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Movies and TV shows written by, or based on stories by, Nobel Laureates in Literature.
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- DirectorCecil B. DeMilleStarsFredric MarchClaudette ColbertElissa LandiA Roman soldier becomes torn between his love for a Christian woman and his loyalty to Emperor Nero.
- DirectorsMervyn LeRoyAnthony MannStarsRobert TaylorDeborah KerrLeo GennAfter fierce Roman commander Marcus Vinicius becomes infatuated with beautiful Christian hostage Lygia, he begins to question the tyrannical leadership of the despotic emperor Nero.
- DirectorAleksander FordStarsUrszula ModrzynskaGrazyna StaniszewskaAndrzej SzalawskiIn the 15th century the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth is facing a hard struggle against the neighboring Teutonic Order.Frequent clashes between the two powers finally culminate in 1410 with the Battle of Grunwald.
- DirectorJerzy HoffmanStarsDaniel OlbrychskiMalgorzata BraunekTadeusz LomnickiDuring the 1655 war between Protestant Sweden and Catholic Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth some Polish-Lithuanian nobles side with Swedish king Charles X Gustav while others side with the Polish king Jan Kazimierz.
- DirectorJerzy HoffmanStarsIzabella ScorupcoMichal ZebrowskiAleksandr DomogarovAn epic story about the Ukrainian uprising against the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth magnates in the 17th Century.
- DirectorJerzy KawalerowiczStarsPawel DelagMagdalena MielcarzBoguslaw LindaMarcus Vinicius falls in love with Lygia, but she's Christian. Marcus kidnaps her, but Ursus captures him. After meeting Nero, he returns to Rome to find Lygia.
- DirectorFrank PowellStarsTheda BaraEdward JoséMabel FrenyearA married diplomat falls hopelessly under the spell of a predatory woman.
- DirectorVictor FlemingStarsSpencer TracyFreddie BartholomewLionel BarrymoreA spoiled brat who falls overboard from a steamship in the 1920s gets picked up by a New England fishing boat, where he's made to earn his keep by joining the crew in their work.
- DirectorJohn FordStarsShirley TempleVictor McLaglenC. Aubrey SmithPriscilla Williams, a young girl living with her widowed mother and paternal grandfather at the post he commands in northern India, becomes enamored of military life and embroiled in brewing rebellion against the crown in the early 1900's.
- DirectorGeorge StevensStarsCary GrantJoan FontaineVictor McLaglenIn 19th century India, three British soldiers and a native waterbearer must stop a secret mass revival of the murderous Thuggee cult before it can rampage across the land.
- DirectorZoltan KordaStarsSabuJoseph CalleiaJohn QualenA boy raised by wild animals tries to adapt to human village life.
- DirectorVictor SavilleStarsErrol FlynnDean StockwellPaul LukasDuring the British Raj, the orphan of a British soldier poses as a Hindu and is torn between his loyalty to a Buddhist mystic and aiding the English secret service.
- DirectorJohn SturgesStarsFrank SinatraDean MartinSammy Davis Jr.Three cavalry officers and a bugler work together to thwart a Native American chief intent on uniting local tribes against the white man.
- DirectorWolfgang ReithermanStarsPhil HarrisSebastian CabotLouis PrimaBagheera the Panther and Baloo the Bear have a difficult time trying to convince a boy to leave the jungle for human civilization.
- DirectorRoman DavydovStarsLyusena OvchinnikovaAleksandr NazarovAnatoliy PapanovA boy raised by animals learns to live by the laws of the jungle. Full-length version of the Soviet animated series.
- DirectorChuck JonesStarsOrson WellesJune ForayLes TremayneA young mongoose protects his human family from two murderous cobras.
- DirectorJohn HustonStarsSean ConneryMichael CaineChristopher PlummerIn 1880s India, two former British soldiers decide to set themselves up as Kings in Kafiristan, a land where no white man has set foot since Alexander the Great.
- StarsUrara TakanoBanjô GingaJulian BaileyThe adventures of Mowgli, an orphan boy raised by wolves, and his friends in the jungles of India.
- DirectorStephen SommersStarsJason Scott LeeCary ElwesLena HeadeyRudyard Kipling's classic tale of Mowgli, the orphaned jungle boy raised by wild animals, and how he becomes king of the jungle.
- DirectorsToshiyuki HirumaTakashi MasunagaStarsTony AilNathan AswellBailee ReidYoung boy Mowgli, who was raised in the jungle by animals, must decide whether he belongs to the jungle or the human world as well as confront the villainous tiger, who's threatening the wolf pack that adopted him.
- DirectorMichael AndersonStarsRobert UrichKenny VadasKaj-Erik EriksenA wealthy, spoiled boy falls overboard and is rescued by fishermen who put him to work.
- DirectorDee McLachlanStarsJamie WilliamsBilly CampbellRoddy McDowallThe story of Mowgli, a young boy abandoned in the wilds of India. Raised by a panther, an elephant and a bear, Mowgli must learn civilization's ways when his long-lost uncle and a circus scout from Barnum and Bailey come looking for him.
- DirectorNick MarckStarsBrandon BakerSherman HowardClancy BrownNow your whole family can relive Disney's 'The Jungle Book', from Mowgli's point of view.
- DirectorSteve TrenbirthStarsJohn GoodmanHaley Joel OsmentTony JayMowgli, missing the jungle and his old friends, runs away from the man village unaware of the danger he's in by going back to the wild.
- DirectorJon FavreauStarsNeel SethiBill MurrayBen KingsleyAfter a threat from the tiger Shere Khan forces him to flee the jungle, a man-cub named Mowgli embarks on a journey of self discovery with the help of panther Bagheera and free-spirited bear Baloo.