Topic: 19th Century

Direction Akira Kurosawa

Cast Toshirô Mifune · Yûzô Kayama · Yoshio Tsuchiya · Kyôko Kagawa

Synopsis In the Nineteenth Century, in Japan, the arrogant and proud just-graduated Dr. Noboru Yasumoto (Yuzo Kayama) is forced to work in the Koshikawa Clinic, a non-profit health facility ruled by Dr. Kyojio Niide (Toshirô Mifune), a.k.a. "Red Beard". "Red Beard"...

Direction Manoel de Oliveira

Cast António Sequeira Lopes · Cristina Hauser · Elsa Wallencamp · Antonio Costa

Synopsis TV miniseries (1979). 6 episodes. A story set in the beginning of the XIX century about a doomed love between to people from different worlds and its impact in their lives.

Direction Marcel Carné

Cast Jean-Louis Barrault · Pierre Brasseur · Pierre Renoir · Arletty

Synopsis It follows a mysterious woman (Arletty) loved by four different men (all based on historical figures): an actor, a criminal, a count, and, most poignantly, a mime (Jean-Louis Barrault), in a world teeming with hucksters and aristocrats, thieves and courtesans,...

Direction William Wyler

Cast Bette Davis · Teresa Wright · Herbert Marshall · Patricia Collinge

Synopsis The Little Foxes (1941) follows the cunning Hubbard family in the early 20th-century South, as they scheme to secure wealth and power through a lucrative business deal. Regina, the ambitious matriarch, manipulates her ailing husband and clashes with her ruthless...

Direction Peter Watkins

Synopsis We are in the year 1871. A journalist for Versailles Television broadcasts a soothing and official view of events while a Commune television is set up to provide the perspectives of the Paris rebels. On a stage-like set, more than...

Direction William Wyler

Cast Olivia de Havilland · Montgomery Clift · Ralph Richardson · Miriam Hopkins

Synopsis Catherine Sloper is a shy and backwards young woman who lives with her father, Dr. Austin Sloper, in 1849 New York. By all accounts Catherine's mother was a beautiful and graceful creature with the charm of queens. Catherine never knew...

Direction David Lynch

Cast Anthony Hopkins · John Hurt · Anne Bancroft · John Gielgud

Synopsis The Elephant Man (1980) tells the poignant story of John Merrick, a severely disfigured man living in 19th-century London. Discovered in a sideshow by Dr. Frederick Treves, Merrick is brought to a hospital for study and care. As Treves and...

Direction Akira Kurosawa

Cast Toshirô Mifune · Tatsuya Nakadai · Yôko Tsukasa · Isuzu Yamada

Synopsis Yojimbo (1961) follows a wandering ronin, or masterless samurai, who arrives in a small, desolate town torn apart by two rival criminal gangs. Seeing an opportunity to rid the town of its corruption, the clever and resourceful samurai manipulates both...

Direction Kenji Mizoguchi

Cast Shotaro Hanayagi · Kakuko Mori · Kôkichi Takada · Yôko Umemura

Synopsis Tokyo, 1885. Kikunosuke, son of the famous actor Kikugoro, is openly praised for his performance on the stage. His success is actually due to his name; only Otoku, the wet-nurse of his brother, is sincere enough to tell him the...

Direction Mario Monicelli

Cast Marcello Mastroianni · Renato Salvatori · Annie Girardot · Folco Lulli

Synopsis The story of exploited textile factory workers in Turin, Italy at the turn of the century and their beginnings of their fight for better working conditions. Professor Sinigaglia (Marcello Mastroianni) is sent by, presumably, the Socialists to help them organize...

Direction George Cukor

Cast Charles Boyer · Ingrid Bergman · Joseph Cotten · Dame May Whitty

Synopsis In Gaslight (1944), a young woman named Paula moves into her late aunt's London home with her charming new husband, Gregory. As time passes, Paula begins to experience strange occurrences: missing items, mysterious footsteps, and flickering gaslights. Gregory insists she's...

Direction F.W. Murnau

Cast Max Schreck · Alexander Granach · Gustav von Wangenheim · Greta Schröeder

Synopsis In Nosferatu (1922), a young real estate agent, Hutter, is sent to Transylvania to finalize a property deal with the enigmatic Count Orlok. Upon arrival, he discovers the Count is a sinister, vampiric figure. Orlok becomes obsessed with Hutter's wife,...

Direction William A. Wellman

Cast Henry Fonda · Dana Andrews · Mary Beth Hughes · Anthony Quinn

Synopsis In Nevada in 1885, two worn out cowboys, Gil (Henry Fonda) and Art (Harry Morgan), ride into Darby’s Saloon and Hotel looking for a drink. Shortly after their arrival, they learn that Mr. Kinkaid, a local resident, has been murdered...

Direction Quentin Tarantino

Cast Jamie Foxx · Christoph Waltz · Leonardo DiCaprio · Kerry Washington

Synopsis With the help of his mentor, a slave-turned-bounty hunter sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner. In the American South, two years before The Civil War begins, a slave named Django (Jamie Foxx) is set...

Direction John Huston

Cast Sean Connery · Michael Caine · Christopher Plummer · Saeed Jaffrey

Synopsis The film begins with author Rudyard Kipling (Christopher Plummer) working in his office, his privacy is broken by the arrival of a dishevelled old acquaintance and fellow Freemason, Peachy Carnahan (Michael Caine), Peachy begins to recount the incredible adventures of...

Direction Kazuhiro Furuhashi

Synopsis Rurouni Kenshin: Reminiscence (1999) is a poignant prequel to the main series, delving into the tragic past of the wandering swordsman, Kenshin Himura. Set during the turbulent Bakumatsu era, it follows his early years as the feared assassin "Battōsai" and...

Direction Bille August

Cast Sam Claflin · Jeremy Irons · Ana Girardot · Cesare Taurasi

Synopsis Edmond Dantès, a sailor falsely accused of treason, is imprisoned in the Château d'If, off the coast of Marseille. After escaping and adopting the identity of the Count of Monte Cristo, he plans to take revenge on those who wrongfully...

Direction Victor Fleming · George Cukor · Sam Wood

Cast Vivien Leigh · Clark Gable · Olivia de Havilland · Leslie Howard

Synopsis Gone With the Wind (1939) is an epic historical romance set against the backdrop of the American Civil War and Reconstruction era. It follows the life of Scarlett O'Hara, a strong-willed Southern belle, as she navigates love, loss, and survival....

Direction Max Ophüls

Cast Danielle Darrieux · Charles Boyer · Vittorio De Sica · Jean Debucourt

Synopsis A woman lies to her husband about having sold a pair of diamond earrings which were a gift from him. He discovers it thanks to the indiscreet jeweller. She is ultimately forced to reckon with her deception and the penalties...

Direction Raymond Bernard

Cast Harry Baur · Charles Vanel · Marguerite Moreno · Paul Azaïs

Synopsis The lives of numerous people over the course of 20 years in 19th century France, weaved together by the story of an ex-convict named Jean Valjean on the run from an obsessive police inspector, who pursues him for only a...