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.

In 1429, a French teenager stood before her King with a message she claimed came from God; that she ...

The story of Bobby Sands, the IRA member who led the 1981 hunger strike during The Troubles in which...

Nominated for two primetime Emmy Awards in 1984, this made-for-TV movie follows the true story of Am...
Released on DVD as part of The Criterion Collection's "Martha Graham: Dance on Film" collection.

Heaven Adores You is an intimate, meditative inquiry into the life and music of Elliott Smith. By th...

About the life and heroic death of the old Bolshevik-Lugansk resident, participant in the civil war,...
The programme offers unique access to Julia Donaldson, her family, her rich archives and home movies...

The commandant of Auschwitz, Rudolf Höss, and his wife Hedwig, strive to build a dream life for thei...

Robert Altman's life and career contained multitudes. This father of American independent cinema lef...

How many working class Balmain boys grow up to be showgirls? Not just any showgirl but a household n...

The extraordinary life of Sergiu Celibidache, from his childhood in Romania to his exile in pursuit ...

The story of the famous and influential 1960s rock band and its lead singer and composer, Jim Morris...

The life and career of Italian opera singer Farinelli, considered one of the greatest castrato singe...

A young woman, who has inherited her grandparents' huge house, a fascinating place full of amazing o...

Cult leader Warren Jeffs rises to power in the polygamist Mormon sect once headed by his late father...

When a fleet of mysterious spaceships attacks Dream Land, Kirby embarks on a nerve-shattering journe...

The tumultuous life of Arthur Rimbaud, the cursed poet, who completed his masterwork at the age of t...

1936. Giovanni Comini, the youngest Federal in Fascist Italy, is summoned to Rome for a delicate mis...