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.

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 ...

A sumptuous and sensual tale of intrigue, romance and betrayal set against the backdrop of a definin...

Set in the 16th century, this is a story about Ukraine's Cossack warriors and their campaign to defe...

Akira Kurosawa's lauded feudal epic presents the tale of a petty thief who is recruited to impersona...

Based on the novel by Charles de Coster "The Legend of Thyl Ulenspiegel and Lamme Goedzak, and their...

Italy, 16th century. Petruchio, a choleric, lying and poor rural landowner from Verona, arrives in P...

Tom Canty is a poor English boy who bears a remarkable resemblance to Edward, Prince of Wales and so...

In postwar Tokyo, a blunt, alcohol-soaked doctor diagnoses a swaggering young yakuza with tuberculos...

The film is a historic parable about the topicality of revolution. 1514. The peasants' uprising is o...

Lawman Wyatt Earp and outlaw Doc Holliday form an unlikely alliance which culminates in their partic...

Henry VIII of England discards his wife, Katharine of Aragon, who has failed to produce a male heir,...

Dashing pirate Geoffrey Thorpe plunders Spanish ships for Queen Elizabeth I and falls in love with D...

A 16th-century Spanish overlord hires Thomas Stanswood (Stuart Granger) to protect his, less than ea...

The tragic fate of Juana I of Castille, Queen of Spain, madly in love to an unfaithful husband, Feli...

The film concerns the life of King Naresuan, who liberated the Siamese from the control of Burma. Bo...

Melvyn Bragg explores the dramatic story of William Tyndale and his mission to translate the Bible i...

A doctor explains to his children the dangers of tuberculosis, what it is and how to prevent against...

Henry VIII has just married Marie of Normandy, and is eager to consummate their marriage. Unfortunat...