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- The film tacks together two tales: a historical account of Tesla's eventful life and his pioneering research into physics and bold experiments with electricity. Suffering from a fatal malady as a child the future great physicist promised his parents that he would recover under the sole condition...if they allowed him to become an engineer. And he kept his promise. Never ending yearning for knowledge, research practice, creative endeavor, discoveries that have unfixed all established notions - that's what was the characteristic of the great physicist. Nikola Tesla would always remain a scientist whose life was a sort of mystification rather than pure reality.
- In an attempt to lift the veil of mystery surrounding the life of the famed Archimedes, a historian seeks out Telesilla, his surviving wife. He hopes the woman would share the story of the great scientist, who tragically died during the capture of Syracuse. After certain reservations Telesilla shares her tale. Young Archimedes gazes at the solar system; he has already started questioning things, his natural curiosity is developing into what many will later call a life-long affair with pure logic. Soon comes the day when the young prodigy moves to Alexandria to be tutored by Euclid himself. Upon his return home, Archimedes discovers solutions to the problems that left great King Hiero vexed. But through all the praise and power the scientist never gives up on the grandest mission of all- the one he set for himself. However, the relationship between the king and the genius is shaken when Hiero's political pragmatism crosses Archimedes' distrust of power. The fallout leads to decades of solitary scientific exploration until Syracuse is caught in the middle of the Punic War. Trapped between the power plays of two great nations, daunted by the death of his beloved king and with the Roman fleet at anchor, Archimedes is called upon by duty to protect his home.
- When Jules Verne was a child he used to dream of distant countries and continents, he tried to imagine what it was like there in those faraway places which are yet for him to be discovered. He didn't like studying at the Sorbonne much, he wasn't into the laws and norms which were forced upon him. Instead he preferred to study star maps and dream about crossing the cosmic abyss. Alexander Dumas was his ticket to the world of literature. But success only came after he had started writing about things he dreamed of the most -adventures. And those were not just works of fiction: many of Verne's ideas have been hailed as prophetic. Whoever said our dreams are not material?
- Viam supervadet vadens Where there's a will there's a way This film will take the viewer on a journey with a person whose genius epitomized the Renaissance era and the subsequent development of science and art. The hand of this prodigy will sketch the first prototype of a helicopter, paint the most mysterious painting of all time and illustrate human anatomy. We'll see young Leonardo obsessed with the idea of finding answers to the mysteries of nature. This obsession will never loosen its grasp on his mind, thus broadening the scope of his interests and investing into his feverishly vivid imagination. As a child Leonardo will try to subdue the sky, the one failure, which will only further stimulate his unquenchable curiosity. The film takes us through thorny days of the greatest minds of all time, the innumerable twists and turns on the path to enlightenment and fame. The story, told by Leonardo's friend will uplift the veil to reveal da Vinci's life in Florence and Milan at the time of political instability, his numerous scientific and artistic escapades as well as the creation of masterpieces, which stir awe and reverence in the hearts of men up to this day. The feature will lead the viewer to the Master's final days when his agonizing solitude will be his only faithful companion - the price da Vinci had to pay to fulfill an almost god-like role in the fate of humanity.
- More than 250,000 men, women and children were held at Buchenwald from its opening in 1937 until its closure eight years later. About 56,000 people, including Jews, Roma and Soviet prisoners, died within its walls.
- "Tsiolkovsky's Worlds of Miracle" - currently a highly popular genre of docudrama, giving an account of Konstantin Tsiolkovsky's life and work. A man ahead of his time, pioneering research into cosmic space Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, an author of unique works in aerodynamics and aeronautics that have been widely recognized and acclaimed the world over. He was the first theorist and advocate of human space exploration. While focusing on landmarks of Konstantin Tsiolkovsky's biography the film is abundant in CGI based special effects visualizing discoveries made by the genius - his concept of the Solar system, the physics of the Moon, weightlessness, wind tunnel, "space elevator" , his unequalled dreams and fantasies that have gradually, step by step, turned into fundamental discoveries.