List of films set during the French Revolution and French Revolutionary Wars
Below is an incomplete list of feature films, television films or TV series which include events of the French Revolution and French Revolutionary Wars. This list does not include documentaries, short films.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]
1910s
[edit]| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1913 | United States | Robespierre | Herbert Brenon | Drama. | |
| 1914 | United States | Ireland a Nation | Walter MacNamara | Drama, History. Irish Rebellion of 1798 | |
| 1914 | United States | Charlotte Corday | William F. Adler | Drama, History. | |
| 1914 | France | The Knight of Maison-Rouge | Le Chevalier de Maison-Rouge | Albert Capellani | Drama, History. |
| 1915 | United States | The Two Orphans | Herbert Brenon | Drama. Based on the play The Two Orphans. | |
| 1916 | Italy | Storming of the Bastille | La presa della Bastiglia | Eleuterio Rodolfi | Historical drama. Storming of the Bastille |
| 1916 | Italy | Madame Guillotine | Madame Tallien | Enrico Guazzoni Mario Caserini |
Drama. Based on the play Madame Tallien. |
| 1917 | United States | The Scarlet Pimpernel | Richard Stanton | Adventure. Based on a novel The Scarlet Pimpernel. | |
| 1917 | United States | Madame Du Barry | J. Gordon Edwards | Drama, History. Based on a novel Memoirs d’un médecin. Madame du Barry | |
| 1917 | United States | A Tale of Two Cities | Frank Lloyd | Drama, History, Romance, War. Based on a novel A Tale of Two Cities. | |
| 1919 | Weimar Republic | Charlotte Corday | Frederic Zelnik | Drama, History. | |
| 1919 | Weimar Republic | Madame DuBarry | Ernst Lubitsch | Biography, Drama, Romance. Madame du Barry | |
| 1919 | United Kingdom | The Elusive Pimpernel | Maurice Elvey | Adventure, Drama. Based on a novel The Elusive Pimpernel. |
1920s
[edit]| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920 | France | Ninety-three | Quatre-vingt-treize | André Antoine Albert Capellani Léonard Antoine |
Drama, History. Based on a novel Ninety-Three. |
| 1920 | Denmark | Leaves from Satan's Book | Blade af Satans bog | Carl Theodor Dreyer | Drama. |
| 1921 | United States | Orphans of the Storm | D. W. Griffith | Drama, History, Romance. Based on the play The Two Orphans. | |
| 1921 | Weimar Republic | Danton | Dimitri Buchowetzki | Drama. Based on the play Danton's Death. Georges Danton | |
| 1922 | France | Jocelyn | Léon Poirier | Drama, Romance. Adaptation of the poem Jocelyn. | |
| 1922 | Weimar Republic | Marie Antoinette, the Love of a King | Marie Antoinette – Das Leben einer Königin | Rudolf Meinert | Drama, History. Marie Antoinette |
| 1923 | United Kingdom United States |
I Will Repay | Henry Kolker | Adventure, Drama, History. Based on a novel I Will Repay. | |
| 1923 | France | The Child King | L'Enfant-roi | Jean Kemm | Louis XVII |
| 1923 | United States | Scaramouche | Rex Ingram | Drama, Romance. Drama. Based on a novel Scaramouche. | |
| 1923 | France | The Lyon Courier Affair | L'Affaire du courrier de Lyon | Léon Poirier | Drama, Historical. Courrier de Lyon case |
| 1925 | United Kingdom | The Only Way | Herbert Wilcox | Adventure, Drama. Based on a novel A Tale of Two Cities. | |
| 1926 | United Kingdom | The Only Way | Herbert Wilcox | Adventure, Drama. Based on a novel A Tale of Two Cities. | |
| 1927 | France | Napoleon | Napoléon | Abel Gance | Biography, Drama, History, War. Napoleon |
| 1928 | Weimar Republic | The Last Night | Revolutionshochzeit | A.W. Sandberg | Drama. |
| 1928 | United Kingdom | The Triumph of the Scarlet Pimpernel | T. Hayes Hunter | Adventure, Drama, Romance, War. Based on a novel The Triumph of the Scarlet Pimpernel. |
1930s
[edit]| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930 | United States | Du Barry, Woman of Passion | Sam Taylor | Romance, Drama. Based on the play Du Barry. Madame du Barry | |
