Rival knights compete for the hand of a beautiful maiden in this period feature from Jean Renoir, unfortunately only available in truncated form.
The story takes place in medieval France. Poet-rogue Francois Villon, sentenced to hang by King Louis XI for writing derogatory verses about him, is offered a temporary reprieve. His hanging will be postponed for 24 hours, and in that time he must defeat the invading Burgundians and win the love of the beautiful Katherine.
Making a delivery to a mysterious mansion in a rainstorm, radio salesman Hank Martin is knocked out when a suit of armor topples on him. Upon awakening, Hank finds himself in the time of King Arthur. At Camelot Castle, Hank uses a cigarette lighter and his skill with a lasso to save himself from being executed as a demon. Hank so impresses Arthur that the king orders him to joust with one of his knights to save the life of Princess Alisande.
Robin Hood fights nobly for justice against the evil Sir Guy of Gisbourne while striving to win the hand of the beautiful Maid Marian.
Iivana Julma (ven. Иван Грозный, Ivan Groznyi) on Sergei Eisensteinin ohjaama kaksiosainen elokuva, jonka ensimmäinen osa on vuodelta 1944, toinen vuodelta 1946. Eisensteinin teos on neuvostoelokuvan klassikoita. Elokuva sukeltaa 1500-luvulla eläneen Venäjän tyrannimaisen tsaarin Iivana Julman mielenliikkeisiin. Tsaari kokoaa vallan itselleen, ja papit ja pajarit ryhtyvät juonittelemaan häntä vastaan.
In the midst of the Hundred Years' War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France in 1415.
A bump on the head sends Hank Martin, 1912 mechanic, to Arthurian Britain, 528 A.D., where he is befriended by Sir Sagramore le Desirous and gains power by judicious use of technology. He and Alisande, the King's niece, fall in love at first sight, which draws unwelcome attention from her fiancée Sir Lancelot; but worse trouble befalls when Hank meddles in the kingdom's politics.
Set in medieval times about the cursed Moonshield family. The young knight Erland Moonshield fall in love with a gypsy enchantress, Singoalla, he meet in the forest.
Sir Walter Scott's classic story of the chivalrous Ivanhoe who joins with Robin of Locksley in the fight against Prince John and for the return of King Richard the Lionheart.
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 story, with a car created from a can of spinach.
A French jeweler travels to India in search of a fabulous diamond.
Three Scottish noblemen escape from Gripsholm Castle and breaks in to the home of Lord Arne. They kill everyone except for Lord Arne's adopted daughter Elsalill.
Jan Hus is a 1954 Czechoslovak film directed by Otakar Vávra. It is the first part of the "Hussite Revolutionary Trilogy", one of the most famous works of the Czechoslovak director, completed with Jan Žižka (1955) and Proti všem (Against All Odds, 1957).
The second part of the revolutionary Hussite trilogy takes place in the years 1419-1420.
Two psychics place a prostitute under hypnosis in order to learn about her past-life experiences. When they unwittingly send her back in time, she finds herself in the Middle Ages, suspected of being a witch and on the verge of being executed.
After the battle of Sudoměř the Hussite teaching spreads through the whole country and people start leaving their homes to help build the fortification of Tábor. Prague citizens request help against the army of Zikmund. The Hussite army with Jan Žižka in the lead make their way towards Prague. They fortify themselves on the mountain Vítkov and engage in a bloody battle with Zikmund’s huge army.
Iivana Julma (ven. Иван Грозный, Ivan Groznyi) on Sergei Eisensteinin ohjaama kaksiosainen elokuva, jonka ensimmäinen osa on vuodelta 1944, toinen vuodelta 1946. Kolmas osa oli suunnitteilla, osin kuvattukin mutta jäi kesken. Materiaalista koottiin myöhemmin elokuva. Eisensteinin teos on neuvostoelokuvan klassikoita.
Ten years after the death of Robin Hood, the bandit of Sherwood Forest and defender of the Crown, the power-mad Duke Simon Des Roches plots to seize the British kingdom from its rightful heir, the boy prince, and only Robin's men stand in his way.
Toren ja Märetan tytär Karin hurmaa useimmat ihmiset kullankeltaisilla hiuksillaan ja taivaansinisillä silmillään; hän on kaikkien rakastama. Kansantarun mukaan vain neitsyt saa viedä Pyhälle Neitsyelle kynttilän, joten Karin lähtee eräänä aamuna ratsastamaan kohti kirkkoa. Matkalla Karin tapaa kolme kulkuria, joille hän tarjoutuu antamaan osan lounaastaan. Kolmikko vain ei tyydy pelkkään ruokaan, vaan neitokainen häpäistään ja tapetaan. Jopa hänen kauniit vaatteensa viedään.
Ryövärit jatkavat matkaansa ja saapuvat Toren ja Märetan tilalle, josta he pyytävät iltapalaa ja yösijaa. Isäntäväki kutsuu heidät sisään tietämättöminä Karinin julmasta kohtalosta. Kun vieraat yrittävät myydä Karinin vaatteita Märetalle, alkaa tyttären hirveä loppu valjeta vanhemmille...
A tale of a young impoverished nobleman, who with his uncle returns from a war against the order of the Teutonic Knights in Lithuania. He falls in love with a beautiful woman and pledges an oath to bring her "three trophies" from the Teutonic Knights.