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- DirectorSergei YutkevichStarsSergey BondarchukIrina SkobtsevaAndrei PopovThe Moorish general Othello is manipulated into thinking that his new wife Desdemona has been carrying on an affair with his lieutenant Michael Cassio when in reality it is all part of the scheme of a bitter ensign named Iago.
- DirectorStuart BurgeStarsLaurence OlivierFrank FinlayRobert LangGeneral Othello's marriage is destroyed when vengeful Ensign Iago convinces him that his new wife has been unfaithful.
- DirectorDanièle J. SuissaStarsSandrine HoltMiles O'KeeffeTony GoldwynEnglishmen come to explore and settle the new world. There they find natives who are curious about their "firesticks" and strange customs. One Englishman, John Smith, is captured by the natives, and begins to learn their customs and beliefs. As Smith spends more time with them, specifically Pocahontas, he realizes that the white man may not be meant for the new world.
- DirectorRaymond RouleauStarsSimone SignoretYves MontandJean DebucourtSalem 1692. The young Abigail, seduced and abandoned by John Proctor, accuses John's wife of being a witch in revenge. It will be the beginning of a series of witchcraft trials and a dark moment in American history.
- DirectorGérard CorbiauStarsBenoît MagimelBoris TerralTchéky KaryoCorbiau repeats the Farinelli formula, artistic rivalry and social private drama expressed in dazzling, sometimes excessively lavish baroque scenery, music and costume, but this time in its ultimate setting: Versailles. There are two protagonists - first the title character, Louis XIV, the French sun-king who has two passions, establishing absolute rule over the realm -after decades of religious/civil wars- by divine right and artistic brilliancy as a dancer (like Nero wrote and performed musical poetry), and starts asserting himself against the entourage of his Medici mother, the regent during his minority, by building his palace complex and launching a 'fitting' new, mainly musical display of baroque show. Secondly the musical genius Gianbattista Lulli ('Jean-Baptiste') Lully, a Florentine upstart of unbridled ambition, quickly gains the king's absolute trust, despite the nationalist and aristocratic opposition to a low-born Italian, and thus turns the normally socially humble post of court composer into a 'ministerial portfolio of culture' of Cabinet rank, complete with a monopoly which kills of his artistic rivals in operatic theater. The script also weaves a complex web of court scheming for individual power and social interests, and even a sadistic but accidental murder on a young valet, producing a sensuous and sumptuous drama too complex for this format, ending in a freakish but fatal accident. Louis XIV's mother was Ana de Austria (in French, Anne d' Autriche), the daughter of one of the Hapsburgh Kings of Spain. Maria di Medici (in French, Marie de Médicis) was his grandmother, his father's mother. She was dead before Louis XIV reached the throne. Please correct the reference to "his Medici mother"
- DirectorRoland JofféStarsGérard DepardieuUma ThurmanTim RothVatel is the cook of Prince Condé. When the prince invites Louis XIV to hunt, he has to give lavish banquets in order to fall in his favor. But when Vatel falls in love with the king's mistress, love and duty come into conflict.
- DirectorAlbert SerraStarsJean-Pierre LéaudPatrick d'AssumçaoMarc SusiniUpon returning from a hunting expedition, King Louis XIV feels a sharp pain in his leg. He begins to die, surrounded by loyal followers in the royal chambers.
- DirectorRoel ReinéStarsFrank LammersSanne LangelaarBarry AtsmaWhen the young republic of The Netherlands is attacked by England, France, and Germany, and the country is on the brink of civil war, only one man can lead the country's strongest weapon, the Dutch fleet: Michiel de Ruyter.
- DirectorPeter GreenawayStarsMartin FreemanEmily HolmesEva BirthistleAn extravagant, exotic and moving look at Rembrandt's romantic and professional life, and the controversy he created by the identification of a murderer in the painting 'The Night Watch'.
- DirectorSergio CorbucciStarsTotòNino TarantoErminio MacarioIn 1630 Italy, widower Pasquale loses his job as a cobbler, so to get food for his 12 children, he and a poor companion disguise themselves as mendicant monks and knock for help at the castle of beautiful widowed Marquise Fiorenza, who begs them to prevent an unwelcome wedding to the sinister Don Egidio.
