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September 3, 2010

The past month has been fertile in period drama announcements. We haven’t been able to share them here as we usually do so we decided to to a round up post with all of them now. Some do look interesting… BOARDWALK EMPIRE – the TV series about Atlantic City in the 1920s premieres on SKY [...]

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Goethe! – a new German period drama

August 13, 2010

Fellow period drama lover Anna kindly sent us these trailers from Goethe!, a new german costume drama, and we leave you with a taste of it.  The images look good! From what we found online the basic plot is about a love triangle. Goethe is in love with a young girl called Lotte but someone else is [...]

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Dragonwyck (1946)

June 21, 2010

The story starts in 1844, Connecticut in a farm who belongs to the Wells, a God-fearing and modest family who are satisfied with their fate. All except for the 18 years old, Miranda, the older daughter. The girl dreams of a completely different life from the one she has, always fussing about her physical appearance [...]

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The Three Musketeers (2011)

June 2, 2010

It has recently been brought to our attention that there are two different adaptations of Alexandre Dumas’  The Three Musketeers in the works. One by director Doug Liman and Warner Bros. and the other by Paul Anderson in 3-D. The cast for the Anderson movie has been announced just last month and includes some familiar [...]

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The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec (2010)

May 30, 2010

Set in Paris 1912, this is the first movie about the intrepid and adventurous young journalist and novelist Adèle Blanc-Sec. We first see her in Egypt trying to find a particular mummy that she needs to bring her sister alive, victim of an accident when she was younger. At the same time in Paris, a [...]

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Robin Hood (2010)

May 20, 2010

“Rise and rise again, until lambs become lions”   After 10 years fighting with Richard Lionheart in the Crusades, Robin Longstride decides to return to England when the King dies suddenly in France. In his way, he surprises an ambush planned for the Lionheart by his enemies who thought he was still alive. He promises [...]

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More about The Princesse de Montpensier

May 18, 2010

A few weeks ago we talked about Bertrand Tavernier’s new movie, The Princess de Montpensier. The movie was presented a couple of days ago at Cannes and earned many positive reviews becoming one of the favorites for the “Palme d’Or”. The release date in France is scheduled for the 10th November and meanwhile we wanted to share some [...]

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The Princess de Montpensier

April 25, 2010

Adapted from a short story by Madame Lafayette, La Princesse de Montpensier is set in France during the War of Religions in 1562. This is the story of Mademoiselle de Mézières who, despite her love for the duke of Guise, was forced to marry the prince de Montpensier. Soon the beautiful young woman becomes the love [...]

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The Countess

April 18, 2010

The Countess is the story of the Hungarian Elizabeth (Erzebet) Bathory, the renowned countess who supposedly killed and tortured thousands of young virgins to maintain her beauty. This movie completely escaped our attention in 2009 but in Paris, right now, there’s movie posters everywhere so we thought to post some trailers for those, like us, [...]

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The Last of the Mohicans (1992)

April 6, 2010

The story starts in the British province of New-York, in 1757, during the Seven Years War, British and French troops fight for possession of the land in what became known to us as the French and Indian War. The beautiful opening scene introduces Hawkeye (Daniel Day-Lewis), his Indian father Chingachgook (Russell Means) and brother Uncas [...]

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