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The Broken Crown (Spanish: La corona partida) is a 2016 Spanish historical drama film directed by Jordi Frades. Audio in Spanish with subtitles in English, Italian and Spanish (click on CC for the subtitles). Set in early 16th century, the fiction focuses on the events after the death of Queen Isabella of Castile and the issuing of the corresponding will. Isabella's daughter Joanna finds herself in the middle of the political schemes of her father Ferdinand and her spouse Philip, son of Maximilian of Habsburg, with everyone in the Court having a vested interest in declaring her mad and unfit to rule. The Broken Crown, Jordi Frades' debut as feature film director, was written by José Luis Martín. The score was composed by Federico Jusid. Filming started in May 2015, shooting in locations such as the Castle of Guadamur, the Cathedral of Burgos, the Cathedral of Toledo, the Church of Santa María Magdalena in Torrelaguna and the Palace of Rincón in Madrid. The fiction serves as bridge in between the television series Isabel and Carlos, rey emperador. Cast & Characters: Rodolfo Sancho as Fernando Irene Escolar as Juana Raúl Mérida as Felipe Eusebio Poncela as Cardenal Cisneros Fernando Guillén Cuervo as Fuensalida José Coronado as Maximiliano de Habsburgo Jacobo Dicenta as Belmonte Úrsula Corberó as Margarita de Austria Ramon Madaula as Chacón Ainhoa Santamaría as Beatriz de Bobadilla Jordi Díaz as Cabrera Silvia Alonso as Germana de Foix

Eroica is a BBC television film that dramatises the first performance of Beethoven's third symphony, the Eroica. Audio in English with subtitles in; English, Italian, German, French and Spanish (click on CC). The film was directed by Simon Cellan Jones, written by Nick Dear and starred Ian Hart, Tim Pigott-Smith, Anton Lesser and Frank Finlay. The music was played by Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique and conducted by Sir John Eliot Gardiner. It won the Prix Italia for Performing Arts in 2004. The film is set in Vienna on 9 June 1804, the date of the private, first performance of Beethoven's third symphony, later to be known as the 'Eroica'. The performance, and most of the action in the film, takes place at the palace of one of Beethoven's patrons, Prince Franz Lobkowitz. Midway during the performance, Beethoven tries to get his lover, a widow named Josephine von Deym, to marry him, but she refuses because of the unfair laws regarding child custody – she is a member of the nobility, and cannot marry a commoner without losing custody of her children. Later, composer Joseph Haydn, now old and feeble, arrives just in time to hear the last movement of the symphony. As he leaves the performance, Haydn is asked his opinion of the symphony, which he describes as "quite new", and then utters his now-famous and prophetic comment, "From this day forward, everything [in music] is changed". The film ends on a grim note; as the performance of the Eroica ends, Beethoven looks at his audience and is momentarily unable to hear any natural sounds – an ominous sign of his approaching deafness. Soundtrack used: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (excerpt) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Symphony No. 3 (Beethoven) by Ludwig van Beethoven. Cast & Characters: Ian Hart as Ludwig van Beethoven Tim Pigott-Smith as Count Dietrichstein Jack Davenport as Prince Franz Lobkowitz Fenella Woolgar as Princess Marie Lobkowitz Claire Skinner as Countess Josephine von Deym Lucy Akhurst as Countess Teresa von Brunswick (Josephine's sister) Frank Finlay as Joseph Haydn Leo Bill as Ferdinand Ries Peter Hanson as Wranitzky (leader of the orchestra in the film, and of Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique) Robert Glenister as Gerhardt (one of the prince's servants) Anton Lesser as Sukowaty (Beethoven's copyist). Bonus Material: https://rumble.com/v6vvrt6-eroica-allegro-con-brio-bonus-material2003.html

