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Resistance (2020) #1325
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Directed by Jonathan Jakubowicz. With Jesse Eisenberg, Clémence Poésy, Matthias Schweighöfer, Félix Moati. The story of mime Marcel Marceau as he works with a group of Jewish boy scouts and the French Resistance to save the lives of ten thousand orphans during World War II. |
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World on Fire (2019) #1223
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With Jonah Hauer-King, Julia Brown, Helen Hunt, Sean Bean. WWII drama centered on the lives of ordinary people affected by the war. BBC. Series 1. 7x1 hour episodes. 1 When war breaks, translator Harry Chase vows to help his Polish lover Kasia flee Warsaw, but how will he explain this to his sweetheart Lois, waiting for him at home in Manchester is the story. 2 A month after the outbreak of war, Warsaw is unrecognizable, while Manchester, on the surface, appears very much the same. Will there be a warm welcome home for Harry? 3 Harry crosses paths with Lois again when she arrives to perform at the BEF base camp in France, while Tom finds himself in the middle of a naval battle in the South Atlantic. 4 Harry and his unit fight for their lives in the city of Leuven in Belgium, where the Allied forces are outnumbered by the Germans. 5 Harry and what's left of his unit try to get to Dunkirk. Where things are getting desperate. 6 Webster begins a campaign of resistance at the American hospital after Paris falls to the Nazis. Mr and Mrs Rossler are arrested in Berlin, and Lois grows closer to Vernon. 7 On a Polish mission as part of the SOE, Harry grasps a second chance at saving Kasia from the horrors of Warsaw, while Lois looks set for happiness with new love, Vernon. |
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Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (2019) #1263
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Directed by Jeffrey Abrams. With Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Adam Driver. The surviving members of the resistance face the First Order once again, and the legendary conflict between the Jedi and the Sith reaches its peak bringing the Skywalker saga to its end. |
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Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (2017) #1132
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Directed by Rian Johnson. With Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher. Rey develops her newly discovered abilities with the guidance of Luke Skywalker, who is unsettled by the strength of her powers. Meanwhile, the Resistance prepares for battle with the First Order. |
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The Coming War on China (2016) #955
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Directed by John Pilger. With Franklin Blaisdell, James Bradley, Bruce Cumings, Dana Rohrabacher. The Coming War on China is John Pilger's 60th film for ITV. Pilger reveals what the news doesn't - that the United States and the world's second economic power, China (both nuclear armed) are on the road to war. Pilger's film is a warning and an inspiring story of resistance. |
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Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015) #1249
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Directed by Jeffrey Abrams. With Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Domhnall Gleeson. Three decades after the Empire's defeat, a new threat arises in the militant First Order. Defected stormtrooper Finn and the scavenger Rey are caught up in the Resistance's search for the missing Luke Skywalker. |
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Closer to the Moon (2014) #812
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Directed by Nae Caranfil. With Vera Farmiga, Mark Strong, Harry Lloyd, Anton Lesser. A Romanian police officer teams up with a small crew of old friends from the World War II Jewish Resistance to pull off a heist by convincing everyone at the scene of the crime that they are only filming a movie. |
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Terminator Salvation (2009) #220
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Directed by McG. With Christian Bale, Sam Worthington, Anton Yelchin, Moon Bloodgood. In 2018, a mysterious new weapon in the war against the machines, half-human and half-machine, comes to John Connor on the eve of a resistance attack on Skynet. But whose side is he on, and can he be trusted? |
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Flame and Citron (2008) #214
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Directed by Ole Christian Madsen. With Thure Lindhardt, Mads Mikkelsen, Stine Stengade, Peter Mygind. A drama centered on two fighters in the Holger Danske World War II resistance group. |
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The Train (1964) #4
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Directed by John Frankenheimer, Arthur Penn. With Burt Lancaster, Paul Scofield, Jeanne Moreau, Suzanne Flon. In 1944, a German colonel loads a train with French art treasures to send to Germany. The Resistance must stop it without damaging the cargo. |
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William Tell (1958) #1462
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William Tell: Created by Friedrich Schiller. With Conrad Phillips, Willoughby Goddard, Jennifer Jayne, Richard Rogers. Depicts the legend of William Tell, who, as the stories say, shot an apple off of his son's head and lead the rebellion to free Switzerland 8x 30min episodes: 01 The Trap [S1, Ep19 19 Jan. 1959] By using a traitor planted in Tell's camp, Gessler plans to smash the resistance movement in one swoop. But even the best laid schemes are prone to failure - as the Landburgher soon discovers. 02 The Shrew Hedda, lured away by a message that her sister is ill, finds herself an unwilling pawn in Gessler's latest plot to squash the resistance. Confident that this time Tell will be taken, the Austrian is in for a surprise. 03 The Manhunt Trapped on an island owned by Prince Erik, a man who enjoys hunting prey, Tell's careers appears to be at the end - but helps arrives from a most unexpected quarter, and the resistance leader finds a new ally. 04 The Killer Accused of murdering a partisan helper and stealing his gold, Tell must find a way to prove his innocence - and that's not so easy when you suspect one of your accusers of being the real killer. 05 The Surgeon Seriously wounded, Tell is taken to the home a Swiss surgeon. To throw Gessler off their trail. Tell's followers pretends their leader is stricken with the plague. Will their ruse work? Tell's life depends on the outcome. 06 The Ensign When faced with conflict between duty and conscience, Fritz, a young Austrian soldier, unexpectedly turns not to Gessler, but to William Tell for help - a move which places the resistance leader's life in great peril. 07 The Unwelcome Stranger Investigating why people from the swordmaking village of Linzon have stopped sending arms his headquarters. Tell's visit to the community is treated with an air of suspicion. What's more, the villagers are anxious to get rid of him. Why? 08 The Avenger When Tell investigates why two envoys disappeared while on their way to him to discuss a treaty of friendship, he uncovers a greater mystery - one that threatens to engulf his family and will ultimately test the loyalty of his followers. |
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The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) #1466
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The Adventures of Robin Hood: Directed by Michael Curtiz, William Keighley. With Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Basil Rathbone, Claude Rains. When Prince John and the Norman Lords begin oppressing the Saxon masses in King Richard's absence in 1190s England, a Saxon lord fights back as the outlaw leader of a resistance movement |