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.
Former P.O.W. Jack Calgrove moves Heaven and Earth to be reunited with his children following the Ci...
Disciplined Italian composer Antonio Salieri becomes consumed by jealousy and resentment towards the...
In 18th century France, Marquise de Merteuil asks her ex-lover Vicomte de Valmont to seduce the futu...
Brought to Versailles as the companion of courtier D'Aigullon, former street waif Madame du Barry ch...
A love triangle forms between post-Enlightenment writer Friedrich Schiller and two sisters -- one wh...
Two warriors in pursuit of a stolen sword and a notorious fugitive are led to an impetuous, physical...
A vampire relates his epic life story of love, betrayal, loneliness, and dark hunger to an over-curi...
On July 14, 1789, a mob of angry Parisians stormed the Bastille and seized the King's military store...
A nobleman with a literary flair, the Marquis de Sade lives in a madhouse where a beautiful laundry ...
Fletcher Christian successfully leads a revolt against the ruthless Captain Bligh on the HMS Bounty....
Painter Francisco Goya becomes involved with the Spanish Inquisition after his muse, Inés, is arrest...
The Bounty leaves Portsmouth in 1787. Its destination: to sail to Tahiti and load bread-fruit. Capta...
Colonial representatives gather in Philadelphia with the aim of establishing a set of governmental r...
A story of lost love, young love, a legendary sword and one last opportunity at redemption.
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...
In the Jacobite Rising of 1745, the Young Pretender Bonnie Prince Charlie leads an insurrection to o...
In the highlands of Scotland in the 1700s, Rob Roy tries to lead his small town to a better future, ...