19th Century Movies

This historical film depicts the life of a man who was at the mercy of the waves during transition from the end of the Edo period to the Meiji...

A television adaptation of Jan Neruda's short stories The Bachelor and Mr. Carpet's Marriage.

A young man journeys from a difficult childhood to maturity, exploring social injustice, personal development, and the complexities of human...

Starting in 1881 this film shows the personal battle between Lenin's Ulyanov family and the royal Romanovs that eventually led to the Russian...

Film about famous poet Karel Hynek Mácha

Second half of the 19th century. In a small town in South Bohemia, fifth-former Jan Ratkin is living through the confusions of first love together...

At the end of January 1889, Crown Prince Rudolf is found dead. The Court tries to hush up the affair.

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

The small town agog Hussars entry. Love between cornet and the young actress suddenly faces intrigue made by a St. Petersburg bureaucrat. The actress...

In 1892, Ellis Island, in New York Bay, became the main gateway to the United States for immigrants arriving increasingly from Europe. The story of...

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,...

Short film of 300 individually painted images. A lost film.

A biographical film about a Czech mechanic and designer who was the first in the Czech lands to construct a steam car.

Albrechtice near Jablonec. Sixteen-year-old Pavlínka Linková lives with her grandmother Barbara, a local midwife who raised her after...

A short film made by Emile Reynaud

A 19th century wire-walker performs his stage act on a woman's clothesline. An early comedy by pioneer director Robert W. Paul.

Emperor Francis Joseph I is about to arrive in Prague, and among those who came to Stromovka to welcome him is Veronika Pavlitová. She wants...