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Heavyweight Kahn leaves a kickboxing tournament as the victor. He is struggling with polarisation in- and outside the ring. And he is fed up. Battle-weary, he enters a local bar somewhere. Initially, he seems to be treated with suspicion, until one of the white regulars approaches him kindly. Will this night help Kahn briefly forget his concerns about xenophobia in his career and daily life?

Reflections of the brilliant film composer Oleg Karavaichuk on life and art.

Colosseum: Rome's Arena of Death aka Colosseum: A Gladiator's Story is a 2003 BBC Television docudrama which tells the true story of Verus a gladiator who fought at the Colosseum in Rome.

With more than seven million visitors a year, its massive structure and awesome architecture testify to the genius of ancient Roman building techniques, earning it a place not only among UNESCO's World Heritage sites but as one of the new seven wonders of the world. The Roman Colosseum is an emblem of the power of a bygone empire.

The Colosseum is often depicted as a bloody stadium of gladiators with violence and murder! Is it all in the Colosseum? In fact, the 'Colosseum' in Roman times was a thorough political stage in which the emperor was able to show off the power of the emperor and to meet and communicate directly with the citizens. The emperor was a political space that was not an original one that gained the support of the Roman people and the people were actively exchanging their demands. The fact that even the Roman emperor, who was a symbol of absolute power, did politics through communication with the Roman people would be a valuable lesson for us to live in modern society beyond 2000 years.

MLW Kings of Colosseum (2025) was a professional wrestling event produced by Major League Wrestling that took place on January 11, 2025 at the NYTEX Sports Centre in North Richland Hills, Texas.

During the finals of the Rising Stars Basketball Championship, Mehdi, point guard for Elan Chalon, is torn between the stakes of the game and the struggles of his personal life.

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There's an area of Rome, near the Colosseum, called Monti. Given famous Italian director Mario Monicelli, though born in Tuscany, has lived there for years and wanted to show the world age has yet to cripple him (he was 93 when he made this), he filmed hours of footage which were eventually turned into a 22-minute documentary that was screened Out of Competition at the 2008 Venice Film Festival.

Sea battles in the morning and gladiator fights in the afternoon with wild beasts magically appearing in the arena? A subterranean archaeologist investigates tunnels to see how the Colosseum could be flooded; and architects, engineers, and builders construct a lift and trap door system to attempt the release of a wolf into the most famous amphitheater in the world for the first time in 1500 years.

Two young women serendipitously meet at an abandoned building. They have different reasons for coming there, but both are united by a common memory with the space.

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The greatest amphitheatre ever built by the Romans and a monument to blood and brutality. But what were the origins of the Colosseum and the gruesome spectacles performed within? With unique access to new archaeology, Colosseum: Rise and Fall explores the true purpose of the Colosseum and the network of amphitheatres spread throughout the Roman Empire. Visiting sites across Europe and north Africa, exploring finds that reveal both the scope of the games and the secrets of the gladiators, Colosseum: Rise and Fall charts the expansion of Rome and the ultimate decline of one of history’s most barbaric empires, through the most iconic of Roman landmarks, the Colosseum.

A high school student, Sheldon, is unaware that he's the star of a hit reality TV show where everyone is an actor and everything around him is staged.

Ann and Nancy Wilson, better known as Heart, celebrate the release of their 14th studio album “Fanatic” with a performance from Caesars Colosseum in Winsor, Ontario. Performing new songs and hits like “Alone”, “Crazy on You” and “Barracuda” this concert is NOT to be missed.

KSW 83: Colosseum 2 was a mixed martial arts event that took place on Saturday, June 3, 2023 at the PGE Narodowy in Warsaw, Poland.

How did the Romans produce some of the most impressive gladiatorial games ever seen in Europe? How did the Colosseums mysterious roof really work? And how does the mighty Colosseum compare to the popular sports venues of the 21st century? Structural engineer Steve Burrows and his team of laser-scanning experts head to Rome on a quest to answer these questions and uncover some of the oldest mysteries of the ancient stadium.

Extracts from performances of two pop groups: The Colosseum and Juicy Lucy.

Experience the once-in-a-lifetime concert that electrified the ancient world. Icelandic rockers Kaleo, celebrated for their Grammy nominated music and electrifying live performances, deliver a historic show at the iconic Colosseum in Rome. Join the band as they perform their greatest hits, including "No Good", "All The Pretty Girls", and "Way Down We Go", in the shadow of this legendary monument. Filmed with stunning cinematography, the special captures the raw energy and intimate atmosphere of the performance. Witness the band's passion and connection with their fans as they bring their music to life in one of the most extraordinary venues on Earth.

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After a Chinese restaurant in Rome is threatened by the mafia, who will stop at nothing to acquire the property, the owner recruits a family friend in Hong Kong, kung fu expert Tang Lung, to help them defend their business.

Astérix and Obélix have to win the Olympic Games in order to help their friend Alafolix marry Princess Irina. Brutus uses every trick in the book to have his own team win the game, and get rid of his father Julius Caesar in the process.

Obelix falls for a new arrival in his home village in Gaul, but is heartbroken when her true love arrives to visit her. However, the lovers are kidnapped by Romans; Asterix and Obelix set out to rescue them on a dangerous journey that will involve gladiators, slavers and beauracracy - and a personal encounter with the Emperor himself, Julius Caesar...

When the first manned flight to Venus returns to Earth, the rocket crash-lands in the Mediterranean near a small Italian fishing village. The locals manage to save one of the astronauts Colonel Calder, the mission commander. A young boy also recovers what turns out to be a specimen of an alien creature. Growing at a fantastic rate, it manages to escape and eventually threatens the city of Rome.

In 1960s Paris, an American boxer stumbles upon an international fascist conspiracy that aims to create a new world order.

George Bernard Shaw’s breezy, delightful dramatization of this classic fable—about a Christian slave who pulls a thorn from a lion’s paw and is spared from death in the Colosseum as a result of his kind act—was written as a meditation on modern Christian values. Pascal’s final Shaw production is played broadly, with comic character actor Alan Young as the titular naïf. He’s ably supported by Jean Simmons, Victor Mature, Robert Newton, and Elsa Lanchester.

Colosseum: Complete Reunion Concert 1994

A famed mystery writer and her doctor ex-lover solve her daughter-in-law's murder.

Paranormal novelist Gideon Harlax is drawn into a battle between the forces of good, represented by alien angel Helith, and the forces of evil, represented by Helith's evil brother Asrael. Ranging from Oxford to Denmark, a North Sea ferry to an alien planet, Harlax unwittingly becomes part of an ancient plot that may result in the destruction of Earth...

Adaptation of the novella by Robert Louis Stevenson