From 1929 to 1939 Edgar Feuchtwanger lived across the street from Adolf Hitler in Munich Germany From his bedroom the young Jewish boy often viewed the Fuumlhrer just across the avenue A schoolboy in Munich at the time Edgar witnessed the rise of Nazism firsthand sharing in the fear and dread felt by all German Jews witnessing the unstoppable ascent of a madman and the start of World War II

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...

An exploration —manipulated and staged— of life in Las Hurdes, in the province of Cáceres, in Extrem...

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

Compilation of images of the amateur recordings of Madronita Andreu, Catalan intellectual of the nin...

For the first time, exclusive and never before heard audio diaries of legendary detective Lou Smit w...
The life of Stephen Foster, composer who was the influence for the early Minstrel shows.

Documentary on the shock rock group "The Mentors".

Jean-Christophe Averty, a French television director and video artist pioneeer, retraces here the li...

The true story of photographer Elizabeth "Lee" Miller, a fashion model who became an acclaimed war c...

This documentary focuses on 1939, considered to be Hollywood's greatest year, with film clips and in...

A profile of writer-director Billy Wilder

This riveting music documentary traces the history of Jazz piano legend Oscar Peterson, from his ear...

The portrait of the last cowboy Hollywood legend dives into the 65 years of an extraordinary career ...

Starting in late May 1944, during the German retreat on the Eastern Front, Captain Stransky (Helmut ...

Eleven time Fiddler of the Year and even a Grammy nominee, but that's just part of the story. Though...

Popular Hong Kong actress Amy Yip plays Sister Har -- a seminal figure in 1960s and '70s Hong Kong n...

Fred Boner, an eccentric young man in the 1950s sets off to become the most beloved cult filmmaker.