History Movies

A still drawing film on the personality of Robespierre and the French Revolution.

Witchcraft is older than recorded history and holds great truths and powers, from the natural world to the realms beyond. Witches were masters of a...

The Seljuk Empire has expanded, and taken over “the Holy Land”. Pope Gregory VIII gets together a band of valorous warriors from across...

Explore the 'Krivoklat Castle, Czechia', one of the oldest and most important castles of the Czech kings and princes, with origins dating back to the...

A German physician worked tirelessly to bring back hope and pleasure to a country that was uncertain of its future.

Get ready for an AI-generated journey through the space of scales.

Letizia Battaglia (1935–2022) stands among the greatest figures of Italian social documentary photography. At nearly forty, this mother of...

How did the Romans produce some of the most impressive gladiatorial games ever seen in Europe? How did the Colosseums mysterious roof really work?...

See through Archie Reid’s camera the ruins that once housed Mary Queen of Scots, from the cradle to her house arrest. If these stones could...

Documentary about the renowned Estonian pedagogue and educational reformer Johannes Käis. Made on commission for Estonian Ministry of Education.

When hundreds of letters from members serving in the First World War are discovered in the roof of The Mildmay working men's club in London, two...

The Year of Balls tells about part of the colonial history in Western Sahara from the perspective of the Saharawi nomads, and the systemic...

Many people, especially younger ones, might be surprised to learn that a river once flowed through Tallinn. Even less known to the public are the...

A man is hired to compile the definitive history of human existence before the planet is blown up by aliens.

Part of BBC Arena's Animal Night, this film chronicles a strange era in history when animals were put on trial in human courts.

It describes the way of life of the Sahara people in the Western Sahara Desert, in particular it tells the story of a child bitten by a snake.