- DirectorGeorges CombretStarsBelinda LeeAlain SauryDarío MorenoIn 1635, Jacques du Parquet, the nephew of the well known explorer Belain d'Esnambic, enters a tavern in Dieppe, and falls in love with the daughter of the bartender, Marie Bonnard. He knows his noble family would disaprove such a marriage; besides, he is nominated for the post of governor in Martinica. He promised never to forget Marie, but as time goes by, she will accept to marry a rich and unscrupulous man, Monsieur de Saint-André. When her husband is appointed to serve in Martinica as General Commissioner, Marie demands to go with him. At her arrival, all sorts of trouble arrive: pirates take action against travellers and goods, rotten deals set the two officers against each other, and finally jealousy settles to make things worse.
- DirectorHwang Dong-hyukStarsLee Byung-hunKim Yoon-seokPark Hae-ilIn 1636, King Injo hides in the mountains to avoid being part of the Qing dynasty.
- DirectorJo BaierStarsJulien BoisselierJoachim KrólAndreas SchmidtA wide-ranging, energetic period piece tracing the rise of the Protestant Henry of Navarre as he goes from battlefield warrior to France's beloved King Henri IV. Director Jo Baier's epic is a classically-entertaining adventure, albeit one with much bloodshed and frequent bawdy sexual interludes. In late-16th-century France, Catholics and Protestant Huguenots are at war. Seemingly seeking peace, French dowager Queen Catherine de Medici summons Henry to her court to marry him to her daughter, which would unite the two warring factions. However, the Catholics slaughter the Protestant wedding guests in what became known as the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre and Henry--now married--must use all his guile to stay alive and maneuver for the throne.
- DirectorVladimir KhotinenkoStarsPyotr KislovMichal ZebrowskiArtur SmolyaninovThe czar of Russia has died and a power vacuum has developed. This period in late 16th and early 17th century has been called "The Time of Troubles.
- DirectorJuraj JakubiskoStarsAnna FrielKarel RodenVincent ReganWith an unquenchable thirst for blood, Countess Elizabeth Bathory was one of the most prolific serial killers in history.
- DirectorPasquale Festa CampanileStarsBud SpencerFranco AgostiniEnzo CannavaleMedieval soldier of fortune Ettore is travelling through Europe with his partners looking for fight where they can earn some money. When they come across a Spanish castle under siege by the French army, Ettore first bides his time to determine which side is the winning one (and thus more likely to pay his fee). This is as first the French, but the treatment he receives from them is unpleasant enough to make him change his mind and turn to the Spanish side. Somehow, Ettore must rally the weakened Spanish troops to battle their enemy long enough for reinforcements to arrive.
- DirectorVera StroyevaStarsAleksandr PirogovNikandr KhanayevGeorgi NeleppAction happens at the end of the 16th century, on the eve of "time of troubles". The main character of this historical tragedy - the Russian tsar Boris Godunov who has ascended to a throne after Ivan the Terrible after tragic events: death of the eldest son of Grozny Fedor and death of the young tsarevitch Dimitrii.
- DirectorSergey BondarchukStarsSergey BondarchukAlyona BondarchukGennadi MitrofanovBased on the Alexander Pushkin's play, epic story about Tsar Boris Godunov, who reigned over Russia between 1598 and 1605.
- DirectorAndrzej ZulawskiStarsRuggero RaimondiKenneth RiegelBernard LefortThe film is based on the musical recording of the famous opera by Modest Mussorgsky about the tragic events surrounding the ruling of the Russian tsar Boris in the early 17th century. The recording was actually made two years before the filming with the participation of the Washington Symphony Orchestra (conducted by Mstislav Rostropovich) and several opera stars (the part of Marina is sung by Galina Vishnevskaya). Zulawski made the film just as we would be watching the theatrical performance. Then we are going through the sets and, finally, we notice the film crew. The director deliberately filled the picture with a plenty of anachronisms making the implications on the Soviet history and the other dictatorships of the 20th century.
