17th Century Movies

A fictionalised documentary about the great Japanese poet Bashô (1644–1694), the spiritual father of haiku poetry. A monk, portraying the...

Television movie about Oliver Cromwell.

This historical film by Hynek Bočan touches upon the indecisiveness of the Czech nation, ready to bend the backbone in face of foreign rule....

Several commercial fishermen were attacked by sea pirates and were forced to spend more than one year on a desert island. Many considered them dead -...

The story is based on the life of Pothuluri Veerabrahmam (N. T. Rama Rao), a well-known saint and astrologer of the 17th century. A brief life of...

A comedy about a governor who wants a miller's wife and tries to fix a night with her by putting the miller in jail.

The film is based on a novel by Ivan Tavcar and was adapted for the screen by Andrej Hieng. It is set at the end of the 17th century in the area that...

The journey of the young Shivaji, who fought against the powers that be and was crowned as Chhatrapati monarch.

A fictionalized study of real-life witch hunter Matthew Hopkins and the heinous crimes he committed during the English Civil War in 1645.

Dog's Heads (Czech: Psohlavci) is a 1955 Czech drama film directed by Martin Frič, based on the novel of the same name by Alois Jirásek....

The Flemish painter, humanist and diplomat Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) was fortunate to be recognized during his lifetime as an artist of genius...