Paris, late 19th century. Talented engineer Gustave Eiffel dreams of building the subway, the subway railroad of the future. However, meeting a mysterious woman from his past literally turns Eiffel's world upside down. Their dizzying romance inspires him to create an unimaginable architectural masterpiece - a giant openwork tower, which eventually becomes a symbol of Paris, romance and love.
In the last days of World War II, an exhausted and hungry 19-year-old private steals a captain's uniform. Pretending to be an officer, he gathers a group of deserters and sets out to fight his way through devastated Nazi Germany by any means possible.
France, late fourteenth century. Relations between the knight Jean de Carrouge and his fellow knight and neighbor Jacques Le Gris gradually deteriorate, and the matter reaches an irresolvable conflict. The offended Carrouge appeals for help to King Charles VI of France, and the latter decides that the opponents must settle the dispute in a deadly duel.
Even though Shen Liang serves as an imperial guard, his high position does not give him any privileges. The common people are afraid of him, his colleagues are waiting for his slightest misstep. One day Shen Liang accidentally finds a trail that leads to a plot against the emperor. An attempt to expose him aggravates his already difficult situation: now he is forced to kill or simply let die the artist Bei Zhai, which is completely unacceptable.
During the Cold War, Oleg Penkovsky, a colonel in the Defense Ministry's GRU General Staff, gets in touch with Greville Wynne, a British businessman and spy interested in constant contact with Moscow. The spies agree to cooperate, with no idea how it will end for each of them.
In 2006, the U.S. Army set up several roadblocks in northern Afghanistan to prevent weapons smuggling and the movement of Taliban fighters from Pakistan. The Keating outpost was located in the Hindu Kush Mountains - the military base was surrounded by mountains on all sides and was at a disadvantage. On October 3, 2009, the U.S. military had to engage in an unequal battle with superior Taliban forces.
England, 1657. Fanny and John Lye live in puritanical austerity with their young son Arthur on a remote farm near Shropshire. Until one day they are approached for help by a young pair of strangers. They are being pursued by a ruthless sheriff on a case of orgies in the county.
