The incredible life of Jorge Semprún (1923-2011): son of a republican intellectual; exiled in the early days of the Spanish Civil War; survivor of the Buchenwald concentration camp during World War II; clandestine communist in Spain during Franco's dictatorship; controversial socialist politician; acclaimed writer, screenwriter and filmmaker.
The programme offers unique access to Julia Donaldson, her family, her rich archives and home movies...

Using archival footage, cabinet conversation recordings, and an interview of the 85-year-old Robert ...

Documentary about war photographer James Nachtwey, considered by many the greatest war photographer ...

A story of passion, rivalry, love, and friendship. Jan Banas, acclaimed Silesian football player of ...

A chronicle of the life of 18th century aristocrat Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, who was reviled...

A retrospective of the life and career of actor Cary Grant, including clips from his films and inter...
21-year-old Keith Blauschild, formally trained in the culinary arts, is also a self-taught ice carve...

A documentary about the Estonian artist Kaarel Kurismaa shows the viewer an insight into the world o...

Painter, poet and playwright, teacher and freethinker, lover and traveler, Austrian artist Oskar Kok...
For four years (1977-1981) Esaias Baitel documented a violent Parisian neo-Nazi gang. Having gained ...

After over 50 years of wandering up and down Japan, finally in the 1970s, the rough-hewn blind shami...

An extravagant, exotic and moving look at Rembrandt's romantic and professional life, and the contro...

The true story of Charlotte Salomon, a young German-Jewish painter who comes of age in Berlin on the...

The first of two documentaries about Ingmar Bergman produced to mark his 70th birthday. Includes beh...

Standout tells the powerful story of Ben Kjar, born with Crouzon Syndrome, a rare craniofacial disor...

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

In 1561, Mary Stuart, widow of the King of France, returns to Scotland, reclaims her rightful throne...

Armed with a limitless Rolodex and a Benedict Canyon enclave with its own disco, Allan Carr threw th...

Kirk Douglas recounts his remarkable life in a celebrated one-man theater performance augmented with...