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1) Rendition
Publisher
New Line Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
The policy of "extraordinary rendition" began under the Clinton administration and accelerated after September 11, 2001. The policy allows for the handing over of suspected terrorists to countries that use torture as an interrogation tool. Anwar El-Ibrahimi is an Egyptian-born man who disappears on a flight from Africa to Washington, DC. He is sent to a North African country where torture is practiced and the CIA gives approval. Anwar's pregnant American-born...
2) Allied
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
The story of intelligence officer Max Vatan, who in 1942 North Africa encounters French Resistance fighter Marianne Beausejour on a deadly mission behind enemy lines. Reunited in London, their relationship is threatened by the extreme pressures of the war.
3) The dictator
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Language
English
Formats
Description
The creators and star of Borat bring you the hilarious comedy about what happens when the world's worst dictator comes to America. Stuck in New York and stripped of his power, Aladeen is finally forced to live his ultimate nightmare, the American dream. Featuring never-before-seen footage, that's outrageous and shamefully funny!
Language
English
Formats
Description
Jack and Joan have their yacht and an easy life. They gradually get bored with each other and their current way of life. Joan accepts an invitation to go trek through the North African desert as a guest of the sheik. Once there, she is abducted and she finds herself involved with the 'jewel.' Jack decides to rescue her with his new partner Ralph. Not even treacherous tribes, deadly dungeons and dangerous villains can stop them from finding, once and...
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"October, 1940. Manchester, England. As valiant Jewish RAF pilot David defends the skies against the Luftwaffe, Harry and Kasia finally arrive home. How will Robina cope with another refugee under roof? When yet another house guest arrives -- Sir James, a civil servant on official business -- he looks set to beguile his host, but will Kasia be charmed as well? Meanwhile, in Berlin, teenager Marga is selected to mother a baby for the Führer, but can...
6) Allied
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
The story of intelligence officer Max Vatan, who in 1942 North Africa encounters French Resistance fighter Marianne Beausejour on a deadly mission behind enemy lines. Reunited in London, their relationship is threatened by the extreme pressures of the war.
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
A woman decides to begin a new life after spending years caring for her father. She meets a traveler who is actually a monk who has left the monastery after taking his oath. They are married, but she soon learns of his secret.
Series
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
"In the early 1940s, Field Marshal Erwin Rommel's juggernaut Afrika Korps dominated North Africa. But as the tide turned and he came to the painful realization that his Fuhrer, to whom he had sworn allegiance, was destroying Germany, his ingrained sense of duty pushed him into a conspiracy against Hitler. An intimate look at one of the most respected military tacticians of modern times"--Container.
9) Sahara
Series
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
An explosive war story about an American ragtag battalion stranded in the great African desert, after the fall of Tobruk during World War II.
11) Bitter victory
Publisher
Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005, c1957]
Language
English
Description
Captain Leith and Major Brand are a pair of British Army officers assigned to execute a daring commando raid on the Libyan stronghold of General Rommel. Once the mission is underway, Leith must save the day when Brand's cowardice is revealed, thus putting the mission and the lives of the men in jeopardy. As they struggle through the wastes of the Sahara we learn who will live, who will die and what is the price of glory.
12) The desert rats
Series
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
A courageous band of Australian soldiers stops Rommel's march to the Suez Canal in this stirring blend of action and history.
Series
Language
English
Description
World War II drama set in the Sahara about a British spy who takes refuge in a hotel and assumes the identity of a dead manservant. Soon, General Rommel makes the inn his general staff headquarters. Now, with the threat of discovery hanging over his head, the spy learns that the identity he has claimed owes a debt to the Nazis -- and they expect him to pay up.
Publisher
Binge Box
Language
English
Description
Pride & prejudice: Mr. Bennet is an English gentleman living in Hartfordshire with his overbearing wife and 5 daughters. There is the beautiful Jane, the clever Elizabeth, the bookish Mary, the immature Kitty and the wild Lydia. Unfortunately, if Mr. Bennet dies their house will be inherited by a distant cousin whom they have never met. The family's future happiness and security is dependent on the daughters making good marriages. Life is uneventful...
17) Play dirty
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
"They had no rules, no plan and no way out. A stiff-upper-lip British fuel expert [is] hired to aid a renegade troop on a surefire suicide mission: cross 650 miles through the unforgiving Sahara Desert and into hostile Nazi territory to destroy a strategic oil reserve. But when victory is all but within their grasp, a terrible twist of fate forces Mother England to do the unthinkable -- send this all-or-nothing group of heroes into a deadly German...
Series
Publisher
Alpha Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
"In the harsh desert of North Africa, Captain Michael Gallant of the Foreign Legion is stationed on a peacekeeping mission. While gangs and bandits disrupt local villages, Gallant commands a post of well-trained Legionnaires, leading them into battle and delivering justice wherever it is needed"--Container.
19) Play dirty
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
A British Petroleum executive is assigned to work with the British Army in North Africa handling port duties for incoming fuels. This gives him the official rank of Captain in the British Army. The Colonel in charge is told he must have a British officer accompany his men on a dangerous mission 400 miles behind German lines and is saddled with the Petroleum executive. The real leader of the group doesn't need or want the British officer, who's supposed...
Series
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
The Blue Max: James Mason, George Peppard, and Ursula Andress highlight this stirring, highly-acclaimed action-drama in which an elite German WWI pilot must prove himself to his fellow flyers. (1966).
The Desert Fox: James Mason delivers a mesmerizing performance in this fascinating portrait of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, one of the most respected military tacticians of modern times. (1951).
Immortal Sergeant: Legendary Oscar Winner Henry Fond delivers...
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