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Frida Kahlo: declared a symbol of Mexican national heritage, made into a cult figure by the women's movement, praised by the likes of Picasso and...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Frida Kahlo

The opening of the Picasso-National Museum in Paris granted a unique chance for Didier Baussy to document the precious collection in the museum in...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Féodor Atkine

Richard Wagner's operatic retelling of the story of the search for the Holy Grail receives a lavish production in this video, which records...

Genre: Music

Cast: Valery Gergiev

A funny, cruel exploration of the male psyche, Enter Achilles is set in a typical British pub, a shabby, nicotine-stained boozer. Pop songs tumble...

Genre: Music

Cast: Gabriel Castillo

The life of Austrian composer Anton Bruckner and his numeromania.

Genre: TV Movie

Cast: Peter Mackriel

American dancer and choreographer Hermes Pan recalls his life and work as he relives the glorious history of the Hollywood musical.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Hermes Pan

Giacomo Puccini's bittersweet opera of high-spirited bohemians and the doomed love between Rodolfo, the idealistic poet and Mimi, the consumptive...

Genre: Music

Cast: Tiziano Severini

Modern adaptation of the classic operatic drama, with a few twists. Micaela, José's Mother, and Mörd (Death) are played by the same...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ana Laguna

BBC documentary about Franz Kafka played by GREEK TV in 1990.This documentary is one of the ten films of "The Modern World: Ten Great Writers (1988)".

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Tim Roth

Helena Rubinstein is rightly seen as one of the pioneers of a market worth millions - the female beauty market. Born in Krakow, Rubinstein started...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Cathy Merriman

Benjamin Britten's opera as performed by the English National Opera, with Philip Langridge in the title role.

Genre: Music

Cast: Philip Langridge

Dazzling, brash and dynamic, yet equally graceful and poetic. DIVINING was Judith Jamison's first major work as a choreographer for Ailey, evoking a...

Genre: Music

Cast: Alvin Ailey

This documentary examines Borges' extraordinary life and work, using dramatizations of his most memorable stories and rare interview footage with the...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Jorge Luis Borges

The love story of young Countess Natasha Rostova and Count Pierre Bezukhov, is intertwined with the "Great Patriotic War" of 1812 against the...

Genre: Music

Cast: Sergei Alexashkin

The last and arguably finest opera of Modest Mussorgsky is captured in one of its most powerful interpretations in this 1989 recording from the...

Genre: Music

Cast: Claudio Abbado

This luminous, visionary opera tells the story of how Mahatma Gandhi developed the philosophy of satyagraha, nonviolent active resistance, as a...

Genre: Music

Cast: Leo Goeke

Alvin Ailey played a key role in the growth of modern dance in USA and his company, founded in 1958, is one of the USA’s oldest dance troupes...

Genre: Music

Cast: Judith Jamison

A documentary featured on BBC's Arena series in 1983. The author discusses his life, his work and his thoughts and opinions.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Kurt Vonnegut

A documentary featuring musician Jordi Savall

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Jordi Savall

From the series "The Modern World: Ten Great Writers", this playful documentary introduces James Joyce's most famous work "Ulysses". It includes...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Anthony Burgess