Literature History Movies
- 2021
Ernest Hemingway: 4 Weddings and a Funeral
Ernest Hemingway: 4 Weddings and a Funeral72021HD
A look at the intimacy of the US writer Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961), a man infinitely more complex than his public image suggested, through the...
- 1966
With Love from Truman
With Love from Truman6.21966HD
At his Long Island beach house, and on the occasion of the publication of his masterful nonfiction novel In Cold Blood, reporter Karen Dennison...
- 2018
Life and Fate by Vassili Grossman
Life and Fate by Vassili Grossman72018HD
The convoluted and moving story of Russian writer Vassili Grossman (1905-64) and his novel Life and Fate (1980), a literary masterpiece, a monumental...
- 2021
Thomas Hardy: Fate, Exclusion and Tragedy
Thomas Hardy: Fate, Exclusion and Tragedy02021HD
A portrait of the British writer Thomas Hardy (1840-1928), who, although he had radical instincts, hated hypocrisy, was of great poetic brilliance,...
- 2023
Moby Dick: An American Allegory
Moby Dick: An American Allegory02023HD
A look at US society through the prism of Moby Dick, the mythical novel published by Herman Melville (1819-1891) in 1851.
- 2024
Do You Know Kafka?
Do You Know Kafka?02024HD
A portrait of the German-language Czech writer Franz Kafka (1883-1924), a mysterious, strange and solitary individual, but also a visionary creator.
- 2017
Anjelica Huston on James Joyce: A Shout in the Street
Anjelica Huston on James Joyce: A Shout in the Street02017HD
An account of the life and work of Irish writer James Joyce (1882-1941) narrated by US actress Anjelica Huston.
- 2023
Inside a Nazi Mind: The Kindly Ones by Jonathan Littell
Inside a Nazi Mind: The Kindly Ones by Jonathan Littell7.22023HD
An analysis of The Kindly Ones, Jonathan Littell's controversial novel, published in 2006, which dissects the ruthless mechanisms of the Shoah from...
- 2019
Ernst Jünger: Between Nature and Nationalism
Ernst Jünger: Between Nature and Nationalism02019HD
A portrait of the controversial German writer Ernst Jünger (1895-1998), the great stylist of 20th century German literature.
- 2020
Who's Afraid of Lady Chatterley?
Who's Afraid of Lady Chatterley?82020HD
England, 1960. The Crown sues the publisher Penguin Books in order to ban the publication of Lady Chatterley's Lover, a novel by the British writer...
- 2019
Paul Auster: What If
Paul Auster: What If62019HD
A look at the world of US writer Paul Auster, on the occasion of the publication of his new novel, an exploration of human identity and the soul of...
- 2022
100 Years of Ulysses
100 Years of Ulysses72022HD
Paris, France, February 2, 1922. The novel Ulysses, by Irish writer James Joyce (1882-1941), is published by US poet Sylvia Beach (1887-1962), owner...
- 2022
Prisoner C33
Prisoner C3372022HD
Reading Gaol, England, 1896. Prisoner C33, starving and thin, unable to wash properly, is a brilliant writer, husband and father of two, once the...
- 2023
Terenci: la fabulación infinita
Terenci: la fabulación infinita62023HD
An account of the life and work of the charismatic Spanish writer Terenci Moix (1942-2003).
- 2015
Arthur Miller: A Man of His Century
Arthur Miller: A Man of His Century72015HD
An unparalleled portrait of Arthur Miller (1915-2005), a major writer who left an indelible mark on the world. Miller's life is intimately connected...
- 2023
Aladdin and Ali Baba: Stories from the 1001 Nights?
Aladdin and Ali Baba: Stories from the 1001 Nights?82023HD
The stories of The Arabian Nights (One Thousand and One Nights) have captivated mankind for centuries. However, two of its most famous tales do not...
- 2018
Regreso a Coronel Vallejos
Regreso a Coronel Vallejos52018HD
A bitter postcard of the town of the Buenos Aires countryside that Argentinean writer Manuel Puig (1932-90) portrayed with singular mastery, based on...
- 2022
Heidi's Alpine Dream
Heidi's Alpine Dream102022HD
An account of the life and work of the Swiss writer Johanna Spyri (1827-1901), the barely known artistic mother of Heidi, her brave alpine heroine,...
- 2021
Milan Kundera: From the Joke to Insignificance
Milan Kundera: From the Joke to Insignificance4.22021HD
The brilliant Czech writer Milan Kundera has not given an interview in thirty years; nor does he appear in public. How did he become a legendary...
- 1985
In memoriam Hajnóczy Péter
In memoriam Hajnóczy Péter101985HD
The footage was shot in the writer's room a few days after his death. Everything in the room was untouched. The poet György Petri reads from one...