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Austerlitz and Waterloo hung on a marriage; Phoenix plays him as a sulk.

Columbus crosses, then governs badly; the Vangelis theme outlived the film by decades.

One accusation told three ways, ending in the last judicial duel France allowed.

Two Napoleonic officers keep meeting to fight over an insult neither can remember; Scott's first feature.

Moses against Ramesses, with the ten plagues staged as natural disasters.

Lucius comes back to the arena twenty years on, with rhinos and a sea battle in the Colosseum.

Mogadishu, October 1993: a raid meant to take an hour runs all night.

Demi Moore shaves her head to get through SEAL selection as a senator’s test case.