Handlingen i denna stumfilm utspelar sig runt år 2000. En gigantisk stad styrs med supereffektivitet av industrialisten Jon Fredersen (Alfred Abel) och tycks på ytan vara en utopisk dröm av förmögna invånare i palatsliknande lägenheter i kolossala torn av stål och glas. Under jordytan är det en helt annan historia - arméer av slavar som jobbar oändliga skift för att bibehålla den lyxliknande tillvaron deras mästare åtnjuter.
Irländaren Charles Adare reser till Australien på 1800-talet för att starta ett nytt liv. Han får hjälp av sin kusin som nyligen valts till guvernör. Efter ett tag stöter han ihop med en gammal barndomsvän.
Nagy István, the formerly poor peasant boy returns to his native village as a teacher. His conviction is that the abyss between rich and poor can be diminished by good will. The rich Böröcz Horváth Klári returns his love, and also Böröcz Horváth is willing to help the poorest family, the Bakos. Bakos Jóska, who was sent to serve the tough Böröcz Horváth as a payment, dies of an infected wound and the people in the village hold the teacher liable as well. Nagy István realises, that the abyss cannot be ceased, what is more, it is impassable. He breaks up with his fiancée and stands by the side of the poor.
Tom Winston, en änkling, försöker förstå och uppfostra tre försigkomna barn ensam. Han får lite oväntad hjälp av Cinzia när barnen bestämmer att hon ska bli deras hjälpreda. Egentligen är hon en italiensk societetsdam som försöker komma undan sin överbeskyddande far.
Popular in the riverside area of Porto, Micas raised her daughter, Madalena, at the cost of sacrifice, as her father emigrated to Brazil. With a happy voice, Madalena works on unloading the coal, seeing her loves thwarted by her humble condition. Barata, another typical figure who makes a living from expedients, helps Madalena's father - meanwhile returned, to "register" her - in a kidnapping plan capable of facilitating her reconciliation with Micas, who is reluctant... Things get complicated, but happiness ends up triumphing.
A gang of black militants plots to rob a factory to finance their "revolutionary struggle."
Susanne är en amerikansk journalist som bor i Paris tillsammans med Jacques, en åldrande före detta Nya vågen-regissör. När hon ska intervjua en fabrikschef följer han med. Plötsligt befinner de sig mitt i ett gisslandrama när arbetarna gör revolt och tar chefen till fånga.
Despite mixed emotions, Frederick Winterbourne tries to figure out the bright and bubbly Daisy Miller, only to be helped and hindered by false judgments from their fellow friends.
Uuno flyttar från sin fars gård på lansbyggden till Helsingfors för att hitta en vacker och rik fru. Uuno köper fina kläder för 8 mark från ett dödsbo och blir på två veckor Helsingfors mest eftertraktade ungkarl.
British MP Sir Robert Chiltern is known for his honesty and integrity. To match his wife, Lady Chiltern, who is an example of high morality. However, the past of Sir Robert, as it turned out, is not at all perfect. Famous socialite adventurer Laura Cheveley, with evidence of his long-standing dishonorable act, is trying to blackmail Chiltern. Not only Sir Robert's reputation and career are at stake, but also family happiness. His best friend comes to the rescue — Lord Goring.
Story of three women who are subjected to various forms of patriarchy and exploitation by the men around them and the society at large.
A teacher named Basudev Kattel who is suffering from poverty seeks to his friend named Kumar than he realized Kathmandu is filled of corruption.
In US society, people of East Asian heritage are often perceived through an obscuring lens of ethnic and cultural stereotypes. In STOLEN GROUND, six Asian-American men talk about their experience of the highly racialized United States, and consider how racism has affected their lives and those of their family members.
Familjen Lelièvre anställer en ny hushållerska, Sophie. Hon är duktig och noggrann och till en början är familjen mycket nöjd med henne. Men det är något märkligt med Sophie. Hon avslöjar ingenting om sig själv och saknar vänner. Sophie bär på en hemlighet som hon tänker göra vad som helst för att behålla - hon kan inte läsa.
In Victorian England, wealthy patriarch Sir Harald Alabaster invites an impoverished biologist, William Adamson, into his home. There, William tries to continue his work, but is distracted by Alabaster's seductive daughter, Eugenia. William and Eugenia begin a torrid romance, but as the couple become closer, the young scientist begins to realize that dark, disturbing things are happening behind the closed doors of the Alabaster manor.
Award-winning filmmaker Byron Hurt explores what it means to be a Black man in America. Traveling to more than fifteen cities and towns across the country, Hurt gathers reflections on Black masculinity from men and women of a variety of socioeconomic backgrounds and a host of leading scholars and cultural critics. What results is an engaging and honest dialogue about race, gender, and identity in America. Features bell hooks, Michael Eric Dyson, John Henrick Clarke, Kevin Powell, Andrew Young, Dr. Alvin Poussaint, MC Hammer, Jackson Katz, and many others.
When Lucy Graham (Neve McIntosh) weds the much older Sir Michael Audley (Kenneth Cranham), his nephew Robert (Steven Mackintosh) is suspicious of the lovely young woman's motives. Soon, Robert's friend disappears, and Robert believes Lucy may be involved. But as he attempts to unearth the truth about Lucy's past, he finds himself irresistibly drawn to her dangerous allure. Betsan Morris Evans's period drama is based on the novel by Mary Elizabeth Braddon's.
A homage and parody of 1950s and 1960s Thai romantic melodramas and action films. Dum, the son of a peasant falls in love with Rumpoey, the daughter of a wealthy and respected family. The star-crossed lovers are torn apart for years, but their forbidden love survives. When tragedy strikes, Dum unleashes his rage and becomes the gun-slinging outlaw the "Black Tiger" who will stop at nothing to seek his revenge.
Squadron Leader Veer Pratap Singh, a pilot in the Indian air force, rescues the stranded Zaara, a woman from Pakistan, following a bus accident, and their lives are forever bound.
Flor emigrerar till Los Angeles från Mexico med hopp om att skapa en bättre tillvara för sig och sin dotter, Cristina. Hon anställs som städerska hos John och Deborah Clasky och får slita med språkbarriären, Christinas blossande femininitet och Claskys excentriska sätt att leva.