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 Danish family visits a Dutch family they met on a holiday. What was supposed to be an idyllic week...

When an arranged marriage brings Ada and her spirited daughter to the wilderness of nineteenth-centu...

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...

A young man journeys from a difficult childhood to maturity, exploring social injustice, personal de...

After an abrupt and violent encounter with a French warship inflicts severe damage upon his ship, a ...

Kurt Gerstein—a member of the Institute for Hygiene of the Waffen-SS—is appalled to discover that a ...

1915, Sarah Bernhardt is the world's first star. Free. Modern. Divine. Eccentric. Visionary... Betwe...

Italy, early '90s. Calm, clever and inscrutable, politician Giulio Andreotti has been synonymous wit...

Parisian courtesan, Violetta meets the romantic aristocrat Alfredo and finds herself in love for the...

Buck is a big-hearted dog whose blissful domestic life is turned upside down when he is suddenly upr...

"There are two movies I saw on TV about boys who were taken from their families and then returned to...

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

When Patrizia Reggiani, an outsider from humble beginnings, marries into the Gucci family, her unbri...

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

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

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

Somewhere in the north-east of France, Eric, a penniless man who lives in his car, rejects his son E...

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

The Earnshaws are Yorkshire farmers during the early 19th Century. One day, Mr. Earnshaw returns fro...