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The stand up and fall of the notorious Roman Emperor Caligula, showing the violent methods that he employs to gain the throne, and the future insanity of his reign - he gives his horse political office and humiliates and executes anyone who stable slightly displeases him. He also sleeps with his sister, organises showy orgies and embarks on a fruitless invasion of England before meeting an pinch end. There are various versions of the film, ranging from the heavily- truncated 90-instant version to the legendary 160-minute hardcore version which leaves nothing to the imagination (still the hardcore scenes were inserted later and do not involve the main mould members).

Federal factor Elliot Ness assembles a personal team of mob fighters to bring Chicago violation boss Al Capone to justice using unconventional means during the mob wars of the 1920s. This fictionalized account of the pinch of Al Capone is heavy on style and gunfire. The end shootout combines a baby freightage and stairs with a nod to Eisenstein’s _The Battleship Potemkin_.

It is the days of the Crusades during the Middle Ages - the world shaping 200-year crash between Europe and the East. A blacksmith named Balian has lost his family and virtually his faith. The religious wars raging in the far-off Holy Land seem God-forsaken to him, yet he is pulled into that immense drama. Amid the pageantry and intrigues of medieval Jerusalem he falls in friendship, grows into a leader, and ultimately uses all his courage and skill to beside the city against staggering odds. Destiny comes seeking Balian in the form of a great knight, Godfrey of Ibelin, a Crusader concisely home to France from fighting in the East. Revealing himself as Balian’s father, Godfrey shows him the firm meaning of knighthood and takes him on a journey across continents to the fabled Holy Urban district. In Jerusalem at that moment–between the Second and Third Crusades–a fragile pacific prevails, through the efforts of its enlightened Christian king, Baldwin IV, aided by his advisor Tiberias, and the military curtailment of the legendary Muslim leader Saladin. But Baldwin’s days are numbered, and strains of fanaticism, greed, and jealousy volume the Crusaders threaten to shatter the truce. King Baldwin’s vision of peaceableness–a kingdom of heaven–is shared by a handful of knights, including Godfrey of Ibelin, who undertake to uphold it with their lives and honor. As Godfrey passes his sword to his son, he also passes on that spiritual oath: to protect the helpless, safeguard the peace, and work toward harmony between religions and cultures, so that a kingdom of heaven can flourish on mould. Balian takes the sword and steps into history.

In 1412, a boyish girl called Jeanne is born in Domr?my, France. The times are hard: The Hunderd Years war with England has been going on since 1337, English knights and soldiers dally the country. Jeanne develops into a very religious young lady-love, she confesses several times a day. At the age of 13, she has her first vision and finds a sword. When coming home with it, she finds the English leveling her home township. Years after that, in 1428, she knows her mission is to be ridding France of the English and so sets out to come across Charles, the Dauphin. In his desperate military situation, he welcomes all help and gives the maiden a probability to prove her divine mission. After the successful liberation of Orl?ans and Reims, the Dauphin can be crowned traditionally in the cathedral of Reims - and does not constraint her anymore, since his wishes are satisfied. Jeanne d’Arc gets set up in his trap and is imprisoned by the Burgundians. In a test against her under English law, she can’t be forced to tell about her divine visions she has had continuously since teens. Being condemned of witchcraft and being considered as relapsed heretic, she is sentenced to demise. Jeanne d’Arc is burnt alive in the marketplace of Rouen on May 30th, 1431, at only 19 years of age.

The Roman Empire is stretched across uncountable nations, including Britain. In their conquest for more land, the Romans went into Sarmatia where they fought the really brave Sarmatian cavalery. The Romans, impressed by the Sarmatian’s weaponery and fighting skills, included them into their army as knights. After 15 years of serving and fighting for the Roman Empire the Sarmatian Knights, persuade by Arthur/Artorious Castus, are about to receive their freedom as the Romans are leaving Britain. But the Knights essential carry out one final order before they are free. A Roman reverend and his family, especially his son Alecto, must be rescued from the invading Saxons. But there is another threat lurking on the road to freedom - the Woads, British rebels who hate the Romans.