Movie | United States | 05/01/1998 | History | Kings and Queens
Jean Valjean, a Frenchman imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a police officer named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men's lives, and soon Valjean finds himself in the midst of the student revolutions in France.
Movie | United Kingdom | 05/07/1993 | History | Kings and Queens
In this Shakespearean farce, Hero and her groom-to-be, Claudio, team up with Claudio's commanding officer, Don Pedro, the week before their wedding to hatch a matchmaking scheme. Their targets are sharp-witted duo Benedick and Beatrice -- a tough task indeed, considering their corresponding distaste for love and each other. Meanwhile, meddling Don John plots to ruin the wedding.
Movie | United Kingdom | 09/01/1992 | History | Kings and Queens
In 1600, nobleman Orlando (Tilda Swinton) inherits his parents' house, thanks to Queen Elizabeth I (Quentin Crisp), who commands the young man to never change. After a disastrous affair with Russian princess Sasha (Charlotte Valandrey), Orlando looks for solace in the arts before being appointed ambassador to Constantinople in 1700, where war is raging. One morning, Orlando is shocked to wake up as a woman and returns home, struggling as a female to retain her property as the centuries roll by.
Movie | France | 03/28/1990 | History | Kings and Queens
Movie | United States | 12/19/1990 | History | Kings and Queens
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, finds out that his uncle Claudius killed his father to obtain the throne, and plans revenge.
Movie | United States | 12/11/1998 | Romance | Kings and Queens
Young Shakespeare is forced to stage his latest comedy, \Romeo and Ethel, the Pirate's Daughter,\ before it's even written. When a lovely noblewoman auditions for a role, they fall into forbidden love -- and his play finds a new life (and title). As their relationship progresses, Shakespeare's comedy soon transforms into tragedy.
Movie | United States | 03/12/1998 | Adventure | Kings and Queens
Years have passed since the Three Musketeers, Aramis, Athos and Porthos, have fought together with their friend, DArtagnan. But with the tyrannical King Louis using his power to wreak havoc in the kingdom while his twin brother, Philippe, remains imprisoned, the Musketeers reunite to abduct Louis and replace him with Philippe.
Movie | United Kingdom | 09/13/1998 | Biography | Kings and Queens
This film details the ascension to the throne and the early reign of Queen Elizabeth the First, as played by Cate Blanchett. The main focus is the endless attempts by her council to marry her off, the Catholic hatred of her and her romance with Lord Robert Dudley.
Movie | United Kingdom | 12/25/1996 | Drama | Kings and Queens
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, returns home to find his father murdered and his mother remarrying the murderer, his uncle. Meanwhile, war is brewing.
Movie | United States | 11/11/1993 | Adventure | Kings and Queens
D'Artagnan travels to Paris hoping to become a musketeer, one of the French king's elite bodyguards, only to discover that the corps has been disbanded by conniving Cardinal Richelieu, who secretly hopes to usurp the throne. Fortunately, Athos, Porthos and Aramis have refused to lay down their weapons and continue to protect their king. D'Artagnan joins with the rogues to expose Richelieu's plot against the crown.
Movie | United States | 03/23/1996 | Biography | Kings and Queens
Into an era seething with war and revolution, a man comes with an incredible power to heal a nation...or destroy it. Based on the true story of one of the most powerful and mysterious figures in Russian history.
Movie | United Kingdom | 12/28/1994 | Comedy | Kings and Queens
Nicholas Hytner's much awarded 1994 drama, based on Alan Bennetts West End play. George IIIs erratic behaviour leads to a plot in Parliament to have him declared insane and removed from the throne.
Movie | United Kingdom | 12/29/1995 | Drama | Kings and Queens
Shakespeare's Play transplanted into a 1930s setting.
Movie | United States | 02/15/1991 | Comedy | Kings and Queens
Movie | France | 10/27/1999 | History | Knights
In 1429 a teenage girl from a remote French village stood before her King with a message she claimed came from God; that she would defeat the worlds greatest army and liberate her country from its political and religious turmoil. Following her mission to reclaim gods dimished kingdom - through her amazing victories until her violent and untimely death.
Movie | France | 05/05/1993 | History | World War II
During second world war,Philippe Pétain gets absolute powers.The war ends with the arrival of allied forces by Petainism has not been put on trial.