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.

Lyle and Eric Menendez were nice, educated boys from Beverly Hills, which makes the murder of their ...

A unique cinematic experience that invites audiences on a vibrant journey through the life of cultur...

The brief life of Jean Michel Basquiat, a world renowned New York street artist struggling with fame...
The life story of an unassuming, modest, yet extremely principled woman is also a dramatic portrait ...

A tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. He hi...

From Vogue magazine fashion photographer to filmmaker, painter and sculptor, Bailey is the working-c...

A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man being mistreated by his "owner" as a side-show ...

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

In 1943, as Hitler continues to wage war across Europe, a group of college students mount an undergr...

The man behind the legend and a knowing look at 1950s Hollywood are revealed in this dynamic biopic ...
An analysis of the spirit and human qualities of Knud Rasmussen, who made a unique contribution to t...

When Danish filmmaker Lea Glob first portrayed Apolonia Sokol in 2009, she appeared to be leading a ...

The two brothers Jean and Pierre Ravier have opened almost all the "classic" (difficult) routes in c...

This is the story of a man who climbed the Hollywood ladder, one rung at a time, until he reached th...

Based on the true life story of California gymnast Ariana Berlin. As she zoned in on her Olympic goa...

The story of iconic Spanish artist Susana Estrada's struggle against censorship and sexual repressio...

Kleist's death at Wannsee - a spectacular case that has disturbed and fascinated posterity to this d...

Waffen-SS officer Otto Skorzeny (1908-75) became famous for his participation in daring military act...

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