Posts Tagged ‘1700s’

Reign of Terror aka Black Book, The (1949)

Wednesday, December 17th, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Film-Noir
Countries: USA
Actors: Cummings, Robert | Basehart, Richard | Hart, Richard | Dahl, Arlene | Moss, Arnold | Lloyd, Norman | McGraw, Charles | Bondi, Beulah | Barker, Jess | Bennett, Ray | Brooks, Ralph | Challee, William | Conlan, Frank | Cooper, Clancy | Crosby, Wade
Directors: Mann, Anthony
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The plot starts in France in the year 1794. Robespierre is sowing panic among his opponents with the only reason to take over the power of the state.

Brigadoon (1954)

Thursday, December 11th, 2008
Genres: Fantasy | Musical | Mystery | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Kelly, Gene | Johnson, Van | Charisse, Cyd | Stewart, Elaine | Jones, Barry | Laing, Hugh | Sharpe, Albert | Bosler, Virginia | Thompson, Jimmy | Owen, Tudor | McGiveney, Owen | Turnell, Dee | Heath, Dodie | Quillan, Eddie | Adams, Peter
Directors: Minnelli, Vincente
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Two Americans on a hunting trip in Scotland become lost. They encounter a small village, not on the map, called Brigadoon, in which people harbor a mysterious secret, and behave as if they were still living two hundred years in the past.

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest (2006)

Wednesday, June 4th, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Comedy | Fantasy
Countries: USA
Actors: Depp, Johnny | Bloom, Orlando | Knightley, Keira | Davenport, Jack | Nighy, Bill | Pryce, Jonathan | Arenberg, Lee | Crook, Mackenzie | McNally, Kevin | Bailie, David | Skarsgård, Stellan | Hollander, Tom | Harris, Naomie | Klebba, Martin | Schofield, David
Directors: Verbinski, Gore
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Just before their wedding, Elizabeth Swann and Will Turner are arrested by Lord Cutler Beckett for helping the pirate Captain Jack Sparrow, but Cutler proposes a deal to Will: their freedom per Jack’s compass. Meanwhile, Jack is afraid of the sea, because he owes his soul to the evil Davy Jones, the Captain of the Flying Dutchmen. When Will meets Jack, the pirate proposes to exchange his compass by a key owned by Davy Jones. Will goes to the Flying Dutchman without knowing how dangerous and diabolic Davy Jones and his crew are.

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006)

Tuesday, May 13th, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: France | Germany | Spain
Actors: Whishaw, Ben | Albiol, Francesc | Cunill, Gonzalo | Salvany, Roger | Herrera, Andrés | Chandler, Simon | Calder, David | Felix, Richard | Minichmayr, Birgit | Wilson, Reg | Boisgontier, Catherine | Casas, Núria | Gramaje, Carlos | Thomas, Sian | Smiley, Michael
Directors: Tykwer, Tom
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Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, born in the stench of eighteenth century Paris, develops a superior olfactory sense, which he uses to create the world’s finest perfumes. His work, however, takes a dark turn as he tries to preserve scents in the search for the ultimate perfume.

Sweeney Todd (2006)

Thursday, March 13th, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama | Horror | Thriller
Countries: UK
Actors: Banzaru, Radu | Bradley, David | Butuc, Zoltan | Currier, Paul | Foxxe, David | Frost, Roger | Gottwald, Ingo | Hardy, Tom | Micu, Radu Andrei | O'Donnell, Anthony | Spahiu, Gabriel | Walker, Ben | Warner, David | Winstone, Ray | Davis, Essie
Directors: Moore, Dave
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A BBC adaptation of the classic tale of the 18th century demon barber of Fleet Street, London, who cuts the throats of his unsuspecting clients in his shop.

Marie Antoinette (2006)

Friday, November 9th, 2007
Genres: Biography | Drama | History
Countries: France | Japan | USA
Actors: Dunst, Kirsten | Schwartzman, Jason | Davis, Judy | Torn, Rip | Byrne, Rose | Argento, Asia | Shannon, Molly | Henderson, Shirley | Huston, Danny | Faithfull, Marianne | Nighy, Mary | Armesto, Sebastian | Dornan, Jamie | Clément, Aurore | Gallienne, Guillaume
Directors: Coppola, Sofia
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Based on Antonia Fraser’s book about the ill-fated Archduchess of Austria and later Queen of France, ‘Marie Antoinette’ tells the story of the most misunderstood and abused woman in history, from her birth in Imperial Austria to her later life in France.

