On vuosi 1585, ja on kulunut miltei kolme vuosikymmentä siitä, kun nuori Elizabeth nousi Englannin valtaistuimelle. Verinen kamppailu Englannin kruunusta on raivonnut taukoamatta, ja nyt Englannin kanaalin toiselta rannalta nousee jälleen uusi vihollinen: Espanjan Filip II on päättänyt liittää saarivaltakunnan katolilaisten vaikutuspiiriin. Elizabethin on tehtävä kaikkensa pysyvänsä Euroopan mahtavimpana kuninkaallisena.
Two short stories set in Edo during the Shogun era. 1 - During a time when Christians are persecuted vehemently, Iori falls in love with young Christian girl. When she and her family are captured during a raid, his sadistic master takes her as his personal slave to torment Iori, and tries breaking her spirit by means of rape, torture and pure sadism. After Iori refuses to participate any longer he is exiled, but vows to get her back no matter what it takes. 2 - When Sutezo is forced to serve the barbarous master of a brothel in order to repay his debts, he becomes friends with a young girl named Sato in process. Together, they both escape and try to get by on scams and petty theft.
Komisario Wallanderin tytär Linda on valmistunut poliisikoulusta ja aloittaa työt isänsä rinnalla Ystadissa. Kadonneen naisen etsintä muuttuu murhatutkinnaksi, kun metsästä löytyy ruumis. Elokuva pohjautuu Henning Mankellin menestysromaaniin.
An overview of the rise and fall of the Knights Templar. A medieval military/religious order with allegiance to no country but only the Pope.
Saracen pirates aboard the "Black Eagle" attack Christians strongholds along the coast of Spain. When they stop off in Sheba to re-supply, they also buy female slaves and end up fighting over them.
Iran, January 16th, 1979. Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi flees after being overthrown. Ayatollah Khomeini returns to Tehran and proclaims the Islamic Republic on April 1st, 1979. In the same year, Saddam Hussein seizes power in Iraq and, after several border skirmishes, attacks Iran on September 22nd, 1980, initiating a cruel war that will last eight years. Since its outbreak, correspondent Saeid Sadeghi documented it from its beginning to its bitter end.
A terrorist attempts to plant a plush toy Ganesh containing a bomb in a temple, but it is stolen by a stubborn child and a race against time begins as the toy passes from hand to hand, ready to explode.