- DirectorPablo AgüeroStarsAmaia AberasturiAlex BrendemühlDaniel FanegoBasque Country, 1609. The men of the region are at sea and Amaia takes part for the first time in the nightly dances in the woods with the other villager girls. She is only 20. At dawn, they are all arrested.
- DirectorGiovanni GrimaldiStarsCiccio IngrassiaFranco FranchiFulvia FrancoComic version of the famous man of la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes in which Don Quixote having read an adventure book too many sets out on his own adventures with his servant Sancho Panza.
- DirectorGrigoriy KozintsevStarsNikolay CherkasovYuriy TolubeevSerafima BirmanSenor Quexana has read so many books on chivalry that he believes that he is the knight Don Quixote de la Mancha. So Don Quixote sets off on his horse, accompanied by his squire Sancho Panza on a mule, to perform valiant deeds. They mistakenly save the Lady Altisidora who is so amused that she invites them to visit the Duke to provide some merriment at court. Among other deeds, Don Quixote frees some prisoners, who then turn upon him, and Don Quixote attacks a windmill that he imagines is a monstrous wizard.
- DirectorPeter YatesStarsJohn LithgowBob HoskinsIsabella RosselliniAdapted from the work of Miguel de Cervantes, this is the story of a hidalgo, fanatic for chivalry novels, who loses his sanity and believing to be a knight named Don Quixote de La Mancha, decides to go on imaginary adventures along with his friend, the simple farmer Sancho Panza, who becomes his squire. On their journeys, they rescue dames in distress in honorable acts and fight giants among other perils, with Don longing to be with the love of his life, lady Dulcinea, and Sancho waiting to be rewarded with an island where he's about to become a governor.
- DirectorVéra BelmontStarsSophie MarceauBernard GiraudeauLambert WilsonThe rise and fall of a beauteous actress. She rises from an impoverished background to become a favorite of the Sun King, Louis XIV.
- DirectorLucio FulciStarsTomas MilianAdrienne LarussaGeorges WilsonIn 16th century Italy, a young noblewoman plots with her lover and her family to murder her abusive father, leading to an uproar in the community and the Catholic Church.
- DirectorYoon-Chul JungStarsLee Jung-jaeYeo Jin-gooKim Mu-yeolA crown prince emerges as a leader during the war between Korea and Japan in 1592.
- DirectorGulzarStarsHema MaliniVinod KhannaShammi KapoorCirca Mughal rule in India, the Rajputs get together to discuss the ouster of Badshah Akbar, who is now the Emperor of Hindustan (India). Prominent amongst the Rajputs are Virendev Rathod, and Rana Vikramjit Singh Sesodia. In order to cement their relationship, Vikramjit would like his brother Rana Bhojraj to get married to Krishna Rathod, to which Virendev agrees. But unknown to Virendev, his son, Jaimal, has already arranged Krishna's wedding with another Rajput family from Ajmer. Faced with two grooms for his daughter, Virendev asks Krishna to commit the ultimate sacrifice for the well-being of the Rajputs, and asks her to consume poison and kill herself, which she does. Shocked and grief-stricken, the Sesodias propose to marry Bhojraj with Meera Rathod, to which all agree, and the wedding takes place with great pomp and ceremony on one hand, while uniting the Rajputs against Akbar. After Meera re-locates to her new home, it is then Bhojraj finds out that she is in love with somebody else, and has devoted her life and soul to him. Further inquiries lead him to discover that his wife's true love is none other than Lord Krishna. Meanwhile the news of Meera's infidelity shocks the region, and the Head Priest must now decide her fate - and the only options he has in front of him - either Meera accept Bhojraj as her husband and forget about Lord Krishna - failing which she will be asked to drink a potently lethal poison which will kill her instantly.
- DirectorAntonio del RealStarsJason IsaacsJulia OrmondJürgen Prochnow16th century ruler King Philip II of Spain maneuvers within a court of deceit and betrayal.
- DirectorJoon-ki MinStarsKim Byeong-chunMa Dong-seokKil Eun-sungIn a historically altered Korea, by 2005 the North and South Korean governments have secretly joined forces to create a nuclear warhead.
- DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsTatsuya NakadaiTsutomu YamazakiKen'ichi HagiwaraA petty thief with an utter resemblance to a samurai warlord is hired as the lord's double. When the warlord later dies the thief is forced to take up arms in his place.
- DirectorMaarten TreurnietStarsMonic HendrickxLisa SmitSallie HarmsenWhile she fights a heroic battle against the Spanish besieger with her female army, Kenau, driven by hate and sorrow of the execution of her youngest daughter, is threatened to also lose her eldest daughter.
- DirectorBertrand TavernierStarsMélanie ThierryLambert WilsonGaspard UllielBased on the classic didactic novel, the action centers on the noble lady who soon becomes exposed to the sexual and political intrigues of the French court of the religious wars era.
- DirectorPatrice ChéreauStarsIsabelle AdjaniDaniel AuteuilJean-Hugues AngladeYoung Queen Margot finds herself trapped in an arranged marriage amidst a religious war between Catholics and Protestants. She hopes to escape with a new lover, but finds herself imprisoned by her powerful and ruthless family.
- DirectorPavel LunginStarsPyotr MamonovOleg YankovskiyRamilya IskanderA historical film that tells about two years in the life of Tsar Ivan the Terrible, his relationship with Metropolitan Philip of Moscow and the events of the Oprichnina era.
- DirectorPierre Gaspard-HuitStarsJean MaraisGeneviève GradGérard BarrayThe ruined Baron Philippe de Sigognac, meets one day a troupe of traveling actors. Attracted by Isabelle, and by the enthusiasm of his acting companions, he joins the troupe.
- DirectorYôichi SaiStarsKen'ichi MatsuyamaKoyukiKaoru KobayashiThe adventurous story of a fugitive ninja.
- DirectorAxel CortiStarsValeria GolinoRobin RenucciPaul CrauchetSet in the seventeenth century, an Italian nobleman weds an impoverished countess, who is wooed by the King of Piedmont and faces pressure from his entire court to succumb to his wishes.
- DirectorMarco KreuzpaintnerStarsDavid KrossChristian RedlDaniel BrühlA boy learns the black arts from an evil sorcerer.
- DirectorBernard BorderieStarsMichèle MercierRobert HosseinJean RochefortIn the third of the Angélique series, the heroine is sent on a mission by King Louis XIV, and later finds herself the subject of rumors.
- DirectorBernard BorderieStarsMichèle MercierRobert HosseinJean-Claude PascalIn the fifth and final of the Angélique series, the beautiful heroine is sold into a sultan's harem.
- DirectorBernard BorderieStarsMichèle MercierRobert HosseinJean RochefortIn the first of the Angélique series, the beautiful feisty teenage heroine becomes entangled in a political assassination plot and is betrothed to a stranger who is twelve years her senior and a reputed sorcerer.
- DirectorBernard BorderieStarsMichèle MercierClaude GiraudJean RochefortIn the second of the Angélique series, the heroine joins a group of bandits, rescues her children, becomes a successful businesswoman, and once again becomes entangled in politics and matters of the heart.
- DirectorBernard BorderieStarsMichèle MercierRobert HosseinRoger PigautIn the fourth of the Angélique series, the heroine sets sail in hopes of discovering the truth about a man she once loved and lost.
- DirectorDoron PazYoav PazStarsHani FurstenbergIshai GolanKirill CernyakovDuring an outbreak of a deadly plague in Lithuania, a mystical woman must save her tight-knit Jewish community from a gang of ruffians led by a local landowner, but the entity she conjures to protect them is a far greater evil.
- DirectorOm RautStarsAjay DevgnSaif Ali KhanSharad KelkarTanhaji Malusare, a military chieftain in the army of the Maratha king Shivaji, leads the charge to capture the strategically important Kondhana fort guarded by the army of the fierce Rajput chieftain Udaybhan Rathod.
- DirectorAlain CorneauStarsGérard DepardieuJean-Pierre MarielleAnne BrochetThe story of Monsieur de Sainte Colombe, fierce and somber man, grand master of the viola da gamba and professor of Marin Marais, prestigious musician in the court of Louis XIV.
