The death of King Henry VIII throws his kingdom into chaos because of succession disputes. His weak son, Edward, is on his deathbed. Anxious to keep England true to the Reformation, a scheming minister John Dudley marries off his son, Guildford to Lady Jane Grey, whom he places on the throne after Edward dies. At first hostile to each other, Guildford and Jane fall in love, but they cannot withstand the course of power which will lead to their ultimate downfall.

Venice, 1596. Bassanio begs his friend Antonio, a prosperous merchant, to lend him a large sum of mo...

Aging King George III of England is exhibiting signs of madness, a problem little understood in 1788...

In feudal Japan, during a bloody war between clans, two cowardly and greedy peasants, soldiers of a ...

The Queen is an intimate behind the scenes glimpse at the interaction between HM Elizabeth II and Pr...

Out of prison after a five-year stretch, jewel thief Tony turns down a quick job his friend Jo offer...

A celebration of love and creative inspiration takes place in the infamous, gaudy and glamorous Pari...

A depiction of the conflict between King Henry VIII of England and his Lord Chancellor, Sir Thomas M...

Young William Shakespeare is forced to stage his latest comedy, 'Romeo and Ethel, the Pirate's Daugh...

A few decades after the destruction of the Inca Empire, a Spanish expedition led by the infamous Agu...

Story of the early life of genius and Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman.

Set in the Mayan civilization, when a man's idyllic presence is brutally disrupted by a violent inva...

In 1520, the notorious and power-hungry Danish King Christian II is determined to seize the Swedish ...

Village of Artigat, southern France, summer 1542, during the reign of Francis I. Martin Guerre and B...

When Queen Elizabeth's reign is threatened by ruthless familial betrayal and Spain's invading army, ...

The story of the ascension to the throne and the early reign of Queen Elizabeth the First, the endle...

During the early 16th century, idealistic German monk Martin Luther, disgusted by the materialism in...

The story of a poor young woman, separated by prejudice from her husband and baby, is interwoven wit...

A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs pr...

Summer 1890. In order to make some money to feed his family, Anton Chekhov, modest physician, wrote ...