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.

In the year 180 A.D. Germanic tribes are about to invade the Roman empire from the north. In the mid...

The real-life story of Gisella Perl, a Jewish Hungarian doctor imprisoned in the notorious Auschwitz...

Salem, Massachusetts. A small town—with no clear governing body—became embroiled in a scandal that f...

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

A testament to NASA's Apollo program of the 1960s and '70s. Composed of actual NASA footage of the m...

During the 13th century, a small village fights for freedom in the frontier landscape of the Carpath...
This short-form documentary focuses on the true story of Alfons Heck, who as an impressionable 10-y...

The story of the Avro Arrow, the world's fastest fighter plane built in 1950's Canada, and how the p...

Rummaging for Pasts is an experimental juxtaposition of two cinematic documents: the video diary of ...

The story of Tasmanian-born actor Errol Flynn whose short & flamboyant life, full of scandals, adven...

Professor Niall Ferguson argues that Britain's decision to enter the First World War was a catastrop...

In late 19th-century Sicily, the noble Uzeda family—whose lineage dates back to the ancient viceroys...

In 1943, two British intelligence officers concoct Operation Mincemeat, wherein their plan to drop a...

In this hour-long documentary, Oxford academic Janina Ramirez tours the country in search of Anglo-S...

During the Napoleonic Wars, when the French have occupied Spain, some Spanish guerrilla soldiers are...

Britain, A.D. 117. Quintus Dias, the sole survivor of a Pictish raid on a Roman frontier fort, march...

Two men answer the call of the ocean in this romantic fantasy-adventure. Jacques and Enzo are a pai...

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 ...