"was the first attempt by Anglo settlers in Texas to secede from Mexico and form an independent state. The republic was short-lived however, lasting only from December 21, 1826 – January 23, 1827 when Mexican soldiers and Anglo militia men from Stephen F. Austin's colony put the rebellion down. In the Marx Brother's film ""Duck Soup"", the tiny fictitious county of Freedonia (""Land of the Brave, and Free"") is suffering from severe financial problems and government leaders request a loan from wealthy widow Mrs. Teasdale to keep things afloat. The widow agrees on the condition that Rufus T. Firefly, played"
"regarded Leo McCarey, is the highest rated of the five Marx Brothers films on the American Film Institute's ""100 years ... 100 Movies"" list. It did not do as well financially as ""Horse Feathers"", but was the sixth-highest grosser of 1933. The film sparked a dispute between the Marxes and the village of Fredonia, New York. ""Freedonia"" was the name of a fictional country in the script, and the city fathers wrote to Paramount and asked the studio to remove all references to Freedonia because ""it is hurting our town's image"". Groucho fired back a sarcastic retort asking them to"
"the film might have on them. The Marx Brothers replied ""Change the name of your town. It is hurting our picture."" The satirical depiction of Freedonia is said to have led Benito Mussolini to ban the film in Italy. In the 1960s, Woody Allen, working on ""Candid Camera,"" used Freedonia as a practical joke by asking passersby what they thought of the bid for independence for Freedonia. In the film ""Jabberwocky"" (1977), Freedonia is one of the kingdoms conquered by the King Bruno the Questionable. The American game publisher FASA's name was originally supposed to stand for ""Freedonian Aeronautics and"
"Freedomland (film) Freedomland is a 2006 American crime drama mystery film directed by Joe Roth and starring Samuel L. Jackson, Julianne Moore, Edie Falco, Ron Eldard, William Forsythe, Aunjanue Ellis, and Anthony Mackie. It is based on Richard Price's 1998 novel of the same name, which touches on themes of covert racism. Brenda (Julianne Moore) walks through a predominantly African American housing project and enters an emergency room, apparently in shock and with cut and bleeding hands. Police detective Lorenzo Council (Samuel L. Jackson) is sent to take a statement from Brenda, who says that her car has been stolen."
"Germany. The Muellers and their children Joshua, Babette, and Bodo are visiting Sara's wealthy relatives, the Farrellys, her brother David, and mother Fanny, in Washington, D.C. Sara tells the Farrellys she and her family hope to live peacefully in the U.S. The Farrellys have another houseguest, Teck de Brancovis, an impoverished Romanian count ""with good manners and odious character"" who has been conspiring with the Germans while living in Washington. He searches the Mullers' bedroom and in a locked suitcase discovers a gun and $23,000 intended to finance underground operations in Germany. The Muellers learn that Max Freidank, a member"
"respected, she ends the sequences of references by offering to pay Toby $500 if he'll sing ""Lydia the Tattooed Lady"" (a song sung by J. Cheever Loophole (Groucho) in ""At the Circus""). During Season 6 the question of the ""situation in Freedonia"" was asked of a candidate in a Senate debate, and after the candidate said he was studying it, there was no allowed time for the other candidates to challenge him about the existence of the country. United Kingdom games ""Democracy"" (2005) and ""Democracy 2"" (2007) featured Freedonia as a playable country. In the ""Doctor Who"" episode ""The Shakespeare"
"Transia Transia (also Republic of Transia) is a fictional European country appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. It is one of several fictional countries in Eastern Europe created for Marvel Comics. In nearly all story lines, the Republic of Transia is located between Romania and Serbia. More than 90% of its people live in one large town (""East Transia"") and a number of smaller villages located at the base of Mount Wundagore. The country is presented as mainly Slavic, with a Muslim minority in the western province Romani. President Russoff was a Secret Police Official in the"
"in Queens, New York City. Upon alighting from the ship, the Marx Brothers' real life father (Sam ""Frenchie"" Marx) is briefly seen in a cameo appearance, sitting on top of luggage behind the Brothers on the pier as they wave to the First Mate. Sam Marx was 72 at the time, and the appearance was his film debut. He was paid $12.50 each day for two days work. ""Monkey Business"" was Norman MacLeod's solo directorial debut. One of the sequences in this film involves the four brothers attempting to get off the ship using a passport stolen from famous singer"
"a province of the Italian Social Republic, even though this is never mentioned in the movie. ""Wild Blood"" tells the true story of the Fascist film stars Luisa Ferida and Osvaldo Valenti and their support for the Republic. Futurist writer/poet Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, a Mussolini loyalist who had helped shape Fascist philosophy, remained in the RSI as a propagandist until his death from a heart attack at Bellagio in December, 1944. Italian Social Republic The Italian Social Republic (, ; RSI), popularly and historically known as the Republic of Salò ( ), was a German puppet state with limited recognition"
