1947 Hunger and devastation reign in the war-drained country. Bread is worth its weight in gold, and the cost of human life is zero. Cities are controlled by criminal gangs: like black cats, they come undetected under the cover of darkness and easily disappear from the crime scene. A gang operating in Rostov-on-Don is robbing a food warehouse, but OBB Major Yegor Dragun suspects that this is not the work of ordinary criminals..
This five-part series traces the story of Asian Americans, spanning 150 years of immigration, racial politics, international relations, and cultural innovation. It is a timely, clear-eyed look at the vital role that Asian Americans have played in defining who we are as a nation. Their stories are a celebration of the grit and resilience of a people that reflects the experience of all Americans.
November 12, 2003. A terrorist attack kills 24 Italian soldiers deployed in Nasiriyah, Iraq for a peace-keeping mission as part of "Operation Ancient Babylon".
In 1943, after surviving a massacre by Japanese forces, Yang Tianzhu, a hunter joins the Eighth Route Army to seek justice. As the enemy builds a secret chemical weapons base, he and his comrades fight to expose and destroy the operation, playing a key role in the liberation of their town.
Powerful and solid series about a double drama: war and the split within the people who endure it. This action story explores for the first time on screen the second Intifada and takes us to the heart of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
End of 1946. The Kuomintang army encircled a group of the People's Liberation Army in the southern part of Henan. In order to delay the enemy's attack and ensure the safe transfer of the people, our love workers decided to use false information to confuse the enemy. Deng Yuanda successfully penetrated into the enemy's interior. Fighting wits and courage with the secret agents headed by the director of the intelligence department, Fei Siqing, and successfully completed one task after another. Through continuous combat experience, Deng Yuanda has matured and eventually grown into an outstanding intelligence worker. The initial difficulty in communication has gradually changed to mutual understanding, trust, acquaintance, and love. Just at the last moment when they completed their mission and were preparing to evacuate, Ye Shuting heroically sacrificed. After completing the mission, Deng Yuanda continued to move toward a new battlefield with their common ideals.
The life and times of Antonio Gramsci from the establishment of L'Ordine Nuovo newspaper in 1919 to his untimely death in 1937, encompassing the birth of the Italian Communist Party (PCd'I), Gramsci's visits to Moscow where he met his future spouse, his election to Parliament, anti-fascism, trial and conviction.