Poetic documentary about the polar expedition of S. A. Andrée which Troell had previously dramatized in "Ingenjör Andrées luftfärd" (1982).

Starting in 1881 this film shows the personal battle between Lenin's Ulyanov family and the royal Ro...

The Impressionists are the most popular group in art history – millions flock every year to marvel a...

This 2004 documentary by Werner Herzog diaries the struggle of a passionate English inventor to desi...

In 1858 Charles Darwin struggles to publish one of the most controversial scientific theories ever c...

In the 19th century, China held the monopoly on tea, which was dear and fashionable in the West, and...

How in 1959, during the heat of the Cold War, the government of the United States decided to create ...

Gombessa Expedition 3 Protected by an international treaty Antarctica has been spared the effects o...

With a divine answer to a humble prayer at age 14, Joseph Smith began to fulfill his inspired missio...

Inspired by the book of the same name, film-maker James Marsh relays a tale of tragedy, murder and m...

Photo sequence of the rare transit of Venus over the face of the Sun, one of the first chronophotogr...

Recounts the 40-year history of building the Salt Lake Temple, shown as if recounted by Wilford Wood...

Ken Russell revisits the life of Elgar, with musical background provided by the composer's works.

Romantic art was a response to the social upheavals of the 19th century, as shown by works by its em...

A team of women from the Western and Arab world makes a bid to reach the North Pole. This unpreceden...
One of the most controversial figures in U.S. history, Jesse James has captured the imagination of t...

Docudrama telling the story of a building with a breath taking career that began in the empire, flou...

The last sovereign Zulu King, a female British missionary, an ambitious colonial official and a youn...

The life and struggles of Ferdinand Maximilian Joseph Maria of Habsburg-Lorraine (1832-1867), empero...