19th Century Movies

Winter, 1813. Sharpe marries his sweetheart, Jane Gibbons, but has to leave her immediately to go on a dangerous mission in the Pyrenees, to capture...

In 1880s New York City newspaper district, a dedicated journalist manages to set up his own paper. It is an immediate success but attracts increasing...

The Battle of Bhima Koregaon was fought on 1 January 1818 between the British East India Company and the Peshwa faction of the Maratha Confederacy,...

Kingdom of Hawaii, 1866. Fearful that leprosy would spread throughout the archipelago, the king banishes the sick to the island of Molokai. In 1873,...

1828 in the German port city of Bremen: Two very different women collide in an age that has no place for either of them. One strives for a career in...

Romantic art was a response to the social upheavals of the 19th century, as shown by works by its emblematic painters Friedrich, Venetsianov and...

The story of the influential 19th century British poet Dante Gabriel Rossetti and his troubled and somewhat morbid relationship with his wife and his...

In Madrid, Spain, at the end of the 19th century, the young and reckless Basilio seems to be the only person who perceives the spectral presence of...

The history of the potato through the ages—with a focus on European history and a twinkle in its eye

a group of British pioneers seek a new life in New Zealand.

The fifth filming of the adventure classic about a British soldier in the 1880s who fights to regain his honor after being given four white feathers,...

The timeless tale of Ebenezer Scrooge comes to thrilling new life as Tony winner Jefferson Mays plays over 50 roles in a virtuosic masterclass of a...

The television production is an episode from the life of Andrej Sládkovič. Braxatoris, known as Sládkovič, comes to...

In the 19th century, China held the monopoly on tea, which was dear and fashionable in the West, and the British Empire exchanged poppies, produced...

Photo sequence of the rare transit of Venus over the face of the Sun, one of the first chronophotographic sequences. In 1873, P.J.C. Janssen, or...

The gullible buyer Žemla Martin (Francis Smolik) finally opened his dream shop. After a while, you get a lot of friends. Especially the former...

Under the regime of Louis XVIII. Years after Waterloo, Napoleon's loyal officers live in retirement on half-pay. Useless and idle, they have lost...

In 1810, 20 year old Sara Baartman got on a boat from Cape Town to London, unaware that she would never see her home again, or that she would become...