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.

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

A biopic of Napoleon Bonaparte, tracing the Corsican's career from his schooldays (where a snowball ...

Two warriors in pursuit of a stolen sword and a notorious fugitive are led to an impetuous, physical...

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

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

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

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

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

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

An idyllic voyage to Tahiti in 1789 turns a crew aboard the H.M.S. Bounty against its captain when t...

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

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

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

Painter Francisco Goya becomes involved with the Spanish Inquisition after his muse, Inés, is arrest...

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

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

The Count of Maravillas receives an unusual proposal from a masked woman: to kidnap the valido of Ki...

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

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

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