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- DirectorAgustín Díaz YanesStarsViggo MortensenElena AnayaUnax UgaldeViggo Mortensen plays the Spanish soldier-turned-mercenary Captain Alatriste, a heroic figure from the country's 17th century imperial wars.
- DirectorJames ClavellStarsMichael CaineOmar SharifFlorinda BolkanDuring the Thirty Years' War of 1600s, a band of Protestant mercenaries peacefully coexist with German Catholic villagers in a hidden idyllic mountain valley untouched by war.
- DirectorKen HughesStarsRichard HarrisAlec GuinnessRobert MorleyPuritan statesman Oliver Cromwell leads England in a civil war against the absolutist and Catholic-sympathetic King Charles I.
- DirectorMichael ReevesStarsVincent PriceIan OgilvyRupert DaviesA young soldier seeks to put an end to the evils caused by a vicious witch-hunter when the latter terrorizes his fiancée and kills her uncle.
- DirectorJoseph LoseyStarsTopolEdward FoxColin BlakelyThis biopic is about Galileo Galilei, the seventeenth century Italian who laid the foundations of modern science. Galileo made himself one of the world's first telescopes and discovered the moons of Jupiter. He supported Copernicus' theory that the Earth revolved around the Sun. This brought him in conflict with the Catholic Church. By threatening him with torture, the Church forced him to recant his views in front of a tribunal, and sentenced him to house arrest. However, Galileo's trials and theories inspired others like Sir Isaac Newton and Johannes Kepler to prove that the Earth was not the center of the universe. Some years ago, the Pope accepted that Earth does revolve around the Sun and issued a rare apology for what the Church had done to Galileo. The Catholic Church recanted.
- DirectorLiliana CavaniStarsCyril CusackGeorgi KaloyanchevNikolay DoychevA humble scientist from Padua proves that the Earth revolves and that it is not the center of the universe. He has few supporters and many enemies. When Giordano Bruno dies a martyr's death, Galileo exclaims: "Science needs scientists, not martyrs!" In order to preserve his discovery and continue his research he tries to make peace with the church but does not succeed. Slandered and misunderstood by his contemporaries, Galileo suffers the tragic isolation of men of genius the importance of whose lifework is recognized only by subsequent generations.
- DirectorOtakar VávraStarsVladimír SmeralElo RomancikJosef KemrIn the 1600s, an overzealous clergy hauls innocent women in front of tribunals, forces them to confess to imaginary witchery, and engages in brutal torture and persecution of their subjects.
- DirectorMike BarkerStarsTim RothDougray ScottOlivia WilliamsA recounting of the relationship between General Fairfax and Oliver Cromwell, as they try to cope with the consequences of deposing King Charles I.
- DirectorRouben MamoulianStarsGreta GarboJohn GilbertIan KeithQueen Christina of Sweden is a popular monarch who is loyal to her country. However, when she falls in love with a Spanish envoy, she must choose between the throne and the man she loves.
- DirectorMika KaurismäkiStarsMalin BuskaSarah GadonMichael NyqvistTHE GIRL KING paints a portrait of the brilliant, extravagant Kristina of Sweden, queen from age six, who fights the conservative forces that are against her ideas to modernize Sweden and who have no tolerance for her awakening sexuality.
- DirectorRoel ReinéStarsFrank LammersSanne LangelaarBarry AtsmaWhen the young republic of The Netherlands is attacked by England, France, and Germany, and the country is on the brink of civil war, only one man can lead the country's strongest weapon, the Dutch fleet: Michiel de Ruyter.
- DirectorImanol UribeStarsMaría BarrancoJoaquim de AlmeidaLaura del SolAfter spending a night with a sensual prostitute, the King of Spain decides that he wants to see his wife naked. His decision causes a real revolution amidst his subjects.
- StarsRufus SewellRupert GravesCharlie Creed-MilesThe chronicle of Charles II's time on the throne, his ten-year exile from Oliver Cromwell's England, and his triumphant return.
- DirectorNicholas HytnerStarsDaniel Day-LewisWinona RyderPaul ScofieldA Salem resident attempts to frame her ex-lover's wife for being a witch in the middle of the 1692 witchcraft trials.
