During the Napoleonic Wars, a British naval captain aboard the H.M.S. Defiant tries to maintain order and discipline among his crew, but faces a mutiny led by a sadistic man. The captain must battle for control of the ship and deal with the consequences of his actions.
Scott of the Antarctic is a gripping biographical drama about Captain Robert Falcon Scott's fateful expedition to be the first to reach the South Pole. Facing treacherous snowstorms, freezing temperatures, and dwindling supplies, Scott and his team battle against nature and their own limitations to survive in the harsh and unforgiving Antarctic wilderness.
In 19th-century England, a young woman named Princess Caraboo arrives in a small village and convinces everyone that she is a foreign princess. She is taken in by a kind family and gains the attention of a journalist who narrates her story. However, her true identity is eventually revealed and she is sentenced to death. The story is based on a true story that took place in the year 1817.
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake follows a young man named Benjamin who seeks revenge against his uncle after being imprisoned as a bonded servant. Along the way, he explores the beautiful and treacherous world of the South Seas, encountering love and danger. Benjamin's journey transforms him from a naive young man into a courageous and determined hero.
Captain Kidd is a pirate captain who seeks revenge for his father's death and embarks on a high-seas adventure to find treasure and avenge his father's murderer. Along the way, he encounters double-crosses, naval battles, and treacherous schemes.
In the year 1870, a group of children from Jamaica are kidnapped by pirates during a hurricane. They must navigate the dangers of life at sea and face a court trial when they are eventually rescued.
Amistad is the true story of a group of enslaved Africans who's ship is taken over by them shortly after their departure from Havana, Cuba. The Africans then try to find their way back to Africa, taking the ship's navigation tools. They're brought to trial in New England where they're defended by an African-American attorney who's fighting for their freedom. The abolitionist movement is growing more and more powerful in America, making the sending of slaves back across the Atlantic a very controversial subject. The trial ends up in the Supreme Court. The Africans are represented by former US President John Quincy Adams (Hopkins).
Early in the War of 1812, Captain James Marshall is commissioned to run the British blockade and fetch an unofficial war loan from France. As first mate, Marshall recruits Ben Waldridge, a cashiered former British Navy captain. Waldridge brings his former gun crew...who begin plotting mutiny as soon as they learn there'll be gold aboard. The gold duly arrives, and with it Waldridge's former sweetheart Leslie, who's fond of a bit of gold herself. Which side is Waldridge really on?
Lamas plays an indentured servant who rises to power in Georgia shortly after the Revolutionary War.
A western set in New Zealand during the 1820s following a group of British pioneers seeking a new life Down Under.
The MacIver brothers (Michael Redgrave, Griffith Jones) build the first ship to cross the Atlantic by steam power alone.
The struggle of a man to build a steam ship to take him across the Atlantic in spite of all setbacks, and his win against a crack sailing boat in the early 19th century.
Italian production of Jack London's well-known, often filmed tale. Gentleman is forced to work in a seal-hunt ship ruled by a tyrannical captain. Violence rules but soon he learns to interact with the captain, just to find a thinking (and ill) man.
In the early 1800s, Prussian geographer Alexander Von Humboldt and French botanist Aimé Bonpland launch an expedition to explore the Amazon region, including the Orinoco River, from Venezuela to the border of Portuguese Brazil.
Atlantis Untold is the story of an unexpected journey by brother and sister Jack and Skye Noble, who are forced by circumstances to try to conquer the opposing forces of an inner world. Decending deeper and deeper into unknown spheres, the two travelers are guided by unexpected forces of light and hindered by relentless forces of darkness, until their struggle brings them to the legendary City of Atlantis.
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