A history of the French Revolution beginning from the decision of the king to convene the Etats-Generaux in 1789 in order to deal with France's debt problem. Part one spans the event until August 10, 1792 (when the King Louis XVI lost all authority and was imprisoned). Part two carries the story through the end of the terror in 1794.

Nine years later, Jesse travels across Europe giving readings from a book he wrote about the night h...

When an asteroid threatens to collide with Earth, NASA honcho Dan Truman determines the only way to ...

The wife of a famous composer survives a car accident that kills her husband and daughter. Now alone...

1982, Poland. A translator loses her husband and becomes a victim of her own sorrow. She looks to se...

A dramatisation of the workers' protests in June 1976 in Radom, seen from the perspective of the loc...

When a group of idealistic young men join the German Army during the Great War, they are assigned to...

Two angels, Damiel and Cassiel, glide through the streets of Berlin, observing the bustling populati...

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

For young Parisian boy Antoine Doinel, life is one difficult situation after another. Surrounded by ...

A weekend at a marquis’ country château lays bare some ugly truths about a group of haut bourgeois a...

A group of French soldiers, including the patrician Captain de Boeldieu and the working-class Lieute...

A celebration of love and creative inspiration takes place in the infamous, gaudy and glamorous Pari...

In 18th century France, Marquise de Merteuil asks her ex-lover Vicomte de Valmont to seduce the futu...

In 1943, as Hitler continues to wage war across Europe, a group of college students mount an undergr...

Liu Jian, an elite Chinese police officer, comes to Paris to arrest a Chinese drug lord. When Jian i...

In 1980, the black Falashas in Ethiopia are recognised as genuine Jews and are secretly carried to I...

In May 1974, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing became the third President of the Fifth Republic. An alternati...

In 1970s Iran, Marjane 'Marji' Satrapi watches events through her young eyes and her idealistic fami...