- DirectorZiniu WuStarsWenzhuo ZhaoQinqin JiangZhiguo DuThe story is set in the mid-17th century, when most of China is conquered by the Manchu-led Qing dynasty after the collapse of the Ming dynasty. Ming remnants have fled south and established a Southern Ming regime based in Fujian.
- DirectorJoseph SargentStarsKirstie AlleyHenry CzernyGloria ReubenA masterful work accurately details the current consensus of what exactly occurred to prompt the colonial witch trials.
- DirectorJean-Pierre AmérisStarsGérard DepardieuMarc-André GrondinEmmanuelle SeignerA freak show performer's life is turned upside down when he is discovered to be the missing son of a disgraced noble.
- DirectorPatricia MazuyStarsIsabelle HuppertJean-Pierre KalfonSimon ReggianiMadame de Maintenon rises from humble beginnings to become a courtesan to the royal court and eventually marries King Louis XIV. With the king's indulgence, Maintenon opens a special school for girls.
- DirectorVera StroyevaStarsAleksey KrivchenyaAnton GrigoryevAleksei MaslennikovAn opera about the Moscow uprising of 1682. Reacting against Westernization, boyar Ivan Khovansky raises a rebellion against regent Sofia Alekseyevna and the two young Tsars Peter I and Ivan V.
- DirectorCatherine BreillatStarsDominique ThomasLola CrétonDaphné BaiwirAn adaptation of the classic tale of a wealthy aristocrat with a blue beard.
- DirectorPeter GreenawayStarsAnthony HigginsJanet SuzmanAnne-Louise LambertA young artist is commissioned by the wife of a wealthy landowner to make a series of drawings of the estate while her husband is away.
- DirectorGérard OuryStarsLouis de FunèsYves MontandAlice SapritchIn 17th-century Spain, the Minister of Finance tries to dishonor the queen with an overly complex plan.
- DirectorPierre BillonStarsDanielle DarrieuxJean MaraisMarcel HerrandExiled from the court of Spain, Don Salluste, the chief of police, wants to take revenge on the Queen. One day he meets Ruy Blas, a young student who happens to be a lookalike of Don Cesar, his nephew. Salluste disguises Ruy Blas and presents him as Don Cesar. It doesn't take long before Ruy Blas, intelligent, virtuous and generous as he is becomes popular and the Queen, who has fallen in love with him, appoints him Prime Minister. All seems for the best in the best of worlds but Salluste has not forgotten his revenge, far from that ...
- DirectorSergey GerasimovStarsDmitriy ZolotukhinTamara MakarovaNatalya BondarchukPart one of a pair of historical films about the life of Peter the Great.
- DirectorJerzy HoffmanStarsIzabella ScorupcoMichal ZebrowskiAleksandr DomogarovAn epic story about the Ukrainian uprising against the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth magnates in the 17th Century.
- DirectorAriel ZeitounStarsNora ArnezederGérard LanvinTomer SisleyIn France, prior to Louis XIV ascending the throne, a young baroness is forced to marry against her will and is caught up in a web of treachery and murder, threatening her and her husband, whom she has come to love deeply.
- DirectorPeter GreenawayStarsJulia OrmondRalph FiennesPhilip StonePlagued with infertility, the inhabitants of Mâcon are naturally involved in the spectacle that is a masque about the miracle child born to a virgin mother.
- DirectorJerzy HoffmanStarsDaniel OlbrychskiMalgorzata BraunekTadeusz LomnickiDuring the 1655 war between Protestant Sweden and Catholic Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth some Polish-Lithuanian nobles side with Swedish king Charles X Gustav while others side with the Polish king Jan Kazimierz.
- DirectorThomas ClayStarsMaxine PeakeCharles DanceFreddie FoxFanny lives in an English farmhouse in 1657 when militant Puritans rule. Two fugitives with radical new ideas arrive. When the sheriff arrives, things deteriorate badly prompting Fanny to make drastic decisions about her life.
- DirectorAleksandr AndriyevskyStarsPavel KadochnikovYuriy LyubimovAnatoliy SmiraninA man struggles to survive after being shipwrecked on a deserted island.
