The convoluted and moving story of Russian writer Vassili Grossman (1905-64) and his novel Life and Fate (1980), a literary masterpiece, a monumental and epic account of life under Stalin's regime of terror, a defiant cry that the KGB tried to suffocate.
A bitter battle is fought between Australian and Japanese soldiers along the Kokoda trail in New Gui...
Georges Livanos, nicknamed the Greek but pure child of Marseille, amateur mountaineer, opened more t...
Focusing on three women from vastly different backgrounds this film weaves together powerful moments...
A biographical film featuring the presidency and assassination of Abraham Lincoln during the America...
The controversial and troubled Indo-Pakistani writer Saadat Hasan Manto finds his artistic choices c...
British Air Ministry short film highlighting the need for the public to stay clear of aircraft wreck...
A look at President Richard M. Nixon—a man carrying the fate of the world on his shoulders while bat...
The life and career of Italian opera singer Farinelli, considered one of the greatest castrato singe...
The exiled Austro-German musician and composer Artur Schnabel was a giant of his time, but in German...
After being shot during a robbery in Colombia and losing sensation in his legs, Uruguayan soccer sta...
The film accompanies the Swiss artist Pipilotti Rist around the world, shows her at work in her stud...
A documentary highlighting the Soviet Union's legendary and enigmatic hockey training culture and wo...
The personal stories lived by the Uncle, the Father and the Son, respectively, form a tragic experie...
Chronicles Narendra Modi’s life and events leading up to his swearing-in ceremony as the Prime Minis...
It is 1943, and the German army—ravaged and demoralised—is hastily retreating from the Russian front...
Starting in late May 1944, during the German retreat on the Eastern Front, Captain Stransky (Helmut ...
This 1982 biographical television miniseries, as seen on PBS's Great Performances, dramatizes the li...
Glamorously eccentric and enigmatic Theremin master Armen Ra recounts his dynamic journey in this li...
The story of Queen Elizabeth II from those who know her best.