Knapt er den amerikanske teenager Mia kommet sig over, at hun i virkeligheden er medlem af den royale familie i det liden kendte kongedømme Genovia før det vælter ind med nye overraskelser. Mia skal nemlig måske være dronning og får at blive det skal hun giftes, og jo før jo bedre. Så er det bare om at finde et egnet emne.
En lusket fransk listetyv stjæler de britiske kronjuveler, og MI-7 sætter straks agent Johnny English på sagen. Det viser sig, at franskmanden har planlagt flere anslag mod det britiske monarki, og sagen kompliceres yderligere, da English møder den forførende dobbeltagent Lorna Campbell.
Efter mange år, fanget i et tårn, længes alles favorit "barfodet prinsesse" efter at indhente den tabte tid. Med hjælp fra din store kærlighed Eugene, vennerne Pascal og Max samt den modige nyfundne ven Cassandra, udskyder Rapunzel sit bryllup og sine kongelige pligter for at trodse faren og dristigt udforske livet uden for Kongeriget Coronas vægge. Boblende sjov med eventyr og musik fra den legendariske Alan Menken er To På Flugt Flere Hårrejsende Eventyr en magisk filmoplevelse.
Da en henrivende amerikansk korpige fanger en monokelprydet og statelig europæisk monarks interesse, er det et klart bevis på, at modsætninger tiltrækker hinanden. Og hvem er mere tiltrækkende modsætninger end den strålende Marilyn Monroe og den elegante Laurence Olivier som henholdsvis korpigen og prinsen? Han er regent i Karpatien, og den arrogante og tilknappede prins er i London for at overvære kroningen af Kong Georg V i 1911. Hun er Elsie Marina fra Milwaukee, og hendes manglende sømmelighed opvejes af masser af sund fornuft. Hun er i London, fordi hun medvirker som korpige i "Gaiety Girl". Deres forbindelse vækker opmærksomhed, og det bliver snart uklart, hvem der forfører hvem.
Peachy og Daniel gør tjeneste som engelske officerer i Indien, der er en del af det britiske imperium. De to soldater har gang i en række mere eller mindre lyssky foretagender for at forsøde livet med ekstra penge. Helt galt går det på en ekspedition til Afghanistan, hvor Daniel bilder de lokale ind, at han er en reinkarnation af Alexander den store.
Anden del af Sissi – den anmelderroste filmserie fra 1950’erne – er en mere eller mindre autentisk beretning om den unge kejserinde Elizabeth af Østrigs første år. Først og fremmest er det konflikterne med hoffets strenge regler og hendes intolerante svigermor, der giver problemer for den unge kvinde, som er vant til at få sin vilje. Da en lille prinsesse kommer til verden, og der stilles krav om, at hendes opdragelse skal lægges i hænderne på fremmede, gennemlever Sissi sin første ægteskabskrise. Og først da begge parter bøjer sig – da Sissi accepterer at følge skik og brug, og hun får lov til at beholde sit barn – bliver der banet vej for forsoning og en lykkelig slutning.
An Englishman who resembles the king of a small European nation gets mixed up in palace intrigue when his look-alike is kidnapped.
Denne gang skal børnene og de tapre Ewoks hjælpe Noa og Teek med at få fat i en brændstofcelle til Noas rumskib, så de kan komme hjem. Men ak og ve, den onde konge Terak vil også have fingre i den, så Terak og hans onde hær af Marauders begynder nu en fæl jagt på den. Og stakkels dem, som kommer i vejen. Endnu en gang må de små Ewoks ud på et drabeligt eventyr, denne gang på jagt efter brændstofcellen. Men hvem kommer først?
Set during the early part of his reign, Ivan faces betrayal from the aristocracy and even his closest friends as he seeks to unite the Russian people. Sergei Eisenstein's final film, this is the first part of a three-part biopic of Tsar Ivan IV of Russia, which was never completed due to the producer's dissatisfaction with Eisenstein's attempts to use forbidden experimental filming techniques and excessive cost overruns. The second part was completed but not released for a decade after Eisenstein's death and a change of heart in the USSR government toward his work; the third part was only in its earliest stage of filming when shooting was stopped altogether.
