79 Films & TV Shows Set In Europe During The 1860s
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The Oblong Box
England Africa - General The 1860sSome things are better left buried. — Aristocrat Julian Markham keeps his disfigured brother, Sir Edward, locked in a tower of his house. Occasionaly Sir Edward escapes and causes havoc around the town.
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The Round-Up
🇭🇺 Hungary The 1860sSet in a detention camp in Hungary in 1869 at a time of guerilla campaigns against the ruling Austrians.
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The Leopard
🇮🇹 Italy The 1860sLuchino Visconti's enduring romantic adventure — As Garibaldi's troops begin the unification of Italy in the 1860s, an aristocratic Sicilian family grudgingly adapts to the sweeping social changes undermining their way of life. Proud but pragmatic Prince Don Fabrizio Salina allows his war hero nephew, Tancredi, to marry Angelica, the beautiful daughter of gauche, bourgeois Don Calogero, in order to maintain the family's accustomed level of comfort and political clout.
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Greyfriars Bobby: The True Story of a Dog
Scotland The 1860sThe true story of a dog — In Scotland 1865, An old shepherd and his little Skye terrier go to Edinburgh. But when the shepherd dies of pneumonia, the dog remains faithful to his master, refuses to be adopted by anyone, and takes to sleeping on his master's grave in the Greyfriars kirkyard, despite a caretaker with a "no dogs" rule. And when Bobby is taken up for being unlicensed, it's up to the children of Edinburgh and the Lord Provost to decide what's to be done.
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Viva l'Italia!
🇮🇹 Italy The 1860sThe film shows how Italy's historic national hero Giuseppe Garibaldi (embodied by Renzo Ricci) leads a military campaign known as Expedition of the Thousand in 1860 and conquers Sicily and Naples. When the Bourbon monarchy has left Southern Italy, he supports Victor Emmanuel II of Italy who achieves a lasting unification under the aegis the House of Savoy. Roberto Rossellini has said he was prouder of this film than of any other film he ever made.
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Buddenbrooks
🇩🇪 Germany The 1850s The 1860s The 1840s The 1870sFirst part of two of the saga of the troubled Buddenbrook family and their business in mid 19th century Germany.
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Third Man on the Mountain
🇨🇭 Switzerland The 1860sConquering the past would be the climb of his life — The thrilling, critically acclaimed account of Rudi Matt (James MacArthur), a young kitchen worker who is determined to conquer the Citadel -- the jagged, snowcapped peak that claimed his father's life.
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Adorable Sinner
🇷🇺 Russia The 1880s The 1870s The 1860s The 1850sMen couldn't resist her...not even an Emperor! — The Tsar Alexandre II meets a young student, Katia. He understands that he loves her and try to send her away but they end up seeing each other again and becomes his mistress. With the help of Katia, Alexandre prepares a liberal constitution, but these reforms make him hostile to the more privileged subjects without satirising the revolutionaries against the regime.
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The Gambler
🇩🇪 Germany The 1860sIn 1866, a young Muscovite named Alexei Ivanovitch arrives in Baden Baden, then the gambling capital of Austria, and is soon engaged by General Zagorianski to look after his children. Alexei discovers that his employer is a compulsive gambler who has been almost ruined by his addiction. The only money the General has is provided by the Marquis de Grieux, an adventurer who intends to marry Zagorianski’s sister, Pauline. In doing so, de Grieux hopes to profit from the vast inheritance that will come the General’s way from his Aunt Antonina, who is presently very ill. Alexei is appalled by this society which lives only for money. He loves Pauline and wants to take her to a healthier place, but when she refuses to marry him, he begins to gamble at the casino…
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Sissi: The Fateful Years of an Empress
🇵🇹 Portugal 🇦🇹 Austria 🇭🇺 Hungary 🇬🇷 Greece 🇮🇹 Italy 🇩🇪 Germany The 1860sAfter a wonderful time in Hungary Sissi falls extremely ill and must retreat to a Mediterranean climate to rest. The young empress’ mother takes her from Austria to recover in Madeira.
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Senso
🇮🇹 Italy The 1860sA troubled and neurotic Italian Countess betrays her entire country for a self-destructive love affair with an Austrian Lieutenant.
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Alice in Wonderland
England The 1860sA world of wonders in one great picture! — On a golden afternoon, young Alice follows a White Rabbit, who disappears down a nearby rabbit hole. Quickly following him, she tumbles into the burrow - and enters the merry, topsy-turvy world of Wonderland! Memorable songs and whimsical escapades highlight Alice's journey, which culminates in a madcap encounter with the Queen of Hearts - and her army of playing cards!
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The Son of Dr. Jekyll
England The 1890s The 1860sThe son of the notorious Dr. Henry Jekyll is determined to prove that his father's reputation has been unjustly deserved. He sets out to develop his father's formula in order to prove that he was a brilliant scientist rather than a murderous monster.
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La valse de Paris
🇫🇷 France The 1860s The 1850sA fictitious biography of Jacques Offenbach and Hortense Schneider.
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Challenge to Lassie
Scotland The 1860sWanted by the Law — When Lassie's master dies, an old friend tries to convince a judge that the dog's life should be spared.
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The Great Sinner
🇩🇪 Germany The 1860sA great star for every role in a great drama — A young man succumbs to gambling fever.
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That Lady in Ermine
🇮🇹 Italy The 1860sGAY, MUSICAL COMEDY...SPARKLING WITH SPICY SITUATIONS! — Circa 1861, Angelina, ruling countess of an Italian principality, is at a loss when invaded by a Hungarian army. Her lookalike ancestress Francesca, who saved a similar situation 300 years before, comes to life from a portrait to help her descendant. Complicating factor: the newlywed countess feels strangely drawn to the handsome invader...
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Song of Scheherazade
🇷🇺 Russia 🇲🇦 Morocco The 1860sA beautiful cabaret dancer inspires composer Rimsky-Korsakov.
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The Master of Bankdam
England The 1890s The 1880s The 1870s The 1860s The 1850sTwo brothers struggle for control of the family business in 19th century Yorkshire.
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Salome, Where She Danced
Virginia California 🇦🇹 Austria The 1860sShe made guns grow cold...and hearts Burn Hot - as she set the West afire! — During the Austrian-Prussian war, Anna Marie is a dancer who is forced to flee her country after she is accused of being a spy. She ends up in a lawless western town in Arizona, where she uses her charms and dancing skills to transform herself into "Salome" during her dance routines.
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La route du bagne
🇫🇷 France The 1860sParis, 1865. In a music-hall Manon accidentally kills her partner who was trying take sexual advantage of her. She is condemned to twenty years of hard labor first and then to be deported to marry a released convict. On the ship where she sails with her female fellow-sufferers she gets to know a young doctor and helps to suppress a revolt. Once arrived at her destination, Manon hesitates between her official fiancé and the doctor whose household she does not want to break...
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