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.

An optician grapples with the Indonesian mass killings of 1965-1966, during which his older brother ...

Born in 1932, Keiko Kishi has been one of the first Japanese actresses known worldwide. Her decision...
Dramatization of the life of legendary transgender cabaret and drag performer Marie-Pierre Pruvot, a...

The true story of how businessman Oskar Schindler saved over a thousand Jewish lives from the Nazis ...

After a wonderful time in Hungary Sissi falls extremely ill and must retreat to a Mediterranean clim...

Greek painter Domenikos Theotokopoulos (Mel Ferrer) woos a beauty (Rosanna Schiaffino) and faces the...

How the inventor of the detective story became his own greatest mystery.

In 1561, Mary Stuart, widow of the King of France, returns to Scotland, reclaims her rightful throne...

In 1943, as Hitler continues to wage war across Europe, a group of college students mount an undergr...

1911. Lenin organizes the first Bolshevik party school near Paris, in the small town of Longjumeau. ...

From his birth in Bethlehem to his death and eventual resurrection, the life of Jesus Christ is give...

The film is about famous Chechen ballet and folk dancer Mahmud Essembayev's life.

A look at President Richard M. Nixon—a man carrying the fate of the world on his shoulders while bat...

The life and career of Italian opera singer Farinelli, considered one of the greatest castrato singe...

The story of Bobby Sands, the IRA member who led the 1981 hunger strike during The Troubles in which...

1940, Jeanne Reichenbach turns her back on a peaceful life to link her destiny to Léon Blum. She's b...

This film is a glimpse into the life, love and the unconquerable spirit of the legendary Bruce Lee. ...

Efforts of the United Mine Workers, led by Mother Jones, to organize coal miners in southern West Vi...

The story of Dian Fossey, a scientist who came to Africa to study the vanishing mountain gorillas, a...

The true story of Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man ever elected to public office. In San Franci...