Summary: An exploration of the success of Marvel Comics and a behind-the-scenes look at the way superheroes are produced, including Spider-Man, Captain America, and the Incredible Hulk. Includes an interview with legendary superhero creator Stan Lee.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Kultur Films 2013

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Summary: "Learn to Swing, Rumba, Cha-Cha, Waltz & Fox Trot at home!!!"

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Kultur 2006

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Summary: Examines the life of the controversial master of the Broadway musical and ballet choreographer Jerome Robbins. Features excerpts from Robbins' work, including never-before-seen rehearsal footage, and interviews with Mikhail Baryshnikov, Jacques d'Amboise, Suzanne Farrell, Arthur Laurents, Peter Martins, Frank Rich, Chita Rivera, Stephen Sondheim, Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harrick, Joseph Stein, and...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Kultur 2009

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Summary: Zoditch, a lonely minor functionary in a publishing house is given a diary to take home and read overnight.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Kultur 2002

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Summary: A Peter Wright production of the ballet, The Nutcracker, performed at Covent Garden.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Kultur 1994

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Summary: Salsa Caliente with Olga is the recipe to help you spice up your dance moves! With easy step-by-step instruction, you will learn the salsa and merengue, while keeping fit at the same time.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Kultur 2005

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Summary: Three entertainment legends are captured at the height of their careers in this remarkable, Emmy-nominated 1962 television special.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Kultur 2001

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Summary: Examines the myth and reality of Che Guevara including his friendship with Castro, his world travels, his days as guerilla leader and his death at age 39.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 1997

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Summary: Owen Sheers explores six works of poetry about the British landscape.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Kultur 2010

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Summary: With anecdotes and humor, composer Howard Gooddall presents five of the great breakthroughs in European music and what they mean today as classical music is being absorbed into the mainstream.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Kultur 2008

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Summary: "This film tells the story of John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, English writer, poet, philologist and author of many stories, including most famously The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. It describes the importance of the rural English West Midlands, where Tolkien grew up, in shaping his literary imagination and how the ancient northern languages he studied and taught throughout his life influenced...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Kultur 2009

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Summary: A highly-acclaimed production from the Bayerische Staatsoper, a powerful and fascinating reinterpretation of Dvorak's fairy-tale opera Rusalka. The young, up-and-coming Latvian soprano, Kristine Opolais's performance was rightly praised by the press. With her supple and velvety soprano voice, captivating physical beauty, and hauntingly moving stage presence, Opolais perfectly embodies the role...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Kultur 2012

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Te Kanawa, Kiri

Summary: Opera personified, the poet (words) and the composer (music) are rivals for the love of the countess (opera). Her dilemma is to choose between them.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Kultur 2003

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Summary: "Nutcracker Sweeties" is Billy Strayhorn and Duke Ellington's big band attack on Tchaikovsky. "The Judas Tree" was Kenneth MacMillan's last ballet, created especially for Irek Mukhamedov.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Kultur 2006

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Summary: An abbreviated television adaptation of Arthur Miller's Pulitzer Prize-winning play about a middle-aged man's emotional turmoil.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Kultur 2002

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Summary: Audrey Hepburn conducts a tour of a number of the world's notable gardens, examining historical and aesthetic aspects.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Kultur 2006

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Summary: See how the Germanic tribes lived, fought and worshipped their gods. Intricate 3D animation shows how they built their settlements, buried their kings, vanquished their enemies. Roman cities such as the ancient Cologne, home of the Romanophile Germans, and the Roman limes, the border to free Germania, are also reconstructed through computer graphics and full-cast reenactments.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2003

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Summary: This DVD contains a complete visual dictionary and class for the beginner ballet student. It is an invaluable training tool for the student just beginning ballet and reference guide that can be used for years to come.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Kultur 2005

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Summary: Three Roland Petit ballets featuring Zizi Jeanmaire.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Kultur 2005

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Summary: The story encompasses the gruesome detail, horror, passion, and torment that characterized works of the German Expressionist movement. Wozzeck is an impoverished soldier driven insane by his manipulative superiors and his mistress' infidelity. In a jealous rage, he stabs her, then drowns when he tries to wash the blood from his hands.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Kultur 2009

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Summary: Ballet made fun and easy! These acclaimed programs created especially for preschoolers. Basic ballet steps are associated with adorable flower and animal characters that make it easy to remember ballet terminology. Picture to stimulate the child₂s creativity and imagination! Basic ballet steps include a warm-up, stretching/strengthening exercises, and fundamentals skills and creative movement....

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Kultur 2013

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Summary: The life and the career of John Muir come to life through this inspiring and beautiful documentary set against the magnificent landscapes of the American West. The Scottish-born naturalist was one of the first nature preservationists in American history, inspiring others through his writing and his advocacy to keep the wilderness wild.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Kultur 2011

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Summary: The parody of British Victorian life, spiced with the usual topical allusions to English customs and institutions, set in a Japanese Never-Never Land, is performed by The Australian Opera.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Australian Opera 2008

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