During WWII, Joseph Stalin receives intelligence reports on top secret genetic experiments performed by Nazi doctors who were trying to create a super soldier. It was reported that German doctors carried out their experiments in the territories Germany occupied during the war - France, Spain, Poland and USSR. Meanwhile, United States intelligence reported that there are traces of super humans in the States. Stalin has no choice but to create Patriot - a super-secret defiance and research organization so combat the potential threat from the German experiments. The Soviet experiments continued after Stalin's death and During the Cold War, Patriot succeeded in altering the DNA of selected individuals, and created a team with super human powers known as GUARDIANS, to defend the homeland from any threats. Now, for the first time, the superheroes gather to prevent a nuclear disaster that could destroy the entire world.
When one night the Soviet alarms went off alerting military that US missiles were approaching, one man saved the world from a nuclear holocaust. The film tells the amazing story of Lt. Colonel Stanislav E. Petrov, formerly of the Soviet Army. A man who held the fate of the world in his hands for a few crucial minutes in history. When an alarm went off indicating that five American nuclear missiles had been launched against the Soviet Union, he followed his gut feeling and went against orders, convincing the armed forces that the threat was a false alarm, hereby saving the world from a nuclear war. Two decades later, the forgotten hero goes on a spectacular journey to the United States, where he is finally acknowledged for his historical deed and he gets to meet the Americans who were once his mortal enemies. The Man Who Saved the World is an epic tale. Focusing on a man who, by sheer coincidence, was put to the ultimate test when he had to make a decision that could have changed our world forever. A successful Lt. Colonel who had been chosen especially to handle a test just like that. As Stanislav Petrov himself puts it, No sane man would ever be able to make such a tremendous decision to decide if we should destroy our planet .
From the director of Ben Hur' and Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter' During her wedding ritual, Princess Mira is snatched by a dragon and is carried away to its lair on a remote island where rescue is impossible. The Princess is unharmed and has nothing but is a stone cage and a mysterious young man named Arman who finds her food and drink but keeps his distance from her. Who is he, and what's he doing on the Island, is he also the Dragon's prisoner? In time, Princess Mira learns the truth which both shocks and excites her.
During WWII, Joseph Stalin receives intelligence reports on top secret genetic experiments performed by Nazi doctors who were trying to create a super soldier. It was reported that German doctors carried out their experiments in the territories Germany occupied during the war - France, Spain, Poland and USSR. Meanwhile, United States intelligence reported that there are traces of super humans in the States. Stalin has no choice but to create Patriot - a super-secret defiance and research organization so combat the potential threat from the German experiments. The Soviet experiments continued after Stalin's death and During the Cold War, Patriot succeeded in altering the DNA of selected individuals, and created a team with super human powers known as GUARDIANS, to defend the homeland from any threats. Now, for the first time, the superheroes gather to prevent a nuclear disaster that could destroy the entire world.
Verdi's Aida is one of the most dazzling operas ever written. An epic work it explores the devastating consequences of a classic love triangle between Aida the Ethiopian slave girl the King's daughter Amneris and Captain of the Guard Radames. This intense drama gave Verdi the perfect opportunity to compose some of his most poignant arias and powerful music which convey tragedy and passion and transform the intricate love story into an emotional journey for the spectator. This staging of the classic masterpiece comes from distinguished director Stephen Medcalf and acclaimed costume designer Isabella Bywater. International opera singer Claire Rutter is joined by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and conductor Andrew Greenwood. Filmed live at the majestic Royal Albert Hall in London this programme offers a unique opportunity to see this beautiful production.
Janna lives in a small Russian mental hospital close to the Chechen border convinced that the rock star Bryan Adams is her fiance. When fighting starts the hospital doctor becomes concerned for the welfare of the patients and goes out to find transport to move them leaving them to their own devices. When a friendly group of Chechen soldiers enter the hospital Janna falls head over heels in love with one of them but will Bryan give her up without a fight? Directed by Andrei Konc
By coincidence rather than by design the Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann makes a sensational discovery in the spring of 1943. In the year the Atom bomb was built, this substance- LSD - was to become an A-bomb of the mind. Fractions of a milligram are enough to turn our framework of time and space upside down and ultimately change the modern world. Told using previously unreleased archive footage, with interviews from principal witnesses and Hofmann himself; The Substance is a fascinating investigation into our troubled relation with LSD.
There is rarely an opportunity to listen to a performance of Chopin's music as fresh and innovative as that of Stanislav Bunin. He plays spontaneously, as a virtuoso, with aristocratic elegance. Bunin's proposal for interpreting Chopin's music is so individual and creative that it can be recognized as the most outstanding in our times. Bunin reaches to the deepest and the most original levels of Chopin's music. His spiritual identification with it is deeply moving and highlights the fact th...
CinderellaBallet in two acts.
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