- THE WAY BACK (2010)
Genre. Adventure, Drama, History
Director. Peter Weir
Country. Poland, United Emirate Arab, USA
IMDb. 7,3 /10
Cast. Colin Farel, Alexandru potocean, Dragos Bucur, Ed Harris.
Synopsis
In 1941, three men reach India from Tibet, having walked 4000 miles after escaping a Siberian gulag. The film tells their story and that of four others who escaped with them and a teenage girl who joins them in flight. The group’s natural leader is Janusz, a Pole condemned by accusations secured by torturing his wife; he knows how to live in the wilds. They escape under cover of a snowstorm: a cynical American, a Russian thug, a comic accountant, a pastry chef who draws, a priest, and a Pole with night blindness. They face freezing nights, lack of food and water, mosquitoes, an endless desert, the Himalayas, and moral questions of when to leave someone behind.
- CINDERELLA MAN (2005)
Genre. Biography, Drama, Sport
Director. Ron Howard
Country. USA
IIMDb. 8,0/10
Cast. Craig berko, Paul Giammati, renee zelwenger, Rusell Crowe
Synopsis
The story of James Braddock, a supposedly washed-up boxer who came back to become a champion and an inspiration in the 1930s.
- Twelve Years Slave (2013)
Genre Biography, Drama, History
Director. Steve McQueen
Country. UK, USA
IMDb. 8,1/10
Cast. Bryan Batt, Chiwitel Ejiofor, dickie Gravois, Dwaight Henry
Synopsis
Based on an incredible true story of one man’s fight for survival and freedom. In the pre-Civil War United States, Solomon Northup (Chiwetel Ejiofor), a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. Facing cruelty (personified by a malevolent slave owner, portrayed by Michael Fassbender), as well as unexpected kindnesses, Solomon struggles not only to stay alive, but to retain his dignity. In the twelfth year of his unforgettable odyssey, Solomon’s chance meeting with a Canadian abolitionist (Brad Pitt) will forever alter his life.
- Shawshank Redemtion (1994)
Genre. Drama, Crime
Director. Frank Darabont
Country. USA
IMDb. 9,3/10 (the highest rating so far)
Cast. Tim Robnins, Morgan Freeman.
Synopsis
Andy Dufresne is a young and successful banker whose life changes drastically when he is convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of his wife and her lover. Set in the 1940s, the film shows how Andy, with the help of his friend Red, the prison entrepreneur, turns out to be a most unconventional prisoner.
Frank Darabont
- Pianist (2002)
Genre Biography, War, History, Drama,
Director. Roman Polanski
Country. Franch, Germany, Poland, UK.
IMDb. 8,5/10
Cast. Adrien Brody, Ed Stoppard, Emilia Fox, Michael Zebrowskie
Synopsis
A brilliant pianist, a Polish Jew, witnesses the restrictions Nazis place on Jews in the Polish capital, from restricted access to the building of the Warsaw ghetto. As his family is rounded up to be shipped off to the Nazi labor camps, he escapes deportation and eludes capture by living in the ruins of Warsaw.
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