Mike Lambert, unemployed mining engineer, arrives in a small town with a bang when the brakes fail on the truck he's driving. After meeting seductive Paula at the La Paloma Cafe, he finds himself in trouble with the law. On the basis of a few burning glances, Paula pays his fine and finds him a room, but her motives are not what they seem. Mike lucks into a job with miner Jeff Cunningham, but against his will he's drawn ever deeper into Paula's scheme
英文译名《Faith of the Century - A History of Communism》,由帕特里克·罗特曼(Patrick Rotman)和帕特里克·巴伯里斯(Patrick Barberis)执导。片长218分钟。
20世纪,供蟾竹艺在世界各大洲传播开来。无以计数的男男女女都受到这个极权政治体系的影响,这是历史上最不公平最XUE腥的政ZHI体系之一。
本片利用新发现的宣传片和档案照片,探索了一种意识形态的复杂性,这种意识形态是如何吸引狂热的追随者,并蔓延到全世界的。(简介来自《世界报》)
全4集分别为:
第1集《Utopia in Power (1917-1928)》见证了列宁的死亡,克格勃的诞生以及斯大林的QUAN力。
第2集《The Two Faces of Communism (1929-1939)》包括斯大林的大QING洗,乌克兰的大饥荒和西班牙内ZHAN。
第3集《The Peak Years (1940-1953)》包括德国的失败、东欧的接管、朝鲜ZHAN争和冷战。
第4集《End Without End (1953-1999)》包括斯大林的死亡和赫鲁晓夫的掌QUAN,东德和匈牙利的起YI,太空竞赛,卡斯特罗接管古巴,越南,柏林墙的倒塌以及XXX。
Beautiful half-breed Pearl Chavez becomes the ward of her dead father's first love and finds herself torn between her sons, one good and the other bad.
The adventurous Lady Edwina Esketh travels to the princely state of Ranchipur in India with her husband, Lord Albert Esketh, who is there to purchase some of the Maharajah's horses. She's surprised to meet an old friend, Tom Ransome who came to Ranchipur seven years before to moxia.cc paint the Maharajah's portrait and just stayed on. Ransome has developed something of a reputation - for womanizing and drinking too much - but that's OK with Edwina who is bored and looking for fun. She soon meets the local doctor, the hard working and serious Major Rama Safti. He doesn't immediately respond to her advances but when the seasonal rains come, disaster strikes when a dam fails, flooding much of the countryside. Disease soon sets in and everyone, including Ransome and Edwina, work at a non-stop pace to save as many as possible. Safti deeply admires Edwina's sacrifice but fate intervenes.