Shadow of Fire

An American journalist arrives in Berlin just after the end of World War Two. He becomes involved in a murder mystery surrounding a dead GI who washes up at a lakeside mansion during the Potsdam negotiations between the Allied powers. Soon his investigation connects with his search for his married pre-war German lover.

Runtime

1h 48m

Director

Steven Soderbergh

Cast

George Clooney, Cate Blanchett, Tobey Maguire

During the final weeks of a presidential race, the President is accused of sexual misconduct. To distract the public until the election, the President's adviser hires a Hollywood producer to help him stage a fake war.

Runtime

1h 37m

Director

Barry Levinson, David Koechner

Cast

Dustin Hoffman, Robert De Niro, Anne Heche

Nathan Algren is an American hired to instruct the Japanese army in the ways of modern warfare, which finds him learning to respect the samurai and the honorable principles that rule them. Pressed to destroy the samurai's way of life in the name of modernization and open trade, Algren decides to become an ultimate warrior himself and t...

Runtime

2h 34m

Director

Edward Zwick

Cast

Tom Cruise, Ken Watanabe, Timothy Spall

Maria marries a young soldier in the last days of World War II, only for him to go missing in the war. She must rely on her beauty and ambition to navigate the difficult post-war years alone.

Runtime

2h

Director

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Cast

Hanna Schygulla, Klaus Löwitsch, Ivan Desny

A celebration of love and creative inspiration takes place in the infamous, gaudy and glamorous Parisian nightclub, at the cusp of the 20th century. A young poet, who is plunged into the heady world of Moulin Rouge, begins a passionate affair with the club's most notorious and beautiful star.

Runtime

2h 8m

Director

Baz Luhrmann

Cast

Ewan McGregor, Nicole Kidman, John Leguizamo