19th Century Movies

Inaugurated in 1986 by François Mitterrand, a link between the Louvre and Pompidou, Orsay houses the largest collection of Impressionist art...

This program presents the life and ministry of George Muller, who cared for thousands of orphans in 19th century England. He never asked anyone for...

Stefan Luchian is a passionate painter who rebels against conservative art groups, determined to create a new form of art that celebrates beauty and...

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

Set in 1867, the year of the great famine in Finland. A farmer’s wife sets off on foot through the snow with her two young children towards St....

This remarkable series of 10 short silent dramas by John M. Stahl, produced by Benjamin Chapin as a vehicle for his performance as Abraham Lincoln,...

Recorded by pioneers as far back as 1805, the Tasmanian tiger has become an intensely mystifying Australian icon, whose entire existence has become...

In 1827, Joseph Smith, Jr. was only 21 years old when he received a prophetic calling to translate ancient scriptures that would soon be published as...

Soviet Georgian film by Eldar Shengelaia. Based on short story by D. Kldiashvili

Every day, Paris’ six railway stations welcome over 3,000 trains and more than a million travelers coming from France and all over Europe. The...

Santini's Network is a biographical film by German filmmaker Georg Brintrup on the life of Roman music collector Fortunato Santini and how his famous...

Formerly lost film rediscovered in 1996, directed by William Friese-Greene.

A brief account of the Spanish-American War (1898) and the end of the Spanish Empire in the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean.

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

On a full moon night in London, a young lady called Victoria is being chased by the famous serial killer Jack the Ripper.