Όταν ο Κουασιμόδος αψηφάει τον σατανικό Φρόλιο και πηγαίνει στο Πανηγύρι των Τρελών, το πλήθος τον κοροϊδεύει. Τον σώζει η τσιγγάνα Εσμεράλδα, και ο ήρωάς μας σύντομα θα βρεθεί να προσπαθεί με τη σειρά του να σώσει την πόλη του και τους φίλους που αγαπάει.
Στη Ρωσία του 15ου αιώνα, ο αγιογράφος Θεοφάνης ο Έλληνας επιλέγει ως βοηθό του το μοναχό Αντρέι Ρουμπλιόφ. Ο τελευταίος έχει διάφορους θεολογικούς προβληματισμούς κι όταν σε μια επιδρομή των Ταρτάρων αναγκάζεται να σκοτώσει, για να προστατεύσει μια ανυπεράσπιστη κοπέλα, απαρνείται για μεγάλο διάστημα τη ζωγραφική. Θ’ αρχίσει να ζωγραφίζει ξανά, στο έξοχο, τελευταίο μέρος της ταινίας, όταν το πείσμα και η δύναμη ψυχής του νεαρού και άπειρου χύτη που κατασκευάζει την τεράστια καμπάνα, θα του ξαναδώσει το πάθος για ζωή και δημιουργία.
Paris, 1482. Today is the festival of the fools, taking place like each year in the square outside Cathedral Notre Dame. Among jugglers and other entertainers, Esmeralda, a sensuous gypsy, performs a bewitching dance in front of delighted spectators. From up in a tower of the cathedral, Frollo, an alchemist, gazes at her lustfully. Later in the night, Frollo orders Quasimodo, the deformed bell ringer and his faithful servant, to kidnap Esmeralda. But when the ugly freak comes close to her is touched by the young woman's beauty...
Εκείνος τη νύχτα μεταμορφώνεται σε λύκο, εκείνη τη μέρα μεταμορφώνεται σε γεράκι. Μια σατανική κατάρα τους έχει καταδικάσει να μην συναντηθούν ποτέ, εκτός κι αν το ξόρκι με τον οποίο τους έχουν δέσει σπάσει. Με τη βοήθεια ενός νεαρού μικροκακοποιού, οι δύο εραστές θα προσπαθήσουν να νικήσουν τον μάγο που τους έχει καταραστεί και να μπορέσουν έτσι να ενωθούν ξανά...
Το πρώτο μέρος της ταινίας αφηγείται την ιστορία του Μωυσή που οδήγησε τους Εβραίους από την Αίγυπτο στη Γη της Επαγγελίας, την παραλαβή των 10 Εντολών και τη λατρεία του χρυσού μοσχαριού. Το δεύτερο μέρος δείχνει τηνεπίδραση των εντολών στη σύγχρονη ζωή μέσα από μια ιστορία που διαδραματίζεται στο Σαν Φρανσίσκο. Δύο αδέρφια, που ανατγωνίζονται για την αγάπη της Μαρίας, έρχονται σε σύγκρουση όταν ο Τζον ανακαλύπτει ότι ο Νταν χρησιμοποίησε κακά υλικά για να κατασκευάσει έναν καθεδρικό ναό.
Vanheden and Dynamit-Harry, together with Harry's fiancée Doris, are in Mallorca while Sickan is still in Stockholm. However, Wall-Enberg talks him into doing a break-in at Las Palmas cathedral in Mallorca. Once persuaded, he can't resist the temptation and travels to Mallorca as well. However, Wall-Enberg obviously can't be trusted. Sickan is framed, caught and put in jail. While being escorted home to Sweden again, Vanheden and Harry sets up a plan to break him free. Sickan, once free, wants payback. The gang discover that an antiques dealer called Germann has something to do with the whole thing and that she's also collaborating with Wall-Enberg. The gang then decide to take a closer look at her and her antiques and they discover that there's a heist being planned against the cathedral in Palma.
In a rainy afternoon drive, a man embarks on a journey through his memories. As he questions his faith, the line between past and present begins to blur, leading him into a maelstrom of fragmented images.
On a walking tour of English cathedrals, Donald Meadows meets Hester Granthem in church. Hearing he is from that hot-bed of crime, Chicago, Hester asks Donald to help her in a robbery she has planned. Thinking it a joke, he plays along; but Hester is serious, and hearing that she plans to rob Mr. Waller, the man who has cheated her father out of thousands of pounds, Donald agrees. A robbery at a pub is arranged, but the Bishop of Broadminster, an avid mystery fan, and his sister stumble into it. Playing detective the Bishop complicates matters and each side, the Bishop, the unscrupulous Waller, the gang Hester hires, and Hester and Donald, each get the upper hand along the way.
Taking you back inside the world-famous Cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris in France. It’s three years since the inferno devastated the vast timber and lead roof and the 850-year-old Gothic masterpiece is now at a critical turning point. Work to rebuild the monument is being ramped up, with 200 scientists, historians, restorers and construction workers now on site. They’re racing to meet an ambitious deadline; to reopen Notre Dame to the public ahead of the 2024 Olympic Games to be held in Paris. 1,200 tons of scaffolding now fills the cathedral, giving the team unprecedented access to every inch of the structure. This not only allows them to restore Notre Dame, but also solve its architectural mysteries.
David Hockney undertakes a commission to design and install a stained-glass window in Westminster Abbey to commemorate the sixty-fifth year of Queen Elizabeth II's reign.
Author David Macaulay hosts CATHEDRAL, based on his award-winning book. Using a combination of spectacular location sequences and cinema-quality animation, the program surveys France's most famous churches. Travel back to 1214 to explore the design of Notre Dame de Beaulieu, a representative Gothic cathedral. The program tells period tales revealing fascinating stories of life and death, faith and despair, prosperity, and intrigue.
For most of America's history, sacred buildings represented our greatest feats of innovative engineering and artistic design. Unlock the elements of design that make these structures so fascinating and unveil the meaning in religious architecture, ranging from grand cathedrals and simple country churches to synagogues and mosques.
Murder in the Cathedral is a story about Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, and his struggles against temptation and personal vanity prior to his murder in the great Cathedral.
Hitch a ride with a glamorous blonde in a convertible sports car, and take a spin around the seaside town of Weston-Super-Mare and its surroundings.
An epic ramble from Winchester to Canterbury, through Hampshire, Surrey and Kent with picnics, pints and much prettiness on the way.
A film about astronomy which also happens to show views of the ancient city of Winchester, before focussing on a particular house in the suburbs with its own observatory.
Well-intentioned Tin Tan who is always making trouble for other people, sometimes on purpose and sometimes by accident.