The modern history of the Congo, the heart of Africa, is a terrifying tale of appalling brutality: how the greedy and incredibly ruthless King Leopold II of Belgium (1935-1909) turned a vast country into his private estate (1885-1908) and how he plundered the land and raped the bodies and souls of its defenceless inhabitants, causing countless victims; and what exactly is the true impact of this often forgotten story of crime and horror today.

Tornionjokilaakso at the end of the 19th century, Paloniemi's landlord Heikki tries to get out of hi...

France, 1914, during World War I. On Christmas Eve, an extraordinary event takes place in the bloody...

The love story of young Countess Natasha Rostova and Count Pierre Bezukhov is interwoven with the Gr...

In 1879, during the Anglo-Zulu War, man-of-the-people Lt. Chard and snooty Lt. Bromhead are in charg...

Kanichiro Yoshimura is a Samurai and Family man who can no longer support his wife and children on t...

A Latvian tragicomedy about a young artist who bears witness to the dramatic political upheavals of ...

When his family moves from their home in Berlin to a strange new house in Poland, young Bruno befrie...

Julia always said that her upbringing as a biological child in a foster family was a happy time. But...

In northern Finland in the fall of 1916, Saima Niva rescues a man drifting in the river, who turns o...

Nominated for two primetime Emmy Awards in 1984, this made-for-TV movie follows the true story of Am...

Jamie Graham, a privileged English boy, is living in Shanghai when the Japanese invade and force all...

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

During the Vietnam War, a soldier finds himself the outsider of his own squad when they unnecessaril...

The sinking of the Titanic is presented in a highly realistic fashion in this tense British drama. T...

Based on the historical novel by Flaubert, "Salammbo" tells the story of the Mercenary War between C...
The story begins with Jean Valjean as a humble worker endeavoring to provide for his invalid mother....
Jean Valjean, guilty of a minor theft of food, is pursued and hounded for years by a relentless lawm...

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

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

In a time of war and disease, a young officer gallantly tries to help a young woman find her husband...