Friedrich Engels and Karl Marx formed one of the most famous duos in world history. In contrast to Marx, however, Engels seems to have fallen into oblivion today. Unjustly so. Moving archive images, documentary footage and graphic novels lead us back to the time of Friedrich Engels, who shaped the Communist movement like no other.

Featuring Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Diana Vreeland, La Belle Epoque evokes "the beautiful era" of 18...

This documentary explores the creation of the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin as designed by architect ...

The biggest trial of Nazi war crimes ever: 360 witnesses in 183 days of trial - a stunning and gripp...

A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man being mistreated by his "owner" as a side-show ...

Short costume picture on the infamous Roman Emperor.

During the War of 1812 against Britain: General Andrew Jackson has only 1,200 men left to defend New...

The Black Panther star uncovers the astounding true story of the Agoji, Benin’s female army – or as ...

A group of soldiers are sentenced for the murders of key political figures in the night of October 1...

Paris, 1884. Bella Fontanges, a renowned ballerina, is married to Georges de Segar. But after just a...

After marrying a successful Parisian writer known commonly as Willy, Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette is tr...

It's a condition known as "hypertrichosis" or "Ambras Syndrome," but in the 1500s it would transform...

This film follows scientist Henry Bates as he explores the Amazon for proof of natural selection.

Bored with the limited and tedious nature of provincial life in 19th-century France, the fierce and ...

A distinguished military leader whose reign was touched by great scandal, shocking betrayals and rou...

The story of Salvador Puig Antich, one of the last political prisoners to be executed under Franco's...

Was the Christ Story stolen from other, older religions? Theologian Dr Robert Beckford investigates ...

Discover the untold stories of D-Day from the men, women and children who lived through German occup...
Documentary film with play scenes about the rise and fall of the short-lived Bavarian Soviet Republi...

In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless po...