Essential Cult Cinema Drawn from the Same DNA as Hans Westmar: Cult...

Dir: Charles Calvert

In the Jacobite Rising of 1745, the Young Pretender Bonnie Prince Charlie leads an insurrection to overthrow the Protestant House of Hanover and restore his family, the Catholic branch of the House of Stuart, to the British throne.

Dir: Charles Calvert

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of The Life of Lord Byron perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Lord Byron's wife leaves him after a jealous lady plots his ruin.

Dir: Unknown Director

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: J. Gordon Edwards

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Ashoka perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Biography portraying the life of the Roman Emperor Nero.

Dir: James A. FitzPatrick

Documentary short subject depicting the life of the American writer and poet John Greenleaf Whittier. The film is the first in the "Great American Authors" series from Kineto.

Dir: Heinz Goldberg

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Nero perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Cecil B. DeMille

After hearing the story of Moses, the sons of a devout Christian mother go their own ways, and the atheist brother's breaking of the Ten Commandments leads to tragedy.

Dir: Georg Jacoby

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of John Greenleaf Whittier perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

The youngest brother of Napoleon, Jerome, who, after the unfortunate peace of Tilsit, on August 18, 1807, took control of the newly created kingdom of Westphalia, holds his splendid court at Schloss Wilhelmshoehe near Kassel. In the magnificent surroundings of the castle, its beautiful parks and the charming water features, he spends his time in happy garden parties.

Dir: Rolf Raffé

The fateful last days in the life of King Ludwig II of Bavaria.

Dir: Edwin L. Hollywood

The story of Columbus' seven year struggle to gain backing for his voyage to America. Previous ventures to the North American continent by Asians, Phoenicians and Norsemen are also acknowledged.