September 11, 1898: The imperial family’s personal physician, Dr. Herman Widerhofer, is deeply shocked by the news that an anarchist has assassinated Empress Elisabeth in Geneva. He then shuts himself up in his private rooms and recalls the empress’ fateful life. We learn the truth about Elisabeth, as the doctor knew more about her than anyone else.

A Zen priest in San Francisco and cookbook author use Zen Buddhism and cooking to relate to everyday...

A staged TV portrait of the Austrian cartoonist Gerhard Haderer; and first collaboration with Maria ...

Johanna Dohnal, whose political career spans three decades, was one of the very first explicitly fem...

The first woman rabbi in the world, Regina Jonas, comes to light, courtesy of Rachel Weisz – who pla...

A film about news, life and death. Before the media became so prevalent, we were concerned about ou...

The portrait of the last cowboy Hollywood legend dives into the 65 years of an extraordinary career ...

Born in 1932, Keiko Kishi has been one of the first Japanese actresses known worldwide. Her decision...
A documentary produced by the French armed forces which chronicles the way of France’s “1ere armée” ...

The remarkable coming-of-age story of Stephen Curry—one of the most influential, dynamic, and unexpe...

The SS chief Heinrich Himmler wanted to exchange Jews against so-called German Reich abroad, against...

It’s the hit musical that changed Broadway forever and brought the genius of Lin Manuel Miranda to t...

Filmmaker Ulrich Seidl explores of the dark underside of the human psyche by entering Austrian basem...

Dr. Mark Fairchild, world-renowned archaeologist, traces the hidden years of Saint Paul's life in th...

The story of Tasmanian-born actor Errol Flynn whose short & flamboyant life, full of scandals, adven...

Waffen-SS officer Otto Skorzeny (1908-75) became famous for his participation in daring military act...

The story of the documentary The Sorrow and the Pity (1971), directed by Marcel Ophüls, which caused...

A portrait of the inventor of the letterpress, who was a key figure in the history of mankind, but a...

Revealed in independant movies such as My Own Private Idaho, blockbuster movie star in Point Break a...