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.

Manuela is left behind when her husband Justo fights for his ideals against Franco's Nationalists du...

A look at the life of legendary American pilot Amelia Earhart, who disappeared while flying over the...

During the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) and the Second World War (1939-1945), around three thousand...

In 1924, Oskar Matzerath is born in the Free City of Danzig. At age three, he falls down a flight of...

A dramatic history of Pu Yi, the last of the Emperors of China, from his lofty birth and brief reign...

In the future, the government maintains control of public opinion by outlawing literature and mainta...

The story of Salvador Puig Antich, one of the last political prisoners to be executed under Franco's...

In the years before World War II, a penniless Japanese child is torn from her family to work as a ma...

Petrograd, Soviet Union, 1920s. Boris Letush, devastated by a personal tragedy, feels the need to pu...

A man befriends a fellow criminal as the two of them begin serving their sentence on a dreadful pris...

A true-story account of a German businessman who saved more than 200,000 Chinese during the Nanjing ...

Turkey's history has been shaped by two major political figures: Mustafa Kemal (1881-1934), known as...

For three and a half centuries, from the same day that Diego Velázquez (1599-1660) applied his last ...

Elliot Ness, an ambitious prohibition agent, is determined to take down Al Capone. In order to achie...

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

In early 20th century Europe, a dancer becomes the romantic bone of contention between two men, a hu...

A captivating and personal detective story that uncovers the truth behind the childhood of Michaël P...

In 1939, just finished the Spanish Civil War, Spanish republican photographer Francesc Boix escapes ...

During an historic counter-terrorism summit in Spain, the President of the United States is struck d...

In an Italian seaside town, young Titta gets into trouble with his friends and watches various local...