Writers/Lit. history

In 1947, Dalton Trumbo was Hollywood's top screenwriter, until he and other artists were jailed and blacklisted for their political beliefs.

After aspiring poet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe fails his law exams, he's sent to a sleepy provincial court to reform. Instead, he falls for Lotte, a young woman who is promised to another man.

A chronicle of the life of Lope de Vega, the Spanish playwright who dominated Spain's early Golden Age of theater.

A false accusation leads the philosopher Socrates to trial and condemnation in 4th century BC Athens.

The story is set in the 12th century in Arab-ruled Spanish province Andalusia, where famed philosopher Averroes is appointed grand judge by the caliph and his liberal court judgments are not liked by everyone. The caliph's political rivals, centered around the leader of a fanatical Islamic sect, force the caliph to send Averroes into exile, but his ideas keep on living thanks to his students.

Manuel Chaves Nogales was always there where the news was: in the fratricidal Spain of 1936, in Bolshevik Russia, in fascist Italy, in nazi Germany, at a perishing Paris or at the London wrapped in flames of World War II. His job was walking and telling. At a time when you had to take sides if you didn't want to be set aside yourself, he used the written word to fight against the different forms of totalitarianism which were ravaging Europe. But Chaves always remained independent and that is precisely the reason why he was forgotten for more than half a century.

Galdós is, was and will be an extraordinary writer who revolutionized the narrative between 1860 and 1920. A documentary with touchs of fiction focussed on his most personal facet.

In 1894, French Captain Alfred Dreyfus is wrongfully convicted of treason and sentenced to life imprisonment at Devil's island.

The adventurous life of Portugal's epic poet, Luis de Camões.

C.S. Lewis, a world-renowned Christian theologian, writer and professor, leads a passionless life until he meets spirited poet Joy Gresham from the U.S.

Doña Ángelica - a young widow recently 18 years old - falls in love and wants to marry an army officer named Don Manuel, but to do so she must evade the vigilance of her sister-in-law who wishes to send her to the convent for the rest of her life. For this he elaborates an ingenious deception that allows him to communicate with Don Manuel in a seemingly mysterious and inexplicable way, appearing like a goblin or ghost.

A historical drama set in Roman Egypt, concerning a slave who turns to the rising tide of Christianity in the hope of pursuing freedom while falling in love with his mistress, the philosophy and mathematics professor Hypatia of Alexandria.

The philosopher Edmund Burke has fled London, debt collectors and a ramping midlife crisis to go on a grand tour of the Alps to rewrite his book on the Sublime in this 18th century road movie.

A handful of survivors from a disastrous 1528 Spanish expedition to Florida journey across the coast until they reach Mexico.

A drama based on the life of Spain's feminist mystic Saint Teresa (Vega).

A fascinating study of the poet Saint John of the Cross, and his spell in solitary confinement. Set in the convent of Toledo, this film explores the temptations that surrounded him, the dreams that afflicted him, his sanctity and his sanity.

Canadian author and poet Margaret Atwood discusses her life and work.