Between the end of the Middle Ages and the late 18th century, over 50,000 Europeans were persecuted, tortured and executed on charges of witchcraft. The pogrom was triggered by the book 'Malleus Maleficarum', published in 1486. Its detailed instructions for persecuting and annihilating alleged witches triggered a mass hysteria.

A vampire relates his epic life story of love, betrayal, loneliness, and dark hunger to an over-curi...

In 18th century France, Marquise de Merteuil asks her ex-lover Vicomte de Valmont to seduce the futu...

Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, born in the stench of 18th century Paris, develops a superior olfactory se...

Isolated bell-ringer Quasimodo wishes to leave Notre Dame tower against the wishes of Judge Claude F...

Film about the fictitious adventures of Franz Freiherr von Trenck, who lived during the times of emp...

Will Plunkett and Captain James Macleane, two men from different ends of the social spectrum in 18th...

With a reputation for seducing members of the opposite sex, regardless of their marital status, a no...

The Marquis d’Urfé finds refuge in the home of a strange family after becoming lost in a hostile for...

Colonial representatives gather in Philadelphia with the aim of establishing a set of governmental r...

Set against the backdrop of 18th century England, a massive pox outbreak, and Jacobite uprising – th...

In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless po...

Set against the conditions leading up to the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror, French docto...

In a French forest circa 1798, a child–who cannot walk, speak, read or write–is found. A doctor beco...

In 1609, Henry IV sent Inquisition judge Pierre de Lancre to the French Basque Country to investigat...

A native of Sennwald, Anna Göldi arrived in Glarus in 1765. For seventeen years, she worked as a mai...

After proving himself on the field of battle in the French and Indian War, Benjamin Martin wants not...

An Irish rogue uses his cunning and wit to work his way up the social classes of 18th century Englan...

Grace Dalrymple Elliot is a British aristocrat trapped in Paris during the French Revolution. Determ...

Danton and Robespierre were close friends and fought together in the French Revolution, but by 1793 ...

A history of the French Revolution beginning from the decision of the king to convene the Etats-Gene...