The Exile is a 1947 American historical adventure romantic film directed by Max Ophüls, and produced, written by, and starring Douglas Fairbanks Jr. French actress Rita Corday (billed as "Paule Croset") played the romantic interest. In 1660, Charles Stuart (Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.), deposed as king of England by Oliver Cromwell and the Roundheads, is in exile in the Netherlands with a few loyalists, awaiting the right opportunity to return. Whilst bartering in a local marketplace, he meets Katie (Rita Corday), a Dutch farm owner and flower seller. The film is based on the 1926 novel His Majesty, the King: A Romantic Love Chase of the Seventeenth Century by Cosmo Hamilton. Cast & Characters: Douglas Fairbanks Jr. as Charles Stuart (Charles II of England) Maria Montez as Countess Anabella de Courteuil Rita Corday ("Paule Croset") as Katie Henry Daniell as Colonel Ingram Nigel Bruce as Sir Edward Hyde Robert Coote as Dick Pinner Otto Waldis as Jan Eldon Gorst as Seymour Milton A. Owen as Wilcox Colin Keith-Johnston as Captain Bristol Ben H. Wright as Milbanke Colin Kenny as Ross Peter Shaw as Higson Will Stanton as Tucket C.S. Ramsey-Hill [sic] as Cavalier Official Lumsden Hare as Roundhead General Lester Matthews as Robbins Thomas P. Dillon as Jasper William Trenk as Footman Fred Cavens as Coachman Alla Dunn as Marie Torben Meyer as Sea Captain Grayce Hampton as First Court Lady Mary Forbes as Second Court Lady Charles Stevens as Painter Harry Cording as Roundhead (uncredited)

A Tale of Two Cities is a 1958 British film directed by Ralph Thomas and starring Dirk Bogarde and Dorothy Tutin. It is a period drama based on parts of Charles Dickens' novel A Tale of Two Cities (1859). Click on CC for optional English subtitles. Filming started 3 July 1957 at Bourges in France for four weeks of location work. The film was shot in the Loire Valley in France, because it was the only place without telegraph poles. Several thousand American soldiers posted nearby in Orléans were used as extras. Shooting took six weeks. The film was the most expensive British production of its year Cast & Characters: Dirk Bogarde as Sydney Carton Dorothy Tutin as Lucie Manette Paul Guers as Charles Darnay (Voice dubbed by Tim Turner – uncredited) Marie Versini as Marie Gabelle Ian Bannen as Gabelle Alfie Bass as Jerry Cruncher Cecil Parker as Jarvis Lorry Stephen Murray as Dr. Manette Athene Seyler as Miss Pross Ernest Clark as Stryver Rosalie Crutchley as Madame Defarge Freda Jackson as the Vengeance Duncan Lamont as Ernest Defarge Leo McKern as Attorney General-Old Bailey Donald Pleasence as John Barsad Christopher Lee as Marquis St. Evremonde Sam Kydd as Coachman

Count Dracula is a British television adaptation of the 1897 novel Dracula by Bram Stoker. Produced by the BBC, it first aired on BBC 2 on 22 December 1977. It is among the more faithful of the many adaptations of the original book. Directed by Philip Saville from a screenplay by Gerald Savory, it stars Louis Jourdan as Count Dracula and Frank Finlay as Professor Van Helsing. Click on CC for English subtitles. Cast & Characters: Louis Jourdan as Count Dracula Frank Finlay as Professor Van Helsing Susan Penhaligon as Lucy Westenra Judi Bowker as Wilhemina Westenra Mark Burns as Doctor John Seward Jack Shepherd as Renfield Bosco Hogan as Jonathan Harker Richard Barnes as Quincey P. Holmwood Additional cast members include Ann Queensberry as Mrs. Westenra, George Raistrick as Bowles, George Malpas as Swales, and Michael MacOwan as Hawkins. Sue Vanner, Susie Hickford, and Belinda Meuldijk portray Dracula's Brides. The passengers on Harker's stagecoach are portrayed by Bruce Wightman, Izabella Telezynska, and Orla Pederson. Part 2: https://rumble.com/v62bkkq-count-dracula-part-2-tv-film-1977.html