| 1930 | United States | Captain of the Guard | John S. Robertson Pál Fejös |
Drama, Musical, Romance, War. | |
| 1931 | United Kingdom | Madame Guillotine | Reginald Fogwell | History, Romance. | |
| 1931 | Weimar Republic | Danton | Hans Behrendt | Drama. Georges Danton | |
| 1932 | France | Danton | André Roubaud | History. Based on the play The Danton Case. Georges Danton | |
| 1933 | France | The Two Orphans | Les deux orphelines | Maurice Tourneur | Drama. Based on a play The Two Orphans. |
| 1934 | United Kingdom | The Scarlet Pimpernel | Harold Young | Adventure, Drama. Based on a novel The Scarlet Pimpernel. | |
| 1935 | United States | A Tale of Two Cities | Jack Conway | Drama, History, Romance. Based on a novel A Tale of Two Cities. | |
| 1936 | United Kingdom | The Prisoner of Corbal | Karl Grune | Drama, History, Romance. Based on a novel The Nuptials of Corbal. | |
| 1937 | France | The Courier of Lyon | L'affaire du courrier de Lyon | Claude Autant-Lara Maurice Lehmann |
Drama, History. Courrier de Lyon case |
| 1937 | United Kingdom | The Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel | Hanns Schwarz | Drama, History, Romance. Based on a novel The Scarlet Pimpernel. | |
| 1938 | France | Let's go up the Champs-Élysées | Remontons les Champs-Élysées | Sacha Guitry Robert Bibal |
Comedy, Drama. |
| 1938 | Italy | The Count of Brechard | Il conte di Brechard | Mario Bonnard | Drama, History. |
| 1938 | France | La Marseillaise | Jean Renoir | Drama, History, Music, War. | |
| 1938 | United States | Marie Antoinette | W. S. Van Dyke | Biography, Drama, History, Music, Romance. Based on a biography Marie Antoinette: The Portrait of an Average Woman. Marie Antoinette | |
| 1939 | France | The Three Drums | Les Trois Tambours | Maurice de Canonge | Drama, History, War. Based on an unknown novel. |
1940s
[edit]| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940 | United States | New Moon | Robert Z. Leonard W. S. Van Dyke |
Adventure, Music, Musical, Romance. Based on a operetta The New Moon. | |
| 1941 | France | Madame Sans-Gêne | Roger Richebé | Comedy, Drama, History. Catherine Hübscher | |
| 1942 | Italy | Luisa Sanfelice | Leo Menardi | Drama. Based on a novel La Sanfelice. Luisa Sanfelice | |
| 1942 | United Kingdom | The Young Mr. Pitt | Carol Reed | Biography, Drama, Romance, War. William Pitt the Younger | |
| 1942 | France | Mlle. Desiree | Le Destin fabuleux de Désirée Clary | Sacha Guitry René Le Hénaff |
Comedy, Drama, History. Désirée Clary |
| 1942 | Italy | The Two Orphans | Le due orfanelle | Carmine Gallone | Drama. Based on the play The Two Orphans. |
| 1944 | Mexico | The Two Orphans | Las dos huérfanas | José Benavides hijo | Drama, Family. Based on the play The Two Orphans. |
| 1945 | France | Pamela | Paméla | Pierre de Hérain | Drama. Based on the play Pamela. |
| 1945 | Italy | The blacksmith of the convent | Il fabbro del convento | Max Calandri | Adventure. Based on a novel Le Forgeron de la Cour-Dieu. |
| 1946 | United States | The Fighting Guardsman | Henry Levin | Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance. Based on a novel The Companions of Jehu. | |
| 1946 | United Kingdom | The Laughing Lady | Paul L. Stein | Drama, Musical. Based on an unknown play. | |
| 1947 | United Kingdom | Escape Dangerous | Digby Smith | ||
| 1947 | France | The Royalists | Les Chouans | Henri Calef | Adventure, History. Based on a novel Les Chouans. Chouannerie |
| 1948 | France | The Lame Devil | Le Diable boiteux | Sacha Guitry | Biography, Drama, History. Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord |
| 1949 | United States | The Fighting O'Flynn | Arthur Pierson | Action, Adventure, Romance, Thriller, War. Based on the play The Fighting O'Flynn. French expedition to Ireland (1796) | |
