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Agnieszka Holland – To Kill a Priest (1988)

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To Kill a Priest (1988)

Directed by Agniezska Holland, this gripping and chilling drama is based on the true story of political unrest in Poland prior to the fall of communism and Father Jerzy Popieluszko, the Solidarity chaplain who was murdered by the secret police in 1984. Christopher Lambert is Father Alek, a Polish labor union chaplain at Saint Sebastian’s church in Warsaw. All gathered within the great church ad.

To.Kill.a.Priest.1988.DVDRip.x264-HANDJOB.mkv

General
Container:	Matroska
Runtime:	1h 52mn
Size:	1.85 GiB
DXVA:	Compatible
Minimum settings:	Met
Video
Codec:	x264
Resolution:	718x412 ~> 762x412
Aspect ratio:	1.85:1
Frame rate:	25.000 fps
Bit rate:	2 163 kb/s
Audio
English 2.0ch AC-3 @ 192 kb/s

https://nitro.download/view/DF2AF97478F4AD8/To.Kill.a.Priest.1988.DVDRip.x264-HANDJOB.mkv

Language(s):English
Subtitles:Spanish

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Jirí Trnka – Sen noci svatojánské AKA Midsummer Night’s Dream (1959)

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The first puppet kinescope in the world. It is based on the famous poetic comedy by William Shakespeare. Three worlds meet in this story: the noble world of three Athens couples, a common popular world of tradesmen amateur theatre and a fairy-tale happiness of magic creatures as elves and nymphs. The film is considered the most remarkable Jirí Trnka work and a milestone in the history of the world animation.

A.Midsummer.Nights.Dream.1959.480p.DVD.x264.AC3-Llama.mkv

General
Container:  	Matroska
Runtime: 	1 h 15 min
Size: 	1.10 GiB
Video
Codec: 	x264
Resolution: 	716x334 ~> 849x334
Aspect ratio:  	2.542
Frame rate: 	23.976 fps
Bit rate: 	1 702 kb/s
BPP: 	0.297
Audio
#1:  	2.0ch AC-3 @ 384 kb/s

https://nitro.download/view/3D330BBACED5E1A/A.Midsummer.Nights.Dream.1959.480p.DVD.x264.AC3-Llama.mkv

Language(s):Czech
Subtitles:English, Japanese

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Desmond Davis – The Man Who Lived at the Ritz (1989)

admin — Sun, 08 Jan 2023 06:38:48 +0000

During WWII, a penniless American painter, Philip Weber, decides to collaborate with the Nazi leaders and help them steal priceless French artwork to keep his room in the chic Ritz Hotel and indulge himself in Nazi-occupied Paris.

3.26GB | 3h 03mn | 720×416 | h264

https://nitro.download/view/9A3191715981FF0/The_Man_Who_Lived_at_the_Ritz_(1989)_Part_1.mp4
https://nitro.download/view/CAE342E8A1D5EE5/The_Man_Who_Lived_at_the_Ritz_(1989)_Part_2.mp4
or
https://fikper.com/Y7e7bmuv1X/The_Man_Who_Lived_at_the_Ritz_(1989)_Part_1.mp4.html
https://fikper.com/CfwBvyi3kW/The_Man_Who_Lived_at_the_Ritz_(1989)_Part_2.mp4.html

Language(s):English
Subtitles:None

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Jack Bond – It Couldn’t Happen Here (1987)

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Pet Shop Boys Chris Lowe and Neil Tennant embark upon a journey across England – but which England? Is it the half-remembered England of their childhoods, or the brutal reality of Mrs Thatcher’s late-eighties England? Along the way they come across many familiar (and sinister) faces. The movie also features some of the Pet Shop Boys’ most popular records.

+Commentary with Writer/Director Jack Bond, Art Director James Dillon & Cameraman Simon Archer

2.51GB | 1h 25m | 1024×552 | mkv

https://nitro.download/view/2B60FAC6DA48C8D/It.Couldnt.Happen.Here.1987.576p.BluRay.AAC.x264-HANDJOB.mkv

Language:English
Subtitles:English

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Michael Cimino – The Sicilian [Director’s Cut] (1987)

admin — Wed, 29 Jun 2022 03:03:16 +0000

From Mario Puzo, the best-selling author of The Godfather, comes the riveting saga of the life, loves and dreams of the infamous Sicilian bandit, Salvatore Giuliano. Directed by the Academy Award winning director of The Deer Hunter, Michael Cimino, this epic motion picture stars Christopher Lambert (Highlander) in the most powerful performance of his career.

World War II is finally over, and a war-torn world is at rest. But for Sicily, who dreams of independence from Rome’s oppressive, ironhanded regime, the struggle has just begun. Three powers have always ruled the island (the Church, the Landowners and the Mafia) until Salvatore Giuliano pronounced himself the fourth.

Determined that Sicily shall gain its freedom, Giuliano and his “brothers”, rob and ransom the rich, cold-bloodedly murdering all who dare to defy or betray them. As Giuliano proudly redistributes his newfound wealth among the peasants, Don Masino, the head of the Sicilian Mafia, declares that Giuliano must be stopped: at any cost. Now it’s a fight for survival, as the bloodiest manhunt in Italian history sweeps the countryside of the notorious outlaw, Giuliano.

3.37GB | 2h 26m | 1024×436 | mkv

https://nitro.download/view/9144F20FD785AE0/The.Sicilian.1987.DC.BDRIP.576p.x264.AC3.KJNU.mkv

Language(s):English
Subtitles:English

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Norman Stone – Shadowlands (1985)

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Renowned author, Christian apologist, and Oxford medieval scholar C.S. Lewis agrees to marry the divorced American poet Joy Davidman Gresham, to allow her and her two sons to stay in England. But what began as an act of charity by the confirmed bachelor becomes a deep and abiding love and

1.06GB | 1h 32m | 624×480 | avi

https://nitro.download/view/4FA2A581F4528BC/Shadowlands.avi

Language(s):English
Subtitles:None

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Various – The Ascent of Man (1973)

admin — Sat, 09 Nov 2019 09:49:16 +0000

Synopsis

Dr. Bronowski’s magnificent BBC television series The Ascent of Man traces our rise both as a species and as moulders of our own environment and future. It covers the history of science, but of science in the broadest terms. Invention from the flint tool to geometry, from the arch to the theory of relativity, are shown to be expressions of man’s specific ability to understand nature, to control it, not to be controlled by it.

The 13-part series was shot on 16mm film. Executive Producer was Adrian Malone, film directors Dick Gilling, Mick Jackson, David Kennard, David Paterson. Malone and Kennard later emigrated to Hollywood, where they produced Carl Sagan’s Cosmos. Jackson followed them, and now directs feature films.

The title alludes to The Descent of Man by Charles Darwin. Over the series’ thirteen episodes, Bronowski travelled around the world in order to trace the development of human society through its understanding of science. It was written specifically to complement Kenneth Clark’s Civilisation (1969), in which Clark argued that art was a major driving force in cultural evolution. Bronowski wrote in his 1951 book “The Commonsense of Science” : “It has been one of the most destructive modern prejudices that art and science are different and somehow incompatible interests”. Both series had been commissioned by David Attenborough, then controller of BBC2, although he had moved on by the time The Ascent of Man aired. Quotations were read by actors Roy Dotrice and Joss Ackland.

Language(s):English
Subtitles:English, Spanish

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