An account of the life and work of controversial German orchestra conductor Herbert von Karajan (1908-89), celebrated as one of the greatest musicians of the twentieth century.

A dying man in his forties recalls his childhood, his mother, the war and personal moments that tell...

Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, better known as Lenin, is remembered as the instigator of the October Revol...

Beyond the Grace Note examines the hard climb to the podium faced by women conductors today. Leading...

An examination of the craft of Marlon Brando, narrated by professionals of the film industry. The fi...

Documentary on famous writer Marguerite Duras and her paradoxical relation to the seventh art by her...

The film covers a hundred years in the lives of the Ricordi family, the Milan publishing house of th...

Between 1967 and 1976, Italian writer Goliarda Sapienza (1924-76) wrote The Art of Joy, a subversive...

From the rains of Japan, through threats of arrest for 'public indecency' in Canada, and a birthday ...

Over the course of a fifty-year career, the British band The Cure has released fourteen highly succe...

Victor Klemperer (1881-1960), a professor of literature in Dresden, was Jewish; through the efforts ...

The views and thoughts of Canadian writer Margaret Atwood have never been more relevant than today. ...

Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Iceland, July 9, 2016. The surprising discovery of a canister —cont...

France, 1914, during World War I. On Christmas Eve, an extraordinary event takes place in the bloody...

Writer, journalist, explorer, filmmaker, communist militant, freedom fighter. Truths and lies. A plo...

A fascinating journey through the life of Israeli artist Dani Karavan, an irreverent and charismatic...

Gdańsk, Poland, September 1980. Lech Wałęsa and other Lenin shipyard workers found Solidarność (Soli...

A walk through the golden age of Spanish exploitation cinema, from the sixties to the eighties; a lo...
Study of the work of the conductor Václav Neumann and his creative process with the orchestra.

After constantly moving, two students finally find the opportunity to start a family by adopting a s...