Movies and TvShows featuring "year-1908" theme.

Bernardo Bertolucci's Oscar-winning dramatisation of the life story of China's last emperor, Pu Yi. The film follows Pu Yi's journey from being the emperor of China at a young age to his eventual downfall and capture as a war criminal. It explores his relationships, his struggles with identity and power, and the changing political landscape of China. This epic and visually stunning film offers a poignant portrayal of one man's life and the historical events that shaped it.

When tragedy befalls a reckless scientist in Ottoman-era Istanbul, his student uses untested methods to finish his work with devastating consequences.

In 1908, a wacky and adventurous race takes place across multiple countries. With eccentric characters, comedic mishaps, and intense car racing, the participants will stop at nothing to win the ultimate prize.

Coco Before Chanel is a biography drama film set in the 1920s that follows the life of Coco Chanel before she rose to fame. The movie explores her humble beginnings, her struggles against social norms, and her determination to succeed in the fashion industry. It delves into her relationships, adventures, and obstacles, showcasing her journey towards becoming an iconic fashion icon. Based on a true story, Coco Before Chanel is a captivating period drama filled with romance, ambition, and the pursuit of dreams.

A ruined businessman was forced to sell his daughter, Hisano, to a brothel in Yoshiwara, the largest red-light district in Tokyo. The owner of the brothel has hopes to make her a great new addition which will attract the richest of customers. But after several months of training, she tries to flee Yoshiwara when the time has come for her to take her first customer...

Krakow, 1908. Jan Edigey-Korycki is employed by the police department to solve murder cases. He is also investigating a fatal duel in which he supposedly killed a man ten years earlier.

Set in the early 1900s, an Englishman named Basil Pascali finds himself caught in a web of love, espionage, and stolen antiquities on a Turkish island. As he becomes an informer for the Ottoman Empire, Pascali becomes entangled in a love triangle and must navigate the treacherous waters of the Aegean Sea. Based on a novel, this period drama explores themes of unrequited love, pre-World War One tensions, and the power dynamics of the Ottoman Empire.

How can an artist discover abstraction by the beginning of the 20th century and nobody is noticing? A woman, misjudged and concealed, rocks the art world with her mind-blowing oeuvre. Hilma af Klint was a pioneer creating her first abstract painting in 1906, four years before Vassily Kandinsky. But why was she ignored? Why are her paintings not available on the market? This first film on her is about her life and work, the role of women in art history and the discovery of an art scandal. Her quest for meaning in life and a boundless thinking led into a timeless, outstanding oeuvre.

The first successful motion picture in natural color, filmed with Kinemacolor. It is an 8 minute short film directed by George Albert Smith of Brighton, showing people doing everyday activities. It is ranked of high historical importance. Kinemacolor later influenced and replaced by Technicolor, which was used from 1916 to 1952.

Set in Petaling Street in 1908, it tells of a hokkien mee seller (Mark Lee) who finds himself entangled in deadly battles with skilled fighters. Little did he know that he is in possession of a lost treasure map linked to the Qing Dynasty and must refrain himself from consummating his marriage to master the "Virgin Kung Fu" skills to overcome his opponents

During the final years of his life, the famous writer Samuel "Mark Twain" Clemens is befriended by a young girl named Dorothy Quick.

Brijes are magical animal spirits that have been in contact with human beings since the beginning of time. Every human had his brije: The human cared for his brije and vice versa. When the human turned 13 the old shamans performed the ritual a synchronizing ritual trough which the human and the brije were able to transform into the warrior form: a physical state in which the human acquired the powers of his brije and extraordinary strength needed to perform acts of heroism. Unfortunately hundreds of years ago, with the birth of modern science and technology, this union was severed and humans stopped believing in magic.

On safari at the Masai Mara game preserve in Kenya with Teddy Roosevelt, Indy becomes lost in the vast and dangerous wilderness. Later, in Paris, he explores the fine-art scene and the rather wilder cafe scenes of Montmartre with a young Norman Rockwell.

Stiff Upper Lips is a comedy that takes place in Victorian England in the year 1908. It follows the story of a young woman who goes on a journey of sexual awakening while dealing with class conflict and the absurdities of British society. The film is filled with spoof and parody comedy, as well as adult humor.

Biographical movie about the early 20th century broadway stars Nora Bayes and Jack Norworth.

The Sisters follows the intertwined lives of three sisters in a small town, as they navigate relationships, family secrets, and their own personal struggles. Set against the backdrop of the early 1900s, the film explores themes of love, loyalty, and redemption. With an earthquake, a fire, and an election, the town faces various challenges that test the bonds between the sisters.

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This biographical film celebrates the little-known life of the Finnish novelist and revolutionary Maiju Lassila (Asko Sarkola), born in 1868. Lassila's early years are briefly shown, then the film richly details his active and paradoxically reclusive adult life, beginning with his sojourn in St. Petersburg, working as a businessman. Unable to stay away from politics, he caused the assassination of a high-ranking Czarist and as a result, had to run back to Finland to hide. Once established in the comparative safety of a small village, he taught school in order to support his real vocation as a writer. Always living on the edge of poverty, if not square in the middle of it, Lassila continues to avoid public contact - he keeps his identity low-key and camoflages it by publishing under a variety of pseudonyms.

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