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.

Stockholm in the 1920s. Young Roland lives with his socialist father, Jewish mother and a boxing bro...

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

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

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

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...

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

Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Iceland, July 9, 2016. The surprising discovery of a canister —cont...

Harlem's legendary Cotton Club becomes a hotbed of passion and violence as the lives and loves of en...

The crew of an atomic submarine battle to save the world from global destruction.

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

After the discovery of a suitcase hidden in the family home of Francisco Martínez Gascón, known as K...