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Film
Marie Antoinette
Sofia Coppola · 2006
Mitte des achtzehnten Jahrhunderts wird die 14-jährige Marie Antoinette von ihrer Mutter, der österreichischen Kaiserin, mit dem französischen Thronerben Ludwig XVI. verheiratet. Ein großer Druck lastet auf dem jungen Paar, denn sie müssen nicht nur repräsentieren, sondern für einen Erben sorgen. Doch Ludwig verweigert sich allnächtlich, seinen ehelichen Pflichten nachzukommen. Marie langweilt das Leben zu Hofe und so beginnt sie jeden Tag zu einem Fest zu machen. Sie lebt ein pompöses und dekadentes Leben. Dann kommt eines Tages die Revolution über Frankreich und auch Versailles ist nicht mehr sicher.
The Young Victoria
Jean-Marc Vallée · 2009
As the only legitimate heir of England's King William, teenage Victoria gets caught up in the political machinations of her own family. Victoria's mother wants her to sign a regency order, while her Belgian uncle schemes to arrange a marriage between the future monarch and Prince Albert, the man who will become the love of her life.
Becoming Jane
Julian Jarrold · 2007
A biographical portrait of a pre-fame Jane Austen and her romance with a young Irishman.
Little Women
Gillian Armstrong · 1994
Con su marido en la guerra civil americana, Marmee se queda sola con sus cuatro hijas; sus “mujercitas”: Jo, un torbellino de energía; Meg, más formal; la frágil Beth y la romántica Amy. A medida que pasan los años, las hermanas comparten algunos de sus recuerdos más queridos y dolorosos, mientras Marmee y la tía March les orientan sobre cuestiones como la independencia, el amor y la importancia de la familia.
Little Women
Greta Gerwig · 2019
Four sisters come of age in America in the aftermath of the Civil War.
Television
Outlander
Ronald D. Moore · 2014
Sigue la historia de Claire Randall, una enfermera de combate casada en los años 40, que misteriosamente es arrastrada atrás en el tiempo hasta 1743, donde se lanza de inmediato a un mundo desconocido, viéndose amenazada su propia vida. Cuando se ve obligada a casarse con Jamie Fraser, un joven guerrero escocés caballeroso y romántico, Claire comienza un pasional triángulo entre dos hombres muy diferentes con dos vidas irreconciliables.
The Last Kingdom
Stephen Butchard · 2015
A show of heroic deeds and epic battles with a thematic depth that embraces politics, religion, warfare, courage, love, loyalty and our universal search for identity. Combining real historical figures and events with fictional characters, it is the story of how a people combined their strength under one of the most iconic kings of history in order to reclaim their land for themselves and build a place they call home.
The Artful Dodger
David Maher · 2023
It's a tale of reinvention, betrayal, redemption, and love with a twist. Jack Dawkins is The Artful Dodger, whose pickpocketing fingers have become the skilled hands of a surgeon. He is torn between an impossible love and the criminal underworld he secretly craves. This will require Artfulness.
The Buccaneers
Katherine Jakeways · 2023
Une bande d’Américaines fêtardes débarque sur la scène guindée de Londres dans les années 1870, provoquant un clash culturel anglo-saxon. Envoyées pour assurer leur mariage et leur statut, le cœur de ces jeunes filles aspire à quelque chose de bien différent.
Mr. Sunshine
Kim Eun-sook · 2018
Set in the early 1900s, this drama tells the story of a young man from Korea who grows up in the United States. When he returns to Korea as a US Marine Corps officer, he meets and falls in love with a noblewoman who is fighting for Korean independence. Their romance is complicated by social class and political ideology.
Medici: Masters of Florence
Nicholas Meyer · 2016
The story of the Medici family of Florence, their ascent from simple merchants to power brokers sparking an economic and cultural revolution. Along the way, they also accrue a long list of powerful enemies.
The Borgias
Neil Jordan · 2011
Set in 15th century Italy at the height of the Renaissance, The Borgias chronicles the corrupt rise of patriarch Rodrigo Borgia to the papacy, where he proceeds to commit every sin in the book to amass and retain power, influence and enormous wealth for himself and his family.
