16 Films & TV Shows Set In Germany During The 1800s
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The Duellists
🇫🇷 France 🇩🇪 Germany 🇷🇺 Russia The 1800s The 1810sFencing is a science. Loving is a passion. Duelling is an obsession. — In 1800, as Napoleon Bonaparte rises to power in France, a rivalry erupts between Armand and Gabriel, two lieutenants in the French Army, over a perceived insult. For over a decade, they engage in a series of duels amidst larger conflicts, including the failed French invasion of Russia in 1812, and shifts in the political and social systems of Europe.
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Sexy Susan Sins Again
🇩🇪 Germany The 1800sThat Amorous, Explosive, Provocative, Lusty, Voloptuous Female Is At It Once More — The German innkeeper Susan, now leading an acting troupe, travels to Italy and uses feminine wiles to undo an assassination plot against Napoleon, and rescue a local count (a great romancer) from his own enemies.
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The Sweet Sins of Sexy Susan
🇩🇪 Germany The 1800sThe literal English translation of the German-titled film here is "The Hostess of the Lahn." Suzanne (Terry Torday) is the beautiful redhead who runs an inn in the town of Giessen. She is the subject of many inspirational love songs by the student population. The lyrics also reflect the Germans' resentment and hostility toward the French occupation by the army of Napoleon. Suzanne appears in various stages of undress in this slow-moving feature.
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The Terror
🇩🇪 Germany The 1800sTrapped in a Haunted Castle... There is no Escape From The TERROR — A young officer in Napoleon's army pursues a mysterious woman to the castle of an elderly Baron.
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The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
🇩🇪 Germany The 1800s The 1810sWONDERFUL THRILLS! ADVENTURE! ROMANCE! — The Grimm brothers Wilhelm and Jacob, known for their literary works in the nineteenth century, have their lives dramatized. In the movie they write a family history for a duke which includes reenactments of three of their stories including "The Dancing Princess," "The Cobbler and the Elves" and "The Singing Bone."
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The Tales of Hoffmann
🇩🇪 Germany 🇮🇹 Italy The 1800s The 1810sYou Will Never See Anything Finer On The Screen! — In this film adaptation of the Offenbach opera, a young poet named Hoffman broods over his failed romances. First, his affair with the beautiful Olympia is shattered when he realizes that she is really a mechanical woman designed by a scientist. Next, he believes that a striking prostitute loves him, only to find out she was hired to fake her affections by the dastardly Dapertutto. Lastly, a magic spell claims the life of his final lover.
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The Rothschilds
England 🇫🇷 France 🇪🇸 Spain 🇩🇪 Germany The 1800s The 1810sNazi biography of the Rothschilds, a Jewish family whose members rose to the top of the European banking community during the Napoleonic era.
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Schneider Wibbel
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Die Nacht mit dem Kaiser
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Invitation To The Waltz
England 🇩🇪 Germany 🇮🇹 Italy The 1800sAs the threat of Napoleonic invasion looms ever closer, a German duke and potential ally of England falls for a pretty ballerina.
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The Black Hussar
🇩🇪 Germany The 1810s The 1800sIn 1812, during the French period, large parts of Germany are occupied by the troops of Napoleon. Several paramilitary Freikorps units battle the French forces, among them the Black Brunswickers led by the 'Black Duke' Frederick William of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. After the War of the Fifth Coalition, the Black Hussars are pursued by Napoleon throughout the country, but frequently take refuge with the noble-minded German people.
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Marschall Vorwärts
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Lützow's Wild Hunt
🇩🇪 Germany The 1810s The 1800sFilm by Richard Oswald.