Adam Curtis: Shorts

Adam Curtis' short films from Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe and Newswipe programmes.
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Death to Spies

1941. Georgy Volkov, Captain of the State Security Service, is delivering to the Soviet Union a consignment of emeralds under a trade agreement between the USSR and Germany.
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The Activists

The Activists follows the years from 1899 to 1906 when Finland as an independent nation started to form. At the center stage are young restless souls who operate against the backdrop of the phenomena of the time: deep social divisions, political intrigue, fierce proclamations and people’s movements that get out of control. Activists portrays what happens when people lose faith in society’s capability to deal with conflict.
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Hiroshima, August 6, 1945

Hiroshima Showa 20 nen 8 Gatsu Muika is a Japanese television special drama. The story is about a family of three sisters and one brother with a dog living and running a Japanese Ryokan in Tenjin-cho, Hiroshima near Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall. The drama was made as the first drama of Nada So So Project by TBS for its 50th anniversary in 2005. The drama has been awarded the 2006 best TV program award of "NAB Awards" from National Association of Commercial Broadcasters in Japan.
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La Commune (Paris, 1871)

In this war drama blurring the lines between documentary and fiction, the working class and the bourgeoisie of 19th century Paris are interviewed and covered on television, before and during a tragic workers' class revolt.
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The Republic

The series covers the ins and outs of the long, unusual history of the once autonomous Dubrovnik Republic.
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Escape

Escape is an American anthology series that aired on the NBC network from February 11 to April 1, 1973. The show was a production of Jack Webb's Mark VII Limited for Universal Television. It aired on Sunday evenings at 10 p.m. Eastern, following the NBC Mystery Movie.
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My Battalion

It is a heroic story of Chinese Army courageously resisted the Japanese Invaders during the World War II. In the year 1938, the Japanese Army went down south to invade Xu Zhou. Liao Guangyi, the Chief Commander of the 56th Corps were forced to retreat. Liao's subordinate Zhou Tianyi, commander of No.1 battalion refuses to abandon for the sake of his nation.
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Departures, Returns

A dramatic story about a young man entangled in complicated matters of war, conspiracy and political struggle. The action of each part of the triptych presents one day from different years. These are fictionalized experiences of an authentic participant of the Polish resistance movement during the Nazi occupation.
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Adventure of Phoenix'S House

Grand Preceptor Shen Qian colludes with the nomadic Nu Muqi tribe to divide and conquer China. When the tribe attacks Yunzhong City, Emperor Xian sends Luo Zeng to resist them. However, Shen tricks Luo and he gets captured. The Emperor mistakenly believes Luo betrayed him, executes his whole family, and Luo's son Luo Kan, along with his brother, escapes and seeks help to save their father. Three women who once rejected Luo Kan's advances also join forces to assist him. However, they are captured, and Luo Kan and Luo Cang lead the people of Yunzhong to fight the invaders. They succeed in defeating Shen Qian, and Luo Zeng demands that he testify to Shen's treachery. Shen's son plots to overthrow the Emperor and imprisons him in a tower. He and his allies, with the help of Luo Kan and Luo Cang, rescue the Emperor and confront Shen.
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There Will Be People

The series is built in the form of saga and depicts the turbulent periods of the beginning of the 20th century through the eyes of ordinary people: the First World War, the revolution, the emergence of Soviet regime. Each of the characters faced the changes in their own way through their concept of truth. However, all of them shared fundamental desire to live, love and find their own place in the new era.
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