Rok 1890, Nowy Jork. Energiczna wdowa Dolly, właścicielka biura matrymonialnego, wyrusza w kolejną podróż służbową. Tym razem bogaty, ale skąpy Horacy Vandergelder nie chce dopuścić do małżeństwa swojej siostrzenicy Ermengardy z ubogim malarzem Ambrożym. Sam natomiast chce się ożenić z modystką Ireną. Dolly, która ma własne plany w stosunku do Horacego, wymyśla zręczną intrygę, dzięki której ma nadzieję zostać żoną kupca. Jednocześnie nie chce dopuścić do rozłąki zakochanych...
W XVI-wiecznej Wenecji arystokrata Bassanio próbuje pożyczyć pieniądze na podróż do Belmont, gdzie ma zamiar ubiegać się o rękę pięknej Portii. Prosi o pomoc przyjaciela, Antonia, lecz ten zainwestował majątek w transport towarów do dalekich portów. Nie pozostawia jednak przyjaciela bez pomocy. Pożycza dla niego potrzebną kwotę od lichwiarza Shylocka. Zastawem pod pożyczkę ma być funt jego ciała. Bassanio odpływa do Belmontu, gdzie zdobywa rękę Portii. Statki, w które zainwestował Antonio, toną. Tymczasem Shylock upomina się o spłatę długu.
The young nobleman Calisto falls in love with Melibea, the daughter of a rich merchant. Calisto's servant Sempronio suggests they get the sorceress Celestina to further the romance. However Calisto's other servant Parmeno is suspicious of Celestina, as he knows about her tricks.
Three ex-cons buy a luggage shop to tunnel into the bank vault next door. But despite all they can do, the shop prospers...
Tale - this is what is everyone from childhood. Give yourself a chance to once again return to the magical world created by Alexander Pushkin. Adventures brave Tsarevich Guidon, beautiful Swan-Tsar Saltan reminded of that love, loyalty and the spirit always wins!
When an injury bars him from pursuing his trade, Revolutionary War-era silversmith's apprentice Johnny Tremain finds a new life in the ranks of the Sons of Liberty army, taking part in the Boston Tea Party and Paul Revere's legendary ride.
Impure Blood (Serbian: Нечиста крв, Nečista krv) is a 1996 film adaptation of the Impure Blood novel written by Borisav Stanković. It is concerned with themes of Serbian south, in the reforming in late 19th century.
The lawless west had never met a gun-throwing gent like...
Simon is a scion of a wealthy family who struggles to have a stable relationship because of his womanizing ways. When he finds a wife, Moon, he spots another woman and conspires to marry her.
The Pedlar is a dramatic film based on the short story by W.D. Valgardson, A Place of One's Own. Tired of the rootless, lonely existence of a travelling merchant, a man searches for a place to settle down, and someone to share his life.
In 17th-century Pohjola, young Antti Puuhaara is looking for himself, because he has grown up with no knowledge of his childhood. Two actors, the tragedian and the comedian, who were banished from Tsarist Russia to Karelia, had predicted to the crooked merchant Markki Bohattov that Antti's fate would become intertwined with his own. When Antti falls in love with Bohattov's daughter Darja, the father has to arrange for her to marry the tar merchant Arho Mustahatu.
The main character of the film is Paunvere tailor Jorh Adniel Kiir. Two young seamstresses, Juuli and Maali, arrive in Paunvere. At first, Kiir regards them as competitors, but then he establishes friendly relations with them. Kiir marries Juuli, but he is not indifferent to Maali either. The film also follows Kiir's efforts to get his own farm.
A poor shepherd is convinced to marry a beautiful woman. This is a Maquiavellian plan schemed by the woman's fiancé and her father.
Kostas is a law-abiding citizen, a quite man living with his mother, his sister Kaiti and his younger brother, Giorgos, who is a student. He works day and night at his kiosk, living to his bone the everyday reality and troubles of the period. He is in love with Eleni and wants to marry her, but he has to wait until Kaiti is married to Leonidas, her extremely conservative fiancé. The military coup of April 1967 forces Kostas to take the side of the winners, hanging, each time, the picture of their most powerful leader, while Giorgos joins a resistance group that sets up bombs. Giorgos’ actions puts Kostas in big trouble.
On December 4, 1872, the unmanned Mary Celeste was found adrift in the Atlantic with its cargo fully intact. The mystery of this "ghost ship" remained unanswered for over 135 years. What happened to the Mary Celeste is widely regarded as the most famous mystery of the sea. Watch it unfold to its stunning conclusion, at last.
s Akbar, a merchant from Arabia who helps out the people of Dharmapuri fight their enemies.
Tragic pages in the history of the formation of the independent Lithuanian state in 1918-20.
Prince bon-vivant Levan Phantiashvili finds himself in a difficult financial situation. To make his life better he agrees to marry the merchant Adam Varakhidze’s daughter, Elo. The merchant is happy for this move opens the door in a high society for him until he finds out that Elo is not quite happy with his decision.