La folle histoire du monde

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poster Princess Tam Tam

Princess Tam Tam

77mn - Drama, Comedy

A French novelist passes off an African shepherdess as a princess.

poster Ancient Fistory

Ancient Fistory

7mn - Comedy, Animation, Family

It's the middle ages (sort of); Popeye is working in Bluto's Beanery. Bluto is going to the ball where Princess Olive will choose her mate. Popeye's fairy godpappy appears and it's a reverse Cinderella st…

poster That Hamilton Woman

That Hamilton Woman

125mn - Drama, History, Romance

The story of courtesan and dance-hall girl Emma Hamilton, including her relationships with Sir William Hamilton and Admiral Horatio Nelson and her rise and fall, set during the Napoleonic Wars.

poster The Impossible Voyage

The Impossible Voyage

20mn - Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy

Using every known means of transportation, several savants from the Geographic Society undertake a journey through the Alps to the Sun which finishes under the sea.

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Napoleon

Nonemn - History, Drama, War

The film follows the life of Napoleon from his early life in Corsica to his death at Saint Helena. The film is notable for its use of location shooting for numerous scenes, especially at the French estate…

poster The Dumb Girl of Portici

The Dumb Girl of Portici

115mn - Drama, History

Fenella, a poor Italian girl, falls in love with a Spanish nobleman, but their affair triggers a revolution and national catastrophe.

poster Hearts of the World

Hearts of the World

120mn - Drama, War

A group of youngsters grow up and love in a peaceful French village. But war intrudes and peace is shattered. The German army invades and occupies village, bringing both destruction and torture. The young…

poster Frenchman's Creek

Frenchman's Creek

120mn - Drama, History, Romance

Seeking to escape the stifling London court society, the beautiful headstrong Lady Dona St. Columb flees to her family estate on the Cornish coast. Her new freedom swiftly brings her into contact with the…

poster Last Woman on Earth

Last Woman on Earth

71mn - Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi

Harold Gern, a shady businessman from New York, is spending a holiday in Puerto Rico with his attractive wife Evelyn. They are joined by Martin Joyce, Harold's lawyer, who has come to discuss the latest i…

poster Madame DuBarry

Madame DuBarry

114mn - Drama, History

The story of Madame du Barry, the mistress of Louis XV of France, and her loves in the time of the French revolution.

poster A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate

A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate

78mn - Drama, Romance

When Marie St. Clair believes she has been jilted by her artist fiance Jean, she decides to leave for Paris on her own. After spending a year in the city as a mistress of the wealthy Pierre Revel, she is …

poster The Wild Women of Wongo

The Wild Women of Wongo

71mn - Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy

On the tropical island of Wongo, a tribe of beautiful women discover that the other side of the island is inhabited by a tribe of handsome men. They also discover that a tribe of evil ape men live on the …

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 The Blue Bird

The Blue Bird

75mn - Drama, Fantasy

Peasant children Mytyl and Tyltyl are led on a magical quest for the fabulous Blue Bird of Happiness by the fairy Berylune. On their journey, they're accompanied by the anthropomorphized presences of a Do…

poster La Parisienne

La Parisienne

The spoiled daughter of the French Ambassador tricks one of his aides into marrying her.

poster Woman to Woman

Woman to Woman

82mn - Drama, Romance

David Compton leaves his expecting French girl-friend Louise Boucher, a dancer at the Moulin Rouge, for the war where he looses his memory. Building a new life from scratch after the war, he gets married …

poster The World and Its Woman

The World and Its Woman

A Russian peasant girl rises to fame as an operatic diva. She becomes beloved of a Russian prince. When the 1917 revolution overthrows the czar's government, the pair attempts to cross the icy steppes and…

poster The Great Flamarion

The Great Flamarion

78mn - Crime, Drama, Mystery

A beautiful but unscrupulous female performer manipulates all the men in her life in order to achieve her aims.

poster The Black Orchid

The Black Orchid

95mn - Romance, Drama

An aging widower fights family disapproval when he falls in love with a gangster's widow.

poster The Eclipse: Courtship of the Sun and Moon

The Eclipse: Courtship of the Sun and Moon

9mn - Comedy, Fantasy, Romance

In this film, Méliès concocts a combination fairy- and morality tale about the foolishness of trying to look too deeply into the workings of an unstable and inscrutable universe. At a medieval school, an …

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