The Black Council gives a vivid picture of the different levels of society in seventeenth-century Ukraine. The main theme is the need for people to be motivated by high ideals as they engage in the struggle of truth with injustice.
This film, adapted from a work of fiction by author Tracy Chevalier, tells a story about the events ...
In the early eighteenth century, foreign rule means dark times for the Hutsuls of the Carpathians. T...
Flanders, Hispanic Monarchy, 1616. The inhabitants of the small town of Boom are busy organizing the...
England, 1645. The cruel civil war between Royalists and Parliamentarians that is ravaging the count...
In 17th century Finland young Arvid is forced to marry Brita but their ways soon part when their res...
On an isolated English farm in 1657, Fanny lives a quiet life with her oppressive husband John and t...
A young artist is commissioned by the wife of a wealthy landowner to make a series of drawings of th...
In the 17th century, seven swordsmen join their forces to save the villagers from a manipulating Gen...
Set in puritanical Boston in the mid 1600s, the story of seamstress Hester Prynne, who is outcast af...
The story of John Wilmot, a.k.a. the Earl of Rochester, a 17th century poet who famously drank and d...
Kingdom of Hungary, 17th century. As she gets older, powerful Countess Erzsébet Báthory (1560-1614),...
When the young republic of The Netherlands is attacked by England, France and Germany and faces its ...
Dr. Peter Blood, unjustly convicted of treason and exiled from England, becomes a notorious pirate.
Salem, Massachusetts. A small town—with no clear governing body—became embroiled in a scandal that f...
Cutthroat pirate William Kidd captures Admiral Blayne's treasure ship and hides the bounty in a cave...
A recounting of the relationship between General Fairfax and Oliver Cromwell, as they try to cope wi...