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.

A documentary portrait of a legendary Czech jockey, Josef Vána, reveals his inner world of thoughts....

The extraordinary life of playwright, singer, actor, composer, and director Noël Coward, who rose fr...

This compelling Documentary moves beyond the spotlight and past the attention-grabbing headlines to ...

As Russian writer Boris Pasternak (1890-1960) thinks it is impossible that his novel Doctor Zhivago ...

The great French scientist, struggling with his own limitations from a stroke, is not deterred by sc...

Featuring Harry Belafonte, Aja Monet, Aloe Blacc, and Jesse Williams, Following Harry explores the l...

At the end of 1918 while civil war is raging on in Russia, antagonism is slowly spreading to the Eas...

A look at the roller coaster life of Sam J. Jones since his role as Flash Gordon, his struggles and ...

During the 1920's, Augusto San Miguel (1905-1937) directed, produced and starred in the first featur...

A biopic of Napoleon Bonaparte, tracing the Corsican's career from his schooldays (where a snowball ...

A biography of the dancer Isadora Duncan, the 1920s dancer who forever changed people's ideas of bal...

A chronicle of the personal life and public career of the celebrated artist and filmmaker Julian Sch...

A film biography of Rikard Nordraak, composer of the Norwegian national anthem.

From practicing barefoot on the streets of Lagos to performing on stage in England, twelve year old ...

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

An in-depth profile of the life and career of Willy T. Ribbs - the controversial Black driver who sh...