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The Roman Colosseum

  Forget about Spartacus and Gladiator.  This program skewers movie misconceptions as it creates a historically accurate picture of the Colosseum exactly as it was in 80 AD.  Archaeological findings Read More

Gladiator

  Gladiator takes place in ad 180 and is loosely based on historical figures. Roman forces, led by the general Maximus, defeat Germanic tribes, bringing temporary peace to the Roman Read More

Quo Vadis

  Marcus Vinicius is a Roman military commander and the legate of the XIV Gemina. Returning from wars in Britain and Gaul, he falls in love with Lygia, a devout Read More

Ben-Hur

  In A.D. 26, Judah Ben-Hur is a wealthy Jewish prince and merchant in Jerusalem, living with his mother, Miriam, and his sister, Tirzah. The family’s loyal slave, the merchant Read More

Helen of Troy

  Helen of Troy is a 2003 British-American television miniseries based upon Homer’s story of the Trojan War, as recounted in the epic poem, Iliad.  It stars Sienna Guillory as Read More

Charlie & Louise

  10 years ago, Wolf and Sabine Palfy got divorced. Since then, their daughter Charlie grew up with her father, and her twin sister Louise lived with her mother. They Read More

El Cid

  Spain is overrun by the Moors and the country’s only hope rests in a heroic knight known as El Cid (Charlton Heston). He knows a divided Spain cannot stand Read More

The Queen of the South

  Season 1 (2011) The series is the television adaptation of the literary work of the same name by Spanish author Arturo Pérez-Reverte. It is the chronicle of the rise Read More

The Story of the Zodiac

  Animation of Japanese Traditional Stories Once upon a time, God wrote a letter to all the animals and said, “The first twelve animals to greet me on the morning Read More

Peach Boy

  Animation of Japanese classical stories Momotarō was born from a giant peach, which was found floating down a river by an old, childless woman who was washing clothes there. Read More