L'homme qui voulut être roi

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poster The Frogs Who Wanted a King

The Frogs Who Wanted a King

9mn - Animation, Fantasy

The frogs have a democracy, but they beseech Jupiter to send them a king. Jupiter can hardly believe this amphibian foolishness, so he sends them a tree as king. The frogs make obeisance to their new mona…

poster The Exile

The Exile

95mn - Adventure, Romance

In 17th-century England, Charles II, the rightful heir to the kingdom, is driven from his country by militants working for rogue leader Oliver Cromwell. Charles ends up in the Netherlands, where he falls …

poster Mr. Robinson Crusoe

Mr. Robinson Crusoe

76mn - Adventure, Comedy

Steve Drexel voluntarily strands himself on a deserted island on a bet. He intends to re-create civilization and carves a miniature city of 52nd Street and Park Avenue out of the jungle. Drexel is befrien…

poster Robin Hood

Robin Hood

133mn - Drama, Action, Romance

Amid big-budget medieval pageantry, King Richard goes on the Crusades leaving his brother Prince John as regent, who promptly emerges as a cruel, grasping, treacherous tyrant. Apprised of England's peril …

poster Caesar The Conqueror

Caesar The Conqueror

104mn - History, Adventure

In 54 B.C. Julius Caesar seeks to solidify his position in Rome by putting down a rebellion in Gaul led by a tribal chieftain named Vercingetorix. Vercingetorix has rallied many tribes to his cause, inclu…

poster The King of Paris

The King of Paris

The lives of two young men-- A virtuous artist who's renounced a background of riches and a debonair swindler proclaimed by many the King of Paris-- intersect when the artist's mother becomes the target o…

poster The Oath and the Man

The Oath and the Man

12mn - History, Drama, Romance

A rich nobleman steals a perfume merchant's wife just prior to the French Revolution, in which the perfumer is a leader of the peasants. His priest made him swear an oath to leave vengeance to God, howeve…

poster Robert Macaire and Bertrand

Robert Macaire and Bertrand

11mn - Comedy, Crime

Robert Macaire (Chevalier Macaire) was a noted criminal and assassin who appears in French plays. His name is renowned in French culture as that of the archetypal villain.

poster The King and the Jester

The King and the Jester

French short about King Francis I and his jester Triboulet, who form the basis for Hugo's play Le roi s'amuse (and Verdi's opera Rigoletto).

poster The Pirate of the Black Hawk

The Pirate of the Black Hawk

72mn - Adventure

Manfred, backed by Saracen pirates, deposes the Duke of Montfort, takes over the throne and kidnapped the Duke's young son. Capt. Riccardo, the leader of a pirate band on the ship Black Hawk, sets out to …

poster Mr. Imperium

Mr. Imperium

87mn - Music, Drama, Romance

A pretty singer/dancer is becoming an actress whereas the playboy crown prince is becoming a monarch. Each will have their clandestine romance interfered with by their changing circumstances.

poster Monsieur Beaucaire

Monsieur Beaucaire

106mn - Drama, Romance

The Duke of Chartres is in love with Princess Henriette, but she seemingly wants nothing to do with him. Eventually he grows tired of her insults and flees to England when Louis XV insists that the two ma…

poster Esther and the King

Esther and the King

Recently widowed Persian King Ahasuerus wants to marry the beautiful Esther. But Esther is a Jewess, and Haman, the king's evil minister, is spreading hatred against the Jews.

poster Male and Female

Male and Female

116mn - Adventure, Drama

When an aristocratic family and their servants are shipwrecked, the butler becomes their ruler.

poster Chicot the Jester

Chicot the Jester

The film based on the novel of the same name by Alexandre Duma, is concerned with fraternal royal strife at the court of Henri III. Tragically caught between the millstones of history are the gallant Coun…

poster His Majesty, the American

His Majesty, the American

96mn - Romance, Adventure, Comedy

A European prince is raised in America without knowing his true identity; he spends his time thrill-seeking, but his country needs him when a revolt threatens the crown.

poster The Wife of Monte Cristo

The Wife of Monte Cristo

83mn - Romance, Adventure, Drama

In this sequel to the original story, Monte Cristo count Edmund Dantes (Martin Kosleck) returns to Paris to get revenge but soon finds himself pursued by a cruel policeman (John Loder). The count's brave …

Judex

300mn - Adventure, Drama, Mystery

When an unscrupulous banker ruins his family, a young man swears to bring him to justice, so he adopts a new identity, the mysterious Judex, and ominously disguised and sunk into the muddy path of vengean…

poster The Royal Bed

The Royal Bed

The hapless king of a small European nation must put up with a domineering queen, a daughter who wants to elope with her boyfriend, a peasant revolt and a scheming general.

poster Beau Ideal

Beau Ideal

82mn - War, Adventure, Romance

An American joins the French Foreign Legion in order to rescue a boyhood friend.

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