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.

A ronin desperately seeks a way out of financial straits; he allies with the Tosa clan under the rut...

An American girl on vacation in Italy finds an unanswered "letter to Juliet" -- one of thousands of ...

A look a the life of 19th century Indian painter Raja Ravi Varma.

During a time of poverty and despair in the Joseon Dynasty of Korea, a satirical street play that po...

The small town agog Hussars entry. Love between cornet and the young actress suddenly faces intrigue...

Angered at stern Uncle Daniel, Toby Tyler runs away from his foster home to join the circus, where h...

A housemaid falls in love with Dr. Jekyll and his darkly mysterious counterpart, Mr. Hyde.

In czarist Russia, a neurotic soldier and his distant cousin formulate a plot to assassinate Napoleo...

The love story of young Countess Natasha Rostova and Count Pierre Bezukhov is interwoven with the Gr...

Ten years after the Civil War has ended, the Governor of Texas asks Leander McNelly to form a compan...

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

Mexican beauty Camilla hopes to rise above her station by marrying a wealthy American. That is compl...

The story is set at the beginning of the 20th century in Sicily. Salvatore, a very poor farmer, and ...

Shin-ae moves to her recently late husband’s hometown. Despite her efforts to settle in this unfamil...

A former gunslinger is forced to take up arms again when he and his cattle crew are threatened by a ...

Gino, a drifter, begins an affair with inn-owner Giovanna as they plan to get rid of her older husba...

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

In 19th-century Louisiana's Cajun country, Belizaire is the informal spokesman for his citizens, who...

In late XIX century, rich and bored Maria (Paola Senatore) is after a more sexually interesting life...

Starting in 1881 this film shows the personal battle between Lenin's Ulyanov family and the royal Ro...