Film journalist and critic Rüdiger Suchsland examines German cinema from 1919, when the Republic of Weimar is born, to 1933, when the Nazis come into power. (Followed by Hitler's Hollywood, 2017.)

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

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

In the waning days of summer 1931, Honolulu's tropical tranquility was shattered when a young Navy w...

A look at the life of legendary American pilot Amelia Earhart, who disappeared while flying over the...
A documentary about the cultural effect of film censorship, focusing on the tumultuous times of the ...

In 1936, two female artists (a singer and a pianist) visit the city of Lushnja, which was very conse...

Because of the power of love, the last year of Franz Kafka's life becomes his happiest. The well-kno...

In 1931, three Aboriginal girls escape after being plucked from their homes to be trained as domesti...

True story of the undersized Depression-era racehorse whose victories lifted not only the spirits of...

A true-story account of a German businessman who saved more than 200,000 Chinese during the Nanjing ...

The extraordinary life of playwright, singer, actor, composer, and director Noël Coward, who rose fr...

Alain Lefevre is a boxer paid by a Marseille mobster to take a dive. When he wins the fight he attem...

A dying man in his forties recalls his childhood, his mother, the war and personal moments that tell...

The life and career of the hailed Hollywood movie star and underappreciated genius inventor, Hedy La...

Elliot Ness, an ambitious prohibition agent, is determined to take down Al Capone. In order to achie...

An exploration —manipulated and staged— of life in Las Hurdes, in the province of Cáceres, in Extrem...

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