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Great Britain History Elizabeth II, 1952- Drama Great Britain Politics and government 1979-1997 Drama Irish Hunger Strike, Northern Ireland, 1981 Drama Irish Republican Army Drama Lord, Walter 1917-2002 Film adaptations Maze Prison (Lisburn, Northern Ireland) Drama Prisoners Death Drama Sands, Bobby d. 1981 Drama Shipwrecks North Atlantic Ocean Drama Titanic (Steamship) DramaFilter By Authors
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Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 423 Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 456 Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 488 Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 504 Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 535 Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 7 Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 778Summary: In a Japanese prison camp on Java in 1942, two British officers, John Lawrence and Jack Celliers, encounter camp commander Yonoi and his sergeant Hara. Things had been going pretty well, until charismatic, rebellious Celliers arrived. Yonoi is a devotee of the samurai ideal; neither he nor Hara can understand the stoic way in which the British prisoners accept their situation of defeat....
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2010
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA MERSummary: On the day of a huge rally celebrating Hitler's visit to Rome, which underscored the infamous alliance between the Nazis and Mussolini's fascist regime, a brief encounter between a weary housewife and a radio announcer unfolds into an intimate drama.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN SPESummary: Cardinal Mazarin dies in 1661. The young Louis asserts his intention to govern as well as rule. Mazarin's fiscal advisor, Colbert, warns against Fouquet, who wants to be prime minister and is looting the treasury. Fouquet believes Louis will soon tire of exercizing power and overplays his hand. Louis' mistress reports this to the king who arrests Fouquet. Louis and Colbert design a brilliant...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2008
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN TAKSummary: The life of William Walker, a 19th century adventurer who abandoned his career in law and politics to become a soldier of fortune and dictator of Nicaragua.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2007
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA WALSummary: A story about class divisions in Edwardian England, and the tragic series of events that occurs when two impulsive middle-class sisters become involved with a working class couple and a wealthy family.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2010
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: In Northern Ireland's Maze prison in 1981, 27-year-old Irish Republican Army member Bobby Sands went on a hunger strike to protest the British government's refusal to recognize him and his fellow IRA inmates as political prisoners. A transcedent depiction of what a human being is willing to endure in order to be heard.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2009
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Summary: An authentic depiction of the tragedy of the sinking of the cruise ship Titanic, in which 1500 people died.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2012