Paris, France, early 19th century. The legendary convict François Vidocq lives in disguise trying to escape from a tragic past that torments him. When, after an unfortunate event, he crosses paths with the police chief, he makes a bold decision that will turn the ruthless mastermind of the Parisian underworld against him.

2003 film by Hans-Christian Schmid

Pier Ulmann vivote à Paris, entre chantiers et larcins qu’il commet pour le compte de Rachid, sa seule "famille". Son histoire le rattrape le jour où son père est retrouvé mort dans la rue, après une longue déchéance. Bête noire d’une riche famille de diamantaires basée à Anvers, il ne lui laisse rien, à part l'histoire de son bannissement par les Ulmann et une soif amère de vengeance. Sur l’invitation de son cousin Gabi, Pier se rend à Anvers pour rénover les bureaux de la prestigieuse firme Ulmann. La consigne de Rachid est simple : « Tu vas là-bas pour voir, et pour prendre. » Mais un diamant a beaucoup de facettes…

Barents Sea, August 12th, 2000. During a Russian naval exercise, and after suffering a serious accident, the K-141 Kursk submarine sinks with 118 crew members on board. While the few sailors who are still alive barely manage to survive, their families push for accurate information and a British officer struggles to obtain from the Russian government a permit to attempt a rescue before it is late. But general incompetence are against all their efforts.

A woman tries to survive the invasion of Berlin by the Soviet troops during the last days of World War II.

The story of Jewish counterfeiter Salomon Sorowitsch, who was coerced into assisting the Nazi operation of the Sachsenhausen concentration camp during World War II.

2016 film by Robert Zemeckis

26 year-old Karl Marx embarks with his wife, Jenny, on the road to exile. In 1844 in Paris, he meets Friedrich Engels, an industrialist’s son, who has been investigating the sordid birth of the British working class. Engels, the dandy, provides the last piece of the puzzle to the young Karl Marx’s new vision of the world. Together, between censorship and the police’s repression, riots and political upheavals, they will lead the labor movement during its development into a modern era.

Austrian farmer Franz Jägerstätter faces the threat of execution for refusing to fight for the Nazis during World War II.

2010 film directed by Phillip Noyce

Raimund Gregorius, having saved a beautiful Portuguese woman from leaping to her death, stumbles upon a mesmerizing book by a Portuguese author, which compels him to suddenly abandon the boring life he has led for years and to embark on an enthralling adventure. In search of the author, Gregorius acts as detective, pulling together pieces of a puzzle that involves political and emotional intrigue and the highest possible stakes. His voyage is one that transcends time and space, delving into the realms of history, medicine and love, all in search of true meaning to his life.