Eddie the Eagle is a heartwarming true story about Eddie Edwards, an unlikely but courageous British ski-jumper who never stopped believing in himself - even as an entire nation was counting him out.
Take Off is a drama movie about a group of athletes from South Korea who face various obstacles and challenges as they train and compete in the Winter Olympics. The movie explores their journey, the friendships they form, and the sacrifices they make to achieve their dreams.
A documentary film that offers a portrait of Walter Steiner, a professional ski jumper from Switzerland known for his slow-motion jumps and his ability to sign autographs.
Matti: Hell Is for Heroes is a biographical comedy-drama that follows the life of a ski jumper. Set in the years 1984 and 1988, the movie explores the journey of the protagonist, his struggles with marriage, heavy drinking, and debt, and his ultimate redemption. The plot also delves into the dynamics of the Olympic Games, domestic violence, and the ski jumping community.
Two parallel lives, a ski-jumper in Shanghai and a corporate executive in Sapporo, are connected by their troubled relationships and the exploration of their own existence. Through a series of events, their paths begin to intersect, leading to unexpected consequences and self-discovery in both lives.
Aging professor of mathematics completes his life's work, a research project that has taken him decades, and climbs up from the boiler room (his study) and back to real life. He can hardly recognize his rebellious teenage kids and materialistic wife who hardly seem to notice his existence. The only person who is interested in the professor's work is Marja, his son's girlfriend and freshman at the university. An innocent infatuation flares up between the old man and the young girl, while the professor's family is only interested in the prize money awarded to the professor by an international jury for his academic achievements.
Stanislaw Marusarz, a well-known Polish jumper, including: the 1938 world vice-champion in Lahti, four-time Olympian, seven-time participant in the ski world championships, as well as a second lieutenant of the Home Army, a Tatra courier. From the first months of the occupation, he was active in the underground as a courier of the Underground State to Hungary. In 1940, he jumped from the second floor and escaped from the Gestapo prison in Krakow. After the war, he was one of the longest active ski jumping athletes in the world. Marusarz became the guest of honor at the 4-Hills-Tournament in the 1965-66 season. He stood on the famous Gross-Titlis-Schanze at the age of 53 - his jump in a suit and tie has made his legacy. Marusarz's spectacular jump in a suit during the Four Hills Tournament '66 became a pretext to tell his fate, as well as the story of his sister Helena - a talented skier, participant of the Resistance Movement, murdered by the Nazis in 1941.
A compelling one-hour documentary recounts the true mission impossible of the U.S. Army's 10th Mountain Division during WWII. After backbreaking training, the legendary alpine fighting force was sent to dislodge the entrenched Germans on Italy's mountaintops. The rest is history. The 10th turned the tide for the Allies in Italy, revolutionized winter mountain warfare, transformed winter sports and inspired a new generation of soldiers.
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