The watchwords of the French Revolution were liberty, equality and fraternity. Maximilien Robespierre believed in them passionately. He was an idealist and a lover of humanity. But during the 365 days that Robespierre sat on the Committee of Public Safety, the French Republic descended into a bloodbath. 'The Terror' only came to end when Robespierre was devoured by the repressive machinery he'd created. This drama-documentary tells the story of the Terror and looks at how Robespierre's revolutionary idealism so quickly became an excuse for tyranny, and why a lover of liberty was so keen to use the guillotine. Simon Schama and Slavoj Zizek are among the contributors.

在艺术史学家西蒙·沙玛看来，伦勃朗是有史以来最伟大的艺术家。在这部美丽的影片中，研究伦勃朗的领先专家走近这位荷兰艺术家面对老年挑战时的最后作品。在去世前的几年，他还在寻找一种全新的艺术语言描绘衰老时的喜悦和痛苦。衰老并没有削弱他的创造力，在他生命的最后岁月，甚至还凝聚了新的创作能量。伦勃朗的晚年生活颠沛流离，遭受着疾病、贫穷和失去亲人的痛苦。但是在这种痛苦中，他依然创作出了美丽精致的作品；而且，尽管被当时的社会认为不入流甚至怪异，但他最后的作品却充满了激情、创新和深刻的自我反省。这部影片拍摄于风景如画的阿姆斯特丹，是一次华丽的视觉盛宴，同时提供了对这位伟大艺术家艺术生涯中最活跃时期的深刻洞察。