504 Films & TV Shows Set In Europe During The Middle Ages
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Lucrezia Borgia
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Tower of London
England The 14th Century The 15th CenturySee: VAST ARMIES CLASH BEFORE YOUR EYES! See: AX-COLD MASTERS OF TREACHERY! See: DARK SECRETS BEHIND GRIM TOWERS! See: CRUELTY, COLD AS A HEADSMAN'S AX! See: BLOOD BOILING, LUSTY EXCITEMENT! — In the 15th century Richard Duke of Gloucester, aided by his club-footed executioner Mord, eliminates those ahead of him in succession to the throne, then occupied by his brother King Edward IV of England. As each murder is accomplished he takes particular delight in removing small figurines, each resembling one of the successors, from a throne-room dollhouse, until he alone remains. After the death of Edward he becomes Richard III, King of England, and need only defeat the exiled Henry Tudor to retain power.
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The Hunchback of Notre Dame
🇫🇷 France The 15th CenturyImpact! Power! Fire! Pathos! Drama! — Paris, France, 1482. Frollo, Chief Justice of benevolent King Louis XI, gets infatuated by the beauty of Esmeralda, a gypsy young girl. The hunchback Quasimodo, Frollo's protege and bell-ringer of Notre Dame, lives in peace among the bells in the heights of the immense cathedral until he is involved by the twisted magistrate in his malicious plans to free himself from Esmeralda's alleged spell, which he believes to be the devil's work.
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Robin Hood Makes Good
England The Middle AgesA fox captures a group of squirrels while they're playing at "Robin Hood." The smallest of the bunch, who'd been bullied into playing the villain and thus avoided capture, uses his ingenuity to rescue his friends.
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Alexander Nevsky
🇷🇺 Russia The 13th CenturyThe mighty epic of 13th Century Russia...of the "Battle on the Ice" when the invading German hordes led by the Teutonic Knights were driven from the soil of Russia - forever. — When German knights invade Russia, Prince Alexander Nevsky must rally his people to resist the formidable force. After the Teutonic soldiers take over an eastern Russian city, Alexander stages his stand at Novgorod, where a major battle is fought on the ice of frozen Lake Chudskoe. While Alexander leads his outnumbered troops, two of their number, Vasili and Gavrilo, begin a contest of bravery to win the hand of a local maiden.
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The Adventures of Robin Hood
England The Middle AgesExcitement... Danger... Suspense... as this classic adventure story sweeps across the screen! — Robin Hood fights nobly for justice against the evil Sir Guy of Gisbourne while striving to win the hand of the beautiful Maid Marian.
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If I Were King
🇫🇷 France The 15th CenturyHis Love-Making Was as Dangerous as His Sword-Play — King Louis XI masquerades as a commoner in Paris, seeking out the treachery he is sure lurks in his kingdom. At a local tavern, he overhears the brash poet François Villon extolling why he would be a better king. Annoyed yet intrigued, the King bestows on Villon the title of Grand Constable. Soon Villon begins work and falls for a lovely lady-in-waiting, but then must flee execution when the King turns on him.
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Ettore Fieramosca
🇮🇹 Italy The 16th Century The 14th CenturyETTORE FIERAMOSCA was based on a widely-read literary action epic by Massimo D'Azeglio, published in 1833. Translated to the screen in 1938 by the most important director of the Italian fascist period, Alessandro Blasetti, it was intended to boost current patriotic fervor and pride in the Italian nation, and it contributed to a revival of Italian nationalism.
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The Rebel Son
🇺🇦 Ukraine The 16th CenturyDuring the 16th century the Cossacks and their Ukraine homeland is ruled by Poland. This is the story of the leader of the Cossacks and how his son was sent to study under the Poles to learn how to defeat them in battle. However, the son falls in love with the daughter of a Polish nobleman.
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Fire Over England
England 🇪🇸 Spain The 16th Century. . . A truly brilliant producer brings you a thrilling tale of love and danger that will live in your memory as long as there is romance in your heart ! — The film is a historical drama set during the reign of Elizabeth I (Flora Robson), focusing on the English defeat of the Spanish Armada, whence the title. In 1588, relations between Spain and England are at the breaking point. With the support of Queen Elizabeth I, British sea raiders such as Sir Francis Drake regularly capture Spanish merchantmen bringing gold from the New World.
