Virtually unseen since its Soviet television broadcast in 1971, the film, Peter Rollberg writes, is “devoted to the anniversary of the Paris commune, mixing historical footage with images of present-day Paris.”

The French Revolution, 1794. The Marquis de Lafayette asks Charles D'Aubigny to infiltrate the Jacob...

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

Oscar François de Jarjayes was born female, but her father insisted she be raised as a boy as he had...

The time is the French Revolution; the place is the village of Travers, ensconsed in neutral Switzer...

18th century English aristocrat Sir Percy Blakeney leads a double life. He appears to be merely the ...

During the French Revolution, a mysterious English nobleman known only as The Scarlet Pimpernel (a h...

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

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

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

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

Grace Dalrymple Elliot is a British aristocrat trapped in Paris during the French Revolution. Determ...

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

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

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

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...