49 Films & TV Shows Set In United Kingdom During The 17th Century
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Cromwell
England The 17th CenturyDisgusted with the policies of King Charles I, Oliver Cromwell plans to take his family to the New World. But on the eve of their departure, Cromwell is drawn into the tangled web of religion and politics that will result in the English Civil War.
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The Bloody Judge
England The 17th CenturyGehetzt wie Hunde, gejagt wie Wölfe, verbrannt wie Teufel. Im Namen des Rechts! — Horror icon Christopher Lee, who worked with Jess Franco on several occasions, plays Lord George Jeffreys, the infamous and merciless judge and Lord Chancellor in England torn by strife between the reigning King James II and William of Orange. Convincend of doing what's necessary, the cruel judge mercilessly persecutes 'traitors', who sympathize with the King's opponent William of Orange, as well as 'witches', who are accused of being in league with the devil...
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Witchfinder General
England The 17th CenturyHe'll hang, burn, and mutilate you. He's the Witchfinder General — England, 1645. The cruel civil war between Royalists and Parliamentarians that is ravaging the country causes an era of chaos and legal arbitrariness that allows unscrupulous men to profit by exploiting the absurd superstitions of the peasants; like Matthew Hopkins, a monster disguised as a man who wanders from town to town offering his services as a witch hunter.
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White Slave Ship
England The 17th CenturyThe Albatross travels from England to the New World in 1675, with a number of passengers, a couple of political prisoners along with a dozen other women convicts, these to be sold into slavery on arrival. The woman activist frees the dozen of low-cast women, and they take over the ship. After a storm, the captain takes back control of his ship. Since mutiny is punishable by death in the New World, the mutineers try to reroute the course, tossing Desny and Purdom in the brig. A practical male mutineer wants to throw the women overboard to save rations, but the women free Purdom and the captain to battle the mutineers. A British warship comes to the rescue, and the captain pardons Angeli and Purdom for having saved his life.
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The King's Thief
England The 17th CenturyAn ex-soldier turned highwayman uncovers a plot to take control of England from King Charles II.
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Captain John Smith and Pocahontas
Virginia England The 17th CenturyThe story of, well, Captain John Smith and Pocahontas. Jamestown. Early 1600s.
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Plymouth Adventure
Massachusetts England The 17th CenturyMGM presents The Great TECHNICOLOR Drama of the Sea ! — The story of the voyage of the "Mayflower" in its historic voyage across the Atlantic to the New World. The passenger list includes John Alden and Priscilla Mullins among those who made the 96-day storm-filled crossing. Along the way the Captain has an ill-starred romance with the wife of a religious fanatic that ends in a sudden, dramatic way off the coast of Cape Cod.
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Cardboard Cavalier
England The 17th CenturyCardboard Cavalier is a 1949 British comedy film directed by Walter Forde and starring Sid Field, Margaret Lockwood and Jerry Desmonde.The film depicts a historical romance between Lord Lovelace and Nell Gwyne.
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Henry V
England The 17th Century The 14th CenturyIn the midst of the Hundred Years' War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France in 1415.
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Penn of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania England The 18th Century The 17th CenturyPenn of Pennsylvania is a 1941 British historical drama film directed by Lance Comfort and starring Deborah Kerr, Clifford Evans, Dennis Arundell, Henry Oscar, Herbet Lomas and Edward Rigby. The film depicts the life of the Quaker founder of Pennsylvania, William Penn. It portrays his struggle to be granted a colonial charter in London and attracting settlers to his new colony as well as his adoption a radical new approach with regard to the treatment of the Native Americans. It is also known by the alternative title Courageous Mr. Penn.
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Captain Blood
England 🇯🇲 Jamaica The 17th CenturyA million dollars worth of adventure! — Dr. Peter Blood, unjustly convicted of treason and exiled from England, becomes a notorious pirate.
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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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Lorna Doone
England The 17th CenturyHigh drama, set in the English moorland of the 1600's. John Ridd wants revenge on the criminal Doone family, but falls in love with the daughter of the family, Lorna.
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Nell Gwyn
England The 17th CenturyKing Charles II first meets Nell Gwyn after seeing her do a turn at Drury Lane. They soon become close, the King preferring her feisty irreverent company to that of the aristocratic French Duchess of Portsmouth. Nell becomes his most loyal subject, while ever-ready to take the Duchess down a peg. But the actress can never hope to be fully accepted by the King's circle despite his constant attentions.
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The Man Who Laughs
England The 18th Century The 17th CenturyGwynplaine, son of Lord Clancharlie, has a permanent smile carved on his face by the King, in revenge for Gwynplaine's father's treachery. Gwynplaine is adopted by a travelling showman and becomes a popular idol. He falls in love with the blind Dea. The king dies, and his evil jester tries to destroy or corrupt Gwynplaine.
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Nell Gwyn
England The 17th CenturyAn actress becomes the king's mistress and persuades him to convert the palace to a serviceman's home.
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Claude Duval
England The 17th CenturyA Frenchman turns highwayman after a duchess's cousin frames him for killing a title blackmailer.
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The Fighting Blade
England The 17th CenturyIn the war-like times of Oliver Cromwell, in and around 'olde Oxford towne', Dutchman Karl Van Kerstenbrook, Dutch soldier-of-fortune and sword-for-hire, stands ready to defend his lady-love, the fair Thomsine Musgrove, and prove his nettle, and that his blade is made of the finest metal.
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The Glorious Adventure
England The 17th CenturyAn Earl's cousin survives drowning and saves a lady from the Great Fire of London.
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Mistress Nell
England The 17th CenturyNell Gwyn and King Charles II fall in love after meeting at a fox hunt. Nell soon learns the jealous Duchess of Portsmouth is a spy and conspiring with the Duke of Buckingham to place Charles at the mercy of the King of France. Nell boldly disguises herself as a fashionable young blade and wins the confidence of the Duchess. Now entrusted with the delivery of important documents, she makes sure they go to the King of England rather than the King of France.
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The Death Disc: A Story of the Cromwellian Period
England The 17th CenturyDuring the reign of Oliver Cromwell, Catholic worship is forbidden on pain of death. Three soldiers are arrested as Catholics and condemned to die. Cromwell decides to spare two of them and to determine which should die by chance. The guards bring the first child they meet. Whichever soldier she gives the 'death disc' to shall die. Cromwell is charmed by the girl and gives her his signet ring. By chance the child is the daughter of one of the soldiers and gives the death disc to her father, because she thinks it's pretty. The child is returned home to her mother, who learns of her husband's pending execution and of the power of the ring. She rushes to the place of execution and saves her husband by producing the ring.