Rai Fiction (Firm)
Publisher
Entertainment One Film USA LLC
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
The animated series centers on the life and adventures of the famous Geronimo Stilton, head of a media empire, a peaceful mouse and klutz extraordinaire, and his fearless young nephew Benjamin Stilton. Adventure always comes knocking on their door, launching them paws-first into capers in New Mouse City or in exotic locales around the world.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"London, 1872. Phileas Fogg lives a comfortable but utterly unfulfilling life in London, spending every day at his club with his friends Fortescue and Bellamy. But when he receives a hand-delivered postcard, with only the word 'COWARD' written on the back, it turns his world upside down. So much so, that the usual teasing at the hands of Bellamy provokes Fogg into undertaking a wager--to travel around the world in eighty days. Fogg is accompanied...
6) Barabbas
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2013?]
Language
English
Description
Based on the novel by Par Lagerkvist, winner of a Nobel Prize in Literature, Barabbas is a four-part mini-series that explores the story of a man whose life was spared because of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. Shot on location in Tunisia, it's a sweeping epic and the ultimate story of redemption that picks up where the Bible left off.
8) War & peace
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
In Tolstoy's timeless epic of love and loss, a circle of aristocrats finds their glittering world crumbling as war threatens imperial Russia. Set during the years of Napoleon's invasion of Russia, War and Peace follows the changing fortunes of brooding hero Prince Andrej, his bookish friend Pierre, and the spirited but naive Natasha. As Napoleon's armies menace their privileged lives, the horrors of the battlefield reach into the elegant ballrooms...
Publisher
Lionsgate Films
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Belfast, 1909. The Harland and Wolff shipyard has been handed the greatest project in its history. It will build a great, unsinkable ship. And it will be called the RMS Titanic. The untold story of the building of a legend, and the many lives it affected during its 3-year construction. To its wealthy investors, it was a dream. To the middle class who oversaw the project, it was as challenge. But to the working class who built it, Titanic was the start...
Publisher
Ignatius Press
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
The dramatic life story of Josephine Bakhita, who was taken by Arab slave traders at a young age and sold to an Italian merchant to be nanny to his daughter. She later discovered her Catholic faith, became a nun, and was declared a saint by Pope John Paul II in the year 2000.
Publisher
Ignatius Press
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
Filmed on location in Italy where the actual saints lived, this epic feature film, with the cooperation of the Franciscan Order, is lavish in its production, done with historical accuracy, and places special emphasis on the role of Clare.
13) Imma Tataranni
Publisher
MHz Choice
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
Italiano
Description
Vanessa Scalera stars as deputy prosecutor Immacolata 'Imma' Tataranni, a workaholic with a prodigious memory who solves cases with unorthodox methods and attitude to spare. Loosely based on the novels by Italian author Mariolina Venezia and filmed in the stunning Basilicata region of southern Italy, the show is based in the city of Matera, famous for its Sassi district of ancient hillside cave dwellings. Matera was declared a UNESCO World Heritage...
14) Mary of Nazareth
Publisher
Ignatius Press
Pub. Date
c2014
Language
English
Description
Portrays the life of the Virgin Mary from her childhood through the resurrection of Jesus.