The story takes place at the time of the defeat of the Hungarian War of Independence, when Csákberény came under the terror of the imperial soldiers. Two priests from the village are arrested overnight for reading the Hungarian Declaration of Independence. Although the Austrian soldiers enjoy their power, they are unable to identify with the repression. The purpose of the trial of a military imprisonment court is to obtain a confession, to prove that a violation of sovereignty has been committed.

Overwhelmed by motherhood, Ester steals a caravan and flees to southern Italy with her son David, wi...

Gwalior Fort, during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. In a moment of despair, Lakshmibai, Rani of Jhans...

In 1870, a Jamaican colonial family sends its children to Britain for proper schooling, but their sh...

Young, wild poet Arthur Rimbaud and his mentor Paul Verlaine engage in a fierce, forbidden romance w...

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

In Northern Norway during the 1860s, a little girl named Dina accidentally causes her mother's death...

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

Ms. Isabel Archer isn't afraid to challenge societal norms. Impressed by her free spirit, her kindhe...

The story of Captain Richard Francis Burton's and Lt. John Hanning Speke's expedition to find the so...

A portrayal of the early Latter-day Saints' joys, sacrifices, hopes, and trials; their epic journey ...

1899. On a stormy night, Aimée, a young Republican schoolteacher, arrives in a snowy hamlet on the e...

Betrayed by the Dutch colonial forces, Arana manages to escape along with his nephews Jamar and Suwo...

Having suffered as a boy under a brutal Communist-era coach, champion Hungarian gymnast Miklos moves...

In 1870s India, Charulata is an isolated, artistically inclined woman who sees little of her busy jo...
Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable e...

Lola Montes, previously a great adventuress, is reduced to being the attraction of a circus after ha...

When Benjamin Steed and Mary Ann Steed relocate their family to upstate New York in the early 1800's...

Romeo and Juliet in 1930s England. The owner of the mill and the local lord are in conflict over wat...

Over several decades throughout the late 19th-century and early 20th-century, Mr Arthur Chipping ris...