I det 19. århundredes Frankrig har den noble Jean Valjean skabt sig en succesfuld tilværelse med masser af indflydelse. Hvad ingen ved er, at Valjean kommer fra ludfattige kår og faktisk er en bortsluppen straffefange. Da den ihærdige politiinspektør Javert pludselig dukker op i Valjeans by, genkender han den tidligere indsatte, og snart sætter en årelang menneskejagt ind. Valjean undslipper i første omgang, men da han og adoptivdatteren Cosette mange år senere slår sig ned i Paris, forelsker hun sig i den unge revolutionær Marius, hvilket atter placerer Valjean i Javert's søgelys.
Den 14-årige Marie Antoinette bliver revet væk fra sin familie, frataget alle sine ejendele og bragt ind i Versailles' dekadente verden for at blive gift med Frankrigs konge.
Nød tvang ham til at stjæle, men barmhjertighed fik ham til at forandre sig og slå ind på dydens smalle vej. I dag er den tidligere straffefange Valjean en succesfuld forretningsmand og borgmester for en lille by. Men ud fra hans fortid kommer Javert, en tidligere fængselsvagt, som nu er blevet politimand - og Javert glemmer aldrig, og tilgiver lige så sjældent.
Witty narration follows the history of Versailles Palace; founded by Louis XIII, enlarged by autocratic Louis XIV, whose personal affairs and amours, and those of his two successors, are followed in more detail to the start of the Revolution, after which the story is brought rapidly up to date. A huge cast plays mainly historical persons who appear briefly.
I tiden efter den franske revolution er det lykkedes forfatteren Marquis de Sade at undslippe henrettelse. Istedet er han anbragt på en galeanstalt, hvor den ideologiske præst Coulmier prøver at få ham på mindre erotiske tanker. Hvad præsten ikke ved er, at vaskekonens datter Madelaine hjælper De Sade med at få udgivet de erotiske skrifter, som han skriver i sin celle
Fra tidernes morgen og indtil en fjern fremtid følger vi verdenshistoriens gakkede udvikling ifølge Mel Brooks. Vi opdager sandheden om Cæsar, hvad der virkelig skete under den sidste nadver, omstændighederne omkring den franske revolution, hvordan man tester eunukker og hvilke sko de spanske inkvisitorer bar.
For dem er brølende drager, toiletkummer noget man drikker vand af og fantastisk magi en del af hverdagen. Mød ridderen Godefroy og hans utiltalende tjener Jacquouille to elskværdige slyngler fra middelalderen der tager vores tid med storm. År 1023 skal han giftes med sin elskede Frénégonde. Det er i hvert fald hvad han selv troede, men atter tvinges Godefroy ud på nye svimlende gale eventyr i fremtiden. Nu skal han finde de forsvundne familie juveler og have fat i efterkommerne - både til ham selv og til tjeneren Jacquouille.
Directed by Philippe de Broca, the film recounts a bloody episode of the French Revolution. 1793, the Terror . In Vendée and in Bretagne, the chouans are revolting against the young Republic and fight for the monarchy restauration. The civil war divides also the family of the Count Savinien de Kerfadec, a liberal and generous noble and a flying machines inventor.
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.
A biopic of Napoleon Bonaparte, tracing the Corsican's career from his schooldays (where a snowball fight is staged like a military campaign) to his flight from Corsica, through the French Revolution (where a real storm is intercut with a political storm) and the Terror, culminating in his triumphant invasion of Italy in 1797.
France, on the eve of the French Revolution. Henriette and Louise have been raised together as sisters. When the plague that takes their parents' lives causes Louise's blindness, they decide to travel to Paris in search of a cure, but they separate when a lustful aristocrat crosses their path.
In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men's lives, and soon Valjean finds himself in the midst of the student revolutions in France.
The French Revolution, 1794. The Marquis de Lafayette asks Charles D'Aubigny to infiltrate the Jacobin Party to overthrow Maximilian Robespierre, who, after gaining supreme power and establishing a reign of terror ruled by death, now intends to become the dictator of France.
In 18th-century France, a young man masquerades as an actor to avenge his friend's murder.
”They seek him there, they seek him here …” Hvem kender ikke til denne frase om den mystiske Røde Pimpernel; den britiske aristokrat, som i eminente forklædninger risikerede livet for at redde den franske adel fra guillotinen. Tofoldigt Oscarnominerede Leslie Howard var sin tids største actionhelt, og ”Den røde Pimpernel” var en af de mest efterspurgte film i over tredive år.
Danton and Robespierre were close friends and fought together in the French Revolution, but by 1793 Robespierre was France's ruler, determined to wipe out opposition with a series of mass executions that became known as the Reign of Terror. Danton, well known as a spokesman of the people, had been living in relative solitude in the French countryside, but he returned to Paris to challenge Robespierre's violent rule and call for the people to demand their rights. Robespierre, however, could not accept such a challenge, even from a friend and colleague, and he blocked out a plan for the capture and execution of Danton and his allies.
Oscar François de Jarjayes was born female, but her father insisted she be raised as a boy as he had no sons. She becomes the captain of the guards at Versailles under King Louis XVI and Marie Antonette. Her privileged, noble life comes under fire as she discovers the hard life of the poor people of France. She is caught up in the French Revolution, and must choose between her loyalty and love.
What happened to Figaro and his friends after the events told in Rossini’s and Mozart’s operas? One possible sequel is told in John Corigliano’s “grand opera buffa” The Ghosts of Versailles—an uproariously funny and deeply moving work inspired by Beaumarchais’s third Figaro play, La Mère Coupable, and commissioned by the Met to celebrate its 100th anniversary. This telecast captures its world premiere run, conducted by James Levine. Håkan Hagegård is Beaumarchais, Figaro’s creator, who is deeply in love with Marie Antoinette (Teresa Stratas in a heart-searing performance) and determined to rewrite history and save her from the guillotine. A young Renée Fleming, at the beginning of her international career, sings the unfaithful Rosina. Gino Quilico is the wily Figaro who tries to take matters in his own hands, and Marilyn Horne stops the show as the exotic entertainer Samira.
In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men's lives, and soon Valjean finds himself in the midst of the student revolutions in France.
During the French Revolution, a mysterious English nobleman known only as The Scarlet Pimpernel (a humble wayside flower), snatches French aristos from the jaws of the guillotine, while posing as the foppish Sir Percy Blakeney in society. Percy falls for and marries the beautiful actress Marguerite St. Just, but she is involved with Chauvelin and Robespierre, and Percy's marriage to her may endanger the Pimpernel's plans to save the little Dauphin