- DirectorCaleb DeschanelStarsAidan QuinnAde SaparaElvis PayneRobinson Crusoe is shipwrecked and he finds himself all alone on a tropical island. With a few tools he manages to rescue from the wreck he has to learn to support himself until help arrives.
- DirectorMichael ReevesStarsVincent PriceIan OgilvyRupert DaviesA young soldier seeks to put an end to the evils caused by a vicious witch-hunter when the latter terrorizes his fiancée and kills her uncle.
- DirectorFernando CerchioStarsJeanne CrainJohn Drew BarrymorePierre BriceSeventeenth century. During the Ukrainian uprising against the Polish rulers, Prince Colonel Jan Skrzetuski falls in love with Princess Elena, a Polish nobleman who lives with her aunt's family. Bohun, the local commander, loyal to the Polish crown, although of Ukrainian origin, would like to marry the girl and the family, in order to receive gold, jewels and protection as a gift. When Bohun discovers that love was born between Jan and Elena and that the family would never accept marriage with a military man of peasant and foreign origin, he avenges himself by killing the princess and her children and then goes over to the rebels and helps them in conquer of freedom. Meanwhile Jan frees Elena and opposes a fierce resistance to the Ukrainian rebels helped by the Crimean Khan.
- DirectorVladimir PetrovStarsViktor DobrovolskyYulian PanichEvgeniy SamoylovA Soviet propaganda film on the subject of mockery of Ukrainians, the film distorts the history of the Hetmanate, and elements of Ukrainophobia are present.
- DirectorBen WheatleyStarsJulian BarrattPeter FerdinandoRichard GloverAmid the Civil War in 17th-century England, a group of deserters flee from battle through an overgrown field. Captured by an alchemist, the men are forced to help him search to find a hidden treasure that he believes is buried in the field.
- DirectorVasili GoncharovStarsAleksandra GoncharovaVasili StepanovAndrey GromovA dramatization of a wedding in 16th-century Russia, between members of two prominent boyar families (based on paintings by Konstantin Makovskii): Three matchmakers first visit the family of the prospective bride, and then do the same with the prospective bridegroom's family. Later, as the time of the wedding draws near, the bride is dressed with great formality and prepared for the ceremony, as the guests get ready to celebrate the upcoming wedding.
- DirectorArnaud des PallièresStarsMads MikkelsenMélusine MayanceDelphine ChuillotIn the 16th century in the Cévennes, a horse dealer by the name of Michael Kohlhaas leads a happy family life. When a lord treats him unjustly, he raises an army and puts the country to fire and sword in order to have his rights restored.
- DirectorYôjirô TakitaStarsSomegorô IchikawaRie MiyazawaKanako HiguchiAdapted from the successful play, the film takes place in the 19th Japan where a war between demons and their slayers is fought. Izumo, an Kabuki actor with a demon-slaying past, meets and falls in love with Tsubaki. However, something is not right as mysterious marks appear on her body as time progresses. At the same time, it is announced that Ashura, the queen of all demons, will be resurrected and bring destruction to the universe.
- DirectorSouheil Ben-BarkaUchkun NazarovStarsMassimo GhiniClaudia CardinaleUgo TognazziVarious battles including that of Lepanto.
- DirectorChatrichalerm YukolStarsM.L. Piyapas BhirombhakdiSarunyu WongkrachangChatchai PlengpanichDuring the 16th century, as Thailand contends with both a civil war and Burmese invasion, a beautiful princess rises up to help protect the glory of the Kingdom of Ayothaya. Based on the life of Queen Suriyothai.
- DirectorPriyadarshanStarsMohanlalArjun SarjaSuniel ShettySet in the 16th century, the story of Kunjali Marakkar IV, the naval chieftain of the Zamorin of Calicut, and his organization of India's first-ever naval defense against European forces.
- DirectorMarshall HerskovitzStarsCatherine McCormackRufus SewellOliver PlattA Venetian courtesan becomes a hero to her city, but later becomes the target of an inquisition by the Church for witchcraft.
