El duque de York se convirtió en rey de Inglaterra con el nombre de Jorge VI (1936-1952), tras la abdicación de su hermano mayor, Eduardo VIII. Su tartamudez, que constituía un gran inconveniente para el ejercicio de sus funciones, lo llevó a buscar la ayuda de Lionel Logue, un experto logopeda que intentó, empleando una serie de técnicas poco ortodoxas, eliminar este defecto en el habla del monarca.
La vida de Tombey cambia completamente cuando su padre decide acoger en su hogar a la princesa de un lejano pueblo que se encuentra en apuros.
Relato de los sucesos políticos acaecidos tras la muerte de la princesa Diana. Se centra sobre todo en las conversaciones que mantuvieron la Reina Isabel y el Primer Ministro Tony Blair para llegar a un acuerdo sobre la petición popular de que se celebrara un duelo nacional.
Película basada en la novela homónima de Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa (1958). Es la época de la unificación de Italia en torno al Piamonte, cuyo artífice fue Cavour. La acción se desarrolla en Palermo y los protagonistas son Don Fabrizio, Príncipe de Salina, y su familia, cuya vida se ve alterada tras la invasión de Sicilia por las tropas de Garibaldi (1860). Para alejarse de los disturbios, la familia se refugia en la casa de campo que posee en Donnafugata. Hasta el lugar se desplazan, además de la mujer del Príncipe y sus tres hijos, el joven Tancredi, el sobrino predilecto de Don Fabrizio, que parece simpatizar con el movimiento liberal de unificación
A history of the French Revolution from the decision of the king to convene the Etats-Generaux in 1789 in order to deal with France's debt problem. The first part of the movie tells the story from 1789 until August 10, 1792 (when the King Louis XVI lost all his authority and was put in prison). The second part carries the story through the end of the terror in 1794, including the deaths by guillotine of Louis XVI, Marie-Antoinette, Danton, and Desmoulins.
Sergei M. Eisenstein's docu-drama about the 1917 October Revolution in Russia. Made ten years after the events and edited in Eisenstein's 'Soviet Montage' style, it re-enacts in celebratory terms several key scenes from the revolution.
In a Spain consumed by ambition and power, the future of an empire depends of the mind state of a single woman.
Kirsty Young, Huw Edwards, Sophie Raworth y Claire Balding son sus guías para la histórica coronación de Sus Majestades el Rey Carlos III y la Reina Camilla el sábado 6 de mayo. Desde su estudio fuera del Palacio de Buckingham, Kirsty estará acompañada por invitados, incluidos amigos y colegas del Rey y la Reina, que compartirán sus ideas personales.
This Polish historical drama film traces the fascinating saga of a wealthy, princely Polish dynasty in years 1900-1935.
Madrid, Spain, December 27, 1870. General Juan Prim i Prats, president of the Council of Ministers and Minister of War gets involved in a treacherous ambush, is mortal injured and dies three days later. A mystery, a conspiracy, a murder that was never solved.
Vienna in the beginning of the twentieth century. Cavalry Lieutenant Fritz Lobheimer is about to end his affair with Baroness Eggerdorff when he meets the young Christine, the daughter of an opera violinist. Baron Eggerdorff however soon hears of his past misfortune...
The story of the Trotta family during the rise and fall of the Austrian-Hungary empire. Based upon the novel by Joseph Roth.
This is the story of how a prince became a king, a revealing portrait of our new monarch across the seven decades he spent as heir to the throne. It’s a journey from cradle to crown told almost solely in his own words, from film and television recordings to private home movies and featuring a wealth of material, some of which has never been seen before. As well as drawing on home movies from the Royal Collection, the film-makers were given exclusive access to sequences featuring the prince, shot for the landmark 1969 film Royal Family, including private unseen moments.
25 Years is an impressionistic survey of the years from the Queen's accession to the throne in 1952 through to her Silver Jubilee in 1977. Combining archive and contemporary footage - including that of the royal visit to Canada and the US in 1976, the bicentenary year of American independence - the film explores the monarchy through a quarter-century which saw the conquest of Everest, the development of television as a mass medium, the first supersonic flight and space exploration. Through good times and bad, and tumultuous changes for better or for worse, one factor remained constant: the monarchy, in the person of Queen Elizabeth II, provided a continuity and stability which this film celebrates in her Silver Jubilee year.
Coverage of the State Funeral of HM the Queen, including the service from Westminster Abbey and the procession of Her Majesty’s coffin through London, the journey of The Queen’s coffin to Windsor, the procession to St. George’s Chapel and the Committal Service.
Join the BBC cameras as they go behind the glitter of Buckingham Palace and the pomp of Windsor Castle for a close-up look at the minutia of the monarchy. Culled from a year of unprecedented access to Queen Elizabeth II, the documentary trails the queen as she interacts one-on-one with her family, her staff, her public, and international heads of state. Go behind closed doors for Christmas with the royal family, eavesdrop on cocktail chatter with Ron and Nancy Reagan, and catch unguarded moments when the queen pilots her own jeep or romps with her dogs. Elizabeth R. is a once-in-a-lifetime glimpse into the everyday life of a queen.