Returning to his homeland after years of slavery, a Norman prince seeks revenge on his father's murderer – his ruthless uncle, Earl Durant. Gaining the trust of a band of exiled farmers, he leads them into battle against Durant, exploiting them in his inexorable quest for vengeance. As one by one they are slaughtered in the brutal battle, will the prince sacrifice everything an everyone to fulfil his quest for blood?
William Walker and his mercenary corps enter Nicaragua in the middle of the 19th century in order to...
True story of Ashraf Marwan, who was President Nasser's son-in-law and special adviser and confidant...
Master filmmaker Alexander Sokurov (Russian Ark) transforms a portrait of the world-renowned museum ...
At Sakurada Gate in 1860, the shogun’s chief minister and his retinue of bodyguards are ambushed and...
Sir Walter Scott's classic story of the chivalrous Ivanhoe who joins with Robin of Locksley in the f...
A historical drama set in Roman Egypt, concerning philosopher Hypatia of Alexandria and her relation...
Using historically-accurate, battle-filled re-enactments and interviews with expert historians and n...
During the conflict in the former Yugoslavia many soldiers were convinced to kill fellow citizens in...
Professor Saul David uses the BBC archive to chart the history of the world's most destructive war, ...
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, finds out that his uncle Claudius killed his father to obtain the throne,...
Set during the early part of his reign, Ivan faces betrayal from the aristocracy and even his closes...
Robin Hood fights nobly for justice against the evil Sir Guy of Gisbourne while striving to win the ...
A Muslim ambassador exiled from his homeland joins a group of Vikings, initially offended by their b...
Robert Gould Shaw leads the US Civil War's first all-black volunteer company, fighting prejudices of...
In WWII's final years, a soldier in the German army, a British glider pilot, and a Dutch resistance ...
A wild and rollicking martial arts fantasy extravaganza that features prized swords and swordsmen, a...
In the midst of the Hundred Years War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of ...
In 1915, the First World War is in full swing and young men are called to military service in rows -...
An onnagata (female impersonator) of a Kabuki troupe avenges his parents' deaths. Remade in 1963 as ...