18th Century Movies

Evirati is a short film about a young woman who masquerades as a male castrato to sing in the opera houses of the Papal States at a time when women...

A funny outlaw tale inspired by traditional folk humour. Pacho is no ordinary outlaw. He detests injustice and feudal oppression and he copes with...

1790 Turku. After Katarina Thorwöst becomes a widow, there are many suitors, but her heart belongs to the fencing teacher lieutenant Carl-Magnus...

1765. Regina Tuomaantytär is engaged to Juha. However, she is also courted by Martti Heikkilä, soldier Matti Modig and Kalle Brockman....

Jack, Angelica and the relentless Captain Maynard race to claim the Lamp of Secrets. Familiar allies and rivals resurface, new bonds are forged and...

When they were children, Claire and Andrea would play Mary Worth (An old game where you say her name into a mirror three times). However, they could...

An impossible adventure begins when a young boy sneaks out of George Washington's encampment on a frantic search for his father, a 6th Pennsylvania...

In the dead of night, a few hours after Mozart's death, the usual suspects are summoned to Mozart's room by Count Pergen, head of the secret police,...

The era of palace coups in Russia ended with the coronation of a prominent historical figure: Catherine the Great. She could have settled for the...

Between the end of the Middle Ages and the late 18th century, over 50,000 Europeans were persecuted, tortured and executed on charges of witchcraft....

The tale of Scottish legend Rob Roy MacGregor is retold in beautiful animation. Rob Roy borrows money from the local nobility to buy cattle to...

Giacomo Casanova returns to Venice, to help his brother, falsely accused of robbery.

In March 1792 the Swedish King Gustav III is murdered at a masked ball. Five young people are involved in the murder story, including Tintomara, a 17...

In 18th-century Trento—a troubled city strained by crime and archaic laws dating back to the 1500s—a complex web of mysteries,...

As admired as he was controversial, Sade is a doubly scandalous figure: through his actions and his writings, veritable catalogues of sexual...

Patrick Bourgeois dives into the history of one of the worst naval tragedies that ever occurred in Quebec. In 1711, Admiral Hovenden Walker lead a...

At a glittering party in 18th-century Paris, the poet Andréa Chenier delivers an impassioned denunciation of Louis XVI. Five years later, the...