It is May 1912. Thirteen political prisoners are being tried in a naval fortress of Kronstadt. They are sentenced to death by hanging. A clandestine Bolshevik organization decides to free the prisoners during their transfer to the place of execution. Vasily Panin, a junker of a school of naval engineers, is one of those entrusted with this dangerous task.

Salem, Massachusetts. A small town—with no clear governing body—became embroiled in a scandal that f...

The real-life story of Gisella Perl, a Jewish Hungarian doctor imprisoned in the notorious Auschwitz...

During the Napoleonic Wars, when the French have occupied Spain, some Spanish guerrilla soldiers are...

A BBC dramatization of the Pendle witch trials of Lancashire, England that occurred in 1616.

The story of the Avro Arrow, the world's fastest fighter plane built in 1950's Canada, and how the p...

This World War II documentary rests on an unusual thesis: it argues that, in the wake of Pearl Harbo...

When a US Naval captain shows signs of mental instability that jeopardize his ship, the first office...

A politically naive Viennese butcher manages to survive the Nazi occupation of Austria and the secon...

A graduate student and obsessive runner in New York is drawn into a mysterious plot involving his br...

During the 13th century, a small village fights for freedom in the frontier landscape of the Carpath...
The legendary tale of the forty-seven samurai and their mission to avenge the death of their master.

The legendary tale of the forty-seven samurai who seek vengeance against the man who caused their ma...

The story of Salvador Puig Antich, one of the last political prisoners to be executed under Franco's...

The story of Hitler’s final hours told by people who were there. This special features exclusive for...

Professor Niall Ferguson argues that Britain's decision to enter the First World War was a catastrop...

In 208 A.D., in the final days of the Han Dynasty, shrewd Prime Minster Cao convinced the fickle Emp...

In the days after the attack on Pearl Harbor, panic grips California, where a military officer leads...
This short-form documentary focuses on the true story of Alfons Heck, who as an impressionable 10-y...

Aaron Eliyahu, a Jewish man, travels to a small village called Mala, Kerala in search of his Jewish ...

A departing professor gathers his closest colleagues for an intimate farewell, but the night takes a...