"La boja història del món" és una visió irreverent de l'evolució de la història, des de l'aparició del primer home fins a la Revolució Francesa. L'Últim Sopar és captat a través dels ulls d'un turmentat cambrer. L'Imperi Romà és més esbojarradament corromput del que DeMille mai pogués somiar. Es divulguen els secrets de la Revolució Francesa. I fins i tot els ritus tribals de l'home prehistòric apareixen despullats.
Un grup de monjos acusa de bruixeria a una jove. L'intrèpid cavaller Behmen, escèptic davant aquesta idea, haurà d'emprendre un perillós viatge a terres llunyanes per demostrar la innocència de la noia.
In 17th-century France, Father Urbain Grandier seeks to protect the city of Loudun from the corrupt establishment of Cardinal Richelieu. Hysteria occurs within the city when he is accused of witchcraft by the sexually repressed Sister Jeanne.
A la tardor del 1327, dos frares franciscans, el savi Guillem de Baskerville i el seu jove deixeble Adso de Melk, s'encaminen a un monestir benedictí. Allí s'ha de celebrar una trobada sobre qüestions teològiques. Guillem i el seu acompanyant són els primers d'arribar i l'abat els explica que un monjo del monestir ha mort en circumstàncies misterioses i demana que l'ajudin a aclarir els fets, però abans que Guillem pugui esbrinar res, s'esdevenen altres morts misterioses. Guillem intueix que la clau del misteri es troba a la torre octogonal on hi ha la biblioteca, que custodia amb zel el cec Jorge de Burgos. Quan arriba el gran inquisidor Bernardo Gui, l'abat prohibeix que continuïn les investigacions, malgrat que hi ha més morts.
Veronica is brilliant, gifted and beautiful, but the handsome aristocrat she loves, Marco Venier, cannot marry her because she is penniless and of questionable family. So Veronica's mother, Paola, teaches her to become a courtesan, one of the exotic companions favored by the richest and most powerful Venetian men. Veronica courageously uses her charms to change destiny -- and to give herself a chance at true love.
As the plague decimates medieval Europe, rumours circulate of a village immune from the plague. There is talk of a necromancer who leads the village and is able to raise the dead. A fearsome knight joined by a cohort of soldiers and a young monk are charged by the church to investigate. Their journey is filled with danger, but it's upon entering the village that their true horror begins.
French Basque Country, year 1609. The men of a small fishing village have gone to sea. Judge Rostegui, who has been charged by the king with ridding the country of the devil's wiles, arrests Ana and her friends and accuses them of witchcraft.
The film is set in 1521 Antwerp, in a Europe ravaged by religious wars, and during the early years of the Reformation. It tells the story of the twelve year old, Falko Voeten – a printer’s son. When Falko’s father, Klaas Voeten, a printer of forbidden literature, is caught by the Inquisition for printing a letter written by Maarten Luther; Falko is unwittingly propelled into helping his father and into searching for the letter. Threatened by the Inquisition but aided by Marieke, a Catholic orphan girl from the underground sewers, Falko is faced with a race against time if he is to save his father from being executed for heresy.
16-year-old Maria is forced into Serra D'Aires convent, secretly run by Satanists.
An Italian nobleman seeks help after his paralyzed daughter becomes possessed by the spirit of a malevolent ancestress.
Francis Barnard arriba a un castell sinistre per esbrinar la causa de la mort de la seva germana Elizabeth, esposa del turmentat Nicolás Medina, fill d'un cruel inquisidor espanyol.
Two men, part tramp, part pilgrim, are on their way to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. On their way they meet a whole assortment of people—some truculent, some violent, and some bizarre; they experience many adventures—some mysterious, some erotic, some even supernatural.
Historical drama, based upon the novel by Alessandro Manzoni.
In the early Middle Ages, two Christian knights set off to christen a small pagan village hidden deep in the mountains. Despite the differences in their views and perspectives on religion, the two men become travel companions and create a father-son relationship. As they settle into the local community, their faith, belief system and the bond between them are all put to the test. Soon, love is confronted with hate, dialogue with violence, madness with rules and many will have to die.
A group of teenage, treasure seeking, grave robbers accidentally uncover the tomb of a satanic sect leader from the early Spanish colonial age, reawakening the diabolical killer, who promptly sets out to complete his unholy mission of spawning the son of Satan.
A group of nuns become possessed by demons and are then tortured in a dungeon of horrors during the Inquisition.
Challenged by a new student, tutor and theorist Galileo co-opts emerging telescope technology and discovers irrefutable proof of the heretical notion that the earth is not the center of the universe. But in a rigid society ruled by an uneasy alliance of aristocracy and clergy already undermined by the Plague and the Reformation, science is a threat and enlightenment is a luxury. Faced with either death at the hands of the Inquisition or recantation to a hypocritical but all-powerful Papacy, Galileo must choose between his own life and the restless scientific curiosity that he has spurned family, friends, and wealth to pursue.
The film is a historical drama set during the reign of Elizabeth I (Flora Robson), focusing on the English defeat of the Spanish Armada, whence the title. In 1588, relations between Spain and England are at the breaking point. With the support of Queen Elizabeth I, British sea raiders such as Sir Francis Drake regularly capture Spanish merchantmen bringing gold from the New World.
Italy, late 16th century, the Church, threatened by the Protestants, unleashes the Inquisition. Menocchio, an old, stubborn, self-educated miller oppose the new order. Accused of heresy, he ignores the pleadings and stands trial. The story of a man incapable of betraying his own principles.