About the life and work of the poet Sergei Yesenin, his connection with his native country, its people and nature. Childhood, love, painful searches for his place in the new, revolutionary Russia — everything found a place in Yesenin's lyrics. Frames illustrating Yesenin's poetry and poems are side by side in the film with episodes of the poet's biography: the film reflects the days of his stay in America, World War I, revolution and village round dances, a daring uncle, a wise mother...

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

The story of Buzz Aldrin, the second astronaut to walk on the moon, and the problems he had after hi...

A retired farmer and widower in his 70s, Alvin Straight learns one day that his distant brother Lyle...

The true story of pianist Władysław Szpilman's experiences in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. Whe...

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

The young Bavarian princess Elisabeth, who all call Sissi, goes with her mother and older sister Nén...

Sissi is now the empress of Austria and attempts to learn etiquette. While she is busy being empress...

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

A twice-divorced mother of three who sees an injustice, takes on the bad guy and wins -- with a litt...

Gus Van Sant tells the story of a young African American man named Jamal who confronts his talents w...

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

The true story of Henry Hill, a half-Irish, half-Sicilian Brooklyn kid who is adopted by neighbourho...

At an elite, old-fashioned boarding school in New England, a passionate English teacher inspires his...

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

The story of three women searching for more potent, meaningful lives. Each is alive at a different t...

A true story about Frank Abagnale Jr. who, before his 19th birthday, successfully conned millions of...

In what would cause a fantastic media frenzy, Clifford Irving sells his bogus biography of Howard Hu...

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