For 70 years, the Red Army was one of the pillars of the USSR, an object of both fear and admiration, a symbol of both liberation and coercion. This documentary explores its history, combining epic storytelling with the deconstruction of myth. While everyone knows that Trotsky's name is attached to his creation, contrary to popular belief, the bulk of his story is made up of defeats and military failures. Thanks to an all-archival montage, this film is a veritable immersion in the heart of...

A US Army officer, who made a "friendly fire" mistake that was covered up, has been reassigned to a ...

At the height of the space race, three U.S. astronauts are tapped as the first Apollo crew. With daz...

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

A dramatized account of a great Russian naval mutiny and a resultant public demonstration, showing s...

In 1924, Oskar Matzerath is born in the Free City of Danzig. At age three, he falls down a flight of...

Debunking the mythology surrounding the 16th century French prophet, Nostradamus.

In the first decades of the 20th century, when life was being transformed by scientific innovations,...

Set during the 1939–1940 Winter War, the film follows a group of young women from Leningrad who volu...

In 1937, amidst Stalin's Great Terror, a newly appointed prosecutor for the USSR is made aware of al...

The setting is the east shore of the Caspian Sea (today's Turkmenistan) where the Red Army soldier F...

The story of the documentary The Sorrow and the Pity (1971), directed by Marcel Ophüls, which caused...

The story of a Franco-Belgian family living in Japan from 1927 to 1947, a time of prosperity and for...

In northern Peru, the unprecedented archaeological discovery of the largest known mass child sacrifi...

Druids have existed far longer than hitherto assumed, since the 4th century BC. Their traces are fou...

In 150 years, twice marked by total destruction —a terrible earthquake in 1923 and incendiary bombin...

Keith Garner visits historical locations, elegant chapels and bustling city centres as he discovers ...

Meet the real-life airmen who inspired Masters of the Air as they share the harrowing and transforma...