19th Century Movies

A biographical story about significant Czech dramatist, writer and actor Josef Kajetán Tyl.

Kaspar Len returns home after three years in the army. He vainly searches for the mason Kryštof’s family where he had lived before he...

Photo sequence of the rare transit of Venus over the face of the Sun, one of the first chronophotographic sequences. In 1873, P.J.C. Janssen, or...

This historical film depicts the life of a man who was at the mercy of the waves during transition from the end of the Edo period to the Meiji...

The Story of the three Japanese castaways Otokichi, Kyukichi and Iwakichi. After their ship the Hojunmaru was damaged, they drifted to America and...

The story takes place at the time of the defeat of the Hungarian War of Independence, when Csákberény came under the terror of the...

The story of a poor, disintegrating family of a mother Fišerová and her three children. It is set in the 1890s - a time when the poor...

It is 1883 and Josef Hibes, a social democrat, is organising a strike of textile workers. The main demand is a reduction in working hours...

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 narration of episodes from the life of the famous Czech poet, Karel Hynek Mácha. Throughout the film, we witness a deep analysis of...

Franco, a young man of noble descent, marries Luisa, daughter of a humble clerk, against his grandmother's will.

It's that time of year, and as Christmas approaches Braathen Street, the neighbors come together to celebrate the holiday. In their shared home, they...

John Zinga, a descendent of slaves, has an ancient medallion around his neck and a fragment of song passed down generations. He is an English...

In Nepalese society, "Jaar" refers to a man who has an illicit affair with another man's wife. During the reign of Jung Bahadur Rana...

The history of the potato through the ages—with a focus on European history and a twinkle in its eye

The story of British prime minister Benjamin Disraeli and the purchase by England of the Suez Canal.

An English woman is unwittingly sold into prostitution and joins a brothel run by a mysterious baron.