Imperial Venus

The incredible life of Jorge Semprún (1923-2011): son of a republican intellectual; exiled in the early days o…

The story of how George Jung, together with the Medellín Cartel led by Pablo Escobar, established the billion-…

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

Discover the story of the father of the gang: Mauricio de Sousa, Brazil’s most important comic artist, and how…

A Stalinist assassin tracks exiled revolutionary Leon Trotsky to Mexico in 1940.

The life of Stephen Foster, composer who was the influence for the early Minstrel shows.

A biography of Charles "Pretty Boy" Floyd, a gangster who started his career at a young age after seeking reve…

Television made him famous, but his biggest hits happened off screen. Television producer by day, CIA assassin…

Romance brings two warring families together in this historical drama. As citizens fight for independence in 1…

In the 1960s, British painter Francis Bacon surprises a burglar and invites him to share his bed. The burglar,…

Spanning several decades, this powerful biopic offers a glimpse into the life of famed Cuban poet and novelist…

An extravagant, exotic and moving look at Rembrandt's romantic and professional life, and the controversy he c…

In Marseilles, France in 1794, Desiree Clary, a young millinery clerk, becomes infatuated with Napoleon Bonapa…

An epic that details the checkered rise and fall of French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte and his relentless journ…

After defeating France and imprisoning Napoleon on Elba, ending two decades of war, Europe is shocked to find …

During the Napoleonic Wars, when the French have occupied Spain, some Spanish guerrilla soldiers are going to …

The love story of young Countess Natasha Rostova and Count Pierre Bezukhov is interwoven with the Great Patrio…

In 1857, at the height of his fame and fortune, novelist and social critic Charles Dickens meets and falls in …

The story of courtesan and dance-hall girl Emma Hamilton, including her relationships with Sir William Hamilto…

Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria clashes with his father, Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria, over implementing p…

As the only legitimate heir of England's King William, teenage Victoria gets caught up in the political machin…

Young sailor Edmond Dantès is wrongfully imprisoned, escapes, finds treasure, and reinvents himself as the wea…

At the turn of the 19th century, Pugilism was the sport of kings and a gifted young boxer fought his way to be…

The life of Michelangelo Buonarroti.