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.
The true story of the most decorated dog in American military history -- Sgt. Stubby -- and the endu...
In the spring of 1913, Parisian businessman Gabriel Astruc opens a new theater on the Champs Elysées...
Grace Dalrymple Elliot is a British aristocrat trapped in Paris during the French Revolution. Determ...
The history of legendary rock band Chicago is chronicled from their inception in 1967 all the way to...
In the first century, after the death of Herod the Great, Judea goes through a long period of turbul...
An exploration of the making of b-movie sci-fi cult classic "The Creeping Terror" and its con-man di...
She was a prolific self-portraitist, using the canvas as a mirror through all stages of her turbulen...
Jane Birkin has forged a unique bond with France and the French. Between the small Englishwoman, mus...
This short focuses on the story of Dr. Edward Jenner, who developed vaccination.
Charles Louis Schulmeister (1770-1853) was a smuggler and a revolutionary, but also a chief of polic...
The story takes place in the Belgrade mental hospital on Guberevac during the WWI, where notable Ser...
The film was made on the basis of the literary version of events in the life of the famous Russian e...
Father Edward J. Flanagan is a familiar name to many Americans, often for the Oscar-winning 1938 fil...
A tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. He hi...
Canadian surgeon Norman Bethune assists the Communists during the anti-Japanese struggle.