- StarsDominique ReymondBo ErikssonJan HasenfußThis documentary drama series tells the story of the Thirty Years War from the perspective of the people who experienced it: like the soldier Peter Hagendorf, the "Winter Queen" Elisabeth Stuart, the famous artist Peter Paul Rubens and the "Grey Eminence" Father Joseph. Their gripping accounts, letters and diary entries are condensed into a fascinating and emotive portrait of the time. In the 17th century, a generation of painters and illustrators developed the first type of visual mass medium - genre art, the pictorial representation of scenes and events from everyday life. The artists visualized the world they lived in with all its facets: markets, domestic settings, interiors, parties, inns, street scenes, and many more. This visual memory of the 17th century forms the 'archive footage' in the series. Combined with vivid drama and contributions from international experts, the series builds a bridge between "now" and "then" enabling viewers to experience what it was like to live through the Thirty Years' War.
- DirectorKevin BrownlowStarsMiles HalliwellJerome WillisTerry HigginsWinstanley explores the attempt by Gerrard Winstanley who formed 'The Diggers' and with a group of followers attempted to form a small farming community in one of the first proto-Communist attempts at collective agriculture.
- DirectorSergiu NicolaescuStarsAmza PelleaIon BesoiuOlga TudoracheAt the end of the 16th century Wallachian ruler Prince Michael the Brave overcame the adversity of the Ottoman and Austrian Empires to unite Wallachia, Moldavia and Transylvania into one country.
- DirectorGiuliano MontaldoStarsGian Maria VolontèHans Christian BlechMathieu CarrièreFleeing from his enemies in the Catholic Church, the free thinking philosopher, poet and scientist Giordano Bruno (1548-1600) has found some protection in Venice. But the Roman Inquisition, fearing his influence in Europe, wants to bring him on trial for heresy.
- DirectorPaul W.S. AndersonStarsLogan LermanMatthew MacfadyenRay StevensonThe hot-headed young D'Artagnan along with three former legendary but now down-on-their-luck Musketeers must unite and defeat a beautiful double agent and her villainous employer from seizing the French throne and engulfing Europe in war.
- DirectorStephen HerekStarsCharlie SheenKiefer SutherlandChris O'DonnellFrance, 1625: Young d'Artagnan heads to Paris to join the Musketeers but the evil cardinal has disbanded them - save 3. He meets the 3, Athos, Porthos and Aramis, and joins them on their quest to save the king and country.
- DirectorRichard LesterStarsOliver ReedRaquel WelchRichard ChamberlainA young swordsman comes to Paris and faces villains, romance, adventure and intrigue with three Musketeer friends.
- DirectorBertrand TavernierStarsSophie MarceauPhilippe NoiretClaude RichFrance, 1654: D'Artagnan's girl grows up in a convent. When the mother superior is murdered, Eloïse suspects a plan to murder the king and hopes to prevent this and revenge the murder by finding her father and the 3 musketeers.
- DirectorJean-Paul RappeneauStarsGérard DepardieuAnne BrochetVincent PerezFamed swordsman and poet Cyrano de Bergerac is in love with his cousin Roxane. He has never expressed his love for her as he his large nose undermines his self-confidence. Then he finds a way to express his love to her, indirectly.
- DirectorMichael GordonStarsJosé FerrerMala PowersWilliam PrinceThe charismatic swordsman-poet helps another woo the woman he loves.
- DirectorPablo AgüeroStarsAmaia AberasturiAlex BrendemühlDaniel FanegoBasque Country, 1609. The men of the region are at sea and Amaia takes part for the first time in the nightly dances in the woods with the other villager girls. She is only 20. At dawn, they are all arrested.
- DirectorPedro OleaStarsSilvia MuntMary CarrilloWalter VidarteIn 17th-century Navarre, Lord Fermin has started a witch hunt. Villagers are arrested and tortured to extract "confessions"; Fermin is actually using this horror to tarnish Unai, a farmer who opposes his tyrannical rule.
- DirectorJerzy HoffmanStarsTadeusz LomnickiMagdalena ZawadzkaMieczyslaw PawlikowskiIn 1668 Polish colonel Michael Wolodyjowski, who recently retired to a monastery, is recalled to active duty and takes charge of Poland's eastern frontier defenses against invading Tatar hordes and Ottoman armies.
