The film consists of a monologue performed by Walter Sedlmayr, who plays Theodor Hierneis, the chef at the court of Ludwig II of Bavaria. The screenplay was written by Syberberg and Sedlmayr and is based on the memoirs of Hierneis.

In 1894, French officer Alfred Dreyfus is wrongly convicted for the treasonous acts of another man, ...

An expansive Russian drama, this film focuses on the life of revered religious icon painter Andrei R...

The true story of boxer Jim Braddock who, following his retirement in the 1930s, makes a surprise co...

New York in the 1920s. Max Perkins, a literary editor is the first to sign such subsequent literary ...

Clara Immerwahr and her husband to be Fritz Haber are both young and gifted chemists. Their struggle...

After marrying a successful Parisian writer known commonly as Willy, Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette is tr...

In the early years of the 20th century, Mohandas K. Gandhi, a British-trained lawyer, forsakes all w...

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

A documentary that traces the life and times of Bhagat Singh, a committed Marxist who most ably exem...

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

Forced into exile by the English after being crowned King of Scotland, legendary warrior Robert the ...

The brief life of Jean Michel Basquiat, a world renowned New York street artist struggling with fame...

A daughter is constantly overshadowed by her famous father, but she is determined to make her own ma...

This film follows scientist Henry Bates as he explores the Amazon for proof of natural selection.

Maria Callas, the world's greatest opera singer, lives the last days of her life in 1970s Paris, as ...

The true, harrowing story of a young Jewish girl who, with her family and their friends, is forced i...

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

Historical evocation of Ludwig, king of Bavaria, from his crowning in 1864 until his death in 1886, ...

A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man being mistreated by his "owner" as a side-show ...

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