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Drama, drama film, romance film
In the 1840s, in the town of San Pierre on the English Channel Island of Guernsey, two sisters, Marguerite and Marianne Patourel, daughters of the wealthy Octavius Patourel, fall in love with the same young man, William Ozanne. Marguerite …
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historical film
When the Great Mongolian Army is about to invade Europe in 1242, it doesn't expect that the Hungarian castle of Esztergom and its priest, Eusebius, will stop it.
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Komödie, adventure film, comedy film, historical film, parody film
Before dying, Admiral Horatio Nelson says that Britain needs a bigger navy with more men and then requests a kiss to Hardy. Meanwhile, Albert Poop-Decker has taken eight and half years and is still not qualified as midshipman, but is promo…
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Historical drama, drama film
Set in the 17th century, an Italian nobleman weds an impoverished countess, who is wooed by the Duke of Piedmont and faces pressure from his entire court to succumb to his wishes.
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Crime, Mysterie, historical drama, mystery film
The film opens with a series of arguments involving local millionaire Sidney Lassiter. First, Sidney threatens to remove his son Albert from his will if Albert doesn't leave his current lover. His wife Martha then reveals that she knows th…
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drama film, historical film
Sharpe participates in the Battle of Toulouse, at the end of the Peninsular War. On the other side are French General Calvet and Sharpe's nemesis, Ducos, who is in charge of Napoleon's treasury. During the fighting, Sharpe encounters and h…
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Drama, drama film, musical film, war film
In Berlin at the end of World War II, Wilhelm Furtwängler (Stellan Skarsgård) is conducting Beethoven's 5th Symphony when yet another Allied air raid stops the performance. A minister in the Nazi government comes to Furtwängler's dressing …
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biographical film, documentary film, drama film, historical film
Action, Drama, Historie, Western film, action film, drama film, historical film, romance film, war film
Winfield Scott, Chief Commanding Officer of the U.S. Army, orders that 16 Irish immigrant soldiers be illegally whipped for "desertion" after they are caught entering Mexico to attend Catholic religious services. Sgt.
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Historie, drama film
Forty years after the events in the film Hawaii, sea captain Whip Hoxworth returns to Oahu with the Corinthian’s hold full of Chinese laborers. Determined to leave the helm and run the family shipping fleet from shore, he instead learns th…
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Drama, drama film
In 1755, the father of 12-year-old Matt Howard (Dickie Jones) joins the Braddock Expedition against the French in the Ohio Country after being promised of land. Matt learns that his father died during the military expedition, and is consol…
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Historie, biographical film, drama film, war film
In 1456, Charles VII, experiences dreams in which he is visited by Joan of Arc, the former commander of his army, burned at the stake as a heretic twenty-five years earlier. In the dream he tells Joan that her case was retried and her sent…
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Adventure, Romance Film, adventure film, medieval film, swashbuckler film
During the reign of Frederick Barbarossa in Lombardy, Dardo Bartoli has brought his son Rudi to the town to see Count Ulrich, known as "the Hawk", who is accompanied by his niece, Lady Anne, and his mistress, Dardo's unfaithful wife France…
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Christmas film, Historical drama
In December 1775, Cletus Moyer is a free black Northerner in colonial America, working with a pre-Underground Railroad network to help slaves escape captivity. In the days just prior to Christmas, a group of bounty hunters led by Hattie Ca…
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Biographical picture, Historie, biographical film, drama film, historical film, period drama film, war film
When England and France wage war on the republic of The Netherlands, Naval commander Michiel de Ruyter is called upon to lead the Dutch fleet in a battle for freedom and unity.
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Biographical picture, Mysterie, drama film
thumb|The Night Watch by Rembrandt, the subject of the film The film is centred on the creation of The Night Watch, Rembrandt's most famous work, depicting civilian militiamen who wanted to be celebrated in a group portrait. The film posit…
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Drama, Historie, drama television series
The first episode covers Victoria's growth from bullied princess to reigning queen, and includes her romance and marriage with Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. The second episode depicts Victoria's life from her first pregnancy to Albert's dea…
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biographical film, drama film, historical film, thriller film, war film
Set after the Nazi invasion of Denmark, the film focuses on the Holger Danske resistance group's Bent Faurschou Hviid (known as Flammen) and Jørgen Haagen Schmith (known as Citronen). In a bar, Bent flirts with a woman, who identifies hers…
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Action, Historie, historical television series
Adventure, Historie, adventure film, drama film, historical film
In the spring of 1518, near Jaén, Spain, Pedro de Vargas, a Castilian caballero, helps a runaway Aztec slave, Coatl, escape his cruel master, Diego de Silva. De Silva is el supremo of the Santa Hermandad, charged with enforcing the Inquisi…
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biographical film, documentary film, historical film
Gwyneth Paltrow narrates the story of Welles Crowther, an equities trader known for saving at least ten lives during the September 11 attacks in New York City, during which he lost his own life. It includes interviews with Welles' parents …
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Western, adventure film
In 1803, the United States Congress approves the Louisiana Purchase from France. Meriwether Lewis is summoned to the White House by President Thomas Jefferson, who asks Lewis to lead an expedition to explore beyond the newly claimed land t…
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Adventure, adventure film
The Sheriff of Nottingham plans to confiscate the estate of the Lord of Bawtry, a nobleman who has died on a crusade. The archbishop of Canterbury, acting as regent or viceroy on behalf of King Richard the Lionheart (who is also on a crusa…
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biographical television program, drama television series, miniseries
The film tells the true story of explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton (Kenneth Branagh) and his 1914 Antarctic expedition on the ship Endurance. The story begins with him planning the expedition and finding sponsors, particularly Sir James Caird…
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