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drama film, historical film
Notorious gambler and dreaded swordsman Gil de Berault returns to Paris after carrying out a mission for the 'Red Robe' or Cardinal Richelieu and finds him concerned by growing opposition from French Protestants or Huguenots in the south. …
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Christmas film, Western film, drama film, historical film
It is winter in the prairie town of Wildrose in 1874. Molly and David Beaton struggle with grief after the death of their baby son. Their sense of loss is exacerbated when the railroad company invokes eminent domain over their neighbor's p…
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Historical drama, Satire, drama film, historical drama, satirical film
In the Danish West Indies in 1848, Anna Elizabeth Heegaard, a wealthy "free colored" woman, maintains a close friendship with Petrine, her housekeeper who is enslaved. Meanwhile, rumors of a slave rebellion begin to circulate.
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drama film, historical film
The film is Pichel's take on the life of Christ and focuses on the controversy and politics surrounding his life, particularly the activities of Zadok (Lee J. Cobb), leader of an anti-pagan group called the Zealots. Zadok initially plans t…
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Drama, historical film
Palizyn is the patriarch of an aristocratic family in pre-revolutionary Russia. Ruthless and savage, he exercises great power over his dependents, his peers, and his army of servants. Vadim, outwardly the most wretched and obedient of the …
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drama film, historical film
The action is located in Louisiana in the mid-nineteenth century. Virginia will fight to get possession of the Bagatelle estate after it was lost during the American Civil War.
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Biographical picture, biographical film, drama film, historical film, silent film
historical drama film
On 3 December 1971, Jean Eugene Paul Kay, a French citizen, hijacked a Boeing 720 owned by Pakistan International Airlines at Orly Airport. He demanded that the government of France sent 20 tons of relief and medicines to the camps of East…
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historical film
Documentation, documentary film
Darwin is a documentary film about an isolated community at the end of a weathered road in Death Valley, California. Propelled from society by tragic turns, the people of Darwin must now find ways to coexist in a place without a government…
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drama film, historical film
An American returns to his native Dutch village and causes a sensation there. When his pregnant stepdaughter starts an affair with the son of the local cheese-factory owner, the conservative village starts to despise her.
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Historical drama, drama film, romance film
A nineteenth-century circus performer becomes a celebrated dancer, but has trouble balancing her romantic and family aspirations with her career.
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historical film
In 1875 a group of adventurers meet in Singapore to look for pearls in the Pacific Islands: ship's Captain Bucko Larson, his First Mate Williams, Peg Legged Foster and bar girl and adventuress Ruby Taylor. They are guided by a Portuguese s…
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drama film, historical film
thumb|thumbtime=60|The Flame of Love (1930) Hai-Tang, star of the Chinese Troupe, and Lieutenant Boris Borissoff, adjutant to the Grand Duke, are in love. Boris is visited by Yvette, the Colonel's mistress and the main attraction at the Or…
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drama film, historical film
documentary film, historical film
historical film
In 1865, Señora Stevens and her American daughter Maria leave the U.S. to return to Stevens' homeland of Mexico along with their servant Caesar. They hope to live peacefully under Emperor Maximilian.
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Historical drama
In May 1550, two houses were to be united by the betrothal of the son of Rutland and the heiress of Haddon Hall. Sir George Vernon is forfeit to Rutland on his daughter's 18th birthday, for 10 of his 30 manors lying adjacent to Rutland. Hi…
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historical film
A young man in Alaska finds himself accused of murder, and must fight to clear his name.
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Adventure, Justice Drama, Pseudohistorical Fantasy, adventure film, adventure video game, drama film, historical film, medieval film
Western film, historical film, silent film, war film
historical film
Adventurer and gem expert Jean Baptiste Tavernier promises a diamond to cap King Louis XIV's crown for the coronation, but the reckless haste of the king's emissary, Baron Paul de Cabannes, causes the jewel to be cut badly and ruined. Jean…
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historical film
Gunfighter Jesse James is framed for a Missouri bank job and murder by a black-cowled outlaw gang, known as "The Black Raiders". Unable to clear his name, he and companion Steve Lane, whose father was murdered during the bank robbery, flee…
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romantic comedy
Maisie Ravier loses her job as an assistant in Horatio Curley's dog act as a result of a minor quarrel with test pilot "Breezy" McLaughlin. Breezy gets Curley a job at the Victory Aircraft factory where he works and offers to use his influ…
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