SECRETS OF HISTORY - PORTRAITS

Exceptional destinies

Synopsis

These high-budget biographies have been primetime ratings winners on French TV for many years.

This collection unveils the great mysteries of the past by evoking outstanding destinies.

Filmed in exceptional locations from Versailles to the Vatican and skillfully contextualized by a star presenter, each episode retraces the life of an emblematic historical character and highlights remarkable heritage sites.

Episodes

• CATHERINE DE’ MEDICI, A SCHEMER IN THE LOIRE VALLEY CASTLES
• MARIE-ANTOINETTE
• NAPOLEON AND THE WOMEN 
• THE WOMEN OF LOUIS XIV AND LOUIS XV
• HENRY IV OF ENGLAND, THE KING OF HEARTS
• CATHERINE THE GREAT OF RUSSIA, SLEEPLESS NIGHTS IN SAINT PETERSBURG
• EUGENIE, THE LAST FRENCH EMPRESS
• DIANE DE POITIERS, THE QUEEN OF FAVORITES
• PRINCESS PALATINE, GOSSIPS AT THE SUN KING'S COURT
• ANNE OF AUSTRIA, THE SUN KING'S MYSTERIOUS MOTHER
• TUTANKHAMUN, THE EGYPTIAN MYSTERY
• FRANCIS I, THE KING OF KINGS
• QUEEN VICTORIA OR THE EMPIRE OF THE SENSES
• NICOLAS FOUQUET, THE MAN WHO OFFENDED THE KING
• CLAUDE MONET, SECRETS GARDENS IN GIVERNY
• SISSI, EMPRESS OF AUSTRIA - LOVE, GLORY AND TRAGEDY
• IF THE WALLS OF THE ELYSEE PALACE COULD TALK
• QUEEN ELIZABETH II, AN INTIMATE PORTRAIT
• LOUIS XIV, THE PASSIONS OF THE SUN KING
• VICTOR HUGO, THE HIDDEN FACE OF THE GREAT MAN
• ISABELLA OF CASTILE 
• LOUIS XV AND MARIE LECZINSKA, INFIDELITIES IN VERSAILLES
• CHRISTINA OF SWEDEN, QUEEN OF SCANDALS
• SULEIMAN THE MAGNIFICENT 
• MARIA-CAROLINA OF NAPLES, THE UNTAMABLE
• THE DUKE OF AUMALE, THE WIZARD OF CHANTILLY
• MONACO AND THE GRIMALDIS 
• TALLEYRAND, THE LIMPING DEVIL
• LAFAYETTE, ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA
• MOLIERE, BEHIND THE MASK
• JUAN CARLOS, KING OF SPAIN
• THE VATICAN, IF THE WALLS COULD TALK 
• GALILEA, IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF JESUS
• JULY 14, 1789, THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
• SARAH BERNHARDT, HER LIFE, HER EXTRAVAGANCE
• RICHELIEU, HEAVEN CAN WAIT
• MOZART, FREEDOM OR DEATH
• QUEEN AMELIE, A FRENCH WOMAN IN PORTUGAL
• I, CHARLES V, MASTER OF THE WORLD
• GATSBY AND THE MAGNIFICENT
• FREDERICK II, THE BAROQUE KING OF PRUSSIA
• GEORGES CLEMENCEAU, THE BIG-HEARTED TIGER
• GAYATRI DEVI, A PRINCESS IN THE LAND OF THE MAHARAJAHS
• NICHOLAS II, RUSSIA LAST TSAR
• FRANZ FERDINAND OF AUSTRIA, THE END OF THE WORLD
• DANTON, TO ARMS!
• ROYAL HOLIDAYS
• MARQUISE DE POMPADOUR, A KING IN LOVE
• AGNES SOREL, THE FIRST FAVOURITE
• MARIA CALLAS, GLORY AND PAIN
• MADAME DE MAINTENON, HER IRRESISTIBLE RISE
• COURTESANS, THE QUEENS OF PARIS
• CHARLES DE GAULLE, THE LAST GIANT
• CHARLOTTE OF LUXEMBURG
• KING SAINT LOUIS, ON EARTH AS IN HEAVEN
• ANNE OF BRITTANY, TWICE QUEEN
• CARDINAL MAZARIN, DANGEROUS LIAISONS
• HORTENSE DE BEAUHARNAIS, ALL FOR THE EMPIRE
• CAESAR, THE GLORY OF ROME
• ELIZABETH I, THE VIRGIN QUEEN
• LOUIS XVI, THE UNKNOWN MAN OF VERSAILLES
• BECOMING NAPOLEON
• ELEANOR OF AQUITAINE, A REBEL IN THE MIDDLE AGES
• MADAME DE SEVIGNE, THE SPIRIT OF THE GREAT CENTURY
• DESIREE CLARY, FROM MARSEILLE TO SWEDEN
• LOUIS XIV, LONG LIVE THE KING
• LOUIS XIV, THE KING IS DEAD
• JOAN OF ARC, IN THE NAME OF GOD
• CHARLEMAGNE, LEGENDARY EMPEROR
• CASANOVA, LOVE IN VENICE
• HENRY III: A MULTI-FACETED KING
• LUDWIG II OF BAVARIA, THE BUILDER KING
• IN FLORENCE, LORENZO THE MAGNIFICENT
• THE WOMEN OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
