Peplum Paradise Part 6: Historical and Fantasy films - Pre-1949
This is a list of historical (set pre-1800) or historical-fantasy films produced before 1949 - the start point for all the other Peplum Paradise lists.
The list is alphabetical using the most common English titles (where applicable), so the IMDb titles may appear to be all over the place alphabetically.
This list is certainly far from complete and a work in progress, so I would welcome any suggestions of titles I may have omitted.
I will be updating the list regularly with occasional reviews and any new titles that I may discover.
Latest Updates:-
Review: Sinbad, The Sailor (1947)
Review: Scipio Africanus: The Defeat Of Hannibal (1937)
Review: Captain Blood (1935)
If you want to keep informed when the lists get updated then you join my Peplum Paradise group on Facebook.
This list is a companion piece to my other lists:
Peplum Paradise Part 1: Italian Historical and Fantasy films 1949-1969 (http://www.imdb.com/list/9zpI-Wdt6pU/)
Peplum Paradise Part 2: Italian Historical and Fantasy films from 1970 onwards (http://www.imdb.com/list/ZRRuOUh_u_o/)
Peplum Paradise Part 3: International Historical and Fantasy films 1949 onwards (http://www.imdb.com/list/R3yu3z-zETE/)
Peplum Paradise Part 4: Asian Historical and Fantasy films 1949 onwards (http://www.imdb.com/list/EzDXbxNzBXI/)
The list is alphabetical using the most common English titles (where applicable), so the IMDb titles may appear to be all over the place alphabetically.
This list is certainly far from complete and a work in progress, so I would welcome any suggestions of titles I may have omitted.
I will be updating the list regularly with occasional reviews and any new titles that I may discover.
Latest Updates:-
Review: Sinbad, The Sailor (1947)
Review: Scipio Africanus: The Defeat Of Hannibal (1937)
Review: Captain Blood (1935)
If you want to keep informed when the lists get updated then you join my Peplum Paradise group on Facebook.
This list is a companion piece to my other lists:
Peplum Paradise Part 1: Italian Historical and Fantasy films 1949-1969 (http://www.imdb.com/list/9zpI-Wdt6pU/)
Peplum Paradise Part 2: Italian Historical and Fantasy films from 1970 onwards (http://www.imdb.com/list/ZRRuOUh_u_o/)
Peplum Paradise Part 3: International Historical and Fantasy films 1949 onwards (http://www.imdb.com/list/R3yu3z-zETE/)
Peplum Paradise Part 4: Asian Historical and Fantasy films 1949 onwards (http://www.imdb.com/list/EzDXbxNzBXI/)
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- DirectorRoberto GavaldónStarsArturo de CórdovaLucille BremerTurhan BeyAfter Palermo falls in 1793, a notorious ladies man joins the underground resistance movement--but still finds time for the ladies.
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- DirectorsArchie MayoJohn CromwellStarsGary CooperSigrid GurieBasil RathboneAdventurer Marco Polo travels to China, where he finds the Emperor Kublai Khan, court intrigue, danger, and unexpected love.
- DirectorsLotte ReinigerCarl KochA handsome prince rides a flying horse to faraway lands and embarks on magical adventures, which include befriending a witch, meeting Aladdin, battling demons and falling in love with a princess.
- DirectorsMichael CurtizWilliam KeighleyStarsErrol FlynnOlivia de HavillandBasil RathboneWhen Prince John and the Norman Lords begin oppressing the Saxon masses in King Richard's absence in 1190s England, a Saxon lord fights back as the outlaw leader of a resistance movement.
- DirectorGregory La CavaStarsConstance BennettFredric MarchFrank MorganThe 16th-century sculptor woos the Duchess of Florence despite the duke.
- DirectorsSergei EisensteinDmitriy VasilevStarsNikolay CherkasovNikolai OkhlopkovAndrei AbrikosovThe story of how a great Russian prince led a ragtag army to battle an invading force of Teutonic Knights.
- DirectorArthur LubinStarsMaria MontezJon HallTurhan BeyA boy prince, raised by forty thieves, takes revenge on the Mongol invaders who murdered his father and stole his kingdom.
- DirectorHans SteinhoffStarsEmil JanningsWerner HinzLeopoldine KonstantinThe story of the stormy relationship between King Friedrich Wilhelm and his son, who later became known as King Frederick the Great of Prussia.
