An account of the life and work of the Swiss writer Johanna Spyri (1827-1901), the barely known artistic mother of Heidi, her brave alpine heroine, who was first introduced to the world between 1880 and 1881, in a novel published in two parts, and became definitely immortal thanks to an anime series, released in 1974, directed by the Japanese genius Isao Takahata.

Paris, Rue Beautreillis, July 3, 1971. The corpse of rock star Jim Morrison is found in a bathtub, i...

The film is about famous Chechen ballet and folk dancer Mahmud Essembayev's life.

Fred Beckey is the legendary American "Dirtbag" mountaineer whose name is spoken in hushed tones aro...

It is 1945. Enrico Piaggio’s Pontedera factory is in ruins and the 12,000 people who worked there ar...

Kirk Douglas recounts his remarkable life in a celebrated one-man theater performance augmented with...

Acknowledged as one of the greatest singers of the twentieth century, Arena explores the rise of the...

The story of an Icelandic power lifter, Jón Páll Sigmarsson who was four times the World's Strongest...

With their phenomenally successful 'Take Me Home' tour ensuring that One Direction continue to domin...

How does some one with three strikes against her, rise to the highest court in the land, the U. S. S...

Nine very private encounters with different people of the post-war generation and their memories of ...

Heidi is an orphaned girl initially raised by her aunt Dete in Maienfeld, Switzerland. In order to g...

Unable to live in his father's gigantic shadow, Mahatma Gandhi's eldest son, Harilal, gets distraugh...

The true story of Freddie Knoller, a young Jewish man who flees Vienna following the Nazi occupation...