The Russian Revolution

Alex Kerner's mother was in a coma while the Berlin wall fell. When she wakes up he must try to keep her from learning what happened (as she was an avid communist supporter) to avoid shocking her which could lead to another heart attack.

Runtime

2h 1m

Director

Wolfgang Becker

Cast

Daniel Brühl, Katrin Sass

C.R. MacNamara is a managing director for Coca-Cola in West Berlin during the Cold War, just before the Wall is put up. When Scarlett, the rebellious daughter of his boss, comes to West Berlin, MacNamara has to look after her, but this turns out to be a difficult task when she reveals to be married to a communist.

Runtime

1h 49m

Director

Billy Wilder

Cast

James Cagney, Horst Buchholz, Pamela Tiffin

Because of a technical defect an American bomber team mistakenly orders the destruction of Moscow. The President of the United States has but little time to prevent an atomic catastrophe from occurring.

Runtime

1h 52m

Director

Sidney Lumet

Cast

Henry Fonda, Walter Matthau, Fritz Weaver

After a defecting Russian general reveals a plot to assassinate foreign spies, James Bond is assigned a secret mission to dispatch the new head of the KGB to prevent an escalation of tensions between the Soviet Union and the West.

Runtime

2h 10m

Director

John Glen

Cast

Timothy Dalton, Maryam D'Abo, Joe Don Baker

A dramatic history of Pu Yi, the last of the Emperors of China, from his lofty birth and brief reign in the Forbidden City, the object of worship by half a billion people; through his abdication, his decline and dissolute lifestyle; his exploitation by the invading Japanese, and finally to his obscure existence as just another peasant ...

Runtime

2h 43m

Director

Bernardo Bertolucci

Cast

John Lone, Joan Chen, Peter O'Toole