- StarsThomas HoltzmannKrista StadlerIrina Wanka"Wallenstein" is about the late career and assassination of Albrecht von Wallenstein, who was the commander-in-chief of the armies of the Holy Roman Emperor, Ferdinand II, during the 30-years' War, 1618 to 1648. Freidrich Schiller completed the cycle of three dramas from which this production derives in 1799. The story begins in the middle of the War, when Wallenstein is bivouacked in what is now the Czech Republic, and debating his loyalty to the Emperor or to himself. He considers resigning. But is the Emperor loyal to Him? Wallenstein would prefer to make peace. He is, however, surrounded by spies and turncoats, and some of them, loyal to the emperor, capture one of the Commander's dispatch riders and discover his plans. At this point, it becomes clear that Wallenstein is in danger of being betrayed to the Emperor, and that comes to pass.
- DirectorChristian TwenteStephan KoesterRobert WiezorekStarsStefan JürgensHans MittermüllerChristoph KampmannThe Empire had settled on the principle of rulers determining their principalities' religion, but then Habsburg king of Bohemia and 'soon to be elected' Emperor Ferdinand's attempt to impose his Catholicism on the mainly protestant Bohemians (against the oath of his enthronement) caused an escalation of violence spreading through Germany beyond his financial means: the Thirty Years War wrecked the country and killed a third of the population. The Bohemian nobleman Albrecht von Wallerstein offered an alternative: an army of 50,000 mercenaries paid for by being allowed to plunder and exacting all of their needs from the occupied (protestant) territories. He repelled the Danish invasion, but was deposed after his fellow Catholic electors joined his opposition and awarded the Mecklemburg duchy. Swedish King Gustaf Adolf Wasa (invading South to Bavaria) forced Wallenstein to be reinstated, yet his autonomous negotiations with the imperial protestants caused the Emperor to have him proscribed. After his murder, the Prague Peace Treaty proved pointless as neighbors France and Sweden wouldn't allow the Empire to be welded together. Only in 1648 an unprecedented pan-European congress in Münster and Osnabrück reached the Westphalian Peace.
- DirectorAgnès MerletStarsValentina CerviMichel SerraultPredrag 'Miki' ManojlovicArtemisia Gentileschi (1593-1653) was one of the first well-known female painters. The movie tells the story of her youth, when she was guided and protected by her father, the painter Orazio Gentileschi. Her professional curiosity about the male anatomy, forbidden for her eyes, led her to the knowledge of sexual pleasure. But she was also well known because in 1612 she had to appear in a courtroom because her teacher, Agostino Tassi, was suspected of raping her. She tried to protect him, but was put in the thumb screws...
- StarsRichard ChamberlainToshirô MifuneYôko ShimadaAn English navigator becomes both a player and pawn in the complex political games in feudal Japan.
- DirectorMichele PlacidoStarsRiccardo ScamarcioLouis GarrelIsabelle HuppertThe Catholic Church secretly investigates Caravaggio as the Pope weighs whether to grant him clemency for killing a rival.
- DirectorJesus Garces LambertStarsManuel AgnelliEmanuele MariglianoMina GregoriAn exciting and unsettling cinematic journey through the life, work and torments of Caravaggio. Light and shadow, contrasts and contradictions, genius and intemperance distinguish his existence and his art. A narrative and visual excursus, filmed in : Milan, Florence, Rome, Naples and Malta.
- DirectorEmilio Gómez MurielStarsMaría FélixÁngel GarasaJosé CibriánA 17th century woman, imprisoned for fighting in a bar, recounts her past to a priest. She tells of her father teaching her how to fence, of being sent to a convent by her aunt when her father died, of escaping by dressing as a man, and of her life as a man following the escape.
- DirectorJosé María ElorrietaStarsMaría MahorFrank LatimoreVirgilio TeixeiraLima, Peru: early 17th century. Rosa Flores' parents have promised her in marriage to a handsome young man. But the girl, who has made a vow of virginity, dedicates her efforts and attention to those most in need. Finally, she enters as a Tertiary in the order of Santo Domingo de Guzmán to be able to give herself completely to others. Her astonishing acts of mortification, penance and charity will be culminated in various miracles that will cause her to be canonized as a saint.
