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.

Why did the Roman Empire, which dominated Europe and the Mediterranean for five centuries, inexorabl...

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

The story of the romance between the King of Siam (now Thailand) and the widowed British school teac...
The television production is an episode from the life of Andrej Sládkovič. Braxatoris, known as Slád...

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...

In a time of war and disease, a young officer gallantly tries to help a young woman find her husband...

On September 1st, 1939, Nazi Germany invades Poland, unleashing World War II. On September 17th, the...
Getting out of prison doesn't mean being free. After the bloody suppression of the Prague Revolution...

The fate of a Hungarian Jewish family throughout the 20th century.

In 1890s India, an arrogant British commander challenges the harshly taxed residents of Champaner to...
In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless po...
Chronicles combat action of Hitler's elite bodyguard regiment from 1940 to 1941. From Rotterdam to G...

Documentary produced by Falange and edited in Berlin, in response to the international success of th...

In 19th-century Italy, Giacomo Leopardi channels his debilitating illness and isolation into poetry.

Before her death, Emma reflects on her life; beginning with her childhood, up through her final year...

As the only legitimate heir of England's King William, teenage Victoria gets caught up in the politi...

The film centers mostly around the personal and professional life of Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, a b...

Jane Austen is about to turn 40, but she still hasn't found her ideal man. When Jane is approached b...