Mission, The (1986)

Monday, April 2nd, 2007
Genres: Drama | War
Countries: UK
Actors: De Niro, Robert | Irons, Jeremy | McAnally, Ray | Quinn, Aidan | Lunghi, Cherie | Pickup, Ronald | Low, Chuck | Neeson, Liam | Moya, Bercelio | Ismare, Sigifredo | Ontiveros, Asuncion | Moya, Alejandrino | Berrigan, Daniel | Gray, Rolf | Guerrero, Álvaro
Directors: Joffé, Roland
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Father Gabriel ascends the mountains of Brazil to bring christianity to the natives. He is successful and brings about a golden age among them. Mendoza, a slaver, kills his brother in a fit of rage, and only Fr. Gabriel’s guidance prevents his suicide. Gabriel brings Mendoza to work at his mission with the natives, and Mendoza finds peace and asks to become a priest. The church , under pressure, cedes the land to the Portuguese which will allow slavers in again. Mendoza breaks his vows and organizes the natives to resist while Gabriel warns him to help them as a priest.

Adventures of Baron Munchausen, The (1988)

Wednesday, March 21st, 2007
Genres: Adventure | Comedy | Fantasy
Countries: UK | West Germany
Actors: Neville, John | Idle, Eric | Polley, Sarah | Reed, Oliver | McKeown, Charles | Dennis, Winston | Purvis, Jack | Cortese, Valentina | Pryce, Jonathan | Paterson, Bill | Jeffrey, Peter | Thurman, Uma | Steadman, Alison | Cooper, Ray | Henderson, Don
Directors: Gilliam, Terry
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Baron Munchausen is a character of European myth that might be considered the predecessor of American tales of Pecos Bill or Paul Bunyan. The Baron’s stories are taken to be outrageous and fanciful lies. This is the origin of the name of the psychiatric diagnosis of “Munchausen’s Syndrome”, a particularly bizzare form of hypochondria.

Plunkett & Macleane (1999)

Friday, March 16th, 2007
Genres: Action | Adventure | Drama
Countries: Czech Republic | UK
Actors: Miller, Jonny Lee | Robertson, Iain | Carlyle, Robert | Stott, Ken | Flanagan, Tommy | Walters, Stephen | Thornton, James | Rigby, Terence | Camargo, Christian | Polisensky, Karel | McIntosh, Neve | Lucas, Matt | Walliams, David | Foxxe, David | Gavin, Jake
Directors: Scott, Jake
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Will Plunkett and Captain James Macleane, two men from different ends of the social spectrum in 18th-century England, enter a gentlemen’s agreement: They decide to rid the aristocrats of their belongings. With Plunkett’s criminal know-how and Macleane’s social connections, they team up to be soon known as “The Gentlemen Highwaymen”. But when one day these gentlemen hold up Lord Chief Justice Gibson’s coach, Macleane instantly falls in love with his beautiful and cunning niece, Lady Rebecca Gibson. Unfortunately, Thief Taker General Chance, who also is quite fond of Rebecca, is getting closer and closer to getting both: The Gentlemen Highwaymen and Rebecca, who, needless to tell, don’t want to get any closer to him. But Plunkett still has a thing to sort out with Chance, and his impulsiveness gets all of them in a little trouble.

Sleepy Hollow (1999)

Thursday, March 15th, 2007
Genres: Fantasy | Horror | Thriller
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Depp, Johnny | Ricci, Christina | Richardson, Miranda | Gambon, Michael | Van Dien, Casper | Jones, Jeffrey | Lee, Christopher | Griffiths, Richard | McDiarmid, Ian | Gough, Michael | Pickering, Marc | Marie, Lisa | Waddington, Steven | Walken, Christopher | Skinner, Claire
Directors: Burton, Tim
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The classic story of “The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow” is brought to life by the gothic film maker Tim Burton. Johnny Depp plays Ichabod Crane, and to win the heart of Katrina Van Tassel (Christina Ricci) he will have to brave the nearby woods, even though several decapitated bodies have been found. And then the legend of the axe wielding headless horsemen come together to make this movie.