| 1949 | United States | Reign of Terror | Anthony Mann | History, Romance, Thriller, War. Maximilien Robespierre |
1950s
[edit]| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | United Kingdom | The Elusive Pimpernel | Michael Powell Emeric Pressburger |
Adventure, Drama, Romance. Based on a novel The Scarlet Pimpernel. | |
| 1951 | France | Darling Caroline | Caroline Chérie | Richard Pottier | Comedy. Based on a novel The loves of Caroline Cherie: A novel. |
| 1952 | United States | Scaramouche | George Sidney | Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Romance. Based on a novel Scaramouche. | |
| 1953 | Soviet Union | Attack from the Sea | Корабли штурмуют бастионы | Mikhail Romm | Biography, Drama, War. Fyodor Ushakov, Siege of Corfu (1798–1799) |
| 1953 | France | A Caprice of Darling Caroline | Un caprice de Caroline chérie | Jean Devaivre | Romance, War. Based on a novel Un caprice de Caroline chérie. |
| 1953 | United Kingdom United States |
Sea Devils | Raoul Walsh | Action, Adventure, Drama, History. Based on a novel Toilers of the Sea. | |
| 1953 | Italy | The Knight of Maison Rouge | Il cavaliere di Maison Rouge | Vittorio Cottafavi | Adventure, History. Based on a novel Le Chevalier de Maison-Rouge. |
| 1954 | United States | Désirée | Henry Koster | Biography, Drama, History, Romance. Based on a novel Désirée. | |
| 1954 | France Italy |
Royal Affairs in Versailles | Si Versailles m'était conté | Sacha Guitry | Comedy, Drama, History. Palace of Versailles |
| 1954 | France | Cadet Rousselle | André Hunebelle | Adventure, Comedy. | |
| 1954 | France Italy |
The rebels of Lomanach | Les Révoltés de Lomanach | Richard Pottier | Adventure. War in the Vendée |
| 1954 | Italy France |
The Two Orphans | Le due orfanelle | Giacomo Gentilomo | Adventure, Drama. Based on the play The Two Orphans. |
| 1955 | France Italy |
Napoléon | Sacha Guitry | Biography, Drama, War. | |
| 1955 | France Spain |
Cavalrymen | Les Hussards | Alex Joffé | Comedy. Based on the play Les Hussards. |
| 1955 | France Italy |
Andrea Chénier | Clemente Fracassi | Drama. Based on an opera Andrea Chénier. | |
| 1956 | France | If Paris Were Told to Us | Si Paris nous était conté | Sacha Guitry | Comedy, Drama, History. |
| 1956 | France Italy |
Marie Antoinette Queen of France | Marie-Antoinette reine de France | Jean Delannoy | Drama, History. Marie Antoinette |
| 1957 | United Kingdom | Dangerous Exile | Brian Desmond Hurst | Adventure, Drama, Romance. Louis XVII | |
| 1958 | United Kingdom | A Tale of Two Cities | Ralph Thomas | Drama, History, Romance, War. Based on a novel A Tale of Two Cities. |
1960s
[edit]| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | Spain Italy France |
Madame | Madame Sans-Gêne | Christian-Jaque | Comedy, Drama, Romance, War. Based on an unknown play. Catherine Hübscher |
| 1961 | France Italy |
Dialogue with the Carmelites | Le dialogue des Carmélites I dialoghi delle Carmelitane |
Raymond Léopold Bruckberger Philippe Agostini |
Drama, History. Based on an unknown play. Martyrs of Compiègne |
| 1962 | United Kingdom | Billy Budd | Peter Ustinov | Adventure, Drama, War. Based on the play Billy Budd | |
| 1962 | United Kingdom | H.M.S. Defiant | Lewis Gilbert | Action, Drama, History, War. Based on a novel Mutiny. | |
| 1962 | Italy France |
Women of Devil's Island | Le prigioniere dell'isola del diavolo L'île aux filles perdues |
Domenico Paolella | Action, Adventure, Drama. |
| 1963 | France Italy Spain |
The Adventures of Scaramouche | Scaramouche | Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi | Adventure. |
| 1964 | France Italy Spain |
The Black Tulip | La Tulipe noire | Christian-Jaque | Action, Adventure, Comedy. Based on a novel The Black Tulip. |
| 1965 | France Italy |
The Two Orphans | Les Deux orphelines | Riccardo Freda | Drama. Based on the play The Two Orphans. |
