Salvador Allende

Salvador Allende (2004)
Director: Patricio Guzmán
Writer: Patricio Guzmán (writer)
Release Date: 5 September 2007 (USA)
Genre: Documentary - Biography


Salvador Isabelino Allende Gossens (Spanish pronunciation (June 26, 1908 – September 11, 1973) was a physician and the first democratically elected Marxist socialist to become president of a state in the Americas.


Allende's involvement in Chilean political life spanned a period of nearly forty years. As a member of the Socialist Party, he was a senator, deputy and cabinet minister. He unsuccessfully ran for the presidency in the 1952, 1958, and 1964 elections. In 1970, he won the presidency in a close three-way race.


Allende served as the President of Chile from November 4, 1970 until the U.S.-backed September 11, 1973 The General Pinochet coup d'état that ended his Popular Unity government. During the air raids and ground attacks that preceded the coup, Allende gave his last speech where he vowed to stay in the presidential palace. Accordiong to wikipedia, the cause of death was suicide.

Stalin: Man of Steel

Stalin - Man of Steel
Runtime: 1:30:14


Witness the brutal story of Joseph Stalin, who ruled the Soviet Union with an iron hand.


Even Stalin's successors viewed him as brutal, and in the years following Stalin's death they heavily toned down his crimes.


But now, after the fall of Communism, people have come forward to reveal the tyranny they themselves lived in.

Frank Abagnale: Con-Man turned FBI Instructor

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Frank William Abagnale, Jr. (born April 27, 1948) is an American security consultant best known for his history as a former confidence trickster, check forger, skilled impostor and escape artist.


He became notorious in the 1960s for successfully passing US$2.5 million worth of meticulously forged checks across 26 countries over the course of five years, starting when he was only 16 years old.


In the process, he claimed to have assumed no fewer than eight separate identities, successfully impersonated an airline pilot, a doctor, a prison inspector and a lawyer. He escaped from police custody twice (once from a taxiing airliner and once from a US Federal penitentiary), all before he was 21 years old.


Abagnale's life story provided the inspiration for the feature film Catch Me If You Can, based on his ghostwritten autobiography of the same name. He is currently a consultant and lecturer at the academy and field offices for the Federal Bureau of Investigation. He also runs Abagnale & Associates, a financial fraud consultancy company.

Thoth (2002)

Thoth (2002)
Director: Sarah Kernochan
Genre: Documentary - Short - Music
Runtime: 40 min
Country: USA
Awards: - Academy Awards, USA (2002): Oscar for Best Documentary, Short Subjects
Sarah Kernochan & Lynn Appelle

- Boston Independent Film Festival (2003): Grand Jury Prize

- Santa Cruz Film Festival (2002): Audience Award



* Story :

Haunting and enigmatic, S.K. Thoth built a reputation as one of America's great street performers.


Chronicling his life from childhood to the present, "Thoth" captures the spirit of an individual who has made personal freedom his occupation.


Directed by Sarah Kernochan, the film won the 2002 Academy Award for Best Documentary Short.

Genghis Khan's Story

Brutal tyrant or man of vision?


Always strike first and always take revenge. Genghis Khan learnt these lessons the hard way during a violent childhood.


Son of a murdered father, Genghis grew up in the unforgiving environment of the Mongolian Steppe. But how did an outcast, raised in poverty, come to be the great Khan?


Combining live-action footage shot in Mongolia with CGI software used in Lord of the Rings, the recreation of battle scenes is taken to a new level in presenting the story of how Genghis conquered an empire greater than the Roman Empire at its peak.

Luther (Martin LUTHER Biography Movie)

The film begins during a thunderstorm in 1505 as Luther is returning to his home. For fear of losing his life in the storm, Luther commits his life to God and becomes a monk.


In the next scene it is 1507 and Luther is a monk in Erfurt. During his time at the monastery, he is constantly troubled by viewing God as a God of hate and vengeance. Martin is encouraged by Johann von Staupitz, an older monk who is his supervisor and mentor. Staupitz tells Luther to look to Christ instead of himself.


Later Luther delivers a letter for Staupitz to Rome where he becomes troubled by the wicked lifestyles of those in the city. He also views the skull believed to be that of John the Baptist and purchases an indulgence. It is during this time that Luther begins to question the veracity of indulgences.


Returning to Germany, Luther begins to teach his congregation that God is not only a God of hate, but also a God of love. Luther begins to emphasise the love of God instead of his judgment.


John Tetzel then comes to Luther's town where he scares the people into buying indulgences. (The proceeds were being used to build St. Peter's Basilica in Rome.) Luther in his church denounces the indulgences, calling them "just a piece of paper." He then posts 95 theses on the door of the church, calling for an open debate regarding the indulgences. For this act, Luther is called to Augsburg where he is questioned by the church officials.


After his excommunication, Pope Leo X orders Luther to be delivered to Rome, but Frederick the Wise of Saxony protects him. Frederick and Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor decide that Luther will be tried at Worms.


After his trial at Worms, Luther is forced into hiding while his former professor, Andreas Karlstadt, starts getting the peasants to revolt against the oppressive nobles. Luther, shocked by the revolts, encourages the princes to put down the rebellion. Meanwhile, Luther translates the Bible into German.


After Luther marries Katharina von Bora, Charles V summons the electors of the Holy Roman Empire to Augsburg so he can force them to outlaw Protestantism, the German Bible, etc. The nobles refuse and Charles is forced to allow the nobles to read their confession of faith.


The film ends with the following words:


What happened at Augsburg pushed open the door of religious freedom. Martin Luther lived for another 16 years, preaching and teaching the Word. He and Katharina von Bora enjoyed a happy marriage and six children. Luther's influence extended into economics, politics, education and music, and his translation of the Bible became a foundation stone of the German language. Today over 540 million people worship in churches inspired by his Reformation.