332 Films & TV Shows Set In Europe During The 18th Century
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The Marquise of O
🇮🇹 Italy The 18th Century The 1800sA German Marquise has to deal with a pregnancy she cannot explain and an infatuated Russian Count.
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The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones
England The 18th CenturyAnother stab at Henry Fielding's hilarious novel about the amorous misadventures of a dashing young man in 18th century England. The brilliant 1963 version, starring Albert Finney as the lusty hero, won four Oscars. Joan Collins does a great job as a Wicked Lady style highwaywoman.
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Barry Lyndon
England 🇮🇪 Ireland The 18th CenturyAt long last Redmond Barry became a gentleman—and that was his tragedy. — An Irish rogue uses his cunning and wit to work his way up the social classes of 18th century England, transforming himself from the humble Redmond Barry into the noble Barry Lyndon.
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Let Joy Reign Supreme
🇫🇷 France The 18th CenturyFrance, 1719. Louis 14th died four years ago, Philippe d'Orleans is the regent. He is a liberal and a libertine. His right-hand man, Dubois, an atheistic and cupid priest, as libertine as Philippe, tries to take advantage of a little rebellion lead by a Breton squire (Pontallec) and of the famine to become archbishop... Description of the life of the court in this period of transition where the French Revolution smoulders.
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Cagliostro
🇫🇷 France The 18th CenturyAfter attending esoterical studies with a wise man, Cagliostro, a mysterious Italian count, received the gift of supernatural powers. He started to travel all over Europe to heal the poor. But he is also a member of a pre-revolutionary lodge the aim of which is to give freedom to the populations of Europe. This cannot be tolerated by the 18th century's establishment and bought the Pope and the regal house of France try to eliminate him. So Cagliostro is locked up in a castle, while his wife is killed. But when in 1795 the door of his cell is opened there is nothing inside but a sword...
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Carry On Dick
England The 18th CenturyDick Turpin is terrorising the countryside around Upper Dencher. Captain Fancey and Sergeant Jock Strapp plan to put an end to his escapades, and enlist the help of the Reverend Flasher. Little do they know that the priest leads a double life. Then Madame Desiree and her "Birds of Paradise" arrive in the village...
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The Devil
🇵🇱 Poland The 18th CenturyYoung Polish nobleman Jakub is saved from imprisonment by a stranger. In return, the stranger wants to obtain a list of Jakub’s fellow conspirators. As he follows his mysterious savior across the country, Jakub is affected by the overall chaos and moral corruption; he goes insane and becomes a mass murderer.
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The Married Couple of the Year Two
🇫🇷 France South Carolina The 18th CenturyNicolas Philibert goes to America after killing a French aristocrat. On his return he tries to divorce his wife, Charlotte, but when he sees others trying to woo her his own interest is rekindled.
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The Blood on Satan's Claw
England The 18th CenturyA chill-filled festival of horror! — The accidental unearthing of Satan’s earthly remains causes the children of a 17th-century English village to slowly convert into a coven of devil worshipers.
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Goya: Or the Hard Way to Enlightenment
🇪🇸 Spain The 1800s The 1810s The 1820s The 18th CenturyAs a painter in the court of King Carlos IV, Goya has attained wealth and reputation. He believes in King and Church, yet he is also a Spaniard who dearly loves his people. This contradiction presents him with a dilemma.
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Husaren in Berlin
🇩🇪 Germany The 18th CenturyComedy about the "Husarenstreich", the 1757 Berlin raid during the Seven Years' War.
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The Vampire Lovers
🇦🇹 Austria The 18th Century The 1800sAn erotic nightmare of tormented lusts that throb in headless, undead bodies! — In the heart of Styria the Karnstein Family, even after their mortal deaths, rise from their tombs spreading evil in the countryside in their lust for fresh blood. Baron Hartog whose family are all victims of Karnstein vampirism, opens their graves and drives a stake through their diabolical hearts. One grave he cannot locate is that of the legendary beautiful Mircalla Karnstein. Years of peace follow that grisly night until Mircalla reappears to avenge her family's decimation and satisfy her desire for blood.
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Mark of the Devil
🇦🇹 Austria The 18th CenturyPositively the most horrifying film ever made — In 1700s Austria, a witch-hunter's apprentice has doubts about the righteousness of witch-hunting when he witnesses the brutality, the injustice, the falsehood, the torture and the arbitrary killing that go with the job.
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Clavigo
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My Uncle Benjamin
🇫🇷 France The 18th CenturyBenjamin is in love with Manette, the innkeeper's beautiful daughter, but she has no intention of giving in to the young doctor until she sees the marriage contract, and marriage does not fit in with Benjamin's spirit of independence. For the same reason he resists the efforts of his sister Bettine to marry him off to Arabelle, the daughter of old Dr. Minxit. Benjamin does agree to go and meet the girl. But that evening his sister finds him at the inn together with Manette, who is arrested by her father. So she decides to go with Benjamin herself. But as result of an incident with the fat Marquis puts paid to the expedition. Benjamin is subjected by the Marquis to a humiliating practical joke. Benjamin is determined to got his revenge. He succeeds thanks to the gorgeous Vicomte Hector de Pont-Cassé, who also helps Manette with her problems against her father. But Benjamin is now arrested by the Marquis...
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Marquis de Sade: Justine
🇫🇷 France The 18th CenturyAn erotic fantasy horror from the tortured pen of The Marquis de Sade. — Without a family, penniless and separated from her sister, a beautiful chaste woman will have to cope with an endless parade of villains, perverts and degenerates who will claim not only her treasured virtue but also her life.
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Where's Jack?
England The 18th CenturyJack Be Nimble, Jack Be Quick, There Isn't a Lock That Jack Can't Pick — Based on the adventures of Jack Sheppard, the thief and jail-breaker who became a folk hero in 1720s London.
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De Sade
🇫🇷 France The 18th CenturyThe Film that shocked the readers of Playboy — The 18th-century French marquis (Keir Dullea) recalls his sadomasochistic experiments and goes to jail for lewd behavior.
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Giacomo Casanova: Childhood and Adolescence
🇮🇹 Italy The 18th CenturyThrough the childhood and the adolescence of Giacomo Casanova (from his memoirs), this is a description of how people live in the Venice of the 18th century: customs, habits, medicine, religion and most of all - the omnipresence of hypocrisy. Written by Yepok
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Jungfer, Sie gefällt mir
🇫🇷 France The 1800s The 18th CenturyA Saxon village in 1792: While the Prussians go against France, the haymaking takes place in the village and the resolute Marthe catches her daughter Ev with the village blacksmith Ruprecht in the hay.
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Emma Hamilton
🇮🇹 Italy The 1800s The 18th CenturyThe Making of a Lady: The Story of Lady Hamilton is a 1968 historical drama film directed by Christian-Jaque and starring Michèle Mercier, Richard Johnson and John Mills.[1] It was based on the novel La San-Felice by Alexandre Dumas and depicts the love affair between Emma Hamilton and Horatio Nelson. It was a co-production between Italy, West Germany, France and the United States.
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Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach
🇩🇪 Germany The 18th CenturyThe life and music of Johann Sebastian Bach as presented by his wife, Anna.
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The Diary of an Innocent Boy
🇫🇷 France The 18th CenturySet in 18th century France, a naive 17-year-old orphan named Benjamin is taken in by his wealthy aunt, the Countess de Valandry. There, he is seduced by a variety of women, including a few flirtatious maidservants and neighboring countesses who all want to be Benjamin's "first".
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