A short film depicting the execution of Mary, Queen of the Scots. Mary is brought to the execution block and made to kneel down with her neck over it. The executioner lifts his axe ready to bring it down. After that frame Mary has been replaced by a dummy. The axe comes down and severs the head of the dummy from the body. The executioner picks up the head and shows it around for everyone else to see. One of the first camera tricks to be used in a movie.

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The Monkey Soldiers Come to the Rescue is a Hong Kong Drama starring Sammo Hung in a child role

Set against the conditions leading up to the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror, French docto...

Near the end of World War II, Gen. Dietrich von Choltitz receives orders to burn down Paris if it be...

Village of Artigat, southern France, summer 1542, during the reign of Francis I. Martin Guerre and B...

When Queen Elizabeth's reign is threatened by ruthless familial betrayal and Spain's invading army, ...

The story of the ascension to the throne and the early reign of Queen Elizabeth the First, the endle...

The epic tale of a class struggle in twentieth century Italy, as seen through the eyes of two childh...

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A depiction of the conflict between King Henry VIII of England and his Lord Chancellor, Sir Thomas M...

Set in the Mayan civilization, when a man's idyllic presence is brutally disrupted by a violent inva...

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A French silent film directed by Louis Feuillade.

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