4 Films & TV Shows Set In Belgium During The 1800s
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The Conscript
🇧🇪 Belgium The 1800sIn 1833, when the fledgling Belgian kingdom still fears a Dutch invasion, recruits were selected annually from an age cohort by a draw of lots in each locality. In this grim, then contemporary drama by the 'father of Flemish literature', Hendrik Conscience, Jan Braems, a poor and naive farmers-boy, accepts the not uncommon offer by a rich family to sell his lucky ticket (out) to their son for a hefty sum compared to the miserable labor wages at the time. Army life is even harsher then a farmhand's, especially for a Dutch-speaking an-alphabet who simply can't understand his francophone superiors, and Jan's nature is not complacent enough for military discipline even by todays standards, so he soon gets into all kinds of trouble, including gambling his capital away and a venereal disease. When his girlfriend back home goes looking for him, her life is doomed as well.
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Waterloo
🇧🇪 Belgium 🇫🇷 France The 1800s The 1810sAfter defeating France and imprisoning Napoleon on Elba, ending two decades of war, Europe is shocked to find Napoleon has escaped and has caused the French Army to defect from the King back to him. The best of the British generals, the Duke of Wellington, beat Napolean's best generals in Spain and Portugal, but now must beat Napoleon himself with an Anglo Allied army.
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The Iron Duke
England 🇧🇪 Belgium 🇫🇷 France 🇦🇹 Austria The 1800s The 1810sThe life and times of the Duke of Wellington
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The Battle of Waterloo
🇧🇪 Belgium The 1800s The 1810s'1815. Wellington defeats Napoleon.' (British Film Catalogue)