Hitler's invasion of Russia was one of the landmark events of World War II. This documentary reveals the lead-up to the offensive, its impact on the war and the brinksmanship that resulted from the battle for Moscow. Rare footage from both German and Russian archives and detailed maps illustrate the conflict, while award-winning historian and author John Erickson provides insight into the pivotal maneuvers on the eastern front.

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

The lifelong friendship between Rafe McCawley and Danny Walker is put to the ultimate test when the ...

Starting with a long and lyrical overture, evoking the origins of the Olympic Games in ancient Greec...

Part two of Leni Riefenstahl's monumental examination of the 1938 Olympic Games, the cameras leave t...

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

Compilation of images of the amateur recordings of Madronita Andreu, Catalan intellectual of the nin...

The true story of photographer Elizabeth "Lee" Miller, a fashion model who became an acclaimed war c...

It was perhaps the most spectacular flourishing of imagination and achievement in recorded history. ...

A profile of writer-director Billy Wilder
Documentary that describes and analyzes the characteristics, themes and central concerns of Roman Po...

The youngest protagonist of the documentary is Wartburg, an automobile over 50 years of age. The car...

A bitter battle is fought between Australian and Japanese soldiers along the Kokoda trail in New Gui...

This riveting music documentary traces the history of Jazz piano legend Oscar Peterson, from his ear...

It is 1943, and the German army—ravaged and demoralised—is hastily retreating from the Russian front...

Starting in late May 1944, during the German retreat on the Eastern Front, Captain Stransky (Helmut ...

Follows the waves of literary, political, and cultural history as charted by the The New York Review...

The film chronicles the story of how the Nazis and the IOC turned, to their mutual benefit, a small ...

Wes Hurley's autobiographical tale of growing up gay in Soviet Union Russia, only to escape with his...