- DirectorMikheil ChiaureliStarsAkaki KhoravaVeriko AnjaparidzeLiana AsatianiGeorgia is being torn into pieces by the Ottoman Empire, Persia and the Russian Empire. Only one man can unite Georgian people in their fight for independence - Giorgi Saakadze. But is he ready to step up and pay the price?
- DirectorJustin ChadwickStarsAlicia VikanderDane DeHaanJack O'ConnellAn artist falls for a young married woman while he's commissioned to paint her portrait during the Tulip mania of seventeenth century Amsterdam.
- DirectorPeter WebberStarsScarlett JohanssonColin FirthTom WilkinsonA young peasant maid working in the house of painter Johannes Vermeer becomes his talented assistant and the model for one of his most famous works.
- DirectorPeter GreenawayStarsMartin FreemanEmily HolmesEva BirthistleAn extravagant, exotic and moving look at Rembrandt's romantic and professional life, and the controversy he created by the identification of a murderer in the painting 'The Night Watch'.
- DirectorAlexander KordaStarsCharles LaughtonGertrude LawrenceElsa LanchesterThe respected painter takes to drink and faces down scandal after his wife dies.
- DirectorCharles MattonStarsKlaus Maria BrandauerRomane BohringerJean RochefortIconic artist Rembrandt van Rijn worked in the fields of painting, drafting, and printing, becoming the most iconic artist in all of Dutch history. This documentary profiles the story of a man whose varied works left an indelible mark on the world.
- DirectorOeke HoogendijkStarsEijk De Mol van OtterlooJan SixRose-Marie De Mol van OtterlooThis is set in the world of the Old Masters and offers a mosaic of gripping stories in which unrestrained passion for Rembrandt's paintings leads to dramatic developments and unexpected plot turns.
- DirectorHans SteinhoffStarsEwald BalserHertha FeilerGisela Uhlen
- DirectorBert HaanstraLooking closely at Rembrandt's paintings, this documentary focuses on the Dutch Golden Age master and his fascination for the human being.
- DirectorGerard RuttenStarsAnny de LangeJan de VrijPaul MeyerThe life of Rembrandt van Rijn, famous Dutch painter.
- StarsToby JonesThomas S. KaplanLeonore van SlotenThe life and art of the quintessential 17th century Dutch painter Rembrandt.
- CreatorMartine BrantPeter FlanneryStarsAndrea RiseboroughDominic WestTom Goodman-HillDrama charts the progress of the English Civil War through the story of a young woman, the fictional Angelica Fanshawe, and her three husbands.
- DirectorJacques MalaterreStarsArnaud BedouëtChiara De LucaMarc SaezA reenactment of the last day of king Henri IV of France before his murder by the fanatical catholic Ravaillac.
- DirectorRené AllioStarsRufusJacques DebaryGérard DesartheKing Louis XIV orders all Protestants to convert to Catholicism.
- DirectorRiccardo FredaStarsGino CerviAnneliese UhligEnrico GloriIn Barcelona, in 1650, Count Don Cesare di Bazan tries to foil, with the help of an actress, a plot hatched against the king by the French ambassador.
- CreatorPatricia Arriaga-JordánStarsPia WatsonAlberto ColladoArcelia RamírezThis series dramatizes the life of Juana Inés de la Cruz, a renowned writer, nun and influential political figure in 17th-century Mexico.
- StarsWouke van ScherrenburgNiek BarendsenHelmer HelmersJohan van Oldenbarnevelt (1547-1619) is considered the first great statesman of the Netherlands. For over thirty years, during the Eighty Years' War, he was a state attorney and grand pensionary of the States of Holland. Side by side with Maurits van Oranje, he fights for independence. But then there is a break in their relationship. Oldenbarnevelt finds his humiliating end on the scaffold in the Binnenhof. How did that happen?
- StarsWouke van ScherrenburgNiek BarendsenJudith BrouwerIt is etched in the Dutch collective memory: the gruesome murder of Johan and Cornelis de Witt in the disaster year of 1672. Anyone who reconstructs the events surrounding the lynching party is still amazed at what happened in The Hague that 20th of August. How is it that two such respected regents, who have spent nearly twenty years serving the Republic, are so dishonored?
- StarsWill O'ConnellLisa HiltonMichael LaskowskiKing Charles I is imprisoned in Windsor Castle and executed for treason in 1649, changing politics and power in England forever.
