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Directed by Joseph SargentOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Fantasy,
Adventure,
HistoricalThemes Films set in Africa,
Films about religion,
Films based on the Bible,
Films about Jews and JudaismActors Richard Harris,
Barbara Hershey,
Vittorio Gassman,
Maximilian Schell,
Gottfried John,
Kevin McNallyRating72%
Abram lives in Harran, a rich city. His wife Sarah (Barbara Hershey) is childless, and their only heir is Eliezer of Damascus. One day he hears the voice of God, who says that he must leave Haran and travel to an unknown land. God promises to make a great nation from him and renames him Abraham. The pattern for the plot is the Genesis chapters 11-25., 1h53
Directed by Joseph SargentOrigin USAGenres Drama,
BiographyThemes Films about religion,
Political films,
Films about Jews and JudaismActors Christine Lahti,
Beau Bridges,
Richard Crenna,
Bruce Davison,
Jonathan Cake,
Zoie PalmerRating67%
Gisella Perl (Christine Lahti), a Jewish-Romanian gynecologist from Sighetu, Romania, testifies before an Immigration & Naturalization Service (INS) review board consisting of three men (Bruce Davison, Richard Crenna, and Beau Bridges). Perl is seeking to be granted citizenship after passing the New York State Medical Licensing Board examinations, wishing to begin practicing in New York. She recounts her early life when she aspired to be a doctor despite the admonishments of her father, her time practicing as a gynecologist before the German invasion, and her experiences as prisoner #25404, where she provided what medical care she could to fellow prisoners. Her most controversial actions included providing late-term abortions to pregnant women in order to save their lives. These pregnant women would otherwise have been killed immediately or subjected to the torture of horrific "medical" experiments., 1h41
Directed by Joseph SargentOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Biography,
Musical,
RomanceThemes Musical filmsActors Peter Riegert,
Gregory Hines,
Kimberly Elise,
Savion Glover,
Aaron Meeks,
Martin RoachRating65%
En 1916, Bill "Bojangles" Robinson était un artiste de vaudeville à succès et considéré comme le meilleur danseur de claquettes de sa génération. Au sommet de sa carrière, il était l'artiste noir le mieux payé, mais malgré toute la joie qu'il donnait aux autres, sa vie était tout sauf heureuse..., 3h14
Directed by Joseph SargentOrigin USAGenres Drama,
War,
HistoricalThemes Political filmsActors Michael Caine,
John Lithgow,
Bob Hoskins,
Ed Begley Jr.,
Jan Tříska,
Corey BurtonRating65%
The film portrays Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin as they maneuver their countries through several of the major events of World War II - such events include the Blitz, Operation Barbarossa, the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the North African Campaign, the Allied invasion of Italy, and concluding with the Tehran Conference., 2h21
Directed by Joseph SargentOrigin USAGenres Drama,
HistoricalThemes Environmental films,
Seafaring films,
Transport films,
Aviation films,
Documentary films about environmental issues,
Documentary films about war,
Documentary films about historical events,
Documentary films about nuclear technology,
Documentary films about technology,
Political films,
Documentary films about World War IIActors Brian Dennehy,
David Strathairn,
Michael Tucker,
Hume Cronyn,
Richard A. Dysart,
Hal HolbrookRating73%
When Hungarian physicist Leo Szilard leaves Europe he eventually arrives in the United States where, with the help of Albert Einstein, he persuades the Federal government to build an atomic bomb. General Leslie Groves selects physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer to head the Los Alamos Laboratory in New Mexico, where the bomb is built. As World War II draws to a close, Szilard (whose idea was responsible for the progress made) has second thoughts about atomic weapons and debates how and when to use the bomb., 2h2
Directed by Joseph SargentOrigin USAGenres Drama,
War,
Biography,
HistoricalThemes Seafaring films,
Politique,
Transport films,
Political filmsActors Gregory Peck,
Ed Flanders,
Dan O'Herlihy,
Ward Costello,
Nicolas Coster,
Addison PowellRating64%
The film portrays MacArthur's (Gregory Peck) life from 1942, before the Battle of Bataan, to 1952, the time after he had been removed from his Korean War command by President Truman (Ed Flanders) for insubordination, and is recounted in flashback as he visits West Point in 1962.Directed by Daniel MannOrigin USAGenres Drama,
MusicalThemes Films set in Africa,
Films about racism,
Musical films,
Films based on plays,
Films based on musicalsActors Brock Peters,
Melba Moore,
Raymond St. Jacques,
Paula Kelly,
Paul Rogers,
Clifton DavisRating62%
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Directed by Daniel MannOrigin USAGenres Drama,
WarThemes Seafaring films,
Transport films,
Political filmsActors James Stewart,
Lisa Lu,
Glenn Corbett,
Harry Morgan,
Mike Kellin,
Frank SilveraRating61%
In 1944, engineer Major Baldwin (James Stewart) is ordered to blow up an airfield as well as strategic roads and bridges to help American troops in China retreat from the Japanese army. General Loomis (Alan Baxter) is reluctant to send Baldwin due to his inexperience as a commander, but relents. Baldwin, accompanied by reluctant conscripts, Sergeant Michaelson (Harry Morgan), Prince (Mike Kellin), Lewis (Eddie Firestone), Miller (Rudy Bond) and Collins (Glenn Corbett), the demolition team's translator, Baldwin finds out from Colonel Li (Leo Chen), the Chinese commander that the Japanese are about to capture a munitions dump. Colonel Kwan (Frank Silvera) is assigned to the team but before they can embark, Madame Sue-Mei Hung (Lisa Lu), the American-educated widow of a Chinese officer, joins them, with Baldwin gradually becoming attracted to the widow.