Passengers on a ship traveling from Mexico to Europe in the 1930s represent society at large in that era. The crew is German, including the ship's Dr. Schumann, who falls in love with one of the passengers, La Condesa. A young American woman, Jenny, is traveling with the man she loves, David. Jenny is fascinated and puzzled by just who some of the other passengers are.

In the 1930s, once-great World War I pilot Roger Shumann performs as a daredevil barnstorming pilot ...

The painter Lili Elbe was the first person to have gender confirmation surgery in the 1930s. The hom...

Pre-WWII Czech democratic politician Milada Horáková was one of the first victims of the communist r...

In an Arctic village in 1931, British mapmaker Walter Russell selects 12-year-old Eskimo Avik as his...

Kharkiv, the 1930s. The heyday of Ukrainian art. Ambitious young poet Vladimir Akimov happily settle...

All her life, Englishwoman Gladys Aylward knew that China was the place where she belonged. Not qual...

Shanghai, China, 1930. When young Shuisheng arrives from the countryside, his uncle Liushu puts him ...

In 1936 Harlem, the first all-Black cast to perform Shakespeare's 'Macbeth', directed by a young and...

A mysterious tale set around a traditional British family on the eve of World War Two. Oblivious to ...

Loosely based biography of 1930s star Jean Harlow as she begins her climb to stardom. One of two "Ha...

In this reworking of "No, No, Nanette," wealthy heiress Nanette Carter bets her uncle $25,000 that s...

Tucson, Arizona, September 1996. At the request of his son Martin, George Goldsmith tells him of his...

When their ocean liner capsizes, a group of passengers struggle to survive and escape.

Scout Finch, 6, and her older brother Jem live in sleepy Maycomb, Alabama, spending much of their ti...

101-year-old Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story of her life aboard the Titanic, 84 years later. A y...

Pandora Reynolds is a woman who has never fallen in love – but one who men kill and die for. When sh...

A New York gangster and his girlfriend attempt to turn street beggar Apple Annie into a society lady...

A supernatural tale set on death row in a Southern prison, where gentle giant John Coffey possesses ...

In 1933 New York, an overly ambitious movie producer coerces his cast and hired ship crew to travel ...

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