- DirectorTim KirbyStarsBruce AlexanderStephen BoxerDavid BurkeA documentary about the trials conducted in England for the regicides, those who had a hand in condemning King Charles I to execution.
- DirectorTony PalmerStarsSimon CallowMichael BallRebecca FrontIn 1960s, a British playwright attempts to reconstruct the life of real life 17th century English composer Henry Purcell even though little is known about him. Purcell's life is reenacted and his music performed.
- DirectorGiacomo BattiatoStarsAnthony QuinnStefania SandrelliValérie KapriskyAs a boy the orphan Antonio Stradivari heard for the first time in his life the sound of a violin and he was fascinated by its voice. He tried to construct a violin and attracted the attention of Niccolò Amati, a famous lutist of Cremona. Antonio became apprentice in his bottega (workshop). Grown up, he fell in love for Francesca and he succeeded in marrying her. Afterwards he became more and more famous for his violins and he was granted a diploma from the king of Spain. After the death of his wife he was almost forced to marry again. He was chosen by Antonia Maria and it will be a happy marriage. In the background we have a look at the history of Northern Italy during the seventeenth century.
- 2001–201149m7.2 (13)TV EpisodeDirectorMick GoldStarsSamuel WestDavid BomfordDuncan BullA loving leer at The Rokeby Venus, painted on the sly by Diego Velazquez while on holiday in Italy c. 1647-51. An erotic nude once the private pleasure of a libertine, the painting now stands as an icon of London's National Gallery.
- 2001–201149m7.7 (11)TV EpisodeDirectorJohn BushStarsSamuel WestGary SchwartzEgbert Haverkamp-BegemannAn appreciation of Rembrandt's 1642 painting "The Night Watch," featuring the Company of Captain Frans Banning Cocq and Lt. William van Ruytenburch. The iconic painting's creation and history are detailed by art historians and critics.
- DirectorPeter Du CaneStarsDuncan BaileyPat BakerEmily BeardsmoreA documentary which tells the extraordinary story of the Dutch East India ship Batavia, wrecked on the coast of Western Australia in 1629 in which 125 men, women and children were massacred by mutinous crew members, with the surviving passengers and crew being saved at the last minute by the arrival of a rescue ship.
- DirectorAngelo LongoniStarsAlessio BoniElena Sofia RicciJordi MollàThe tumultuous and adventurous life of Michelangelo Merisi, controversial artist, called by Fate to become the immortal Caravaggio. A violent genius that will dare to defy the ideal vision of the world imposed by the Renaissance painters. A provoker that scandalized patrons and institutions, raising the altars the outcast figures he knew so well: drunkards, vagrants and prostitutes.
- DirectorNorman StoneStarsJames BrycePaola DionisottiJohn GillespieJohn Rhys-Davies leads us back into a darker time to discover this tale of saints and sinners, power and passion. The greatest translation of the Bible emerged into a world and culture that would never be quite the same again.
- DirectorJerzy HoffmanStarsDaniel OlbrychskiMalgorzata BraunekTadeusz LomnickiDuring the 1655 war between Protestant Sweden and Catholic Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth some Polish-Lithuanian nobles side with Swedish king Charles X Gustav while others side with the Polish king Jan Kazimierz.
- DirectorBenjamin LehrerStarsAnthony AudouxMarie BeaujeuxHervé DandrieuxVauban, the king and his forts: He became an emblematic figure of the reign of Louis XIV. The Marquis of Vauban is justly renowned for designing innumerable civil works and fortifications throughout France. We discover the remarkable genius of this military engineer.
- 2007–8.6 (8)TV Episode
- DirectorMarc RivièreStarsPhilippe TorretonAlessandra MartinesMarc CittiWith France's prime minister Cardinal Richelieu and King Louis XIII dead, the Italian-born Cardinal Mazarin and the Spanish-born Queen Anne struggle to establish a regency to rule France in the name of the five-year-old Louis XIV.
- DirectorGeorgi Yungvald-KhilkevichStarsMikhail BoyarskiyDanila DunaevAlisa FreyndlikhAfter the deaths of d'Artagnan, Athos, Porthos and Aramis the Queen Anna of Austria has to ask for help of the heroes' sons. They, however, cannot fulfill her request on their own. The original musketeers have to literally return to live and embark on a new adventure.