- DirectorVeljko BulajicStarsSven MedvesekSandra CeccarelliZarko PotocnjakThe film is set in mid-16th century, at a time when the entire eastern Mediterranean is dominated by two great empires, the Ottoman Empire and the Republic of Venice, with the small but wealthy maritime republic of Ragusa (modern-day Dubrovnik) managing to maintain its independence through diplomatic agreements.
- DirectorRiccardo FredaStarsBrett HalseyClaudia MoriFrançoise FabianBenvenuto Cellini knows no obstacles when it comes to creating a work of art or conquering the heart of a woman.
- DirectorYusry Abd HalimStarsStephen Rahman HughesGavin StenhouseJing LusiThe Malay Chronicles: Bloodlines (released in Malaysia as "Hikayat Merong Mahawangsa") is an adventure feature film set against the backdrop of ancient Malay, Roman and Chinese civilizations. It tells the tale of the journey of Merong Mahawangsa escorting a Roman prince to wed a beautiful Chinese princess during the 2nd century. Featuring an international cast, The Malay Chronicles: Bloodlines combines elements of romance, adventure, coupled with a strong dose of hand-to-hand combat & martial arts.
- DirectorAlberto LattuadaStarsRosanna SchiaffinoPhilippe LeroyRomolo ValliAdaptation of the comic play by Macchiavelli about a man's attempt to bed a woman unable to have a child by pretending to be a doctor.
- DirectorDavid MillerStarsLana TurnerPedro ArmendárizRoger MooreIn the sixteenth century, a noblewoman has a love affair with the French King.
- DirectorLee Joon-ikStarsHwang Jung-minCha Seung-wonHan Ji-hyeDuring a turbulent time when politics, rebellion, and invasion come to a head. A clash stirs between two swordsmen in a violent struggle to seize control of the country they love.
- DirectorYannis SmaragdisStarsNick Clark WindoJuan Diego BottoLaia MarullThe story of the uncompromising artist and fighter for freedom, Domenicos Theotokopoulos, known to the world as "El Greco".
- DirectorRoger ChristianStarsTchéky KaryoF. Murray AbrahamRutger HauerNostradamus (1503-66) was a French doctor, astrologer and seer during the Inquisition, successful in treating patients during an outbreak of plague.
- DirectorSergei YutkevichStarsSergey BondarchukIrina SkobtsevaAndrei PopovThe Moorish general Othello is manipulated into thinking that his new wife Desdemona has been carrying on an affair with his lieutenant Michael Cassio when in reality it is all part of the scheme of a bitter ensign named Iago.
- DirectorJean DrévilleStarsJeanne MoreauArmando FrancioliRobert PorteTwo riders ride to Paris carrying a message for their respective lords. One is a faithful servant of Henry of Navarre, the other of the Duke of Guise.
- DirectorJ. Lee ThompsonStarsTony CurtisYul BrynnerChristine KaufmannIn the 16th-century Ukraine, the Polish overlords and Ukrainian cossacks fight for control of the land but frequent Turkish invasions force them to unite against the common Turkish foe.
- DirectorVladimir BortkoStarsBogdan StupkaIgor PetrenkoVladimir VdovichenkovSet in the 16th century, this is a story about Ukraine's Cossack warriors and their campaign to defend their lands from the advancing Polish armies.
- DirectorTerence YoungStarsOlivia de HavillandGilbert RolandPaul ScofieldIn 1570, widowed Princess Ana de Mendoza becomes the love object of a deadly rivalry between her cousin Don Inigo, King Philip II of Spain and his secretary of state Antonio Perez.
- DirectorLuciano ErcoliStarsSimonetta StefanelliMassimo FoschiEttore ManniIn the early-16th century, the mighty Borgia family, Cesare Borgia and his pitiless sister Lucrezia rule all Italy. Cesare, incestuously in love with his sister, commits a crime and starts a war campaign in Romagna. Lucrezia, meanwhile, gets pregnant. Cesare returns victorious from the war, and the Pope is then forced to separate his two children.
- DirectorSergei EisensteinStarsNikolay CherkasovLyudmila TselikovskayaSerafima BirmanDuring the early part of his reign, Ivan the Terrible faces betrayal from the aristocracy and even his closest friends as he seeks to unite the Russian people.
