Getting out of prison doesn't mean being free. After the bloody suppression of the Prague Revolution in 1848, one of its participants, the writer František Vinický, spent eight years in prison. Returning to Prague in 1857, he tries to make contact with his former friends. The main one is his former comrade-in-arms Antoš. Of course, the man's steps also lead him to his former love Ida, who has been married to the councillor Mayer for several years. Vinicky is followed at practically every turn by the secret police, who will not allow him to get a decent job, let alone publish his new book. Police Councillor Berger makes it clear to the writer that a lot could be arranged if Vinicky would commit to cooperating...

Set in early 19th century Wallachia, Romania, a policeman, Costandin, is hired by a nobleman to find...

Agnes MacDonnell, a strong and self-confident Englishwoman, owns a large estate on an island off the...

A bravado period action film set at the end of Japan's feudal era in which a group of unemployed sam...

The continued Westward journey of settlers Missie and Willie Lahaye. Their roots now firmly planted ...

In late 19th-century England, Jude aspires to be an academic, but is hobbled by his blue-collar back...

In this sequel, Lillian has been adopted and it's several years later. Annie, married and pregnant,...

Soviet Georgian film by Eldar Shengelaia. Based on short story by D. Kldiashvili

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After a bleak childhood, Jane Eyre goes out into the world to become a governess. As she lives happi...

Betrayed by the Dutch colonial forces, Arana manages to escape along with his nephews Jamar and Suwo...

In 1858 Charles Darwin struggles to publish one of the most controversial scientific theories ever c...

Convinced that his family is tainted by generations of evil, Roderick Usher is hellbent on stopping ...

An American boy turns out to be the heir of a wealthy British earl. He is sent to live with the irri...

The respected squire of a quiet Cornish village is in reality the leader of a gang of murderous pira...

In New York's 1880s newspaper district, a dedicated journalist manages to set up his own paper. It i...

Based on the novel by Josip Jurcic and set in rural Yugoslavia in the 1840's. The tenth brother of a...

A French writer documents the seductive power of the beautiful Carmen, who has enchanted José, a you...

An idealistic Dutch colonial officer posted to Indonesia in the 19th century is cohvinced that he ca...

A simple Connecticut farm girl is recruited by a distant relative, an aristocratic patroon, to be go...