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Aurora's Sunrise
The story of how Aurora Mardiganian (1901-94), a survivor of the Armenian genocide perpetrated by the Ottoman Empire (1915-17), became a Hollywood silent film star.
Wilhelm II. - Die letzten Tage des deutschen Kaiserreichs
Documentary about the end of the regency of Kaiser Wilhelm II., Germany's last emperor.
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