The end of the Franco-Prussian war (1870-71) saw the birth of the panoramas of war, huge circular paintings depicting scenes of war, cruelty and desolation that were contemplated by thousands of spectators, a kind of inmersive static newsreels, a mass media prior to the era of mass media, a virtual reality on canvas.
Second half of the 19th century. In a small town in South Bohemia, fifth-former Jan Ratkin is living...
This historical film depicts the life of a man who was at the mercy of the waves during transition f...
After marrying a successful Parisian writer known commonly as Willy, Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette is tr...
The love story of young Countess Natasha Rostova and Count Pierre Bezukhov is interwoven with the Gr...
In a time of war and disease, a young officer gallantly tries to help a young woman find her husband...
In 1843, despite the fact that Dickens is a successful writer, the failure of his latest book puts h...
On September 11, 2001, the unimaginable transpired when devastating attacks on the World Trade Cente...
Edmond Dantés's life and plans to marry the beautiful Mercedes are shattered when his best friend, F...
Oscar Wilde is a married playwright who has occasionally indulged his weakness for male suitors. Aft...
The story of the Trojan war is one of history's most enduring legends. A beautiful queen elopes with...
In 1890s India, an arrogant British commander challenges the harshly taxed residents of Champaner to...
Were the eleven official witnesses—twelve if you include Joseph Smith himself—of the Book of Mormon ...
In 1879, during the Anglo-Zulu War, man-of-the-people Lt. Chard and snooty Lt. Bromhead are in charg...
Kanichiro Yoshimura is a Samurai and Family man who can no longer support his wife and children on t...
A week in the life of the exploited, child newspaper sellers in turn-of-the-century New York. When t...
On September 1st, 1939, Nazi Germany invades Poland, unleashing World War II. On September 17th, the...
Before her death, Emma reflects on her life; beginning with her childhood, up through her final year...
In 19th-century Italy, Giacomo Leopardi channels his debilitating illness and isolation into poetry.