Ve filmovém přepisu novely Henryho Jamese "Daisy Millerová", který se odehrává v devatenáctém století, potká mladá, bystrá a veselá americká dívka během velké cesty po Evropě svého krajana Fredericka Winterbournea. Mladík je šokován Daisyiným moderním přístupem k životu a tráví čas po jejím boku, aby zjistil, jestli se dívka jen nevinně baví, či zda je na nejlepší cestě stát se padlou ženou...
Dokumentární pohled na Hemingwayův život sestavený z archivních materiálů, jenž odhaluje řadu faktických zajímavostí o slavném spisovateli... Ernest Hemingway, nositel Nobelovy ceny za literaturu za novelu "Stařec a moře", je jedním z nejslavnějších amerických spisovatelů dvacátého století. Milovník koridy, vášnivý lovec, notorický pijan, a ve svých vlastních očích nenapravitelný svůdník. V poslední vůli žádal, aby lidé brali jeho životní příběh spíše jako sled jakýchsi dobrodružných úletů. To přání není vůbec nepochopitelné, když si uvědomíme, že jeho soukromý život vypovídá o mnohem citlivější a zranitelnější bytosti, než je onen obraz mužného hrdiny, jaký sám o sobě až do konce života úzkostlivě pěstoval.
The crown of England has been hotly contested throughout history, and in the Middle Ages, a series of great civil wars became known as the War of the Roses. Claiming a right to the throne, the Duke of York seeks to unseat King Henry VI and his heir in order to become king himself.
Nature made Ash Lynx beautiful; nurture made him a cold ruthless killer. A runaway brought up as the adopted heir and sex toy of "Papa" Dino Golzine, Ash, now at the rebellious age of seventeen, forsakes the kingdom held out by the devil who raised him. But the hideous secret that drove Ash's older brother mad in Iraq has suddenly fallen into Papa's insatiably ambitious hands—and it's exactly the wrong time for Eiji Okamura, a pure-hearted young photographer from Japan, to make Ash Lynx's acquaintance.
Beowulf, a hero of the Geats, comes to the aid of Hrothgar, the king of the Danes, whose mead hall in Heorot has been under attack by a monster known as Grendel.
The Kusaribe family is a family of sorcerers under the protection of the ‘Tree of Origins.’ Their princess, Hakaze Kusaribe, was the greatest sorceress of their family. But Samon Kusaribe, a member of their family seeking to resurrect the ‘Tree of World's End,’ a tree that opposes the ‘Tree of Origins’ and controls the power of destruction, stuffs her into a barrel, and banishes her to a deserted island.
1837: Another year of the grueling Caucasian war. A young officer, Grigory Pechorin, was sent into exile to the active army for participating in a duel. Here in the Caucasus, Pechorin will have to become an unwitting participant in rapidly unfolding events - a fight with smugglers, the abduction of a young Circassian princess, another duel. And when the whole world turns against Pechorin, and a close friend falls by his hand, he will continue his journey alone, a hero, a product of the new age...
Simon Schama celebrates the life and work of one of Britain's greatest love poets, John Donne.
Who was Homer, and what is the meaning of The Odyssey? In this documentary we follow the footsteps of Ulysses, also known by his Greek name Odysseus—a hero as relevant today as he was nearly three thousand years ago, on a journey across some of the most fascinating landscapes and seascapes of the Mediterranean region. With the help of prominent international scholars, we seek to resolve the questions that still surround one of humanity’s greatest literary works and its enigmatic author.
An Italian adaptation of Henry James's 1902 novel of the same name. The series is a dramatic interpretation set in Italy, exploring themes of love, morality, and betrayal, as in the original novel, set against the backdrop of early 20th-century Europe.
This series retraces the origins and journeys of major European works of international significance, whose original manuscript has survived through the ages. Each film attempts to analyze an original manuscript as if it were a crucial clue, in hopes to reveal the secrets behind each work.
