19th Century Movies

In 1827, Joseph Smith, Jr. was only 21 years old when he received a prophetic calling to translate ancient scriptures that would soon be published as...

When the superintendent of the Canadian insane asylum, Dr. Maurice Bucke, meets poet Walt Whitman, his life and that of his wife and patients is...

A filmed version of Tchaikovsky's opera. Onegin visits a friend, his fiancee and her sister Tatiana, who believes Onegin is her fated love. She...

Telling the story of his early life in flashback, a former prospector (Joel McCrea, with flashback sequences featuring son Jody) explains his brutal...

The prodigious genesis of a monument of world literature, too often reduced to its popular success, also recounts the tormented conversion of its...

Inspired by a book by acclaimed historian Simon Schama, Murder at Harvard uses a combination of film-noir drama and present-day documentary footage...

Gone are the days when Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte won battles, received ovations, and felt like a victor. All good things must come to an end, and...

A television adaptation of the memories of one of the first important Czech actors, Jindřich Mošna, about his difficult theatrical...

An exploration of Sigmund Freud, including his relationship to German nose and throat specialist Dr. Wilhelm Fliess.

This film recounts how Joseph Smith's search for truth led to a heavenly vision and the restoration of the gospel of Jesus Christ.

In Imperial Russia, Anna, wife of the officer Karenin, goes to Moscow to visit her brother. On the way, she meets charming cavalry officer Vronsky,...

The musically highly gifted maid Elsie, who longs for a career as a musician, is forced into marriage with Jacob, a young stable boy who dreams of...

Seeking the true Church of Jesus Christ, 14-year-old Joseph Smith prayed in a grove of trees near his home in Palmyra, New York. In answer to his...

Before her death, Emma reflects on her life; beginning with her childhood, up through her final years in Nauvoo.

Parody of the legend of Australian bushranger Ned Kelly.

In the latter half of the 19th century, gold is discovered in the Black Hills, sacred land of the Lakota people. Gold diggers, profiteers and...

In 1885, Africa is a succulent cake destined to be wildly divided and everyone wants a piece. A disturbed European king, a Pygmy working in a luxury...

A television adaptation of Jan Neruda's short stories The Bachelor and Mr. Carpet's Marriage.

When newlyweds Peter and Julie purchase an old house with plans to renovate it, they begin to discover the strangest things. First, they find one of...