For den sjarmerende småkjeltringen kaptein Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) er det krystallblå karibiske havet en lekeplass rik på eventyr og mysterier. Men Jacks idylliske liv kullseiler når hans erkefiende, den ondskapsfulle kaptein Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush), stjeler skipet hans Black Pearl, angriper havnebyen Port Royal, og, ikke minst, kidnapper guvenørens (Jonathan Pryce) vakre datter Elizabeth Swann (Keira Knightley). For i et ridderlig forsøk på å få tilbake de to vakre damene må Jack gå sammen med Elizabeths barndomsvenn Will Turner (Orlando Bloom) for å rekvirere det raskeste skipet i den britiske flåten, og sette seil etter piratene. Men det oppstår raskt problemer for duoen, og deres noe brokete mannskap, når de får Elizabeths trolovede, den ambisiøse kommandør Norrington (Jack Davenport), i hælene.
Den sjarmerende piratkapteinen Jack Sparrow sitter fanget i piratenes dødsrike. I en desperat jakt forsøker Will Turner (Orlando Bloom), Elizabeth Swann (Keira Knightley) og kaptein Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush) å befri ham fra hans skjebnesvangre felle. Kaptein Jack er den siste av de ni piratlederne ved The Brethern Court, som må samles for å utkjempe ett siste slag om piratenes frihet. Fra det eksotiske Singapore til verdens ende; fra Shipwreck Island til det siste slaget er dette et eventyr fullspekket med myter og magi, fantastisk action og respektløs humor.
Klyv ombord og heng med på nye fantastiske eventyr i piratenes ville verden! Den sjarmerende piratkapteinen Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) er tilbake i et storslagent filmeventyr fylt med non-stop action, djevelsk pirathumor, havmonstre og nervepirrende svart magi. Denne gangen har Jack en blodgjeld å betale - men den alltid like slu Jack har ikke tenkt å gi seg uten strid. Under reisens gang kastes den stilige Will Turner (Orlando Bloom) og den vakre Elizabeth Swann (Keira Knightley) inn i en stormvirvel av uhell sammen med Jack, i jakten på den myteomspunnede Død manns kiste, som er det eneste som kan redde ham fra evig forbannelse!
The story of the romance between the King of Siam (now Thailand) and the widowed British school teacher Anna Leonowens during the 1860s. Anna teaches the children and becomes romanced by the King. She convinces him that a man can be loved by just one woman.
Gwalior Fort, during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. In a moment of despair, Lakshmibai, Rani of Jhansi, encourages her men by telling them the heroic story of Uyyalawada Narasimha Reddy, a brave Telugu chieftain who took up arms in 1846 to protest against the numerous arbitrariness and crimes perpetrated by the leaders and military forces of the East India Company.
The film begins in 1857, when India was ruled by the British East India Company. Mangal Pandey is a sepoy, a soldier of Indian origin, in the army of the East India Company. Pandey is fighting in the Anglo-Afghan Wars and saves the life of his British commanding officer, William Gordon. Gordon is indebted to Pandey and a strong friendship develops between them, transcending both rank and race.
Our story begins at the end of Sharpe's Challenge. Sharpe and Harper are en route to Madras when they encounter a baggage train from the East India Company traveling through hostile territory. Chitu, a legendary bandit leader in control of the area, strikes fear in the members of the party. When an attack occurs Sharpe takes control of the situation, leading the group 300 miles through enemy territory and training the disorganized, rag-tag group to be proper soldiers. Despite all these responsibilities, Sharpe still manages to find time for a little romance...
Set in the backdrop of the seventeenth century, the royal family of Kottayam is ruled by Pazhassi. The British government begins to impose heavy taxes on the locals in the Thalassery region of Kerala.
Fort St. David, Cuddalore, southern India, 1748. While colonial empires battle to seize an enormous territory, rich in spices and precious metals beyond the wildest dreams, and try to gain the favor of the local kings, Robert Clive (1725-1774), a frustrated but talented clerk who works for the East Indian Company and struggles to earn his fortune, makes a bold decision that will change his life forever.
The true story of Lakshmibai, the historic Queen of Jhansi who fiercely led her army against the British East India Company in the infamous mutiny of 1857.
In the 19th century, China held the monopoly on tea, which was dear and fashionable in the West, and the British Empire exchanged poppies, produced in its Indian colonies and transformed into opium, for Chinese tea. Inundated by the drugs, China was forced to open up its market, and the British consolidated their commercial dominance. In 1839, the Middle Empire introduced prohibition. The Opium War was declared… Great Britain emerged as the winner, but the warning was heeded: it could no longer depend on Chinese tea. The only alternative possible was to produce its own tea. The East India Company therefore entrusted one man with finding the secrets of the precious beverage. His mission was to develop the first plantations in Britain’s Indian colonies. This latter-day James Bond was called Robert Fortune – a botanist. After overcoming innumerable ordeals in the heart of imperial China, he brought back the plants and techniques that gave rise to Darjeeling tea.
Historian William Dalrymple travels to Hyderabad in India to explore the remarkable 18th-century love affair between a British diplomat and the Muslim princess he married. Tensions ran high when an Englishman fell for a Mughal ruler's daughter.