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.

The small town agog Hussars entry. Love between cornet and the young actress suddenly faces intrigue...

Between 1933 and 1945 roughly 1200 films were made in Germany, of which 300 were banned by the Allie...

Lola Montes, previously a great adventuress, is reduced to being the attraction of a circus after ha...

In June 1808, Napoleon's troops invade Spain. A boy named Isidro will beat his drum in the mountains...

Inspired by the book of the same name, film-maker James Marsh relays a tale of tragedy, murder and m...

A ronin desperately seeks a way out of financial straits; he allies with the Tosa clan under the rut...

With a divine answer to a humble prayer at age 14, Joseph Smith began to fulfill his inspired missio...
The television dramatization of Pavel Országh Hviezdoslav's epic addresses the issue of the relation...

France, 1893. Joseph Bouvier attempts to shoot his love who refused to marry him and to commit suici...

Ferdinand de Lesseps, known as “The Great Frenchman”, will embark in the greatest adventure of his l...
The TV dramatization of PO Hviezdoslav's epic tells of a time when the feudal system as a social for...

He was a postal clerk. She was a librarian. With their modest means, the couple managed to build one...

Explores Leni Riefenstahl's artistic legacy and her complex ties to the Nazi regime, juxtaposing her...

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...

This film records the Japanese military's efforts to capture the Burma Road,one of the major supply ...

A student rebellion precedes revolutionary events in Prague.

In New York's 1880s newspaper district, a dedicated journalist manages to set up his own paper. It i...

William Walker and his mercenary corps enter Nicaragua in the middle of the 19th century in order to...

In 1840s New York, the uneventful and boring days of the daughter of a wealthy doctor come to an end...