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Film o vzestupech i pádech hrdinů filmařského šílenství v dekadentním Hollywoodu dvacátých let minulého století. Němé filmy ustupují zvukovým a jejich herci i tvůrci se tomu snaží přizpůsobit. Některým to skvěle sedne, ale jiní mají menší úspěch.

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Winter is here. Ready or not, creatures big and small endure the harshest and most unforgiving season on the planet. Some cling to life in these bitter months…while others see opportunity on the ice. In this one-hour special, wildlife around the globe fights tooth and nail to survive the winter season, against a striking frozen backdrop.

As the first light of spring touches snow-covered landscapes, the race begins. Across fjords, forests, mountains and tundra, animals emerge from hiding to take advantage of summer’s fleeting generosity. But the clock is ticking, and winter is never far away. Brown bear mothers supervise their wayward cubs; puffins reunite in lifelong pairs atop perilous ledges; a polar bear mother searches for food in a land where the ice has receded and her usual prey has vanished. As summer fades, the mighty moose faces wolves in the silent snow. Arctic foxes raise their young and scavenge in brutal temperatures, surviving on scraps others cannot digest. Each species is tied to the land and to each other in a delicate web of…

In the forests of northern Finland, survival is a race against the seasons. For a mother brown bear, life between winters is a relentless battle as a single mother. She wakes from hibernation, thin and weary, to guide cubs through a fleeting summer. They need food, and she’ll teach them everything, not least of all, avoiding dangerous males during mating season and facing wolves in a deadly fight for food. Every day counts in these forests. When winter returns, only the strong and the wise will endure this wild, unforgiving land.