"by Groucho Marx, take control and run the country. In the musical number that accompanies Firefly's first day in office, Groucho lets the audience know how things will run, singing lyrics such as ""The last man nearly ruined this place, he didn't know what to do with it / If you think this country's bad off now, just wait 'til I get through with it."" Firefly insults and angers Ambassador Trentino from the neighboring nation of Sylvania, which leads Freedonia into war. When the film was first released, the village of Fredonia, New York, complained about the possible negative impact"
"Marxism-Leninism, declaring the end of the Republic of Dahomey and the establishment of the People's Republic of Benin on 30 November 1975. Dahomey was chosen for some of the filming locations in the film ""The Comedians"", with an all-star cast that included Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, Lillian Gish, James Earl Jones, Roscoe Lee Brown, Alec Guinness, Raymond St. Jacques, Gloria Foster, Zakes Mokae, Paul Ford, Georg Stanford Brown, Peter Ustinov, Douta Seck and Cicely Tyson. The movie is the story of an adulterous affair placed against the backdrop of Haiti during the tumultuous dictatorship of François Duvalier, (known as ""Papa"
"and his depiction of scientists in a secret hideout building such a bomb could be considered a preview of the Manhattan Project – and he correctly surmised that refugees from Nazi Germany might get involved in such a project. The novel is set in the mid-1930s (1934 or 1935) in Ixania, a small fictional country somewhere in a mountainous region of the Balkans bordering Romania. There, a peasant revolt succeeds in overthrowing the country's dictatorial regime and in establishing freedom and justice for all its citizens. Throughout modern history Ixania, a ""God-forsaken country"", has preserved its political independence because of"
"or personal. Thus, the play's main theme is not on ""who"" did it but on ""why"" it was done. The action takes place in Illyria, a fictional Eastern European country, during the latter stages of World War II. (Illyria was an actual country of classical antiquity, whose territory included modern Yugoslavia and surroundings.) The country, an ally of Nazi Germany, is on the verge of being annexed to the Eastern Bloc. A young Communist, Hugo Barine, is told that Hoederer, a party leader, has proposed talks with non-Socialist groups, including the Fascist government and the liberal- and Nationalist-led resistance. The"
"they rush out a follow-up. Already at this early stage, the story (provisionally entitled ""Oo La La"") was set in a mythical kingdom. On August 11, 1932, the ""Los Angeles Times"" reported that production would commence in five weeks with the famed Ernst Lubitsch directing. This was a turbulent time in the Marx Brothers' career. Near bankruptcy and reorganization at Paramount Pictures brought fears that money due the Brothers would never be paid; as a result, the Brothers threatened to leave Paramount and start their own company, ""Marx Bros., Inc"". Their first planned independent production was a film adaptation of"
"Rio Hondo, a fictitious republic ""lost somewhere in America,"" ""outsider"" Bruno (Tobias Meincke, from Germany) runs a classified ad for accomplices in a kidnapping. Joining the cause are a prostitute, Carmen (Sandra Ballesteros, from Argentina), an unemployed steel worker, Mario (Adam Black, of Spain), and a pretty boy, Luis (Luis Fernández, of Venezuela) all of whom want to change their own lives, but without the least interest in creating a socialist Utopia. They kidnap businessman Renato Cefalú (Lázaro Pérez, of Cuba) who doesn't have anywhere near the ransom the outlaws are demanding, and whose wife (Alex Pertile, of Italy) goes"
"fact Quark's brother Rom (Max Grodénchik). Quark is still extremely unimpressed, and in a subsequent monologue swears to turn his bar into a refuge for the old unrestrained capitalism that was symbolic of his Ferenginar, though he admits that his brother is better suited to be the leader of a new Ferenginar. At Dominion headquarters on Cardassia, the Female Changeling (Salome Jens), Weyoun (Jeffrey Combs), Broca, and the Breen Representative Thot Pran note the Federation has overcome the Breen weapon, and resolve to make a major retreat in hopes that the Federation and its allies will leave them alone long"
"have no need of outside investors or a tourist market. This, along with the (intentionally fostered) negative international image, keeps many foreigners out of Transia. Transia Transia (also Republic of Transia) is a fictional European country appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. It is one of several fictional countries in Eastern Europe created for Marvel Comics. In nearly all story lines, the Republic of Transia is located between Romania and Serbia. More than 90% of its people live in one large town (""East Transia"") and a number of smaller villages located at the base of Mount Wundagore."
