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

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

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...

Jeannette Vaubernier, an impulsive shopgirl en route to deliver a hat, dreams of luxury and position...

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

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

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

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

The retelling of France’s iconic but ill-fated queen, Marie Antoinette - from her betrothal and marr...

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...

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...