Keyword: victorian england

The 3 Penny Opera

7.5

1931

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In London at the turn of the century, the bandit Mack the Knife marries Polly without the knowledge of her father, Peachum, the king of the beggars.

The Amazing Mr Blunden

7.4

1972

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A mysterious, very old solicitor Mr. Blunden visits Mrs. Allen and her young children in her squalid, tiny Camden Town flat and makes her an offer she cannot refuse. The family become the housekeepers to a derelict country mansion in the charge of the solicitors. One day the children meet the spirits of two other children who died in the mansion nearly a hundred years previously. The children prepare a magic potion that allows them to travel backwards in time to the era of the ghost children. Will the children be able to help their new friends and what will happen to them if they do??

Moss Rose

6.1

1947

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Set in turn-of-the-century London, a woman trying to solve the mystery of a friends murder finds that she may be the next victim.

The Case of the Whitechapel Vampire

6.3

2002

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Sherlock Holmes investigates a series of death rumoured to be caused by a vampire.

The Forbidden Street

6.3

1949

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A rich woman in Victorian England marries a poor artist from the wrong side of the track, and finds herself the victim of a blackmailing plot.

Stiff Upper Lips

7.4

1998

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Stiff Upper Lips is a broad parody of British period films, especially the lavish Merchant-Ivory productions of the eighties and early nineties. Although it specifically targets A Room with a View, Chariots of Fire, Maurice, A Passage to India, and many other films, in a more general way Stiff Upper Lips satirises popular perceptions of certain Edwardian traits: propriety, sexual repression, xenophobia, and class snobbery.

On Approval

7.1

1944

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Two wealthy Victorian widows are courted tentatively by two impoverished British aristocrats. When one of the dowagers suggests that her beau go away with her for a month to see if they are compatible, the fireworks begin.

Many Beautiful Things

7.6

2015

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From Executive Producer Hisao Kurosawa (Dreams, Ran) comes the untold story of one of the worlds greatest women artists and why her name nearly was lost to history. Many Beautiful Things plunges viewers into the complex age of Victorian England to meet Lilias Trotter, a daring young woman who defied all norms by winning the favor of Englands top art critic, John Ruskin. In an era when women were thought incapable of producing high art, Ruskin promised that her work could be \immortal.\ But with her legacy on the line, Lilias made a stunning decision that bids us to question the limits of sacrifice. As Lilias journeys to French Algeria in the late 1800s to pioneer work with women and children, viewers are left to wonder, \Could you abandon a dream to pursue your true calling?\ Featuring the voices of Michelle Dockery (Downton Abbey) and John Rhys-Davies (Lord of the Rings, Indiana Jones).

A Werewolf in England

3.2

2020

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A Parish Councillor and criminal take refuge at a remote countryside Inn, unaware that flesh-hungry werewolves inhabit the surrounding woodlands and are ready to feed.

The Secret Life of Mrs. Beeton

6.2

2006

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In 19th century Victorian England, Mrs. Isabella Beeton produced what became an essential book for housewives of the day. She was married at a relatively young age to Sam Beeton, a publisher of books and magazines on a variety of subjects. Not someone to sit at home in the traditional role of a housewife, Mrs. Beeton started work in her husbands business, initially as an editor correcting English but then writing some of the columns herself. It as at this point that she developed an idea for a cookbook and Mrs. Beetons Book of Household Management was born. Her life was not an easy one however. The publishing business went bankrupt, she lost two children at a young age and had several miscarriages. She died at the age of 28.

Demon

6.7

2012

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