it's the 1840s and a rural parish plagued by drinking and fighting gets a new vicar who has decided to instill law, order and fear of God into the parishioners.

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...

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...

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...

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

Viridiana is preparing to start her life as a nun when she is sent, somewhat unwillingly, to visit h...

José Luis has a cushy corporate job at the lingerie factory his mom owns. After he falls in love and...

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

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

A boy, obsessed with comparing himself with those less fortunate, experiences a different life at th...

In the beginning of the 19th century, Johannes Elias Alder is born in a small village in the Austria...