| 1966 | Italy | The two sans-culottes | I due sanculotti | Giorgio Simonelli | Comedy. |
| 1966 | Italy France Spain |
Red roses for Angelica | Rose rosse per Angelica | Steno | Adventure. Based on a novel Le Chevalier de Maison-Rouge. |
| 1967 | France Italy Romania |
Seven Guys and one slut | Sept hommes et une garce | Bernard Borderie | Adventure. |
| 1967 | Italy | The Rover | L'avventuriero | Terence Young | Adventure, Drama, History, War. Based on a novel The Rover. |
| 1967 | United Kingdom | Don't Lose Your Head | Gerald Thomas | Action, Adventure, Comedy. Based on a novel The Scarlet Pimpernel. | |
| 1967 | United Kingdom | Marat/Sade | Peter Brook | Drama, History, Music. Based on the play Marat/Sade. Marquis de Sade, Jean-Paul Marat, Charlotte Corday | |
| 1968 | Italy West Germany France United States |
Emma Hamilton | Le calde notti di Lady Hamilton | Christian-Jaque | Drama, History, Romance. Based on a novel La Sanfelice. Luisa Sanfelice |
| 1968 | France Italy West Germany |
Darling Caroline | Caroline chérie | Denys de La Patellière | Drama, History. Based on a novel Darling Caroline. |
| 1969 | East Germany | Maid, I like you | Jungfer, Sie gefällt mir | Günter Reisch | Comedy. Based on the play The Broken Jug. |
1970s
[edit]| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | United States | Start the Revolution Without Me | Bud Yorkin | Comedy, History. Based on a novels A Tale of Two Cities, The Corsican Brothers, The Vicomte of Bragelonne: Ten Years Later. | |
| 1971 | France | Bonaparte and the revolution | Bonaparte et la révolution | Abel Gance | Drama, History. |
| 1971 | France Italy Romania |
The Married Couple of the Year Two | Les Mariés de l'an Deux | Jean-Paul Rappeneau | Action, Adventure, Comedy, Romance. |
| 1974 | Italy | Allonsanfàn | Paolo and Vittorio Taviani | Drama, History. | |
| 1976 | Italy Spain |
The Two Orphans | Le due orfanelle Las dos huerfanitas |
Leopoldo Savona | Drama. Based on the play The Two Orphans. |
| 1979 | Japan France |
Lady Oscar | ベルサイユのばら | Jacques Demy | Drama, History, Romance. Based on the manga The Rose of Versailles. |
1980s
[edit]| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | United States | History of the World, Part I | Mel Brooks | Comedy, History, Musical. | |
| 1982 | France Italy |
That Night in Varennes | Il mondo nuovo La Nuit de Varennes |
Ettore Scola | Drama, History. Based on an unknown novel. Flight to Varennes |
| 1983 | France Poland West Germany |
Danton | Andrzej Wajda | Biography, Drama, History. Based on the play The Danton Case. Georges Danton | |
| 1985 | East Germany | The Geese of Buetzow | Die Gänse von Bützow | Frank Vogel | Comedy. Based on a novel Die Gänse von Bützow. |
| 1985 | Egypt France |
Bonaparte in Egypt | وداعا بونابرت Adieu Bonaparte |
Youssef Chahine | Drama, History, War. French campaign in Egypt and Syria |
| 1985 | France Italy West Germany |
Freedom, Equality, Sauerkraut | Liberté, Égalité, Choucroute | Jean Yanne | Comedy. |
| 1986 | Italy | Super ghosts | Superfantozzi | Neri Parenti | Comedy. |
| 1988 | East Germany | Treffen in Travers | Michael Gwisdek | Drama, History. | |
| 1988 | French | Chouans! | Philippe de Broca | Adventure, History, War. Based on a novel Les Chouans. Chouannerie | |
| 1989 | French Italy West Germany Canada United Kingdom |
The French Revolution | La Révolution française | Robert Enrico Richard T. Heffron |
Drama, History, Thriller, War. |
| 1989 | France | The Austrian | L'Autrichienne | Pierre Granier-Deferre | Biography, Drama, History. Marie Antoinette |
| 1989 | France Canada |
Wait those lunatics | Vent de galerne | Bernard Favre | Drama, History, War. War in the Vendée |
| 1989 | Belgium France |
Marquis | Henri Xhonneux | Comedy. Marquis de Sade |
1990s
[edit]| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Italy France |
