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.
After enduring 19 years in prison for stealing a loaf of bread, Jean Valjean emerges a hardened man....

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

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

After getting threatened by Kelly's friends and family, Constable Fitzpatrick places the blame on Ne...

It's 1974. Muhammad Ali is 32 and thought by many to be past his prime. George Foreman is ten years ...

A student rebellion precedes revolutionary events in Prague.

In this hour-long documentary, Oxford academic Janina Ramirez tours the country in search of Anglo-S...

The Great Northwest is a documentary film based on the re-creation of a 3,200 mile road-trip made in...

Edmond Dantés's life and plans to marry the beautiful Mercedes are shattered when his best friend, F...

Oscar Wilde is a married playwright who has occasionally indulged his weakness for male suitors. Aft...

The opening of The Vasulka Effect couldn’t be more apt: Steina Vasulka addresses her husband Woody t...

Documentary about Ilyich Ramírez Sánchez, aka "Carlos the Jackal", international terrorist.

Using home videos recorded by her voice coach, Diana takes us through the story of her life.

The story of the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962—the nuclear standoff with the USSR sparked by the disc...

In 208 A.D., in the final days of the Han Dynasty, shrewd Prime Minster Cao convinced the fickle Emp...

The Prince of Guastalla falls in love with the young citizen Emilia Galotti, who is soon to marry Co...

Lucien de Rubempré, a young, lower-class poet, leaves his family's printing house for Paris. Soon, h...

A fascinating compilation tracing the development of British trains throughout the 20th century. Thi...

In Imperial Russia, Anna, wife of the officer Karenin, goes to Moscow to visit her brother. On the w...