Episode list

In 1854, Australian gold rush miners struggle for their rights against an oppressive government.

1944, Estonia. An impending Russian invasion forces thousands to flee. Eetla leaves the last boat, thus giving up her chance to escape. Defying the cold wind and rain of autumn, she returns to the lighthouse manned by her father Gottfrid.

During the war, the Resistance Movement had its own theater troupe that toured the villages and played anti-war plays.

In post-war Australia the men and women of Cinetone struggle to produce the weekly news reels for the movie-going public.

1948. Nina Levitskaya, a former opera singer and mother of four children, knows nothing about the fate of her husband, who disappeared from sight almost a year ago. According to rumors, the father of the family, a responsible employee, Aleskandr should be somewhere in Moscow. Clouds are gathering around the family, and in order to avoid a possible arrest, Nina urgently sells all her property, collects her children and leaves Sverdlovsk for the capital.

Inspired by true stories, a lighthouse keeper's wife struggles with her work and her sanity as she cares for her sick husband in 19th century Maine.