World War II, June 1940. France has fallen and suffers the relentless boot of Nazi Germany. But Algeria, the prized French colony in North Africa, remains part of the territory controlled by the Vichy regime of Marshal Pétain. A strict colonial order is maintained: the French of European origin rule, while local Jews are stripped of French citizenship and discrimination against the mainly Muslim population increases.

During the Nazi occupation of Poland, an acting troupe becomes embroiled in a Polish soldier's effor...

In the 1930s, Count Almásy is a Hungarian map maker employed by the Royal Geographical Society to ch...

The true story of pianist Władysław Szpilman's experiences in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. Whe...

The true story of how businessman Oskar Schindler saved over a thousand Jewish lives from the Nazis ...

A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the U.S.-Vietnam War has on his fellow rec...

The lives of Erik Lanshof and five of his closest friends take different paths when the German army ...

A German submarine hunts allied ships during the Second World War, but it soon becomes the hunted. T...

The lifelong friendship between Rafe McCawley and Danny Walker is put to the ultimate test when the ...

A dramatic history of Pu Yi, the last of the Emperors of China, from his lofty birth and brief reign...

In 1924, Oskar Matzerath is born in the Free City of Danzig. At age three, he falls down a flight of...

In 26 AD, Judah Ben-Hur, a Jew in ancient Judea, opposes the occupying Roman empire. Falsely accuse...
Krause and the Greyhound crew travel from the beaches of Normandy to the ocean in the Pacific as the...

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

After escaping across Europe from Stalag camp, Dolas's ride to Cyprus is stopped when his ship in su...

A group of army personnel and nurses attempt a dangerous and arduous trek across the deserts of Nort...

Three modern-day pilgrims investigate a bizarre crime in a small town while on their way to Canterbu...

Stingo, a young writer, moves to Brooklyn in 1947 to begin work on his first novel. As he becomes fr...