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Sonja Wigert is a diva and star in Stockholm when WW2 breaks out, rapidly getting attention from the Nazi officer Josef Terboven Shes then recruited by Swedish intelligence as a spy, but Terboven makes her spy on the Swedes

1183 A D King Henry IIs three sons all want to inherit the throne, but he wont commit to a choice They and his wife variously plot to force him

In the waning days of the American Civil War, a wounded soldier embarks on a perilous journey back home to Cold Mountain, North Carolina to reunite with his sweetheart

Based on the 1836 standoff between a group of Texan and Tejano men, led by Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie, and Mexican dictator Santa Annas forces at the Alamo in San Antonio Texas

A young English boy struggles to survive under Japanese occupation of China during World War II

The tumultuous early history of the Central Intelligence Agency is viewed through the prism of one mans life

The life, success and troubles of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, as told by Antonio Salieri, the contemporaneous composer who was insanely jealous of Mozarts talent and claimed to have murdered him

Newsroom drama detailing the 2004 CBS 60 Minutes report investigating then President George W Bushs military service, and the subsequent firestorm of criticism that cost anchor Dan Rather and producer Mary Mapes their careers

A political family drama set in Florence in the early fifteenth century Cosimo de Medici finds himself at the helm of his banking dynasty when his father, Giovanni, dies suddenly

The invasion of Mexico by Cortez, as seen by a young Spanish officer fleeing the Inquisition

The hit musical based on the life of Eva Peron Evita Duarte, a B picture Argentinian actress who eventually became the wife of Argentinian president Juan Domingo Peron, and the most beloved and hated woman in Argentina

Foreign mercenary Guido Fawkes, and a group of English Catholic traitors plan to blow up the Palace Of Westminster and kill King James I in the early 17th century

The story of Mark Felt, who under the name Deep Throat helped journalists Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein uncover the Watergate scandal in 1972

During the Japanese colonial era, roughly 400 Korean people, who were forced onto Battleship Island Hashima Island to mine for coal, attempt to a dramatic escape

The story of psychologist William Moulton Marston, and his polyamorous relationship with his wife and their mistress who would inspire his creation of the superheroine, Wonder Woman

A dramatization of the battle that was widely heralded as a turning point of the Pacific Theatre of World War II

An aristocratic brother and sister embrace passion and hope as they flee from society A story of desire, love and death beyond all morality

During the 1980s, Soviet authorities hunt for a serial killer who picks his victims in railway stations and commuter trains and lures them into the woods

Life and facts of Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, who at 16 met 21 year old poet Percy Shelley, resulting in the writing of Frankenstein

A look at the life of the astronaut, Neil Armstrong, and the legendary space mission that led him to become the first man to walk on the Moon on July 20, 1969

After Japans attack on Pearl Harbor Dec 7, 1941, USA bombs Tokyo to boost morale A pilot survives thanks to a Chinese womans help

A comprehensive survey of the American Civil War

Dramatized portrayal of the Apollo manned space program

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

In the year 1206 Norway is raged by civil war The Kings illegitimate infant son, Hkon Hkonsson, which half the kingdom wants killed off, is guarded in secrecy by two men A story which changed the course of the countrys history

A large scale review of the American frontier stories

Story of the Voyage of the Mayflower and the first year of The Pilgrims in America

Set during the Joseon era, Hong Chun Gi is a female painter with genius like painting talent She is picked as the first female painter of the Dohwaseo For her, painting is everything One day, she meets Ha Ram

A Scottish lord becomes convinced by a trio of witches that he will become the next King of Scotland, and his ambitious wife supports him in his plans of seizing power

Through original diaries, letters, and memoirs, this unforgettable documentary tells how the lives of regular British men and women were transformed by the Great War Along with historical footage, an outstanding cast of actors reena

Paris 1940 Lili is 17 years old In occupied France, she encounters war before love, and joins the Resistance Through the interconnecting destinies of its teenage heroes, Resistance tells the story of young people going to any

The 1978 kidnapping and assassination of former Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro by Red Brigades terrorists

In 1532, Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro leads an expedition into the heart of the Inca Empire and captures the Incan Emperor Atahualpa and claims Peru for Spain

In the wake of King Edwards death, Uhtred of Bebbanburg and his comrades adventure across a fractured kingdom in the hopes of uniting England at last

This is the inspiring true story of Richard Montanez who as a Frito Lay janitor disrupted the food industry by channeling his Mexican American heritage to turn Flamin Hot Cheetos from a snack into an iconic global pop culture phe

A desperate cat and mouse hunt ensues when Yorkshire is being haunted by a serial killer