A Kentucky slave (Davis) fights for his freedom from a cruel overseer whose mistress eventually joins him and the other slaves in their revolt.

Edmond Dantés's life and plans to marry the beautiful Mercedes are shattered when his best friend, F...

Oscar Wilde is a married playwright who has occasionally indulged his weakness for male suitors. Aft...

After being discredited as a coward, a 19th century seaman lives for only one purpose: to redeem him...

Robert Gould Shaw leads the US Civil War's first all-black volunteer company, fighting prejudices of...

After his young lover, Gitone, leaves him for another man, Encolpio decides to kill himself, but a s...

In 1929, an Australian Aboriginal stockman kills a white station owner in self-defense and goes on t...

Lucien de Rubempré, a young, lower-class poet, leaves his family's printing house for Paris. Soon, h...

Prague in the 1870s. Work in Smolík's sulphur factory is hard and dangerous to health. The poorly pa...

In the late 19th century, two Swedish emigrants, Lasse Karlsson and his son Pelle, arrive on the Dan...

A strong-willed peasant girl is sent by her father to the estate of some local aristocrats to capita...

Basque Country, Spain, 1843. A police constable arrives at a small village in Álava to investigate a...

Green Flake, a southern slave, joins Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints as a child. Later o...

During the War of 1812 against Britain: General Andrew Jackson has only 1,200 men left to defend New...

In 19th-century Louisiana's Cajun country, Belizaire is the informal spokesman for his citizens, who...

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...

After an abrupt and violent encounter with a French warship inflicts severe damage upon his ship, a ...

A young British officer resigns his post when he learns of his regiment's plan to ship out to the Su...

A housemaid falls in love with Dr. Jekyll and his darkly mysterious counterpart, Mr. Hyde.

On the run after committing murder, an accountant encounters a strange Native American man who prepa...