Movies and TvShows featuring "1880s-literature-on-screen" theme.
Kidnapped is a thrilling story of a young scamp who gets caught up in a dangerous adventure when he is kidnapped and thrown into prison. As he tries to escape and survive, he becomes entwined in the political turmoil of the Jacobite rebellion. Based on the classic novel, this gripping tale explores themes of family relationships, loyalty, and the struggle for freedom.
In the 1880s, a young boy named Coudert Lorraine and his friends steal an airship and embark on a thrilling adventure. They encounter pirates, a zeppelin, a submarine, and even Captain Nemo himself. Along the way, they face danger and excitement, discovering the true meaning of friendship and courage.
In this French horror film, a monk must escape from the clutches of the Inquisition and the horrors of a torture chamber, including a deadly pendulum and a pit filled with rats.
This final Carter film is a lot of fun, with Nick (unwillingly, at first) taking on a ring of Fifth Columnists (since this was filmed before the US entered the war, we're not told the villains are Nazis, but it's pretty clear anyway). Of course, the helpful and persistent Bartholomew is at his side--much to Nick's irritation. To further complicate things--and to make them still funnier--Joyce Compton is along for the ride too, as a delightfully brainless "detective" named Christine Cross.
Didier Formenter, the French scientist, has just put the final touch on an invention that will be able to destroy to destroy any sort of flying apparatus. An international crime gang is very interested in stealing this equipement to sell it to the higher bidder of lawless nations. Menaced, the scientist, who was friends with Nick Carter's father, calls Nick for help. At Nice airport, Nick Carter escapes death, but that night he is unable to stop Formenter's murder. He suspects Bruno, Formenter's adoptive son, and Tonio, the owner of a bar near Formentier's home. Bruno is actually after Formenter's heritage, and for that he tries to kill Catherine, Formentier's granddaughter. Therefore, Nick Carter finds himself against more than a gang, but he will uncover the plots, in time to break every gangster apart.
In A Night at Karlstein, a 14th-century Bohemian king disguises himself as a bishop to investigate the disappearance of his queen. This campy and humorous film explores themes of gender issues, mistaken identity, and the battle of the sexes.
In 1880s Florence, a man falls in love with a prostitute and gets caught up in a web of deceit, violence, and tragedy. Set against the backdrop of a patriarchal society and a city-country contrast, their love is tested by misfortune and societal pressures.
Independently-wealthy woman tries to break free of repressive, conservative cultural constraints.
Nick Carter, the famous detective, is ordered to prosecute the gang of Zigomar. Carter gets into various thorny situations but manages to escape every time, helped by Olga, a former girlfriend of Zigomar. Carter finally manages to trap Zigomar and Zigomar is arrested. However, Zigomar avoids going to court by apparently poisoning himself.