
Orphaned by the Iran-Iraq War, Bashu stows away on a truck which takes him north to a place where another language is spoken and Bashu is ridiculed for his dark complexion. A woman shows compassion taking him into her house, slowly establishing contact and trust.
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
"Beautiful Austrian political refugee "Johnny" Jones is about to be deported, leaving the loving arms of a married Manhattan publisher for the waiting arms of the Nazis. The solution: instant citizenship via a marriage of convenience with flat-broke writer Bill Smith, in which the only thing they'll share is the same last name"--Container.
10) Sorcerer
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Four men who, for various reasons, cannot return to their own countries end up in a dismal South American town where an American oil company is seeking out courageous drivers willing to haul nitroglycerin over miles of treacherous terrain. The four men have nothing to lose; and, besides, they'll be paid 10,000 dollars apiece, and be granted legal citizenship, if they survive.
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Formats
Description
A return to the world of the Road Warrior, Max Rockatansky. Haunted by his turbulent past, he believes the best way to survive is to wander alone. Nevertheless, he becomes swept up with a group fleeing across the Wasteland in a War Rig driven by an elite Imperator, Furiosa. They are escaping a Citadel tyrannized by the Immortan Joe, from whom something irreplaceable has been taken. Enraged, the Warlord with his gangs, pursues the rebels ruthlessly...
14) The far country
Publisher
BFS Video
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
A doctor for Hitler's army escapes to Australia to begin a new life. Romance blooms with a young Englishwoman but the secret of his past threatens their happiness.
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Follows the crew of Battlestar Pegasus, led by Admiral Cane, prior to their meeting with Galactica; Galactica's fleet struggles to regroup and resume the search for Earth after the Cylons attack New Caprica.
He that believeth in me: Starbuck alters the relationship between humans and the evolving Cylons when she returns from the dead claiming that she has found planet Earth.
Six of one: The Cylons confront the mystery of the Final Five, and Starbuck's...
16) Casablanca
Language
English
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Formats
Description
In World War II Morocco, seething with European refugees desperate for passage to neutral Lisbon, only a world-weary and bitter nightclub owner can help his former lover and her Resistance-hero husband escape from the Nazis.
Series
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
The killer that stalked New York (1950): Police seek a smuggler while doctors, unaware she's the same person, desperately comb unprotected New York for a smallpox carrier.
Two of a kind (1951): Brandy Kirby and crooked Lawyer Vincent Mailer plan to rob William and Maida McIntyre by producing a convincing double for their long-lost son. Brandy charms gambler Lefty Farrell into impersonating the missing son. Kathy, the McIntyre's niece, who likes Lefty,...
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