The story takes place at the time of the defeat of the Hungarian War of Independence, when Csákberény came under the terror of the imperial soldiers. Two priests from the village are arrested overnight for reading the Hungarian Declaration of Independence. Although the Austrian soldiers enjoy their power, they are unable to identify with the repression. The purpose of the trial of a military imprisonment court is to obtain a confession, to prove that a violation of sovereignty has been committed.

In the latter half of the 19th century, gold is discovered in the Black Hills, sacred land of the La...

Emma Woodhouse is a congenial young lady who delights in meddling in other people’s affairs. She is ...

Against the backdrop of New York City of the early 1850s, a young woman -- naively seeking to win th...

The Dashwood sisters, sensible Elinor and passionate Marianne, find that their chances at marriage s...

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...

A British ex-convict in colonial Australia and his fragile wife, haunted by the past crime that bind...

A week in the life of the exploited, child newspaper sellers in turn-of-the-century New York. When t...

A group of people gather at a Copenhagen suburban home to break all the limitations and to bring out...

Sissi is now the empress of Austria and attempts to learn etiquette. While she is busy being empress...

After a wonderful time in Hungary Sissi falls extremely ill and must retreat to a Mediterranean clim...

New York layabout Willie forms an unexpected bond with his young Hungarian cousin Eva when she pays ...

Michaela, an epileptic, enrolls in college to study education. She goes off her medication and soon ...

For six hundred years Sweden had controlled most of Finland until the war with Russia that ended in ...

Imprisoned in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufr...

Based on a Anton Chekhov short story, this slight tale has some good moments as the drama of a young...

Wounded Civil War soldier John Dunbar tries to commit suicide—and becomes a hero instead. As a rewar...

Nathan Algren is an American hired to instruct the Japanese army in the ways of modern warfare, whic...

A vampire relates his epic life story of love, betrayal, loneliness, and dark hunger to an over-curi...

In the early years of the 20th century, Mohandas K. Gandhi, a British-trained lawyer, forsakes all w...