- DirectorEllis DunganStarsM.K. Thyagaraja BhagavatharSerukalathun SamaP.B. RangachariThe 2nd major South Indian historical. Set in the year 1083 A.D. it tells of the poet Kambar (Sama) who wrote the 'Kambaramayana' in Tamil at Karikala Chola's court. The film opens with the victorious return of Kulothunga Chola to the city of Woriur. There is a love story between the poet's son, Ambikapathy (Bhagavathar) and the Princess Amaravathy (Santhanalakshmi). However, class distinctions are maintained as the young lover fails the test of will imposed by the king as a precondition for the marriage.
- DirectorReinhold SchünzelStarsWilly FritschPaul KempKäthe GoldLamenting Thebian women are waiting for the men to come back from war. God Jupiter is attracted to one of them: Alkmene. He goes to earth and tries to seduce her as himself: an old man. Failing in this, he disguises himself as Amphitryon (Alkemene's husband) and tries again. Next morning Amphitryon and his men come back from war; he suspects adultery and wants a divorce. Jupiter's wive Juno now also comes to earth and clears things up.
- DirectorErnst LubitschStarsHenny PortenEmil JanningsPaul HartmannThe story of the ill-fated second wife of the English king Henry VIII, whose marriage to the Henry led to momentous political and religious turmoil in England.
- DirectorEnrico GuazzoniStarsGianna Terribili-GonzalesAmleto NovelliIgnazio LupiAfter the murder of her lover Julius Caesar, Egypt's queen Cleopatra needs a new ally. She seduces his probable successor Mark Antony. This develops into real love and slowly leads to a war with the other possible successor, Octavius.
- DirectorGiuseppe Maria ScoteseStarsTullio CarminatiMassimo SeratoAlfredo VarelliA historical illustration of the prophetic vision of St. John the Evangelist. A few decades after the edict of Constantine, Julian the Apostate reestablishes pagan worship and persecutes Christians; but divine punishment reaches him.
- DirectorJohn RawlinsStarsSabuJon HallMaria MontezThe caliph of Baghdad must go into hiding with a group of traveling performers when his brother usurps the throne. Both brothers desire a beautiful dancing girl, who is torn between power and true love.
- DirectorNanubhai B. DesaiStarsMaster VithalNanasaheb PhatakMiss JonesAn historical film, focusing on the Maratha Peshwai (18th C.).
- DirectorsHenry LevinGeorge ShermanStarsCornel WildeAnita LouiseJill EsmondThe adventures of Robert of Nottingham, the son of Robin Hood.
- DirectorKing VidorStarsJohn GilbertEleanor BoardmanRoy D'ArcyIn the reign of King Louis XIII, dashing rogue and libertine Marquis de Bardelys is entranced by Roxalanne de Lavedan. Against a background of knavery and intrigue he sets out to woo and win her.
- DirectorGuido BrignoneStarsCarola HöhnGiulio DonadioTina LattanziIn the year 1599 in Italy, the entire Cenci family awaits their fates on the morning of their execution for murder. The events leading up to this day are presented in a series of overlapping flashbacks.
- DirectorAleksandr RouStarsGeorgiy MillyarSergey StolyarovLev PotyomkinThe younger brother from the common people intends to fight for a salvation of the exiled princess, suffering from a dark magic curse.BEAUTIFUL VASILISA
- DirectorAlan CroslandStarsJohn BarrymoreConrad VeidtMarceline DayFrançois Villon, in his lifetime the most renowned poet in France, is also a prankster, an occasional criminal, and an ardent patriot.
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsLillian GishMae MarshHenry B. WalthallThe Stoneman family finds its friendship with the Camerons affected by the Civil War, both fighting in opposite armies. The development of the war in their lives plays through to Lincoln's assassination and the birth of the Ku Klux Klan.
- DirectorGordon DouglasStarsLouis HaywardJanet BlairGeorge MacreadyYoung nobleman Richard Shelton returns from the War of the Roses to find his father murdered, a fugitive family friend blamed, and his uncle occupying his estates.
- DirectorRiccardo FredaStarsRossano BrazziIrasema DiliánGino CerviAn evil Czarist landowner had mistreated the father and friends of an officer.The officer wreaks vengeance by committing masked coach robberies and insinuates himself into his enemy's castle by pretending to be a French teacher.