- StarsLorànt DeutschThierry FrémontSara GiraudeauAfter the sumptuous fête which infuriated the king, Fouquet was arrested. After a travesty of a trial, he spent the rest of his life in a fortress.
- DirectorSilvije PetranovicStarsMilan PlestinaLeona ParaminskiIvica VidovicIt is the mid 17th century. The Jesuits spread their influence in Central Europe. Maria, a young Countess lives in the castle. Father Had is a honest and ardent servant of the Society of Jesus. He is dedicated to his life's mission, and as such he is an ideal tool in the hands of his superiors, who have their own plans. Had becomes Maria's confessor. Her woman's charm, intelligence and energy, as well as her beauty, are a constant temptation to him. Jesuits are making pressure on Had to finally realize their plans. Will the Jesuits, at last, achieve their goals and take the castle?
- DirectorHenri DecoinStarsDanielle DarrieuxViviane RomancePaul MeurisseMadame de Montespan, the Maîtresse-en-titre of Louis XIV, has been in disgrace since the King set eyes on a younger beauty, Marie-Angélique Scorailles. Having had enough of the situation, the rejected mistress decides to visit La Voisin, a woman known as a fortune teller, a doctor, a midwife and who is also said to arrange black masses and sell poisons. Some time later Marie-Angélique, now Duchess of Fontanges, dies mysteriously aged only twenty...
- DirectorGregory MonroStarsJean-Marc LeriIn today's programme: The poison affair We examine one of the darkest pages in Paris's history, beginning with Louis XIV. It includes plots and the attempted assassination of the King. Secrets from beyond the grave From the catacombs to the capital's most famous cemeteries, we investigate Paris beyond the grave.
- DirectorAndré HunebelleStarsJean MaraisBourvilElsa MartinelliThe young King Louis XIII is dominated by his mother Marie de Medici and her favorite Concino Concini. Francois de Capestang, a faithful knight falls for the daughter of the Duke of Angouleme that conspires against the Crown by his side.
- DirectorAndré HunebelleStarsGérard RinaldiGérard FilippelliJean SarrusThe Queen of France finds herself in a state of embarrassment, when the king asked her to wear the special necklace for the forthcoming appearance in public.
- DirectorAndré HunebelleStarsGérard RinaldiGérard FilippelliJean SarrusD'Artagnan and his musketeer comrades must thwart the plans of Cardinal Richelieu to usurp King Louis XIII's power.
- DirectorHugo del CarrilStarsAntonio VilarAna María LynchFrancisco de PaulaChile in the seventeenth century a woman kills her lover because he wants to conquer a priest. A slave commit the murder; when he is hanged religious, discover the truth.
- DirectorIgnacio VilarStarsGrial MontesLaura MíguezSanti PregoMaria Solinha from the 17th century and Maria Solinha from the 21st century were both attacked by the dragon.
- DirectorHenri HelmanStarsJacques PerrinPierre BoulangerStéphan Guérin-TilliéIn the Kingdom of France from 1640 is the old with his body ailing Cardinal Richelieu, powerful man under Louis XIII, faced with the machinations of his tipped designated successor, the Marquis de Cinq-Mars.
- DirectorPatricia MazuyStarsIsabelle HuppertJean-Pierre KalfonSimon ReggianiMadame de Maintenon rises from humble beginnings to become a courtesan to the royal court and eventually marries King Louis XIV. With the king's indulgence, Maintenon opens a special school for girls.
- StarsIsak FérrizDavid SelvasOlalla EscribanoSerrallonga, Joan Serra alias, king of "Les Guilleries", is the story of a bandit who becomes a legend in a violent and brutal age, when fighting for survival was the only concern of people who were enslaved by hunger and feudal structures. A time when being a bandit was one of the few ways to escape from a life of misery.
- DirectorJean L'HôteStarsJacques DufilhoAndré DumasMarc DudicourtThe scene is set in small town in the Cévennes. The year is 1685, shortly after King Louis XIV revoked the Edict of Nantes. The Protestants have become enemies of the state overnight and as such are persecuted by a special army corps called the "Dragoons". Through them, the Huguenots who refuse to convert to Catholicism are hunted, silenced, tortured or even hanged. And yet, that is not an easy task for Boutré, the commander of the Dragoons. All this on account of the "The Reluctant Huguenot", a mysterious, elusive man whose only voice is heard. But a formidable voice that resounds over the town carrying the accents of Psalm 68, the Protestants' battle hymn...
