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.

The film traces the life of Çakırcalı Mehmet Efe, a Zeybek (active as an outlaw in the region enclos...

A dramatic history of Pu Yi, the last of the Emperors of China, from his lofty birth and brief reign...

Based on the memoir by Indian policy analyst Sanjaya Baru, The Accidental Prime Minister explores Ma...

Jack Kerouac's life is examined through interviews with his contemporaries and friends including All...

A dying man in his forties recalls his childhood, his mother, the war and personal moments that tell...

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

A documentary about surrealist artist Salvador Dali, narrated by Orson Welles.

Part documentary, part drama, this film presents the life and work of Jack Kerouac, an American writ...

An account of the life and work of the charismatic and seductive Spanish singer Julio Iglesias, from...

After having released her fourth album "Red" in October 2012, Taylor Alison Swift continues to tear ...

A biography of the short-lived character actor Laird Cregar.

From Star Trek to The Sound of Music, award-winning director Robert Wise was dedicated, inventive, a...

The true, harrowing story of a young Jewish girl who, with her family and their friends, is forced i...

Rather than choosing a great leader or king, God chooses Abraham, an elderly shepherd from Mesopotam...

In the late 1990s, iconic photographer Bruce Weber barely managed to convince legendary actor Robert...

Efforts of the United Mine Workers, led by Mother Jones, to organize coal miners in southern West Vi...
Josef Laufer portrays Egon Erwin Kisch in two daring journalistic adventures: in “Zuřivý reportér,” ...