Eric Till
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What is a moral person to do in a time of savage immorality? That question tormented Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a German clergyman of great distinction who actively opposed Hitler and the Nazis. His convictions cost him his life. The Nazis hanged him on April 9, 1945, less than a month before the end of the war. Bonhoeffer's last years, his participation in the German resistance and his moral struggle are dramatized in this film. More than just a biographical...
2) Clarence
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A spin-off from the 1946 film "It's a Wonderful Life," this film follows the character of Clarence Odbody, a guardian angel who leaves heaven for Earth to save the life of another angel's suicidal wife.
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This innovative version of the world famous Christmas story tells of 12-year-old Clara's magical journey to find her father in a World War II Prisoner of War camp on Christmas Eve. She and her family wait impatiently for some word on him, which eventually comes from an unexpected source-the mysterious and magical stranger Drosselmeyer, who befriends Clara and encourages her to believe that miracles can happen.
4) Hot Millions
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Academy Award winners Peter Ustinov, Maggie Smith and Karl Malden star with Bob Newhart in this comic tale of a gentle con artist who goes high tech with a computerized scam to steal Hot Millions. Faced with the horror of working for a living, amiable swindler Marcus Pendleton (Ustinov-Spartacus, Death on the Nile) concocts a con game to fleece an Carlton J. Klemper's (Malden-Patton, On the Waterfront) corporation of millions by programming Klemper's...