Year 1763, the Seven Years' War is about to end. August III, Elector of Saxony and King of Poland, has died, leaving empty the royal treasury and an extraordinary collection of paintings, sculptures, jewelry and goldsmith masterpieces, which he considered a symbol of his greatness, and that of Dresden, one of the European capitals of Baroque art.

Follows the story of "Grizzly Man" Timothy Treadwell and what the thirteen summers in a National Par...

An account of the life and work of the Polish writer Stanisław Lem (1921-2006), a key figure in scie...

Disciplined Italian composer Antonio Salieri becomes consumed by jealousy and resentment towards the...

At the height of the space race, three U.S. astronauts are tapped as the first Apollo crew. With daz...

Danton and Robespierre were close friends and fought together in the French Revolution, but by 1793 ...

A history of the French Revolution beginning from the decision of the king to convene the Etats-Gene...

Tucson, Arizona, September 1996. At the request of his son Martin, George Goldsmith tells him of his...

An Irish rogue uses his cunning and wit to work his way up the social classes of 18th century Englan...

A jaded lawyer wastes an afternoon trying to figure out if a dim-witted government employee has ever...

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

The life and career of Italian opera singer Farinelli, considered one of the greatest castrato singe...

The story of the last days of Austrian farmer Franz Jägerstätter (1907-43), who was executed by the ...

In the dead of night, a few hours after Mozart's death, the usual suspects are summoned to Mozart's ...

A documentary celebrating Lee Miller, a model-turned-photographer-turned-war reporter who defied any...

France, on the eve of the French Revolution. Henriette and Louise have been raised together as siste...

A scuba team, a marine archaeologist and a Mexican historian join forces to reach the wreck of an hi...

A biopic of Napoleon Bonaparte, tracing the Corsican's career from his schooldays (where a snowball ...

Russia, 1917. After the abdication of Czar Nicholas II Romanov, the struggle for power confronts all...

During the French Revolution, a surprising company shares a coach, trying to catch up something - th...