Michael the Brave (Romanian: Mihai Viteazul) is a Romanian historic epic film, directed by Sergiu Nicolaescu and starring Amza Pellea in the leading role. Audio in Romanian with English subtitles (Click on CC). Part 2: https://rumble.com/v4earvl-michael-the-bravemihai-viteazul-film-1970-the-union-part-2-eng-sub.html The film is a representation of the life of Wallachia's ruler Michael The Brave, and his will to unite the three Romanian principalities (Wallachia, Moldavia and Transylvania) into one country. The film was released in 1970 in Romania, and worldwide by Columbia Pictures as The Last Crusade. The film has two parts and was shot in several locations, such as Istanbul, Prague and Călugăreni, but also the Danube, the Black Sea, Alba Iulia, Carpathian Mountains, Bucharest, Sibiu, Sinaia, and Miraslau. At the end of the 16th century, Wallachian ruler Prince Michael the Brave overcame the adversity of the Ottoman and Austrian Empires to unite Wallachia, Moldavia and Transylvania into one country. Cast & Characters: Amza Pellea as Michael The Brave Ion Besoiu as Sigismund Báthory Olga Tudorache as Michael The Brave's mother Irina Gardescu as Contessina Rossana Viventini György Kovács as Andrei Báthory Sergiu Nicolaescu as Selim Pasha Nicolae Secăreanu as Sinan Pasha Ilarion Ciobanu as Stroe Buzescu Aurel Rogalschi as Rudolf II Ioana Bulcă as Doamna Stanca Septimiu Sever as Radu Buzescu Florin Piersic as Preda Buzescu Klára Sebök as Maria Cristina de Graz Mircea Albulescu as Popa Stoica Emmerich Schäffer as Giorgio Basta Colea Răutu as Sultan Murat III Constantin Codrescu as Alexandru The Evil Alexandru Herescu as Ionică Corneliu Gârbea as General Baba Novac Alexandru Repan as Earl Viventini Jean Lorin Florescu as Archduke Maximilian The film had initially been intended to be an American-Romanian superproduction, with Columbia Pictures proposing actors such as Charlton Heston, Orson Welles, Laurence Harvey, Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, or Kirk Douglas. But at Nicolae Ceauşescu's intent, the production was approved only with Romanian actors. The story is historically less authentic, but is full of grand battle scenes, political plots, betrayals and family drama. To reenact the battles that Mihai Viteazul fought against the Turks, some 5,000 soldiers of the Romanian army were brought to the set. The film was released in Romania in 1970 and ran in the cinemas for several years. Worldwide, it was distributed by Columbia Pictures, under the name The Last Crusade. The film debuted outside of Romania in July 1971 at the 7th Moscow International Film Festival and in East Germany, and in March 1972 in Finland, in June 1972 in West Germany and in April 1973 in Japan.

Battle of Neretva (Serbo-Croatian: Bitka na Neretvi, Битка на Неретви) is a 1969 Yugoslavian epic partisan film. Written by Stevan Bulajić and Veljko Bulajić, and directed by Veljko Bulajić, it is based on the true events of World War II. The Battle of the Neretva was due to a strategic plan for a combined Axis powers attack in 1943 against the Yugoslav Partisans. The plan was also known as the Fourth Enemy Offensive and occurred in the area of the Neretva river in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Battle of Neretva is the most expensive motion picture made in the SFR Yugoslavia. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, the year after Sergei Bondarchuk (playing the role of Martin in Neretva) won the honour for War and Peace. The score for the English-speaking versions was composed by Bernard Herrmann. Battle of Neretva was the first of a series of huge state-sponsored World War II film productions. It had a staggering budget approved by Yugoslav leader Josip Broz Tito. Shot over 16 months with funds put up in largest part by over 58 self-managed companies in Yugoslavia, the movie featured a combined battalion of 10,000 Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) soldiers. Four villages and a fortress were constructed for the film and destroyed. Several JNA-inventory Soviet T-34 tanks, touched up to look like German Panzers, met the same fate. Even used several Yugoslavian planes Soko 522 like germans luftwaffe planes with Balkenkreuz on the wings. Cast & Characters: Sergei Bondarchuk as Martin Yul Brynner as Vlado (Vladimir Smirnov) Curt Jürgens as Gen. Lohring Bata Živojinović as Stole Sylva Koscina as Danica Boris Dvornik as Stipe Hardy Krüger as Col. Kranzer Franco Nero as Capt. Michele Riva Lojze Rozman as Ivan Ljubiša Samardžić as Novak Orson Welles as Chetnik senator Milena Dravić as Nada Špela Rozin as Vlado's aide Pavle Vuisić as Jordan Fabijan Šovagović as Mad Boško Anthony Dawson as Gen. Morelli Dušan Bulajić as Chetnik Commander Renato Rossini as Sgt. Mario Oleg Vidov as Nikola Kole Angelovski as Žika Stole Aranđelović as Šumadinac Demeter Bitenc as Capt. Schröder Ralph Persson as Lt. Horst Radko Polič as Vuko Miha Baloh as Ustasha Commander Faruk Begolli as Stevo Zaim Muzaferija as tall peasant in the Partisans column Hajrudin Hadžikarić as Vladimir Nazor