Jeanne, mladé dievča z chudobných pomerov so záľubou v kultúre aj iných radostiach života, vďaka svojej inteligencii a pôvabu postupne stúpa po spoločenskom rebríčku. Ako kurtizánka sa stane obľúbenkyňou kráľa Ľudovíta XV., ktorý nevie o jej postavení, ale získa vďaka nej späť svoju chuť do života. Prepukne medzi nimi vášnivé milostné puto. Jeanne sa napriek všetkým konvenciám a správnym mravom sťahuje do Versailles, kde jej príchod vzbudí na dvore pohoršujúci rozruch...
A troubled and neurotic Italian Countess betrays her entire country for a self-destructive love affair with an Austrian Lieutenant.
In 1930s England, a group of pretentious rich and famous gather together for a weekend of relaxation at a hunting resort. But when a murder occurs, each one of these interesting characters becomes a suspect.
Tragický milostný trojuholník v lesklom a pokryteckom New Yorku 70. rokov 19. storočia. Newland Archer je bezúhonný advokát, ktorý tajne túži po vášnivejšom živote. Jeho zasnúbenie s May Wellandovou, pôvabnou, ale nevýraznou členkou miestnej elity, odsúdilo Newlanda na život v tichej ľahostajnosti. Keď sa však do New Yorku vráti výstredný, spoločensky neprijateľný bratranec jeho snúbenice, Newland riskuje všetko pre nádej na skutočnú lásku.
Príbeh znázorňujúci pomery 16. a 17. storočia v bývalom Uhorsku. V tej dobe žila Alžbeta Báthoryová, ktorá patrila k jednému z najvýznamnejších uhorských šľachtických rodov. Legenda hovorí, že vraždila nevinné panny a kúpala sa v ich krvi. Raz jej manžel pošle darček v podobe talianskeho maliara Merisiho Caravaggia, ktorý zostane na jej dvore niekoľko rokov. Medzi ním a osamelou ženou vznikne zvláštne puto. V tom čase sa ale nad jej hlavou začnú sťahovať zlovestné mračná, ktoré ešte viac potemnejú po smrti jej manžela. Mocná a bohatá žena musí čeliť nepriateľom, ktorí sú schopní čohokoľvek. Zvesti o šialenej vladárke, ktorá sa v snahe zastaviť starnutie kúpe v krvi nevinných panien, začínajú silnieť...
When Francesco returns home with the assumption that his father's wealth will be there to keep him content, he discovers that his father has lost everything to a German countess while gambling.
In France of the late 19th century, the wife of a wealthy general, the Countess Louise, sells the earrings her husband gave her on their wedding day to pay off debts; she claims to have lost them. Her husband quickly learns of the deceit, which is the beginning of many tragic misunderstandings, all involving the earrings, the general, the countess, & her new lover, the Italian Baron Donati.
An Englishman in France unwittingly is placed into the identity, and steps into the vacated life, of a look-alike French nobleman.
Writer Harry Street reflects on his life as he lies dying from an infection while on safari in the shadow of Mount Kilimanjaro.
A countess from Transylvania seeks a psychiatrist’s help to cure her vampiric cravings.
An anthology, based on the comics of the same name by Glenn Danzig, in which the erotic and horrific combine to create multiple ghoulish tales of bloodlust, murder, the occult and the forbidden.
Based on the play by August Strindberg, Miss Julie vividly depicts the battle of the sexes and classes that ensues when Julie, a wealthy businessman's daughter, falls for Jean, her father's bitter servant.
Victor and Hillary are down on their luck to the point that they allow tourists to take guided tours of their castle. But Charles Delacro, a millionaire oil tycoon, visits, and takes a liking to more than the house. Soon, Hattie Durant gets involved and they have a good old fashioned love triangle.
During the 15th century reign of France's King Louis XI, a young Scottish man is sent by his English Lord to woo a French lady on his behalf. The plan goes awry when the young man falls in love with her. Based on the classic novel by Sir Walter Scott.
An American goes to pre-war Germany to find his mother and discovers her in a concentration camp. With the help of an American-born widowed countess he seeks to engineer her escape.
When 5 allied generals are captured in Italy in WWII, it is a propaganda nightmare for the allies. The generals are all 1 star and refuse to take orders from each other in order to plan an escape. Harry Frigg is a private who has escaped from the guard house dozens of times. He is promoted to Major General and ordered to get the generals out once he is captured. Harry is willing to escape, but then he meets the countess...
An eccentric Parisian woman's optimistic perception of life begins to sound more rational than the rather traditional beliefs of others.
There is hunger in Siberia during the Russian Civil War. One day while dim-witted peasant Sergei is searching corpses for food, he meets a young woman looking for the town of Novokursk. She asks Sergei to help her get there, and to tell anyone they might meet that he is her husband.
Martine Bressac is released from a psychiatric clinic after a year's treatment and is driven home by her chauffeur, Mathias. She is welcomed by the demented hunchbacked gardener Malou and the mute servant girl Adèle, and impatiently demands the key to her mysterious private chamber. There, set out like exhibits in a waxwork, are the bodies of beautiful girls frozen in postures of terror on the point of death. With Mathias' help, Martine has just added another girl, a prostitute, to her collection when her husband and accomplice, Charles, arrives home with slides of a further prospective victim: Cécile the virginal daughter of a diplomat...
During a press conference, international star Nina remembers simpler times, flashing back to her days as a maid in a run-down Italian hotel. As a young woman, Nina befriends Contessa Sanziani, an elderly woman who entertains Nina with memories of her vibrant, wealthy life with Count Sanziani. Inspired by her tales of success, young Nina fantasizes about her own adventures and seeks to find the same excitement in her life.