The Amusements of Private Life | I divertimenti della vita privata Les amusements de la vie privée |
Cristina Comencini | Comedy. |
| 1995 | France United States |
Jefferson in Paris | James Ivory | Biography, Drama, History, Romance. | |
| 1996 | France | Ridicule | Patrice Leconte | Comedy, Drama, History, Romance. | |
| 1997 | United States | Passion in the Desert | Lavinia Currier | Adventure, Drama. Based on the short story Une passion dans le désert. French campaign in Egypt and Syria | |
| 1999 | Switzerland France Belgium |
War in the Highlands | La Guerre dans le Haut Pays | Francis Reusser | Drama, Romance, War. Based on a novel La Guerre dans le Haut-Pays. |
2000s
[edit]| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | United Kingdom | Pandaemonium | Julien Temple | Biography, Drama. Samuel Taylor Coleridge, William Wordsworth | |
| 2000 | France | Sade | Benoît Jacquot | Biography, Crime, Drama, History. Based on a novel La terreur dans le boudoir. Marquis de Sade | |
| 2001 | France Germany |
The Lady and the Duke | L'Anglaise et le Duc | Éric Rohmer | Drama, History, Romance, War. Based on the memoirs Ma vie sous la révolution. Grace Elliott |
| 2006 | United States United Kingdom |
Amazing Grace | Michael Apted | Biography, Drama, History. William Wilberforce | |
| 2006 | France United States Japan |
Marie Antoinette | Sofia Coppola | Biography, Drama, History, Romance. Marie Antoinette | |
| 2006 | United States Spain |
Goya's Ghosts | Miloš Forman | Biography, Drama, History. |
2010s
[edit]| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | France Spain |
Farewell, My Queen | Les Adieux à la reine | Benoît Jacquot | Drama, History, Romance. Marie Antoinette |
| 2015 | France Georgia |
Winter song | Chant d'hiver | Otar Iosseliani | Comedy, Drama. |
| 2018 | Portugal France |
The Black Book | O caderno negro | Valeria Sarmiento | Drama, History, Romance. |
| 2018 | France Belgium |
One Nation, One King | Un peuple et son roi | Pierre Schoeller | Drama, History. |
| 2018 | France | A strong desire for happiness | Un violent désir de bonheur | Clément Schneider | Drama. |
2020s
[edit]| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | United States | Chevalier | Stephen Williams | Biography, Drama, History, Music. Chevalier de Saint-Georges | |
| 2023 | France | Win or die | Vaincre ou mourir | Paul Mignot Vincent Mottez |
Action, History, War. War in the Vendée, François de Charette |
| 2023 | United States United Kingdom |
Napoleon | Ridley Scott | Action, Biography, Drama, History, War. | |
| 2024 | Italy France |
The Flood | Le Déluge | Gianluca Jodice | Drama, History. Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette, Louis XVII, Marie-Thérèse. |
Upcoming films
[edit]| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | Napoleon | History, War | |||
| United States | Napoleon: The Age of Revolution | Drama, History. | |||
| United States | Joze: A Revolutionary | Marilee Crockett | Biography, Drama, History, Romance, Thriller. Joséphine de Beauharnais | ||
| The 30 Immortals of Geneva | Drama, History, Romance. The 30 Immortals of Geneva | ||||
| The Color of Flesh | Virgil Widrich | Based on the play Marie Antoinette: The Color of Flesh. |
Science fiction, fantasy and horror
[edit]| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | France Italy |
Beauties of the Night | Les Belles de nuit | René Clair | Comedy, Fantasy, Music, Romance. |
| 1994 | United Kingdom Canada France |
Highlander III: The Sorcerer | Andy Morahan | Action, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi. | |
| 2001 | France Belgium Venezuela |
Brotherhood of the Wolf | Le Pacte des loups | Christophe Gans | Action, Adventure, Drama, Horror, Thriller |
| 2016 | France Belgium Czech Republic |
The Visitors: Bastille Day | Les Visiteurs: La Révolution | Jean-Marie Poiré | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy. |
