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.

In 1936 Harlem, the first all-Black cast to perform Shakespeare's 'Macbeth', directed by a young and...

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For 16 years Miss Bentley has been spending April at an elegant hillside villa on Lake Como. This ye...

A look back at the long and brilliant career of legendary British singer and actor David Bowie (1947...

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

Murderesses Velma Kelly and Roxie Hart find themselves on death row together and fight for the fame ...

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

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

World War I has left golfer Rannulph Junuh a poker-playing alcoholic, his perfect swing gone. Now, h...

After leaving the asylum, Vincent van Gogh settles in the home of Doctor Gachet, where he keeps pain...

Diego is one of the chiefs of the Spanish Communist Party. On his way from Madrid to Paris, he is ar...

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

The legendary British-American actress Olivia de Havilland (1916-2020), who conquered Hollywood in t...

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

Tucson, Arizona, September 1996. At the request of his son Martin, George Goldsmith tells him of his...

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...

An account of the life and work of the charismatic and seductive Spanish singer Julio Iglesias, from...

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