Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy was one of the greatest musicians and music patrons of the Romantic movement. Grandson of the great philosopher Moses Mendelssohn, he came from a respected, well-to-do Jewish family that converted to Christianity. His Grand Tour took him not to the "classically" ...

"You sat in the Doge's prison, your family fortune was seized. And then you were suddenly back again. From what they say, you are now a powerful man."

1570. Carnevale - All of Venice has gone crazy! The city is one single boisterous party, a tremendous orgy. However, Davide Venier ...

His name is Venier. Davide Venier.

Venice, 1570: Davide Venier, a respected businessman, loses his entire fortune overnight and is sentenced to ten years in the notorious lead chambers, the Serenissima's state prison. Here he meets Hasan the Ottoman, who becomes his chess partner, ...

The setting is Leipzig at the turn of the 19 ^th century: an ambitious and at times tyrannical piano teacher and music shop owner, Friedrich Wieck is set on turning his second-born daughter Clara into a musical prodigy. Clara certainly has the talent and the determination. A virtuoso ...

The little boy who will grow up to be King Louis XIV of France is only four years old when he meets Nicolas Fouquet, his senior by more than twenty years - a gifted young man from a wealthy family with a brilliant career ahead of him…

Time and again, their paths cross. While ...

The touching and convincing story of one woman's struggle in a time of adversity.

Being an illegitimate child and growing up in the Austrian provinces in the 1930s is not the easiest of starts in life. Fourteen-year-old Marie has nevertheless to be grateful that she has been able to ...