"Fatherland"
Fatherland
Klauss Dritteman est un chanteur subversif de RDA. Les autorités, qui ne le supportent plus, le poussent à passer à l’Ouest. Avant de partir, Klaus reçoit la clé d’un coffre-fort, dans lequel son père a déposé des papiers personnels. Arrivé en RFA, il est accueilli par une maison de disques. Mais il est aussi critique envers le capital..
Le Crépuscule des aigles
1964. Les allemands ont gagné la Seconde Guerre mondiale. On s'apprête à fêter les soixante-quinze ans du Führer Adolf Hitler, et pour cet événement, le président du dernier pays à ne pas s'être soumis à la domination allemande, les États-Unis, s'apprête à signer un traité de paix, ce qui aurait assis définitivement l'emprise du Tro..
Fatherland
After Carina walks away from her family, Thomas and their daughter Leah are left to pick up the pieces. Bit by bit Thomas's life falls down around him and he must fight tirelessly to keep it all together.
Fatherland
Touching and hopeful immigration film about a grieving Syrian father and his three sons’ quiet struggle not to be deported from Denmark and scattered to all sorts of other countries.
Fatherland
Fatherland is a coming-of-age documentary set in the remote South African bush. It follows a group of Afrikaner boys over 9 days at a military-style camp in the spirit of their fathers before them. However, what starts out as basic training, fitness and camaraderie soon intensifies as the true nature of the camp is revealed and the boys are forced ..
Sweet Smoke of the Fatherland
This film is a triptych with three stories, involving three characters. They live in different parts of Europe: Western Europe -Catalonia (Spain); Eastern Europe -Lithuania; and in the new Europe -Georgia (Akhazia). They have experienced, in different parts of the 20Th century, civil wars and dictatorships. They share the same fate: they stayed whe..
For Faith, Tsar and Fatherland
Russian nationalism percolates in a castle outside Moscow, where Mikhail Morozov--who longs for a return to the glory days of Old Russia--rules autonomously over young initiates, laying the groundwork for a rapidly growing right-wing movement.
Back to the Fatherland
A documentary that looks at the problems for young modern Israelis returning to the Germanic countries of central Europe, and in particular how this impacts upon older generations of their families, who had to leave countries like Austria and Germany.
Khachaturian: A Musician and His Fatherland
Documentary filmmaker Peter Rosen explores the life and music of Armenian-born Soviet composer Khachaturian, who flourished despite working in politically tumultuous times under Stalin. Featuring historic footage, concert performances and passages from the ballets "Spartacus" and "Gayne," this retrospective sheds welcome light on a musical genius a..
Patria O Muerte: Cuba, Fatherland or Death
A raw, unvarnished look at contemporary Cuba through the lens of its people, who are at once fiercely loyal to their country while being extremely dissatisfied after decades of neglect.
Joke with Everything, But My Fatherland
A young married couple moves to America because of poor material conditions. A popular stage play of Sarajevo theatre.
The Virgin who Forged a Fatherland
On the eve of the Grito de Dolores and faced with the threat of being arrested by the viceregal government, Miguel Hidalgo suggested to Captain Allende that the flag of the insurgent movement be the banner of the Virgin of Guadalupe.
Tous pour la patrie
Liban, 1978. Les citoyens du sud du pays ravagé par l'invasion israélienne partagent leur quête d'espoir, tandis que des enfants tentent de chanter l'hymne national.
Fatherland
The violent unrest between Buddhists and Muslims in the three southernmost provinces of Thailand, sparked in 2004, has grown into a brutal insurgency that has claimed more than 5,000 lives on both sides. Police Captain Taron Yangcheepchob (Sukollawat Kanarot), a Thai Buddhist from Bangkok, volunteers to a posting at a station in the troubled South...
Fatherland
Fatherland brings a rigorous structural approach to a site of monuments that is also a place of movement, criss-crossed daily by tourists and locals. The grounds are laid out like city blocks, with wide avenues branching onto laneways filled with elaborate mausoleums. The film does not attempt to tour the cemetery as one would on foot, however, but..
Daughters of the Fatherland
During the student crisis of 1968, Ines, an 18-year-old homosexual, is prevented from attending law school by her family, who believe that this is not the right course for a woman. This awakens in Inês a feeling of injustice, which leads her to accept Julio's invitation to join the high school students' association. The next day, we find out that ..
Fatherland
Gerson Liebl, grandson of a German colonial official from Togo, has been fighting for 30 years for the preservation of German citizenship and a right of residence in Germany. As a last resort, he resorts to a hunger strike. The images of his unflinching perseverance in front of Berlin's Red City Hall are accompanied on the soundtrack by statements,..
Beauty of Fatherland
The documentary observes two matriarchs - Tiina Jantson governs the beauty contest empire in Estonia; Anne Eenpanu leads the activities of "Home Daughters" - a girls' corps of Estonian Defence League. The film's main characters and their activities are very different. Whereas Anne's pedagogical approach is almost totally based on the love for fathe..
The Fatherland Calls
Directed by Harry Liedtke.
Dear Fatherland Be at Peace
1964 in Berlin, not long after the raise of the wall that separated the city: ex-prisoner Bruno is chosen by the eastern secret agency to be sent west with a special order. However as soon as he's crossed the border, he reports to the police. He claims his order was to kidnap someone, but he doesn't know who yet. He's forced to continue feignedly. ..
