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.

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

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

The era of palace coups in Russia ended with the coronation of a prominent historical figure: Cather...

In 1798, a feral boy is discovered outside the town of Aveyron, France. Diagnosed as mentally impair...

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

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

The Bounty leaves Portsmouth in 1787. Its destination: to sail to Tahiti and load bread-fruit. Capta...

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

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

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

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

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

Disciplined Italian composer Antonio Salieri becomes consumed by jealousy and resentment towards the...

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

18th century English aristocrat Sir Percy Blakeney leads a double life. He appears to be merely the ...

In a poor district of Edo lives a young samurai named Soza. He has been sent by his clan to avenge t...

During the French Revolution, a mysterious English nobleman known only as The Scarlet Pimpernel (a h...

Salem, Massachusetts. A small town—with no clear governing body—became embroiled in a scandal that f...