- DirectorSergei EisensteinStarsNikolay CherkasovSerafima BirmanPavel KadochnikovAs Ivan the Terrible attempts to consolidate his power by establishing a personal army, his political rivals, the Russian boyars, plot to assassinate their Tsar.
- DirectorGrigori KromanovStarsAleksandr GoloborodkoIgrida AndrinaElza RadzinaA medieval love story with lots of adventures. The times are troubled - there's a revolt of peasants going on. To secure its safety a monastery chases for a relics of a holy Brigitte. A nobleman promises to get it if he gets beautiful Agnes as a reward. But she fells in love with a handsome adventurer. The monastery has to act shrewd now and play double game. The movie is still the best achievement of the Estonian cinema. Based on a novel.
- DirectorLeonid GaidaiStarsYuriy YakovlevLeonid KuravlyovAleksandr DemyanenkoAn ordinary Soviet building manager, living in the 20th century, looks like Tsar of All Rus' - Ivan IV the Terrible (1530 - 1584). He'd never known this, until his neighbor created a time machine.
- DirectorYun-hyeon JangStarsSong Hye-kyoYoo Ji-taeRyu Seung-ryongThe life of the famous gisaeng (female entertainer), Hwang Jin Yi, who lived in 16th century Korea.
- DirectorAriane MnouchkineStarsPhilippe CaubèreMarie-Françoise AudollentFrédéric LadonneWho was Moliere? He is known everywhere as one of the world's greatest playwrights. But who was he? Born Jean-Baptiste Poquelin in 1622, the son of a prosperous tapestry maker. His mother died when he was a boy. Growing up in the teeming streets of 17th century Paris, Jean Baptiste received a good Jesuit education and was fascinated by the street fairs and traveling carnivals that flourished in spite of the religious repression and hypocrisy of those cruel times. As a young man he joined the theatrical Bejart family to establish the Illustre-Theatre, which soon went bankrupt. The troupe reformed, found patronage, and went on the road for thirteen years, performing all over France. Poquelin developed his stagecraft adapting Commedia dell Arte plots to please brutalized peasants and cynical townspeople. He also married Madeline Bejart, the widowed daughter of the troupe's founder. Later he entered into a love affair with Mme Bejart's daughter, to the dismay of all. The troupe eventually returned to Paris and, on October 24, 1658, greatly impressed the 20-year old King Louis XIV, later to be called the Sun King. Moliere's life became bound up with the magnificent court at Versailles, and with its intrigues. He wrote, staged and acted in the plays now famous all over the world. He fought with his enemies and his friends, enjoyed success followed by failure, organized court festivities and defended himself against increasingly fanatic religious authorities. Above all, his theater was taken from life as his life was theatrical.
- DirectorTonino CerviStarsAlberto SordiLaura AntonelliGiuliana de SioDuring the year 1673, Rome was besieged by poverty and violence. The rich Mr. Argante has two servants to look after him, while his wife is only waiting to see him dead to inherit.
- DirectorGiacomo BattiatoStarsAnthony QuinnStefania SandrelliValérie KapriskyAs a boy the orphan Antonio Stradivari heard for the first time in his life the sound of a violin and he was fascinated by its voice. He tried to construct a violin and attracted the attention of Niccolò Amati, a famous lutist of Cremona. Antonio became apprentice in his bottega (workshop). Grown up, he fell in love for Francesca and he succeeded in marrying her. Afterwards he became more and more famous for his violins and he was granted a diploma from the king of Spain. After the death of his wife he was almost forced to marry again. He was chosen by Antonia Maria and it will be a happy marriage. In the background we have a look at the history of Northern Italy during the seventeenth century.
- DirectorJohn BrahmStarsFernando LamasArlene DahlGilbert RolandIn 1659, jeweler Gabriel Tavernier miscuts a diamond meant to surmount the coronation crown of Louis XIV. He's thrown into prison and his son, Jean, is sent to India, along with the Baron Paul de Cabannes, to procure a replacement diamond. In India, Jean and the Baron meet the beautiful Queen Maya and quickly become involved in intrigue, adventure, and romance.