"life in a country, Italy, which has within its borders Vatican City. The subject is inspired by Eluana Englaro's case. Following the decision of the jury of the Venice Film Festival, which has ruled the film from the Golden Lion, Bellocchio has expressed strong criticism against President Michael Mann. Bellocchio made a big impact on radical Italian cinema in the mid-sixties, and was a friend of Pasolini. In 1968 he joined the Communist Union, and began to make politically militant cinema. However, in a 2002 interview, he remarked, ""I can talk about my personal ideas but Marxism has little to"
"in America, patiently waiting for the 21st Century and for their beloved State to arise – Marda Zumsteg/Fiala Groloch in St. Louis, and her uncle Stephan, as Fian Groloch, in Rochester. The third, Otho Zumsteg/Fial Groloch, remains in Bohemia, taking up residence in the village of Lidice. However, the vengeful Neulist does appear eventually and gets on his tracks. In 1942, it is the nefarious Neulist who manipulates the Nazi occupiers to destroy Lidice, causing one of the most notorious atrocities of World War II to be perpetrated just in order that his hated rival be among the victims. After"
"order. The land is then declared a ""Republic"", where ""liberty, equality and fraternity"" are to be exercised, presenting a dystopian view of a socialist republic: ""There was no one who kept to the rules of the race. Rabbits crept into foxholes, the chickens wanted to build an eyrie."" Eventually, Reynard and the others trick and kill Jodocus and his colleagues. ""Van den vos Reynaerde"" was also produced as a cartoon film by Nederlandfilm in 1943, mostly financed with German money. While lavishly budgeted, it was never presented publicly, possibly because most Dutch Jews had already been transported to the concentration"
"(Igor Kvasha) and Friedrich Engels (Andrei Mironov). The script is also based on a novel by Galina Serebryakova. The film tells about the complex and interesting period in the life of Marx and Engels following the Revolution of 1848. It begins with the narrative of the publication of ""The Communist Manifesto"". After the French Revolution, Marx is expelled from Belgium, and after the start of the revolution in Germany, he moves to Cologne and tries to support the comrades' publication of the ""Neue Rheinische Zeitung"". Then Marx, persecuted by the authorities for their views, must flee with his family to"
"Marx Brothers movie ""Horse Feathers"" (1932). Allen is a well-known Groucho Marx fan. Marx's theme song from ""Animal Crackers"" (1930) ""Hooray for Captain Spaulding"" is featured, sung in French by a chorus of Groucho Marx's. The film was released theatrically in North America on December 8, 1996 on three screens. Its opening weekend gross was $131,678 ($43,892 per screen). It ended its North American run with $9,759,200. The film was well received. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a 79% ""fresh"" rating, based on 43 reviews, with an average rating of 7.2/10. The site's consensus states: ""A likable, infectious musical,"
"Muller family has lived in Europe, where Kurt responded to the rise of Nazism by engaging in anti-Fascist activities. Sara tells her family they are seeking peaceful sanctuary on American soil; but their quest is threatened by the presence of houseguest Teck de Brancovis (George Coulouris), an opportunistic Romanian Count who has been conspiring with the Germans in the nation's capital. Teck searches the Mullers' room and discovers a gun and money intended to finance underground operations in Germany. Shortly after, the Mullers learn resistance worker Max Freidank has been arrested; and, because he once rescued Kurt from the Gestapo,"
"its lack of natural resources and, generally, its comparative irrelevance in economic matters. However, due to the defection from Nazi Germany of Jacob Kassen, a nuclear scientist, the Countess Schverzinski and her brother, Prince Ladislaus, who effectively run the country, are in possession of a formula to build an atomic bomb (the ""Kassen secret""), a fact they wish to exploit for their country's but also their own personal benefit. Two groups of people want to prevent exactly that. There is Simon Groom, a representative of Messrs. Cator & Bliss Ltd., a British armament manufacturer, who is sent to Ixania to"
"chauvinism, and rigidity..."" Ming is constantly observed by official guides. Ming provokes his state minders when he tries to find a newspaper; he gets into more trouble when the personal record he is required to keep does not match the records of his guides with perfect exactness. Ming also learns the history of Meccania — how ""Bludiron"" (Otto von Bismarck) organized the nation to resist the socialism of ""Spotts"" (a pun on the surname of Karl Marx). Meccania Meccania: The Super-State is a dystopian novel by Owen Gregory first published in 1918. Most of the book describes the fictional country"
