17th Century Movies

The distressing fate of the Czech great Jan Amos Komenský, forced to leave his homeland after the White Mountain disaster. It depicts his...

For three and a half centuries, from the same day that Diego Velázquez (1599-1660) applied his last brushstroke to the canvas, the enigma of...

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...

A BBC dramatization of the Pendle witch trials of Lancashire, England that occurred in 1616.

In the 17th century, long before modern science and in a time of great fear of the unknown, the villagers of a small coastal community find...

The Black Council gives a vivid picture of the different levels of society in seventeenth-century Ukraine. The main theme is the need for people to...

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

France, 17th century. As a secret plot is on motion to overthrow King Louis XIII, the little daughter of Dogtanian, the brave muskehound of the Royal...

The film tells the story of Ivan Mazeppa, a Ukrainian page at the Polish court who has an affair with the young wife of a much older count. Outraged...

The movie recalls children who suffered mental and physical harm both during the last century, particularly in religious orphanages, and during the...

It is 1680 – the time of dreamt snow after the Turkish invasion. In the deserted plains of Bácska a living soul cannot be found in a...

Port of Seville, Spain, 1640. A group of people from very different origins embark on the ship Capitana. They are members of the upper class,...

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

Alongside Rembrandt and Vermeer, Frans Hals was one of the key figures in 17th century Dutch art. But unlike his contemporaries, who tended to paint...

In 17th century Finland young Arvid is forced to marry Brita but their ways soon part when their respective fathers move to different places. Years...