Czech painter and illustrator Alphonse Mucha (1860-1939) ranks among the pioneers of the Art Nouveau movement at the end of the 19th century. Virtually overnight, he becomes famous in Paris thanks to the posters that he designs to announce actress Sarah Bernhardt’s plays. But at the height of his fame, Mucha decides to leave Paris to realize his lifetime project.
In the early years of the 20th century, Mohandas K. Gandhi, a British-trained lawyer, forsakes all w...
The true story of how businessman Oskar Schindler saved over a thousand Jewish lives from the Nazis ...
After a wonderful time in Hungary Sissi falls extremely ill and must retreat to a Mediterranean clim...
Werner Herzog's documentary film about the "Grizzly Man" Timothy Treadwell and what the thirteen sum...
The Queen is an intimate behind the scenes glimpse at the interaction between HM Elizabeth II and Pr...
This shows physicist Stephen Hawking's life as he deals with the ALS that renders him immobile and u...
A look at the life of photographer Robert Mapplethorpe from his rise to fame in the 1970s to his unt...
Elizabeth Windsor tells the story of the girl who was never supposed to be Queen. Born the first dau...
A dying man in his forties recalls his childhood, his mother, the war and personal moments that tell...
Journalist E. E. Kisch tells crime stories from old Prague, which he himself experienced in the year...
The history of legendary rock band Chicago is chronicled from their inception in 1967 all the way to...
A documentary highlighting the Soviet Union's legendary and enigmatic hockey training culture and wo...
The brief life of Jean Michel Basquiat, a world renowned New York street artist struggling with fame...
During the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, eleven Israeli athletes are taken hostage and murdered by a...
The conclusion of the story of famed swordsman, Sasaki Kojiro. After surviving a series of daring ad...
The story of Queen Elizabeth II in her own words, featuring never-before-seen home movies.
Michael Collins plays a crucial role in the establishment of the Irish Free State in the 1920s, but ...
The story of Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata, who led a rebellion against the corrupt, oppress...
Short film about the life and career of the notorious Brazilian writer Lima Barreto.