Vatel (2000)
Vatel is the cook of Prince Condé. When the prince invites Louis XIV to hunt, he has to give lavish banquets in order to fall in his favor. But when Vatel falls in love with the king's mistress, love and duty come into conflict.
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The Crusades (1935)
King Richard and the Third Crusade (1190-1192) are given the DeMille treatment with more spectacle than history.
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Rasputin and the Empress (1932)
A prince plots to kill the mad monk Rasputin for the good of the czar, the czarina and Russia.
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Brotherhood of Blades (2014)
This is a movie set in the late Ming Dynasty. The 3 main characters are all elite guards for the palace. One of their fellow guardsmen goes bad. His former companions must now forget their bond and apprehend him. But are they being lured into a larger conspiracy against their emperor?
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Land of the Pharaohs (1955)
A captured architect designs an ingenious plan to ensure the impregnability of the tomb of a self-absorbed Pharaoh, obsessed with the security of his next life.
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Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954)
In first-century Rome, Christian slave Demetrius is sent to fight in the gladiatorial arena and Emperor Caligula seeks Jesus' robe for its alleged magical powers.
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Ashes in the Snow (2018)
In 1941, a 16-year-old aspiring artist and her family are deported to Siberia amidst Stalin's brutal dismantling of the Baltic region. One girl's passion for art and her never-ending hope will break the silence of history.
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The Buccaneer (1938)
Semi-fictional account of pirate Jean Lafitte's involvement in the War of 1812.
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Saraband for Dead Lovers (1948)
Young Sophia Dorothea (Joan Greenwood) marries Prince George Louis (Peter Bull), but it's far from a love match. Then she falls for Swedish Count Philip Christoph von Königsmark (Stewart Granger).
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I Was an American Spy (1951)
During WW2, an American woman posing as an Italian cabaret owner spies on the Japanese in Manila but becomes the target of a suspicious Japanese intelligence officer.
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