Il était une fois la révolution

A chronicle of the Russian Revolution of 1917, from the bourgeois democratic February Revolution to the great socialist October Revolution and the final triumph.

La Revolución de Mayo (in English: May Revolution) is an Argentine silent movie premiered in 1909. As the name denotes, it is focused on the events of the May Revolution. It was directed by Mario Gallo, a…

In 1907, the Russian authorities learn that a revolutionary known as 'Granddad' is living in hiding with his brother. The revolutionary is soon arrested and sent to Siberia. After ten years of struggling …

The scene takes place in Paris in March 1793 during the Reign of Terror. The Knight of Maison-Rouge, posing as Citizen Morand, is organizing the escape of Queen Marie-Antoinette. He is assisted in his und…

A bold rebel leader returns to his home city for a final showdown with a tyrannical king, only to find himself unexpectedly drawn to the ruler's captivating niece. As political intrigue and battle loom, h…

In a repressive boarding school with rigid rules of behavior, four boys decide to rebel against the director on a celebration day.

Early in the War of 1812, Captain James Marshall is commissioned to run the British blockade and fetch an unofficial war loan from . As first mate, Marshall recruits Ben Waldridge, a cashiered forme…

In 54 B.C. Julius Caesar seeks to solidify his position in Rome by putting down a rebellion in Gaul led by a tribal chieftain named Vercingetorix. Vercingetorix has rallied many tribes to his cause, inclu…

After defeating and imprisoning Napoleon on Elba, ending two decades of war, Europe is shocked to find Napoleon has escaped and has caused the French Army to defect from the King back to him. The b…

A condensed silent film version of the Charles Dickens classic about the French Revolution and its subsequent Reign of Terror.

A former Imperial Russian general and cousin of the Czar ends up in Hollywood as an extra in a movie directed by a former revolutionary.

A determined pioneer woman struggles to survive on the dangerous Texas-Mexico border during the revolution, caught between her growing attraction to a mysterious drifter and the shocking discovery that he…

Geneva (Exhibition 1896): back to the barn.

A British Army captain is branded a coward when he's secretly ordered to abandon his beloved regiment for a dangerous undercover mission in India, where he must infiltrate the forces of a mysterious rebel…

The Marquis de la Seiglière returns to once the Revolution is over. His possessions, which had been sold as material properties, had been purchased by Stamply, a farmer. The latter restores them to…

A rich nobleman steals a perfume merchant's wife just prior to the French Revolution, in which the perfumer is a leader of the peasants. His priest made him swear an oath to leave vengeance to God, howeve…

Made in 1912, this film has become known as one of the greatest pieces of pre-Soviet cinema. The silent film tells the story of the Patriotic war of 1812 when Napoleon attempted to invade Russia. This joi…

An international expedition ventures into Cambodia to destroy an ancient formula that transforms men into mindless zombies, but when one scientist discovers the secret, he uses it to create an army of the…

In 17th-century England, Charles II, the rightful heir to the kingdom, is driven from his country by militants working for rogue leader Oliver Cromwell. Charles ends up in the Netherlands, where he falls …

In 1803, as the Louisiana Purchase looms, a brave frontiersman must stop a ruthless gun smuggler from seizing control of the new territory and declaring himself governor through violence and corruption.