"communist era. Within the Marvel Universe, Transia (and/or Mt. Wundagore) is where Chthon is imprisoned, and where the men of the Russoff line were afflicted with the curse of lycanthropy. It is used as the birthplace of Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch. It is the base of operations for the High Evolutionary, and the source of the ""radioactive clay"" used by the Puppet Master. According to researchers, the first appearance of Transia is in ""Avengers"" #33 (1966). However, it is not named in this comic. The country appears next in ""Thor"" #133-135 in which is it is established that Mount"
"angry over previous unfounded police harassment and a riot erupts. Brenda is charged with criminal neglect, and Lorenzo promises to visit her in jail. Shooting took place mostly in Yonkers, New York. ""Freedomland"" holds an approval rating of 23% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 149 reviews. The consensus states: ""Poorly directed and overacted, ""Freedomland"" attempts to address sensitive race and class issues but its overzealousness misses the mark."" Metacritic rated it 43/100 based on 35 reviews. The film grossed $14.7 million against its $30 million budget. Freedomland (film) Freedomland is a 2006 American crime drama mystery film directed by Joe"
"in the release of a symbiote virus on New York. The country was yet again devastated and Doom was taken into custody for crimes against humanity. Doom is released from prison due to the influence of H.A.M.M.E.R director Norman Osborn. He restores his nation with the use of his time travel technology. During the ""Avengers vs. X-Men"" storyline, Spider-Man fights against a Juggernaut-empowered Colossus here. The common geographic description of Latveria places it as a small nation, around the area where Hungary, Romania and Serbia (Vojvodina) meet in real life. To its south in the Marvel universe is the nation"
"However, despite its Eastern European location, Syldavia itself was partly a metaphor for Belgium - Syldavian King Muskar XII physically resembles King Leopold III of Belgium. Hergé's decision to create a fictional Eastern European kingdom might have been influenced by Ruritania, the fictional country created by Anthony Hope for his novel ""The Prisoner of Zenda"" (1894), which subsequently appeared in film adaptations in 1913, 1915, 1922, and 1937. Many places within Syldavia are visually based on pre-existing European sites: the ""Diplodocus"" in the Klow Natural History Museum is based on the one in the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin; the Syldavian"
"Freetown (film) Freetown is a 2015 film based on a true story about Mormon missionaries in Liberia seeking to escape the Liberian Civil War to safety in Sierra Leone. Father Aboubakar and six missionaries stuck in Monrovia city that currently in First Liberian Civil War. In order to continue teaching they set an escape plan towards northern border with Sierra Leone, so they can practice preach without fear of being killed. Out of 6 Young Missionaries Forkpah,Menti,Meyers,Nyaforh,Selli and Gaye only Gaye are from Krahn tribe. The local rebellion leader, Ansa are targeting those from Krahn Tribe that killed his father"
"Land and Freedom Land and Freedom (or Tierra y Libertad) is a 1995 film directed by Ken Loach and written by Jim Allen. The film narrates the story of David Carr, an unemployed worker and member of the Communist Party of Great Britain, who decides to fight for the republican side in the Spanish Civil War, an anti-rebel coalition of Socialists, Communists and Anarchists. The film won the FIPRESCI International Critics Prize and the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival. The film was also nominated for the Palme d'Or at Cannes. The film's narrative unfolds"
"over Czechoslovakia in March 1939, Axel Bomasch (James Harcourt), a Czechoslovak scientist working on a new type of armour-plating, is flown to Britain. Bomasch's daughter, Anna (Margaret Lockwood), is arrested before she can reach the airport and sent to a concentration camp, where she is interrogated by Nazis who are after her father. Anna refuses to cooperate. Soon she is befriended by a fellow prisoner named Karl Marsen (Paul Henreid), who says he is a teacher imprisoned for his political views. Together they are able to escape and make their way to London. Anna does not know that Marsen is"
"The Bizarre Country The Bizarre Country () is a 1988 former Yugoslav drama/fantasy film based on the satirical novellas ""Stradija"" and ""Danga"", written by Serbian writer Radoje Domanović. A man dies in a foreign land. On his deathbed he asks his son to bury his bones in his fatherland, a country of brave and honest people, a country of tragic but heroic past. His son wanders the world unsuccessfully looking for his father's home. He eventually finds the country in which people speak in his father's language, but everything else is absurd and unbelievable and does not fit his father's"