Movies and TvShows featuring "wagners-ride-of-the-valkyries" theme.

In the midst of the Cold War, a Coca-Cola executive must navigate the political complexities of Berlin and the clash between communism and capitalism when his boss's daughter gets involved with a communist from the Soviet Union.

Hawking is a biographical drama that tells the story of physicist Stephen Hawking's early years, his struggles with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and his groundbreaking scientific research. The film explores his relationships, his challenges, and his journey to becoming one of the most brilliant minds of our time.

Thirteen at Dinner is a crime mystery thriller about a murder that takes place during a dinner party. The famous detective Hercule Poirot is called in to solve the case, which involves a group of suspects with various motives. As Poirot investigates, he uncovers hidden secrets and deceit within the group, leading to a shocking revelation in the end.

Screwballs (1983) is a cult comedy movie set in 1965 that follows a group of teenagers as they navigate their sexual misadventures, including masturbation, peeping tom incidents, and blackmail. The movie is filled with funny and absurd situations as the teenagers try to satisfy their desires and get away with their wild escapades.

The title of this French "reality" drama, which translates to Before the Deluge, is a play on Louis XVI's famous prognostication, "Apres moi, le deluge." Set in 1950, the film concentrates on five Parisian adolescents. Certain that the next war will herald the apocalypse, the youngster make plans to run off to a desert island and set up a new society. This, however, will require money, which is why the boys decide to pull off a "necessary" robbery. Idealism collapses in the face of cold reality, as the five youths suffer from the consequences of their actions. Avant le Deluge was one of a group of films cowritten by director Andre Cayatte and Charles Spaak which endeavored to explore the touchy social issues of the day: others in the Cayatte-Spaak canon include the euthanasia-themed Justice est Faite and the capital-punishment tract Nous sommes tous des assassins.

A group of teenagers go on a camping trip in the woods. Little did they know, an escaped psychiatric patient is on the loose and has turned into an axe-wielding maniac. The vacation quickly turns into a fight for survival as the group tries to escape the clutches of the insane killer.

The Eternal Spain, birthplace of the Cid, Hammer of Heretics... and other deserved historical appellations, is suddenly transformed, through democratic elections, in a chaotic Tower of Babel where every province, every town, each village wants to have its own opinion. Comedy about the rise of nacionalism in the different Spanish regions with the arrival of democracy.

The stakes could not be higher as visionary director Robert Lepage, the world's greatest singers, and the Metropolitan Opera tackle Wagner's Ring cycle. An intimate look at the enormous theatrical and musical challenges of staging opera's most monumental work, the film chronicles the quest to fulfill Wagner's dream of a perfect Ring.

This film was prepared as a introduction to a series of opera broadcasts on German television. It depicts the behind-the-scenes manoeuvrings in preparation for the annual opera festival in Bayreuth.