• ANNE MARIE LOUISE D’ORLEANS, DUCHESS OF MONTPENSIER
• CLEOPATRA, A FATAL BEAUTY
• GEORGE SAND, FREE AND PASSIONATE
• CHURCHILL, A LION WITH A HEART OF GOLD
• ALEXANDER THE GREAT, DREAMS AND CONQUESTS
• WALLIS, THE SCANDALOUS DUCHESS OF WINDSOR
• MADAME DU BARRY, ROYAL LOVE IN VERSAILLES
• THE OMINOUS LEGEND OF QUEEN MARGOT
• MARIA THERESA, THE INVASIVE EMPRESS OF AUSTRIA
• MICHELANGELO'S DEMONS
• MOULAY ISMAIL, THE KING OF THE THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS
• CAROLINE, BORN BONAPARTE, WIFE OF MURAT
• PHILIPPE D'ORLEANS, THE LIBERTINE REGENT
• AGATHA CHRISTIE, THE UNCANNY QUEEN OF CRIME
• JOSEPHINE DE BEAUHARNAIS, NAPOLEON'S IRRESISTIBLE ASSET
• PRINCE CHARLES, KING TO BE
• A MAN CALLED JESUS
• LUCREZIA BORGIA, A WOMAN IN THE VATICAN
• BLANCHE OF CASTILE, THE DOMINANT QUEEN MOTHER
• MADAME ROYALE, ORPHANED BY THE REVOLUTION
• MARIE DE’ MEDICI, OBSESSED WITH POWER
• NEFERTITI, MYSTERIOUS QUEEN OF EGYPT
• MARY STUART, QUEEN OF FRANCE AND SCOTLAND
• LOUIS-PHILIPPE & MARIE-AMELIE DE BOURBON  
• RAMSES II, THE RECIPES FOR ETERNITY
• RAMSES II, TUTANKHAMUN: THE EGYPT OF THE PHARAOHS
• LEONARDO DA VINCI, A UNIVERSAL GENIUS
• AGRIPPINA: YOU'LL BE A MONSTER, MY SON
• ANNE OF FRANCE: FAMILY HONOR ABOVE ALL
• PEDRO II, BRAZIL'S LAST EMPEROR
• KNIGHT OF EON, THE AMBIGUOUS SPY
• VOLTAIRE, THE FREEDOM THINKER
• JEAN DE LA FONTAINE, THE STORYTELLER
• BLOODY MARY ON THE ENGLISH THRONE
• CHARLOTTE & MAXIMILIAN, MEXICO'S DARK HEROES
• MARIE-ANTOINETTE'S FAVORITES
• LADY HAMILTON'S SPLENDOUR AND DECLINE
• PRINCE PHILIP, AT HER MAJESTY'S SERVICE
• LOUIS-NAPOLEON BONAPARTE: THE RAGE TO LIVE
• MADAME DE MONTESPAN, THE SUN KING'S GREAT LOVE
• SAINT THERESE OF LISIEUX, STORY OF A SOUL
• VAUBAN'S ROYAL FORTRESSES
• WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR: THE FIGHT FOR ENGLAND
• THE DUCHESS OF BERRY: A REBEL AMONGST THE BOURBONS
• BEETHOVEN, ANYTHING FOR MUSIC
• VICTOR EMMANUEL II, THE FIRST KING OF ITALY
• NERO, THE TYRANT OF ROME
• ELISABETH, THE ECCENTRIC QUEEN OF BELGIUM
• RAPHAEL, THE RENAISSANCE PRODIGY
• NAPOLEON, THE EXILE OF ST. HELENA
• MARY OF BURGUNDY, ALONE AGAINST ALL
• TOUSSAINT LOUVERTURE, FREEDOM AT ALL COSTS
• PHILIP THE FAIR AND THE STRANGE AFFAIR OF THE TEMPLARS
• ALBERT OF MONACO, THE PRINCE OF THE OCEANS
• LOUIS XV AND THE GEVAUDAN BEAST
• THE INCREDIBLE SAGA OF RICHARD THE LIONHEART
• MARIE OF ROMANIA, THE ASTONISHING QUEEN OF THE CARPATHIANS
• JEANNE DE BELLEVILLE, PIRATE FOR LOVE
• JOSEPHINE BAKER, THE SOLDIER WITH A SONG
• EMILE ZOLA
• GUSTAVE FLAUVERT, THE FURY OF WRITING
• MOLIERE
• THE GRAND CONDE
• MATA HARI, THE SPY EXPOSED
• MARGUERITE OF ANGOULEME
• ROSA BONHEUR, THE ANIMAL FAIRY
• NOSTRADAMUS, THE MAN WHO PREDICTED THE FUTURE
• MARIE-ANTOINETTE AND THE DIAMOND NECKLACE CASE
• RAGNAR, THE VIKING WHO TERRORIZED PARIS
• D'ARTAGNAN
• PRINCESS DIANA, THIS ILLUSTRIOUS UNKNOWN
• NAPOLEON III, THE LAST FRENCH EMPEROR
• VERCINGETORIX, THE FIRST OF THE GAULS
• THE IRON MASK
• HENRI II, THE LAST KNIGHT KING
• MARY MAGDALENE, SO CLOSE TO JESUS
• THE FLIGHT TO VARENNES, THE MAD ESCAPE OF LOUIS XVI
• PHILIP V, THE DEMONS OF THE KING OF SPAIN
• CAROLINE MATHILDE
• MAYERLING
• JOHN PAUL II, GOD'S ATHLETE
• HENRIETTE OF ENGLAND
• VATEL, CAREME, ESCOFFIER: AT THE TABLE OF KINGS
• KING ARTHUR AND THE KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE
• THE PICASSO MYSTERY
• LOUIS XIV, THE MAN AND THE KING