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In the last moments of World War II, a young German soldier fighting for survival finds a Nazi captains uniform Impersonating an officer, the man quickly takes on the monstrous identity of the perpetrators hes escaping from

A groundbreaking 26 part documentary series narrated by the actor Laurence Olivier about the deadliest conflict in history, World War II

Schreiber was one of Oppenheimers brilliant young physicists recruited for the Manhattan Project during World War II He was entrusted to carry the Plutonium core to Tinian Island where hed assemble the atomic bomb known to history

After the Second World War, budding film composer Jerry Herst moves to Hollywood to study with infamous master teacher Mario Castelnuovo Tedesco

Fanatic is a government trooper who is heading an expedition to find an Aboriginal man accused of murdering a white woman Others in the expedition are the Follower, a greenhorn trooper, the Veteran, and the Tracker

The muscular Hercules performs his Labors, sails with the Argonauts, and romances the fair Iole

Peasant Myles Falworth is trained for knighthood and is groomed by various nobles to defeat the evil Earl of Alban whos plotting to usurp King Henry IVs throne

A female assassin receives a dangerous mission to kill a political leader in eighth century China

Following the fall of the Roman Empire, a Roman woman plots to make her son the new Emperor and to fulfill the former glory of the city

Set in W W 1 the film follows the story of the Canadas 21st battalion as it prepares for the battle of Courcelette in September 1916

A pair of Irish rebels have swashbuckling adventures in 1815

The true story of the Taj Hotel terrorist attack in Mumbai Hotel staff risk their lives to keep everyone safe as people make unthinkable sacrifices to protect themselves and their families

The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich exposes the darkest chapter in history, from Adolf Hitlers rise to power as a Nazi demagogue to his ultimate fatal mistakes Researchers spent

Eddie Izzard stars in this funny, moving and inspiring factual drama about the pioneering work on radar by a little known team of scientists in the run up to the Second World War

A documentary on the disco era featuring interview with its key musicians

In June 1944, twelve Japanese seaman are stranded on an abandoned and forgotten island called Ana ta han for seven years

The haunted Captain of a Soviet submarine holds the fate of the world in his hands Forced to leave his family behind, he is charged with leading a covert mission cloaked in mystery

As a youngster John Wyatt saw his parents killed and his brother kidnapped On a wagon train heading West he meets his brother who is now a spy for the gang which originally did the dirty work He and his brother both fall for Mary G

The events of World War II from 1941 onward are depicted from the perspective of space

Backup singers live in a world that lies just beyond the spotlight Their voices bring harmony to the biggest bands in popular music, but weve had no idea who these singers are or what lives they lead, until now

After fierce Roman commander Marcus Vinicius becomes infatuated with beautiful Christian hostage Lygia, he begins to question the tyrannical leadership of the despotic emperor Nero

When a man accidentally causes the death of the son of his best friend, the man is wracked by grief and runs off into the woods

Amidst a constant stream of hundreds of film clips, dozens of filmmakers voice their opinions on the titular question while primarily looking beyond the Hollywood mainstream to independent, experimental, documentary and avant garde f

Dramatization of events in the life of St Francis of Assisi from before his conversion experience through his audience with the pope, including his friendship with St Clare

Boudica is an innocent sixteen year old girl who is forced into an arranged marriage by her father, the leader of a Celtic Tribe However, her mother is unsure, doing whatever it takes to protect her daughter

This documentary mini series chronologically unravels the rapid descent of a town into madness, using reenactments to capture the day to day hysteria that unfolds and puts an affluent New England community under siege

Docudrama retelling the Canadian assault of Juno Beach on D Day, as told via reenactment and through interviews with those who were there

Narrated by the architect himself, Frank Gehry The Formative Years explores his long standing career and unique eye The film looks at a number of Gehrys projects from private homes to

Fictionalized documentary showing the evolution of witchcraft, from its pagan roots to its confusion with hysteria in Europe

Bringing to light the heartbreaking experiences of Rita Wright, Rita Wenberg, Violet West, Adelaide Wenberg and Valerie Linow, Servant or Slave is a film of courage, strength and the

Camel racing is a popular sport in the Middle East In past years, thousands of young boys have been trafficked from Bangladesh, Pakistan, Mauritania and other countries to work as jockeys in the UAE under excruciating conditions Ov

In 1943, the year in which the first A bomb was built, Albert Hofmann discovered LSD, a substance that was to become an A bomb of the mind Fractions of a milligram are enough to turn our framework of time and space upside down The

British historian Lucy Worsley travels to Russia to investigate the 300 year reign of the Romanov dynasty

Documentary telling the remarkable story of Donald Trumps family history, an extraordinary immigration success story What can we learn about the next President of the United States from his background

Historian of the medieval period, Helen Castor, presents an in depth and insightful series covering Englands early Queens, from the High Middle Ages with Eleanor and get daughter in law Eleanor of Aquitane, through the Late Middle A

Loie Fuller was the toast of the Folies Bergeres at the turn of the 20th century and an inspiration for Toulouse Lautrec and the Lumiere Brothers The film revolves around her complicated relationship with protege and rival Isadora D