In 1853, as the British and Russian empires compete to gain and maintain their place in the dreadful Great Game of political intrigues and alliances whose greatest prize is the domination of India and the border territories, Major Geoffrey Vickers must endure several betrayals and misfortunes before he can achieve his revenge at the Balaclava Heights, on October 25, 1854, the most glorious day of the Crimean War.

Two brothers develop a sexual attraction to one another amid the unkind world around them.

After a rapid engagement, a dowdy daughter of a chemist weds an industrialist, knowing little of his...

The head of a failing French family thinks that fate has smiled down on him when the daughter of a w...

The story of the Newton gang, the most successful bank robbers in history, owing to their good plann...

Ukraine, 16th century. While the Poles dominate the Cossack steppes, Andrei, son of Taras Bulba, a C...

Cultured Mario and outlaw Lucien, twins separated at birth, join forces to avenge their parents' dea...

Set in the India of the British Raj, the evil and untrustworthy Prince Guhl (Raymond Massey) plans t...

During the Texas War of Independence of 1836 American frontiersman and pioneer Jim Bowie pleads for ...

Two estranged brothers are brought together when they have opposite roles in a racist beating: while...

Kingdom of Hungary, 17th century. As she gets older, powerful Countess Erzsébet Báthory (1560-1614),...

A disgraced officer risks his life to help his childhood friends in battle.

Sir Robert Beaumont is behind schedule on a railroad in Africa. Enlisting noted engineer John Henry ...

The story of the first major battle of the American phase of the Vietnam War and the soldiers on bot...

In early 20th-century Montana, Col. William Ludlow lives on a ranch in the wilderness with his sons,...

French Basque Country, year 1609. The men of a small fishing village have gone to sea. Judge Rostegu...

After her return from school in Paris, a playboy finally takes notice of his family's chauffeur's da...

In early 19th century England, orphaned Becky Sharp defies her poverty-stricken background and ascen...

Two Australian sprinters face the brutal realities of war when they are sent to fight in the Gallipo...

The dramatised story of the Irish civil rights protest march on January 30 1972 which ended in a mas...

A young British officer resigns his post when he learns of his regiment's plan to ship out to the Su...