Keyword: 18th century

The Night of Varennes

6.9

1982

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During the French Revolution, a surprising company shares a coach, trying to catch up something - the time itself, perhaps.

A Tale of Two Cities

7.8

1935

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A pair of lookalikes, one a former French aristocrat and the other an alcoholic English lawyer, fall in love with the same woman amongst the turmoil of the French Revolution.

Bonnie Prince Charlie

4.8

1948

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In the Jacobite Rising of 1745, the Young Pretender Bonnie Prince Charlie leads an insurrection to overthrow the Protestant House of Hanover and restore his family, the Catholic branch of the House of Stuart, to the British throne.

The Bandits of Corsica

5.8

1953

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Siamese twins separated at birth retain a psychic link - each feels the others pain and happiness.

A Harlot's Progress

7.1

2006

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Drama looking at artist William Hogarth and his relationship with the prostitute that inspired his most famous piece.

Beaumarchais the Scoundrel

6.7

1996

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The life story of the titular Beaumarchais, playwright and adventurer, who gets himself into numerous different scrapes and romantic encounters in 18th Century France.

The Scarlet Pimpernel

7.7

1982

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Paris, 1792: After France becomes a republic, aristocrats are guillotined. The English Sir Percy tries to save as many as he can as The Scarlet Pimpernel in disguises.

Casanova

5

1987

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TV Movie version of the story of Giacomo Casanova, the famous eighteenth century womanizer.

That Hamilton Woman

7.3

1941

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The story of courtesan and dance-hall girl Emma Hamilton, including her relationships with Sir William Hamilton and Admiral Horatio Nelson and her rise and fall, set during the Napoleonic Wars.

Mutiny on the Bounty

7.8

1935

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First mate Fletcher Christian leads a revolt against his sadistic commander, Captain Bligh, in this classic seafaring adventure, based on the real-life 1789 mutiny.

Valmont

7

1989

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France before 1789: When a widow hears that her lover is to marry her cousins daughter, she asks the playboy Valmont to take the girls virginity. But first she bets him, with her body as prize, to seduce a virtuous, young, married woman.

Plunkett & MacLeane

6.4

1999

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Two robbers are persecuted by the law, whose servants are not much better and even worse.