After losing his family and army in the Russian Civil War, White Guard officer Neratov flees to Constantinople with Wrangel's defeated forces and becomes leader of Russian emigrants.
Greed for power, betrayal and the dream of quick wealth: An oil boom breaks out in the Lüneburg Heath around 1900, transforming an entire region into a German „Wild West“. This series tells of this time, of the destructive power of boundless selfishness, but also of the courage to rebel against injustice. Lüneburg Heath around 1900: The young farmer's daughter Johanna works as a maid to support her family. No one suspects that there is a treasure lurking beneath her family's fields – petroleum. Only Richard, the son of the neighboring farmer Pape, knows about it and dreams of a future together with Johanna. Their forbidden love is put to the test when the unscrupulous oil trader Mr. Robertson appears and a fierce battle for power and wealth begins.
A historical saga about the second caliph and Commander of the Faithful Omar Bin Al-Khattab and his pivotal role in the Islamic State.
Based on the life of Empress Myeongseong (1851 - 1895), the first official wife of King Gojong, the 26th king of the Joseon dynasty. She was killed on October 8, 1895 by Japanese assassins.
This 100-episode epic drama vividly depicts the life of King Dae Jo-yeong and other heroes of the Balhae Kingdom, which dates back 1300 years ago.
A talented Joseon Dynasty lawyer is used to putting his own interests first – but will a princess in disguise change his mind?
In 1980s South Korea, two friends face a romantic rivalry amidst the turmoil of political unrest, leading to tragedy and a quest for revenge that could tear them apart.
In the 1960s, Israeli clerk-turned-secret agent Eli Cohen goes deep undercover inside Syria on a perilous, years-long mission to spy for Mossad.
During the Ming Dynasty’s Yongle reign, a series of mysterious crimes unsettle Zhejiang. Investigator Zhou Xin is tasked with uncovering the truth, bringing justice, and protecting the people. However, as he delves deeper, he finds himself entangled in a dangerous web of corruption and power struggles that threaten everything he stands for.
It's 1715 on the Bahamian island of New Providence, the first functioning democracy in the Americas, where the diabolical pirate Edward Teach, a.k.a. Blackbeard, reigns over a rogue nation of thieves, outlaws and miscreant sailors. Part shantytown, part marauder's paradise, this is a place like no other on earth - and a mounting threat to international commerce. To gain control of this fearsome society, Tom Lowe, a highly skilled undercover assassin, is sent to the buccaneers' haven to take down the brilliant and charismatic Blackbeard. But the closer Lowe gets, the more he finds that his quest is not so simple. Lowe can't help but admire the political ideals of Blackbeard, whose thirst for knowledge knows no bounds - and no law. But Lowe is not the only danger to Blackbeard's rule. He is a man with many villainous rivals and one great weakness - a passionately driven woman whom he cannot deny.
A series of television drama programmes loosely based on Baroness Emmuska Orczy's series of novels, set in 1793 during the French Revolution. It stars Richard E. Grant as the hero, Sir Percy Blakeney, and his eponymous alter ego. The first series also starred Elizabeth McGovern as his wife Marguerite and Martin Shaw as the Pimpernel's archrival, Paul Chauvelin. Robespierre was played by Ronan Vibert. It was filmed in the Czech Republic and scored by a Czech composer, Michal Pavlíček.
Set during the 18th century Napoleonic Wars, Horatio Hornblower, a young and shy midshipman, rises through the ranks to become an admiral.
In late Qing-era Guangzhou, Liang Kun’s family is targeted for a secret porcelain manual, leading to his father’s murder. Years later, as he trains in porcelain-making, betrayal and tragedy resurface. After surviving a near-death experience, he masters martial arts and uncovers a web of conspiracies. Framed for murder, he must fight for justice using his self-created Iron Wire Fist.
A female coroner and royal detective solve a decades-old mystery in Tang Dynasty China, risking all to expose dangerous secrets.
In this suspenseful story, scholar Fan Luo Luo disguises herself as a man and comes to Yecheng Yamen to work as a police officer. Unexpectedly, she met Gu Qian Mo, a young minister from Dali Temple who concealed his identity and came to investigate the theft of weapons. The two started a full-fledged daily life as colleagues. As the truths emerged one by one, love also grew and spread in their hearts...
El secreto de Puente Viejo
Prince Zhong's household was wiped out, leaving only the eldest young lady, Yu Zhao Ye, and her grandmother under house arrest by her uncle, Jia Chong. Obsessed with Yu Zhao Ye because she resembled her late mother, Jia Chong had burned down the mansion out of unrequited desire. Patiently plotting, Zhao Ye orchestrated her cousin Jia Shu Yan's public humiliation at a birthday banquet and deliberately sought out the ghost-faced general Xie Wei Lan in a dark alley to protect her honor. With Xie Wei Lan's help, Zhao Ye exposed the Jia family's scandals at the Spring Banquet and used the battlefield to sway the general's heart.
A tale of the rise of the first emperor of the Qin Dynasty, from a childhood as a slave to becoming a powerful king. He realized his dream of unifying the warring states into one nation.
Manji is a crass, violent samurai with a special ability: he cannot die. Cursed with immortality by the nun Yobikuni as punishment for his ruthless deeds, he has grown weary of his ageless life. The only way to lift the curse is to slay 1,000 evil men. So Manji wanders Japan, shedding the blood of the wicked on his quest to finally die.
Set in 1960-1970 New York, this sexy, stylized and provocative drama follows the lives of the ruthlessly competitive men and women of Madison Avenue advertising.