The story of Edgardo Mortara, a young Jewish boy living in Bologna, Italy, who in 1858, after being secretly baptized, was forcibly taken from his family to be raised as a Christian. His parents’ struggle to free their son became part of a larger political battle that pitted the papacy against forces of democracy and Italian unification.

Two orphans set out to claim their inheritance - a 400 acre plot of land in Salem Oregon. To Do so t...

Nicholas Nickleby, a young boy in search of a better life, struggles to save his family and friends ...

An intense and imaginative artist, revered Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh possesses undeniable talen...

In 1818, high-spirited young Fanny Brawne finds herself increasingly intrigued by the handsome but a...

Dispatched to a small Italian town to await further orders, assassin Jack embarks on a double life t...

In 1840s New York, the uneventful and boring days of the daughter of a wealthy doctor come to an end...

Prague, Bohemia, 1820. Balduin, a penniless student, falls in love with Countess Margit, a wealthy n...

William Walker and his mercenary corps enter Nicaragua in the middle of the 19th century in order to...

Léo is the two-year old, son of the acting manager of a factory on the brink of closing. When employ...

Paris, France, early 19th century. The legendary convict François Vidocq lives in disguise trying to...

Basque Country, Spain, 1843. A police constable arrives at a small village in Álava to investigate a...

In late 19th century France, the Countess Louise, wife of a wealthy general, sells the earrings her ...

In 1868 during the late Qing Dynasty, rampant corruption on the Imperial Court inflicts much sufferi...

In 1846, Anthony Hope sails into London with the mysterious Sweeney Todd, a once-naive barber whose ...

In an industrializing Italian town, a married woman, rendered mentally unstable after a traffic acci...

A spirited young woman finds herself destitute and on the streets before joining a traveling carniva...
The TV dramatization of PO Hviezdoslav's epic tells of a time when the feudal system as a social for...

A virtuous and passionate girl falls in love with a cynical but a dashing aristocrat.

Ferdinand de Lesseps, known as “The Great Frenchman”, will embark in the greatest adventure of his l...

A psychological, heart-wrenching love story that provides a unique and inside look at Charles Darwin...