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เมื่ออัจฉริยะนักประดิษฐ์ โทมัส อัลวา เอดิสัน (เบเนดิคท์ คัมเบอร์แบตช์) และเจ้าพ่อนายทุนอย่าง เจพี มอร์แกน (แมทธิว แม็คฟาเดียน) จับมือกันเพื่อผลักดันการใช้ไฟฟ้ากระแสตรง (DC) พวกเขาต้องเผชิญกับการต่อต้านทฤษฎีจาก จอร์จ เวสติงเฮ้าส์ (ไมเคิล แชนนอน) วิศวกร นักประดิษฐ์ และนักธุรกิจชาวอเมริกัน ผู้สนับสนุนทฤษฎีไฟฟ้ากระแสสลับ (AC) ผู้ซึ่งได้รับการช่วยเหลือจาก นิโคลา เทสลา (นิโคลัส โฮลท์) อีกหนึ่งอัจฉริยะนักประดิษฐ์ผู้เกิดในยุคเดียวกันกับเอดิสันเรื่องราวความขัดแย้งซึ่งเป็นจุดเริ่มต้นของสงครามหักล้างทฤษฎีที่ก่อให้เกิดคุณูปการแก่ผู้ใช้ไฟฟ้าทั่วทั้งโลก

Biarritz, 1933. Charm and talent assist small-time swindler Serge Alexandre, alias Stavisky, to bribe his way into the centre of French politics. But when his great scam involving millions is exposed, he brings the government to the verge of collapse and the country to the brink of civil war.

A biopic of Napoleon Bonaparte, tracing the Corsican's career from his schooldays (where a snowball fight is staged like a military campaign) to his flight from Corsica, through the French Revolution (where a real storm is intercut with a political storm) and the Terror, culminating in his triumphant invasion of Italy in 1797.

Young women toiling in a factory are exposed to hazardous material which takes a disastrous toll on their health.

France, 1809. Captain Neuville is called to the front, leaving his future bride heartbroken. Her sister decides to write letters on his behalf to cheer her up.

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.

Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria clashes with his father, Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria, over implementing progressive policies for their country. Rudolf soon feels he is a man born at the wrong time in a country that doesn't realize the need for social reform. The Prince of Wales, later to become Britain's King Edward VII, provides comic relief. Rudolf finds refuge from a loveless marriage with Princess Stéphanie by taking a mistress, Baroness Maria Vetsera. Their untimely demise at Mayerling, the imperial family's hunting lodge, is cloaked in mystery.

A history of the French Revolution beginning from the decision of the king to convene the Etats-Generaux in 1789 in order to deal with France's debt problem. Part one spans the event until August 10, 1792 (when the King Louis XVI lost all authority and was imprisoned). Part two carries the story through the end of the terror in 1794.

The history of cinematic sound, told by legendary sound designers and visionary filmmakers.

Japan, 1944. Trained for intelligence work, Hiroo Onoda, 22 years old, discovers a philosophy contrary to the official line: no suicide; stay alive whatever happens; the mission is more important than anything else. Sent to Lubang, a small island in the Philippines where the Americans are about to land, this role will be to wage a guerrilla war until the return of the Japanese troops. The Empire will surrender soon after; Onoda, 10,000 days later.