Tag Archives: period piece

Anna Karenina

IMDB Rating: 5.90
1464 votes

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Storyline
Anna is a young and elegant wife of Mr. Karenin, who is wealthy and old. She meets the handsome Count Vronsky. Anna and Vronsky fall in love with each other, and he comes to be with her in St. Petersburg. They are very happy together and make a great looking couple, but soon their happiness gets under social pressures. Anna is hopelessly begging Mr. Karenin for a divorce, but he wants to keep the mother of their child. She has another baby born from her lover Vronsky. Conflict between her untamed desires and painful reality causes her a depression...
Actors
Anna KareninaSophie Marceau
VronskySean Bean
LevinAlfred Molina

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

IMDB Rating: 7.50
23796 votes

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Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, born in the stench of eighteenth century Paris, develops a superior olfactory sense, which he uses to create the world's finest perfumes. His work, however, takes a dark turn as he tries to preserve scents in the search for the ultimate perfume.
Actors
Jean-Baptiste GrenouilleBen Whishaw
Court OfficialFrancesc Albiol
Guard 1 DungeonGonzalo Cunill

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

IMDB Rating: 8.00
47640 votes

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Based on the 19th century legend of Sweeney Todd and the hit Broadway musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, Sweeney Todd a.k.a Benjamin Barker returns to London after being sent away by Judge Turpin with the help of a sailor, Anthony Hope. He opens a barber shop above Mrs. Lovett's Meat Pie Shop were she sells "the worst pies in London." With the help of Mrs. Lovett, Todd tries to rid of all the people who have ever done him wrong and hopes to be reunited with his daughter, Joanna, who is now Judge Turpin's ward.
Actors
Sweeney ToddJohnny Depp
Mrs. LovettHelena Bonham Carter
Judge TurpinAlan Rickman

Emma

IMDB Rating: 6.80
9787 votes

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Storyline
Emma is a very beautiful young woman who decides to devote her life in finding the right mate for the people around her. But, her cause will come to contestation when she will find love in the face of a much sought after man.
Actors
Emma WoodhouseGwyneth Paltrow
Mr. WestonJames Cosmo
Mrs. WestonGreta Scacchi

The Bounty

IMDB Rating: 6.70
5620 votes

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The familiar story of Lieutenant Bligh, whose cruelty leads to a mutiny on his ship. This version follows both the efforts of Fletcher Christian to get his men beyond the reach of British retribution, and the epic voyage of Lieutenant Bligh to get his loyalists safely to East Timor in a tiny lifeboat.
Actors
Fletcher Christian Master's MateMel Gibson
Lieutenant William BlighAnthony Hopkins
Admiral HoodLaurence Olivier

River Queen

IMDB Rating: 6.30
355 votes

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An intimate story set during the 1860s in which a young Irish woman Sarah (Samantha Morton) and her family find themselves on both sides of the turbulent wars between British and Maori during the British colonisation of New Zealand.
Actors
WiremuCliff Curtis
DoyleKiefer Sutherland
Sarah O'BrienSamantha Morton

Nanny McPhee

IMDB Rating: 6.90
5643 votes

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Mr. Cedric Brown (Colin Firth) has just lost his wife and is now left with his seven children who misbehave so much that all the nannies have run away. Now he is told by a mysterious voice that he should get Nanny McPhee (Emma Thompson) who is a magical woman with special powers.
Actors
Nanny McPheeEmma Thompson
Cedric BrownColin Firth
EvangelineKelly Macdonald

Pride & Prejudice

IMDB Rating: 7.80
23448 votes

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The story is based on Jane Austen's novel about five sisters - Jane, Elizabeth, Mary, Kitty and Lydia Bennet - in Georgian England. Their lives are turned upside down when a wealthy young man (Mr. Bingley) and his best friend (Mr. Darcy) arrive in their neighborhood.
Actors
Elizabeth BennetKeira Knightley
Mary BennetTalulah Riley
Jane BennetRosamund Pike

The Mask of Zorro

IMDB Rating: 6.80
21390 votes

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Storyline
In early 19th century California the masked swordsman hero Zorro was a champion of the people against the tyranny of Spanish rule, represented by the ruthless Governor Montero. Unfortunately, on the eve of his greatest triumph, the liberation of California, Montero learns of Zorro's secret identity as Don Diego de la Vega and attacks the rebel in his home leaving him imprisoned, his wife dead and his daughter abducted to be claimed as the child of Montero. Twenty years pass, and Montero returns to California intent on a foul plan to bring it under his total control. Upon learning of his return, Don Diego escapes from his long imprisonment and prepares for his revenge. Part of it involves the training of an orphan who helped him as a boy to become his successor. Together, the two must prepare to do battle with Montero and his American henchman to save California and reunite with Diego's lost daughter. So once again, the enemies of freedom and justice in California must fear of the man who leaves the mark of the Z.
Actors
Maury Chaykin
Matt Letscher
Alejandro Murrieta/ZorroAntonio Banderas