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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The true story of William Wilberforce and his courageous quest to end the British slave trade. Along...

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

French Basque Country, year 1609. The men of a small fishing village have gone to sea. Judge Rostegu...

Patrick Bourgeois dives into the history of one of the worst naval tragedies that ever occurred in Q...

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

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...

Salem 1692. The young Abigail, seduced and abandoned by John Proctor, accuses John's wife of being a...

A story of love and life among the landed English gentry during the Georgian era. Mr. Bennet is a ge...

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

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

The familiar story of Lieutenant Bligh, whose cruelty leads to a mutiny on his ship. This version f...

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