Syracuse lies between the warring nations of Rome and Carthage; as long as the balance of power between the nations remains intact, both nations are willing to preserve the neutrality of Syracuse. However, Rome has now gotten the upper hand in its struggle for power. The fate of Syracuse lies in the hands of its leader, the famed inventor and scientist Archimedes.

During China's Warring States period, a district prefect arrives at the palace of Qin Shi Huang, cla...

After the death of Emperor Marcus Aurelius, his devious son takes power and demotes Maximus, one of ...

Over the period of 25 years the director met General Võ Nguyên Giáp, a legendary hero of Vietnam’s i...

After the death of Octavian, the rebel populations of Illyria and Pannonia pose a grave threat to th...
Kathy's family left on a Saturday morning in 1965. The rumble of bulldozers echoed through the neigh...

A history of the French Revolution beginning from the decision of the king to convene the Etats-Gene...

A graduate student and obsessive runner in New York is drawn into a mysterious plot involving his br...

The story of an unruly class of bright, funny history students at a Yorkshire grammar school in purs...

While escaping from a foiled robbery attempt, three thieves find themselves surrounded by police at ...

During WWII, a teenage boy discovering himself becomes love-stricken by Malèna, a sensual woman livi...

A series of bawdy and satirical episodes written during the reign of the emperor Nero and set in imp...

An engrossing spectacle set in the 4th-century BC, in which Alexander of Greece leads his troops for...

The troubled relationship between Gianni and Nino, set in the narrow-minded and prejudicial Sicily o...

Warlords Kagetora and Takeda each wish to prevent the other from gaining hegemony in feudal Japan. T...

Montelusa, Sicily, Italy, 1877. Giovanni Bovara, the new chief inspector of the mills, is charged wi...

In 1937, eight hundred Chinese soldiers fight under siege from a warehouse in the middle of the Shan...

While on holiday in Rhodes, Athenian war hero Darios becomes involved in two different plots to over...

Paris, 1884. Bella Fontanges, a renowned ballerina, is married to Georges de Segar. But after just a...

A graphic portrayal of the last twelve hours of Jesus of Nazareth's life.

A young Bulgarian girl digs into her grandfather's turbulent life in an attempt to unravel the past ...