Efter at have mødt sin dobbeltgænger narres skolelæreren John Standing til at træde i mandens sted som overhoved for en aristokratisk familie med visse problemer.
Kort efter at Edward IV er blevet kronet som konge, begynder hans pukkelryggede bror, Richard, der er lige så forkrøblet psykisk som fysisk, at intrigere for at overtage den engelske trone. Han får vendt Edward mod deres bror, Clarence, og slår ham senere ihjel. Men selv efter Richard er kommet på tronen, fortsætter han sit ondskabsfulde spil for at sikre sin position som konge.
Kirsty Young, Huw Edwards, Sophie Raworth and Claire Balding are your guides for the historic coronation of Their Majesties King Charles III and Queen Camilla on Saturday 6 May. From her studio outside Buckingham Palace, Kirsty will be joined by guests, including friends and colleagues of the King and Queen, who will share their personal insights. Throughout the morning, a series of films will explore the King’s passions, and a broad range of experts will join Kirsty to provide analysis of this new chapter in British history. Across the capital, a team of presenters will be in key locations to report and commentate throughout the day as events unfold. As the armed forces prepare for one of the largest military parades in living memory, JJ Chalmers will speak to servicemen and women from across the UK and the Commonwealth as they arrive in London to take their positions.
A kingdom's ascending heir, marked for assassination, switches identities with a lookalike, who takes his place at the coronation. When the real king is kidnapped, his followers try to find him, while the stand-in falls in love with the king's intended bride, the beautiful Princess Flavia.
They’ve become the human face of inhuman barbarity. Leaders like Hitler, Idi Amin Dada, Stalin, Kim Jong Il, Saddam Hussein, Nicolae Ceausescu, Bokassa, Muammar Kadhafi, Khomeini, Mussolini and Franco governed their countries completely cut off from reality. These paranoid leaders were driven to abuse their power by the pathology of power itself. Dictators are driven by a relentless, thought-out determination to impose themselves as infallible, all-knowing and all-powerful beings. But they are also men ruled by their caprices, uncontrollable impulses, and reckless fits of frenzy, which paradoxically render them as human as anyone else. The abuses they committed were clearly atrocious, yet some of them were as outlandish as the characters portrayed in the film The Dictator. They sunk to depths worthy of Kafka: so incredibly absurd, they are outrageously funny.
A mild-mannered police detective freshly stationed in tumultuous 1980 Amsterdam enters a race against time when he encounters a violent plot against the Dutch royal family.
A lavish documentary film of Queen Elizabeth II's Coronation in 1953.
The 1953 coronation of Queen Elizabeth II marked the moment when she was formally recognized as England's new sovereign in front of God and her subjects. Three hundred million people tuned in, making it the most watched event in history. Now, for the first time, Her Majesty shares memories of the ceremony. Join us as we unlock a thousand years of coronation secrets and provide an unprecedented, up-close look at the legendary Crown Jewels.
"Pag-puti ng Uwak, Pag-itim ng Tagak" is a pulsating love story that recaptures the nostalgic fifties, the exciting era of mass hysteria, and the golden years of the rock and roll fever inflicted by screaming, wiggling hip-shaking foreign pop idols dominated by Elvis Presley, Bill Haley, Little Richard, Pat Boone, Doris Day and the Platters. It is more than a love story. It is also a commentary - a satire rich with humor injected into a moral, psychological, sociological, and cultural aspect, outlook, and values of the said bygone era. It is a poignant rich-girl-meets poor boy love story of Julie Monserat and Candido Ventura - two love-struck starry eyed youths who fought for their right to love each other, here is a story that touches social conflict - the perennial clashes and discrimination between the rich and the poor.
King Edward VII's coronation ceremony.
Jaw-dropping pomp and pageantry at the 1911 Delhi Durbar