19th Century Filmes

Ken Russell revisits the life of Elgar, with musical background provided by the composer's works.

One of the first animated short films. A wanderer enters a cabaret in the countryside and asks a waitress for a beer. She comes back with a pint, as...

The life and times of the famous French writer Guy de Maupassant.

A biographical film about the Slovak nationalist Ľudovít Štúr. It captures the revolutionary events of 1848 in...

A bored princess' flights of fancy cause troubles for the entire household, especially her husband.

The film consists of a series of animations on a beach containing two beach huts and a diving board. Two characters play at diving into the water...

A stationary camera, looking diagonally across a racetrack toward the infield, records the horses as they race past. Once they are out of view and...

This film documents the 1896 Melbourne Cup horse race including footage of the crowd watching the race.

Film made at Hyde Park Corner in 1896 by an unknown filmmaker. It looks south west across Grosvenor Place. The southern wing of St George's Hospital...

The last sovereign Zulu King, a female British missionary, an ambitious colonial official and a young Welshman are all voiced by actors to make...