Tag: 19th century

Lark Rise to Candleford

Set in the small hamlet of Lark Rise and the...

Tess of the D'Urbervilles

The story of Tess Durbeyfield, a low-born country girl whose...

Sense and Sensibility

Marianne Dashwood wears her heart on her sleeve when she...

Goya's Skull

Bordeaux, France, 1828. Spanish painter Francisco de Goya y Lucientes...

The Emperor of Paris

Paris, France, early 19th century. The legendary convict François Vidocq...

The Strange Life of Dr. Frankenstein

In 1818, Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus,...

Kayamkulam Kochunni

The life of Kayamkulam Kochunni, a famed highwayman who robbed...

Panoramas of War

The end of the Franco-Prussian war (1870-71) saw the birth...

Gare du Nord : La Plus Grande Gare d'Europe

Cyrano, My Love

Paris, France, December 1897. The young playwright Edmond Rostand feels...

An Ideal Husband

In An Ideal Husband, an ambitious government minister, Sir Robert...

Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché

The epic life story of Alice Guy-Blaché (1873–1968), a French...

The Nightingale

In 1825, Clare, a 21-year-old Irish convict, chases a British...

A Fortunate Man

A gifted engineer flees his austere roots to pursue wealth...

The Sisters Brothers

Oregon, 1851. Hermann Kermit Warm, a chemist and aspiring gold...

Buffalo Boys

Betrayed by the Dutch colonial forces, Arana manages to escape...

This Magnificent Cake!

In 1885, Africa is a succulent cake destined to be...

The Wind

Lizzy is a tough, resourceful frontierswoman settling a remote stretch...

The Seagull

At a picturesque lakeside estate, a love triangle unfolds between...

West of Hell

A gunslinger, a vengeful ex-slave, and a runaway board a...

Tommy's Honour

In every generation, a torch passes from father to son....

Cranford

A rich and comic drama about the people of Cranford,...

Elveda Rumeli

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