Movies and TvShows featuring "peasants-vs-aristocrats" theme.

In the final days of Czarist Russia, a peasant is raised from the ranks to Lieutenant. The other officers, aristocrats all, resent him, and make his life difficult. He falls in love with a princess, who spurns him. When he is caught in her room, he is stripped of his rank and thrown into prison. Then comes the Red Terror, and the tables are turned.

The Beloved Rogue is a historical drama that follows the story of Francois Villon, a poet and adventurer who becomes a folk hero in 15th-century France. As he navigates the treacherous world of the royal court and battles against injustice, Villon must also confront his own inner demons. Filled with swordplay, romance, and political intrigue, this film is a captivating exploration of love, honor, and the power of words.

As was common in Diaz's Mexico, a young hacienda worker finds his betrothed imprisoned and his life threatened by his master for confronting a hacienda guest for raping the girl. This film is the first of several attempts to make a feature-length motion picture out of the 200,000-plus feet of film shot by Sergei Eisenstein, on photographic expedition in Mexico during 1931-32 for Upton Sinclair and a cadre of private American producer-investors. Silent with music and English intertitles.