- DirectorMike SleeStarsRichard HammondSidney AlfordTallulah BondAn investigation into Guy Fawkes's treasonous scheme of 400 years ago.
- DirectorMartin FricStarsVladimír RázJana DítetováJarmila KurandováWhen the ancient privileges of Chodové were threatened by Wolf Maximilian Laminger von Albenreuth, "Lomikar", Jan Sladký Kozina defended their rights. He was arrested and executed in 1695.
- DirectorEdson Soares do NascimentoStarsMarcelia CartaxoAndré Di MauroJoana FommA fascinating and tragic love story that unfolds during the Dutch invasion to the Northeast coast of Brazil. The scenario is the coastline of Rio Grande do Norte. The action starts in 1633 (when the Dutch arrive in the small village of Natal to found the "New Amsterdam") and ends in 1645 (with the massacres of Catholic Christians in two communities). It is the story of Bernarda (actress Thallita Kumme) and Rafael (actor Leonardo Miggiorin), two younger driven by a passion rapturous, a feeling strong enough to face this period of bloody disputes among Dutch Protestants, Catholics Portuguese and wild Indians. A period where intolerance, violence and barbarism spoke louder. During the war will appear the figure of Jacob Rabbi (actor Anselmo Vasconcellos), a German Jew who comes to the Rio Grande to help the Dutch in the negotiations with the Indians. He marries an Indian Chief's daughter and becomes one of the leaders of the tribe. The destiny of Bernarda and Rafael will cross with other targets tens of people trying to survive on this earth the sun bathed in blood. Finally, everything culminates with the massacres that occurred in two communities of the Rio Grande do Norte.
- DirectorÅke OhbergStarsEdvin AdolphsonAlf KjellinHjördis PettersonWhen the Swedish army occupies the eastern part of Denmark in 1678, the local inhabitants decide to fight back. Under the leadership of Svend Poulsen, a guerrilla is formed. And guerrilla officer Lars Paulinus has to fight the Swedish officer Henrik Wrede to prove his love for Anna Ryding.
- DirectorKarel ZemanStarsPetr KostkaEmília VásáryováMiroslav HolubKarel Zeman's brilliant animation, cowritten with Jurácek: ironic, surreal, following the adventures of a plowboy and a mercenary to the battlefields of the Thirty Years War.
- DirectorPaulo ThiagoStarsJosé WilkerRenée de VielmondJardel FilhoMain political and economic events involving two battles between Dutch and Portuguese-Brazilians in 1648 and 1649 for the newly discovered domain of northeastern Brazil.
- DirectorMichael HoffmanStarsRobert Downey Jr.Sam NeillDavid ThewlisThe exiled royal doctor to King Charles II devotes himself to helping Londoners suffering from the plague, and in the process falls in love with an equally poor woman.
- DirectorPavel DelongStarsPavel DelongWiktor OsinskiBartosz SieniawskiSet in Poland during the first half of XVII century, the epic documentary-drama "Born for the saber" tells the story of young knight Blazej Wronowski. Jan Jerlicz, a veteran of the Muscovite wars who returns to his fatherland upon Maciej Wronowski's - his brother's in arms request to begin training his son, Blazej. "Born for the saber" is a feature story about honor, courage and war, seen through the eyes of a young noble and knight growing up in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Documentary part of the movie is a cinematic journey through history and art of the mystique of high-end crafting of the polish saber, which to date is considered to be one of the best melee weapons on the globe. Word class experts demonstrate the art of saber fighting and forging this extraordinary weapon.
- StarsEmily RichardJohn SommervillePatrick TroughtonLorna Doone is a swashbuckling tale of love, rivalry and revenge. As a child, John Ridd watches as his father is killed by the feared clan, the Doones, and swears to avenge his death. Years later, when he meets the beautiful Lorna the attraction is instant, but when Lorna later reveals herself to be a Doone, John is horrified. As he realizes they cannot fight the love growing between them, he vows to rescue Lorna from her ruthless cousin Carver Doone.
- StarsBill TraversJean AndersonAndrew FauldsTV adaptation, believed to be lost, of the 1869 romance novel "Lorna Doone" by R. D. Blackmore.