Television films
[edit]| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | France | Wolves | Les Loups | Marcel Bluwal | Based on the play Les Loups. Siege of Mainz (1793) |
| 1959 | Yugoslavia | A man of destiny | Човек судбине Čovek sudbine |
Mirjana Samardžić | Drama. Based on the play The Man of Destiny |
| 1961 | France | The Two Orphans | Les deux orphelines | Jean-Marie Coldefy | Based on the play The Two Orphans. |
| 1963 | West Germany | The Wolves | Die Wölfe | Falk Harnack | Based on the play Les Loups. Siege of Mainz (1793) |
| 1963 | West Germany | Danton's death | Dantons Tod | Fritz Umgelter | Drama. Based on the play Danton's Death. Georges Danton |
| 1967 | Finland | Jean-Paul Marat persecuted and murdered as represented by the patients of the Charenton Hospital under the direction of M. de Sade | Jean-Paul Marat förföljd och mördad så som det framställs av patienterna på hospitalet Charenton under ledning av herr de Sade | Tom Segerberg | Drama. Based on the play Marat/Sade. Marquis de Sade, Jean-Paul Marat, Charlotte Corday |
| 1967 | France | Valmy | Jean Chérasse Abel Gance |
Battle of Valmy | |
| 1970 | France | Danton's death | La mort de Danton | Claude Barma | Based on the play Danton's Death. Georges Danton |
| 1973 | United States | The Man of Destiny | Joseph Hardy | Comedy. | |
| 1975 | France | Saint-Just and the Force of Things | Saint-Just et la Force des choses | Pierre Cardinal | Biography, Drama, History. Based on a novel Saint-Just et la Force des choses. Louis Antoine de Saint-Just |
| 1978 | Hungary | The Danton Affair | A Danton-ügy | Gergely Horváth | Drama. |
| 1978 | France | When the bocage was blazing | Quand flambait le bocage | Claude-Jean Bonnardot | Based on an unknown novel. War in the Vendée |
| 1980 | United States | A Tale of Two Cities | Jim Goddard | Drama, History, Romance, War. Based on a novel A Tale of Two Cities. | |
| 1981 | United Kingdom | The Man of Destiny | Desmond Davis | Drama. | |
| 1981 | West Germany | Danton's death | Dantons Tod | Rudolf Noelte | Drama. |
| 1981 | France | The Two Orphans | Les deux orphelines | Gérard Thomas | Drama. Based on the play The Two Orphans. |
| 1982 | United Kingdom | The Scarlet Pimpernel | Clive Donner | Action, Drama, Romance. Based on a novels The Scarlet Pimpernel, Eldorado. | |
| 1989 | Belgium Canada France |
Manon Roland | Édouard Molinaro | Biography, History. Madame Roland | |
| 1990 | Czechoslovakia | Vlci | Pavel Háša | Drama, History, War. Based on the play Les Loups. Siege of Mainz (1793) | |
| 2004 | Italy France |
Luisa Sanfelice | Paolo and Vittorio Taviani | Drama, History, Romance. Based on a novel La Sanfelice. Luisa Sanfelice | |
| 2006 | Canada France |
Marie-Antoinette | Francis Leclerc Yves Simoneau |
Biography, Drama, History. Marie Antoinette | |
| 2008 | France | Charlotte Corday | Henri Helman | Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller. Charlotte Corday | |
| 2010 | France | Chateaubriand | Pierre Aknine | Biography. François-René de Chateaubriand | |
| 2011 | France | Louis XVI, the man who did not want to be king | Louis XVI, l'homme qui ne voulait pas être roi | Thierry Binisti | History. Louis XVI |
| 2014 | France | The King's General | Le Général du roi | Nina Companeez | Drama. War in the Vendée |
TV Series
[edit]| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 | United States | A Tale of Two Cities | Dick Darley | Drama. Based on a novel A Tale of Two Cities. | |
| 1955-56 | United Kingdom | The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel | David MacDonald Dennis Vance Michael McCarthy Wolf Rilla |
Adventure, Family. Based on a novel The Scarlet Pimpernel. | |
| 1957 | United Kingdom | A Tale of Two Cities | Drama, History, Romance, War. Based on a novel A Tale of Two Cities. | ||
