Salamanca, Spain, 1936. In the early days of the military rebellion that began the Spanish Civil War (1936-39), writer Miguel de Unamuno supports the uprising in the hope that the prevailing political chaos will end. But when the confrontation becomes bloody, Unamuno must question his initial position.

Sudan, East Africa, 1980. A team of Israeli Mossad agents plans to rescue and transfer thousands of ...

The turbulent personal and professional life of actor Peter Sellers (1925-1980), from his beginnings...

In 1936, two female artists (a singer and a pianist) visit the city of Lushnja, which was very conse...

The life and professional career of the Spanish filmmaker Florián Rey (1894-1962), a brilliant artis...

An Irish Catholic family returns to 1930s Limerick after a child's death in America. The unemployed ...

In 1336, Pedro, heir to the Portuguese crown, marries Constanza Manuel de Villena, a Castilian noble...

Island of Java, 1942, during World War II. British Major Jack Celliers arrives at a Japanese prison ...

New York, 1937. A teenager hired to star in Orson Welles' production of Julius Caesar becomes attrac...

Spain, 1938. A woman is quietly planting seeds in her garden when two armed soldiers appear. Before ...

Inside the Kit Kat Club of 1931 Berlin, starry-eyed singer Sally Bowles and an impish emcee sound th...

In the late 1990s, iconic photographer Bruce Weber barely managed to convince legendary actor Robert...

A novice con man teams up with an acknowledged master to avenge the murder of a mutual friend by pul...

In 1930s fascist Italy, adolescent Luca just lost his mother. His father, a callous businessman, sen...

France, 1914, during World War I. On Christmas Eve, an extraordinary event takes place in the bloody...

Depression-era bank robber John Dillinger's charm and audacity endear him to much of America's downt...

After a series of traumatic childhood events, a psychosomatically deaf, dumb and blind boy becomes a...

According to the official history of Afghanistan, ruthless destruction has always prevailed over art...

An account of the life and work of the Polish writer Stanisław Lem (1921-2006), a key figure in scie...

In 1931, three Aboriginal girls escape after being plucked from their homes to be trained as domesti...

Mike Sullivan works as a hit man for crime boss John Rooney. Sullivan views Rooney as a father figur...