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The Pearls of the Crown
England 🇫🇷 France The 19th Century The 16th CenturyThe story of the seven pearls of the English Crown, from Henry VIII to 1937; three of them missing.
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Mary of Scotland
Scotland The 16th CenturyHistory called her "The Temptress"! — The recently widowed Mary Stuart returns to Scotland to reclaim her throne but is opposed by her half-brother and her own Scottish lords.
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Taras Bulba
🇺🇦 Ukraine The 16th CenturyIn war against the Poles, the leader Cossack sees itself betrayed by one of his threads, been in love the girl of an enemy.
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The Golem
🇨🇿 Czechia The 16th CenturyThe Golem, a giant creature created out of clay by a rabbi, comes to life in a time of trouble to protect the Jews of Prague from persecution.
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Tudor Rose
England The 16th CenturyThey gave her a Perfect Lover, then Plotted her Excecution. A Romance which Out-Triumphed the Most Terrible Crime in History — The tragic story of Lady Jane Grey, the young queen who reigned in England for nine days before she was executed.
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Boccaccio
🇮🇹 Italy The 14th CenturyThe residents of the town of Ferrara are swept up in a tide of emotion and physical passion by the writings of a Renaissance author. Before long, the town is in chaos and it becomes difficult to keep track of which characters have been involved with one another. Is it any wonder the Germans didn't take their Italian allies seriously?!
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The Cardinal
🇮🇹 Italy The 16th CenturySet in 15th-century Italy, The Cardinal stars Matheson Lang as one Cardinal de Medici. Bound by the rules of the confessional, the cardinal is unable to disclose the multitude of sins revealed to him by one of his most influential parishioners. De Medici's dilemma is compounded by the fact that the confessor has committed a murder for which the Cardinal's brother has been arrested. The basic plot gimmick was good for another go-round in the 1953 Hitchcock flick I Confess. This 7-reel British film was based on a play by Louis N. Parker.
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Lucrezia Borgia
🇮🇹 Italy The 16th CenturyFrench silent film pioneer Abel Gance directs this 1935 classic about Lucrezia Borgia, her brother, Cesare. and her father, Pope Alexander VI -- one of history's most ruthless and ambitious crime families.
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Restless Knights
England The 17th Century The Middle AgesThe stooges learn they are of royal blood — Set in Medieval times, the stooges learn they are of royal blood and vow to save the kingdom. They become the queen's royal guards but are sentenced to die when the queen is abducted on the orders of the evil prime minister. The stooges escape, free the queen, and end up knocking each other out.
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Drake of England
England 🇪🇸 Spain The 16th CenturyTake to the high seas for a heart-stopping tale of riches, war and romance with England's dashing pirate hero! — Imposing Canadian-born stage actor and playwright Matherson Lang was one of the twentieth century's great Shakespearean players, and became Britain's foremost screen actor during the 1920s; in Drake of England, one of his final films, he takes the title role in Arthur Woods' portrayal of the life and times of the flamboyant piratical adventurer who founded Britain's sea fortunes. From clandestine romance at the court of Elizabeth I to conquests in the newly discovered lands of South America and spectacular victory over the Armada, Drake of England offers a panoramic overview of Drake's life.
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Der Klosterjäger
🇩🇪 Germany The 14th CenturyKnight Dietwald von Falkenau returns from his trip to see the Pope through Berchtesgaden to his cloister. He was unsuccessful in his mission to have the papal ban against his emperor lifted. The young Walti, who works in the cloister, jokes with the cloister' cook, Severin, because Dietwald's cold stare scared him. Severin rebukes him, saying that Dietwald has been carrying a heavy burden. Once, Dietwald had his own fortress. This, however, was destroyed during an attack and his wife killed. Since then, he has not seen his daughter again.
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The Affairs of Cellini
🇮🇹 Italy The 16th CenturyHanging is too good for Cellini...declared the Duchess, so she smothered him...in her arms! — The 16th-century sculptor woos the Duchess of Florence despite the duke.
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Chris Columbus, Jr.
England 🇵🇹 Portugal 🇪🇸 Spain The 15th CenturyOswald the Lucky Rabbit is the title character who does what the original man tried to do-prove the world was round and discovering a new land.
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Wilhelm Tell
🇨🇭 Switzerland The 14th Century - load more
