1402. Queen Margrete I has gathered the Nordic kingdoms in a union, ruled through her adopted son, Erik. But a conspiracy is in the making and Margrete finds herself in an impossible dilemma that could shatter her life's work: The Kalmar Union.

In 17th century Holland, a faction of royalists is scheming to restore the monarchy and jail the De ...

1956. Three Hungarian friends hijack a plane to escape from the Iron Curtain.

In the 15th century Richard Duke of Gloucester, aided by his club-footed executioner Mord, eliminate...
Writer Broadcaster and Newsnight arts correspondent Stephen Smith finds out what it took to get ahea...

The tragic fate of Juana I of Castille, Queen of Spain, madly in love to an unfaithful husband, Feli...

A young British nobleman comes back from fighting in the War of the Roses to discover that his fathe...

The film consists of three novels: the first novel about Gobustan, an ancient human settlement. The ...

A classic of the silent age, this film tells the story of the doomed but ultimately canonized 15th-c...

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

Working men and women leave through the main gate of the Lumière factory in Lyon, France. Filmed on ...

Kingdom of Joseon, ancient Korea. A usurper has conquered the throne. His ministers are being system...

In 1415, in the midst of the Hundred Years' War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the co...

Spurred by a white woman's lie, vigilantes destroy a black Florida town and slay inhabitants in 1923...

Set against Indonesia’s turbulent post-independence years in the 1960s, the story revolves around th...

Well before “Shogun” as warring clans were fighting for power throughout Japan, a Portuguese vessel ...

In 1415, in the midst of the Hundred Years' War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the co...

A portrait of the inventor of the letterpress, who was a key figure in the history of mankind, but a...