Catherine Hubscher, who washes the shirts of young Napoleon and other soldiers fighting the Revolution, falls in love with Sergeant Lefebvre. Circumstances bring Lefebvre a noble title and even more -- Napoleon decides to make him the local ruler over a large territorial fiefdom. But trouble brews when Madame Sans-Gene, now elevated to the nobility along with her man -- cannot keep her frank observations under control.

Danton and Robespierre were close friends and fought together in the French Revolution, but by 1793 ...

At the height of Reign of Terror Maximilien Robespierre orchestrates the trial and execution of seve...

A history of the French Revolution beginning from the decision of the king to convene the Etats-Gene...

A woman is detained at La Conciergerie. She's 37 but her hair are already white. She's suffering fro...

In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless po...

In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless po...

In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless po...

In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless po...

In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless po...

France, 1809. Captain Neuville is called to the front, leaving his future bride heartbroken. Her sis...

Nicolas Philibert goes to America after killing a French aristocrat. On his return he tries to divor...

1911. Lenin organizes the first Bolshevik party school near Paris, in the small town of Longjumeau. ...

Bill and Ted are high school buddies starting a band. They are also about to fail their history clas...

Jeannette Vaubernier, an impulsive shopgirl en route to deliver a hat, dreams of luxury and position...
Two siblings lose their parents amidst turmoil in revolutionary France and are adopted by a peasant ...

A French washerwoman becomes a duchess and a friend of Napoleon.

In 1794 Bützow, widow Hornborstel, a top goose breeder, presses Mayor Hane to marry her. Rebuffed, h...

Painter Francisco Goya becomes involved with the Spanish Inquisition after his muse, Inés, is arrest...

In early 19th-century France, the Marquis de Sade is confined to an asylum where his forbidden writi...