The Swedish 19th century engineer Salomon August Andrée sets out to become the first man on the north pole. His idea is to launch a polar expedition using a hydrogen balloon, together with two friends. The balloon, "The Eagle", takes off from Svalbard in 1897, but the three men are not heard of again.
In the early years of the 20th century, Mohandas K. Gandhi, a British-trained lawyer, forsakes all w...
A retired farmer and widower in his 70s, Alvin Straight learns one day that his distant brother Lyle...
The true story of pianist Władysław Szpilman's experiences in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. Whe...
The true story of how businessman Oskar Schindler saved over a thousand Jewish lives from the Nazis ...
Matti and Niila, growing up in the mid-sixties in the harsh and conservative environment of a Finnis...
The young Bavarian princess Elisabeth, who all call Sissi, goes with her mother and older sister Nén...
Sissi is now the empress of Austria and attempts to learn etiquette. While she is busy being empress...
After a wonderful time in Hungary Sissi falls extremely ill and must retreat to a Mediterranean clim...
A twice-divorced mother of three who sees an injustice, takes on the bad guy and wins -- with a litt...
A musical romantic tragedy about a famous composer who moves back to his small hometown after having...
A biopic of writer Truman Capote and his assignment for The New Yorker to write the non-fiction book...
The timeless tale of Ebenezer Scrooge comes to thrilling new life as Tony winner Jefferson Mays play...
This 1982 biographical television miniseries, as seen on PBS's Great Performances, dramatizes the li...
Having fought in the First Carlist War, Martin returns to his family farm in Gipuzkoa only to find t...
A celebration of love and creative inspiration takes place in the infamous, gaudy and glamorous Pari...
Cicely Tyson was Emmy-nominated as Outstanding Actress for her portrait of a Chicago schoolteacher w...
The film tells the story of an intuitive, adventurous man who loved his country and being Brazilian....
Biography of country music star Barbara Mandrell.
Lola Montes, previously a great adventuress, is reduced to being the attraction of a circus after ha...