19 Films & TV Shows Set In Spain During The 18th Century
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Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
England ๐ช๐ธ Spain The 18th CenturyLive Forever Or Die Trying. โ Captain Jack Sparrow crosses paths with a woman from his past, and he's not sure if it's love -- or if she's a ruthless con artist who's using him to find the fabled Fountain of Youth. When she forces him aboard the Queen Anne's Revenge, the ship of the formidable pirate Blackbeard, Jack finds himself on an unexpected adventure in which he doesn't know who to fear more: Blackbeard or the woman from his past.
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Goya's Ghosts
๐ช๐ธ Spain The 1800s The 1810s The 18th CenturyPainter Francisco Goya faces a scandal involving his muse, who is labeled a heretic by a monk.
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Hornblower: The Duchess and the Devil
๐ช๐ธ Spain ๐ซ๐ท France The 1800s The 18th CenturyHoratio Homblower, now promoted to Acting Lieutenant, captures the French ship Le Reve off the Spanish coast. The Captain of the French ship is furious that such a youngster has pulled off such a coup. But far more daunting is Hornblower's first taste of the high life, when he is invited to dine with the Governor of Gibraltar and his wife. The prospect of this is frightening enough, but an unexpected guest, the glamorous Duchess of Wharfedale, adds another spin to his evening.
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Goya in Bordeaux
๐ซ๐ท France ๐ช๐ธ Spain The 19th Century The 18th CenturyFrancisco Goya (1746-1828), deaf and ill, lives the last years of his life in voluntary exile in Bordeaux, a Liberal protesting the oppressive rule of Ferdinand VII. He's living with his much younger wife Leocadia and their daughter Rosario. He continues to paint at night, and in flashbacks stirred by conversations with his daughter, by awful headaches, and by the befuddlement of age, he relives key times in his life.
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Farinelli
England ๐ซ๐ท France ๐ช๐ธ Spain ๐ฎ๐น Italy The 18th CenturyOรน s'arrรชte le pouvoir de sa voix? โ Farinelli is a 1994 biopic film about the life and career of Italian opera singer Farinelli, considered one of the greatest castrato singers of all time.
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Esquilache
๐ช๐ธ Spain The 18th CenturyIn the 18th century in Madrid, the Marquess of Esquilache, King Charles III of Spain's former minister, bans on wearing the popular wide collar with a long coat and brimmed hat. Along with other measures provoke a massive riot in the city.
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Highlander
New York Scotland ๐ช๐ธ Spain The 1980s The 1940s The 16th Century The 18th CenturyThere can be only one. โ He fought his first battle on the Scottish Highlands in 1536. He will fight his greatest battle on the streets of New York City in 1986. His name is Connor MacLeod. He is immortal.
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Goya: Or the Hard Way to Enlightenment
๐ช๐ธ 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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Clavigo
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The Saragossa Manuscript
๐ช๐ธ Spain The 1800s The 18th CenturyIn the Napoleonic wars, an officer finds an old book that relates his grandfather's story, Alfons van Worden, captain in the Walloon guard. A man of honor and courage, he seeks the shortest route through the Sierra Morena. At an inn, the Venta Quemada, he sups with two Islamic princesses. They call him their cousin and seduce him; he wakes beside corpses under a gallows. He meets a hermit priest and a goatherd; each tells his story; he wakes again by the gallows. He's rescued from the Inquisition, meets a cabalist and hears more stories within stories, usually of love. He returns to Venta Quemada, the women await with astonishing news.
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The Curse of the Werewolf
๐ช๐ธ Spain The 19th Century The 18th CenturyHALF-MAN... HALF-WOLF... COMPELLED BY THE HIDEOUS CURSE OF HIS EVIL BIRTH TO DESTROY - EVEN THOSE WHO LOVED HIM! โ A child conceived after a demented beggar rapes a mute servant girl is raised by a wealthy but kindly bachelor gentleman and his woman servant who learn, years later, that he is a werewolf. His only chance for normalcy is to find a woman who will love him for himself, which will release him from the curse.
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Diego Corrientes
๐ต๐น Portugal ๐ช๐ธ Spain The 18th CenturyAt the end of the eighteenth century, the young Diego Corrientes quarrels with the tyrannical count of Albanes, who, after arresting Diego, orders him to be spanked. Accused of murder and in love with the count's girlfriend, he flees to the mountains and forms a band.
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The Naked Maja
๐ช๐ธ Spain The 1800s The 18th CenturyNow she is yours...the matchless...the shameless beauty who lives forever as The Naked Maja! โ A historical fiction based on the lives of artist Goya and the Duchess of Alba
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The Adventurer of Seville
๐ช๐ธ Spain The 18th CenturyBandits kidnap Figaro, the famous barber of Seville, and use his wonderful voice to attract travelers and rob stagecoaches. Because of this, the police chases him as an accomplice of the bandits. Then Figaro decides to join the army as a volunteer to fight in Puerto Rico. He returns covered with glory and his faults are condoned. However, the adventures of Figaro continue in Seville in the false scene of the aristocracy
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Figaros Hochzeit
๐ช๐ธ Spain The 18th CenturyShortly after WWII, the DEFA Studios produced a series of operas and operettas which belonged to the classical German musical heritage. This enchanting film, the very first opera production of DEFA, stands out because of its lavish decor and costumes, its outstanding actors and their masterful voices of that time.
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Diego Corrientes
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