Lost World Of Pompeii

Pompeii: Eros and Myth

A story about one of the most famous and mysterious archaeological sites in the world.

Spartacus

The rebellious Thracian Spartacus, born and raised a slave, is sold to Gladiator trainer Batiatus. After weeks of being...

Ben-Hur

In 25 AD, Judah Ben-Hur, a Jew in ancient Judea, opposes the occupying Roman empire. Falsely accused by a Roman childho...

The Fire Within: A Requiem for Katia and Maurice Krafft

Filmmaker Werner Herzog combs through the film archives of volcanologists Katia and Maurice Krafft to create a film that...

Zipper: Coney Island's Last Wild Ride

When his rented lot is snatched up by an opportunistic real estate mogul, Eddie Miranda and his Coney Island ride the Zi...

La guerre de Troie a bien eu lieu

Going Going Gone: Nick Broomfield's Disappearing Britain

Two iconic British buildings - the Wellington Rooms in Liverpool and the Coal Exchange in Cardiff - are threatened with...

Ka Ho‘ina: Going Home

Ka Hoʻina documents members of Hui Mālama I Nā Kūpuna O Hawaiʻi Nei's final repatriation of over 140 sets of iwi kupuna...

Encounters at the End of the World

Herzog and cinematographer Peter Zeitlinger go to Antarctica to meet people who live and work there, and to capture foot...

Titus

Titus Andronicus returns from the wars and sees his sons and daughters taken from him, one by one. Shakespeare's goriest...

The Immortal City

From the legendary times of Romulus and Remus to the present day, the compelling story of the eternal city's twenty-five...

Narbonne: The Second Rome

More than 2.000 years ago, Narbonne in today's Département Aude was the capital of a huge Roman province in Southern Gau...

Ring of Fire

Ring of Fire is about the immense natural force of the great circle of volcanoes and seismic activity that rings the Pac...

Julius Caesar

The assassination of the would-be ruler of Rome at the hands of Brutus and company has tragic consequences for the ideal...

Aphrodite, Goddess of Love

The construction of great temple dedicated to the goddess Aphrodite, followed by new and high taxes and the arrival of a...

Neanderthal Apocalypse

40, 000 years ago the steppes of Eurasia were home to our closest human relative, the Neanderthals. Recent genetic and a...

Face of the Earth

Face of the Earth explores the origin of our planet's outer layer, the why-and-how of its mobility. Through the use of w...

Cleopatra: Mother, Mistress, Murderer, Queen

Cleopatra, the last Egyptian queen and one of the most legendary women in history. A beautiful seductress who used her s...

The Fall of the Roman Empire

In the year 180 A.D. Germanic tribes are about to invade the Roman empire from the north. In the midst of this crisis ai...

The Dig

As WWII looms, a wealthy widow hires an amateur archaeologist to excavate the burial mounds on her estate. When they mak...