| 1957-66 | France | The camera explores time | La caméra explore le temps | Stellio Lorenzi André Castelot Alain Decaux Michelle O'Glor |
History. |
| 1957-61 | United States | DuPont Show of the Month | Sidney Lumet Ralph Nelson Alex Segal Robert Mulligan |
Comedy, Drama, History, Romance. | |
| 1962 | Italy | The Jacobins | I Giacobini | Edmo Fenoglio | Based on the play I Giacobini. |
| 1963 | Italy | Luisa Sanfelice | Leonardo Cortese | Drama. Luisa Sanfelice | |
| 1963 | France Italy |
The Knight of Maison Rouge | Le Chevalier de Maison-Rouge | Claude Barma | History, Romance. Based on a novel Le Chevalier de Maison-Rouge. |
| 1964 | Italy | The great chameleons | I grandi camaleonti | Edmo Fenoglio | Drama. |
| 1965 | United Kingdom | A Tale of Two Cities | Joan Craft | Drama. Based on a novel A Tale of Two Cities. | |
| 1968 | Norway | The red pimpernel | Den røde pimpernell | Rolf Clemens | Adventure, Drama. Based on a novel The Scarlet Pimpernel. |
| 1969 | United Kingdom | The Elusive Pimpernel | Gerald Blake | Adventure. Based on a novel The Scarlet Pimpernel. | |
| 1971 | France | The Traveler of the Ages | Le Voyageur des siècles | Jean Dréville | Mystery, Sci-Fi. |
| 1975 | France | Maria Antonina | Marie-Antoinette | Guy Lefranc | Biography, Drama, History. |
| 1978 | France | Love under the Revolution | Les Amours sous la Révolution | Jean-Paul Carrère | |
| 1978 | France | 1788 | Maurice Failevic | ||
| 1979-80 | France | Josephine or the comedy of ambitions | Joséphine ou la Comédie des ambitions | Robert Mazoyer | Biography, Drama, History. |
| 1980 | United Kingdom | A Tale of Two Cities | Michael E. Briant | Drama. Based on a novel A Tale of Two Cities. | |
| 1981 | France West Germany |
White, blue, red | Blanc, bleu, rouge | Étienne Laroche | Drama, History. Based on a roman Sophie. |
| 1983 | France | Marianne | Juliette Benzoni Marion Sarraut |
Drama, History. Based on a roman Marianne. | |
| 1987 | United States | Napoleon and Josephine: A Love Story | Richard T. Heffron | History, Romance, War. | |
| 1989 | France | Children of Liberty | Les Enfants de la liberté | Patrick Schwerdtle | Animation, Adventure, Family, History. |
| 1989 | France | My last dream will be for you | Mon dernier rêve sera pour vous | Robert Mazoyer | Biography, Drama. François-René de Chateaubriand |
| 1989 | France | The Countess of Charny | La Comtesse de Charny | Marion Sarraut | Drama, History. Based on a Alexandre Dumas novels. |
| 1989 | France Italy West Germany |
The Grand Cabriole | La Grande Cabriole | Nina Companeez | Biography, Drama, History. |
| 1989 | United Kingdom France |
A Tale of Two Cities | Philippe Monnier | Drama, History, Romance, War. Based on a novel A Tale of Two Cities. | |
| 1989 | France | The petticoats of the revolution | Les jupons de la révolution | Maroun Bagdadi Miguel Courtois Vincent De Brus Claude Faraldo Didier Grousset Caroline Huppert |
History. |
| 1995 | Czech Republic | Man in the background | Muž v pozadí | Pavel Háša | Drama. Joseph Fouché |
| 1998-2003 | United Kingdom | Hornblower | Andrew Grieve | Adventure, Drama, War. Based on a C. S. Forester novels. | |
| 1999 | United Kingdom | Let Them Eat Cake | Peter Learmouth | Comedy, History. | |
| 1999-2000 | United Kingdom | The Scarlet Pimpernel | Patrick Lau Simon Langton Edward Bennett Graham Theakston |
Adventure, Drama. Based on a novel The Scarlet Pimpernel. | |
| 2002 | France Germany Italy Canada United States United Kingdom Hungary Spain Czech Republic |
Napoléon | Yves Simoneau | Adventure, Biography, Drama, History, Romance, War | |
| 2012 | Egypt | Napoleon and the guarded | نابليون والمحروسة Napoléon wal Mahroussa |
Chawki Mejri | History. French campaign in Egypt and Syria |
| 2013 | France | A Woman in the Revolution | Une femme dans la Révolution | Jean-Daniel Verhaeghe | History. |
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