Stéphane Bern tells the story of King Louis XVI, deposed by the revolution and guillotined on January 21st, 1793. He was a cultured man, passionate about the technical advances of his time, but powerless against the huge deficit in the country. He actively supported the birth of the USA. Louis XVI was the last king to live in the palace of Versailles, where he organized the first flight of a balloon, launched the legendary expedition of Jean-Francois de La Perouse and offered his wife Marie Antoinette, the beautiful setting of the Petit Trianon, as million visitors around the world continue to admire.

A vampire relates his epic life story of love, betrayal, loneliness, and dark hunger to an over-curi...

Film about the fictitious adventures of Franz Freiherr von Trenck, who lived during the times of emp...

The story of revolutionary woman Manon Roland.

The era of palace coups in Russia ended with the coronation of a prominent historical figure: Cather...

Disciplined Italian composer Antonio Salieri becomes consumed by jealousy and resentment towards the...

Two warriors in pursuit of a stolen sword and a notorious fugitive are led to an impetuous, physical...

The Bounty leaves Portsmouth in 1787. Its destination: to sail to Tahiti and load bread-fruit. Capta...

New York trapper Tom Dobb becomes an unwilling participant in the American Revolution after his son ...

To get royal backing on a needed drainage project, a poor French lord must learn to play the delicat...

A chronicle of the life of 18th century aristocrat Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, who was reviled...

Jeannette Vaubernier, an impulsive shopgirl en route to deliver a hat, dreams of luxury and position...

Aging King George III of England is exhibiting signs of madness, a problem little understood in 1788...

When a Spanish Jesuit goes into the South American wilderness to build a mission in the hope of conv...

Patrick Bourgeois dives into the history of one of the worst naval tragedies that ever occurred in Q...

The true story of William Wilberforce and his courageous quest to end the British slave trade. Along...

Painter Francisco Goya becomes involved with the Spanish Inquisition after his muse, Inés, is arrest...

A landscape gardener is hired by famous architect Le Nôtre to construct the grand gardens at the pal...

1790 Turku. After Katarina Thorwöst becomes a widow, there are many suitors, but her heart belongs t...

Colonial representatives gather in Philadelphia with the aim of establishing a set of governmental r...

The Count of Maravillas receives an unusual proposal from a masked woman: to kidnap the valido of Ki...