Nøkkelord 17th Century

En ung jente gjemmer seg om bord på skipet til en legendarisk sjøuhyrejeger, og sammen legger de ut på en episk reise inn i ukjent farvann – og skriver historie samtidig.

Bli med på et storslagent eventyr, i et like storslagent miljø. Opplev den fargerike og musikalske fortellingen om den vakre indianerprinsessen Pocahontas! Her får du møte henne sammen med vennene hennes, den glupske vaskebjørnen Meeko og den vimsete kolibrien Flit. En dag kommer sjøfareren John Smith til jungelen deres, og når han møter Pocahontas forelsker de seg i hverandre. Men John Smiths sjef, den grådige guvernør Ratcliffe, har ikke reist over stormfulle hav for å finne kjærligheten. Har har reist til indianernes land for å finne gull - og det for enhver pris!

Det er "en for alle, og alle for en" da de Tre Musketerer og D`artagnan gjennforenes med brask og bram i dette handlingsmettede actioneventyret. Leonardo DiCaprio spiller en dobbeltrolle som den ondskapsfulle Kong Louis XIV og den mystiske fangen bak jernmasken. Befolkningen i Paris sulter, men den franske kongen er mer interessert i det utsvevende liv ved hoffet. De tre Musketerer spilt av Jeremy Irons, John Malkovich og Gerard Depardieu planlegger et vågalt plot for å redde Frankrike fra kongens tyranni- og bare D`antagnan spilt av Gabriel Byrne, står i veien for at de lykkes. Skrevet og regissert av den Oscar nominerte forfatteren av Braveheart (1995), er "Mannen med jernmasken" en fantastisk flott film full av intriger, farer, action og romantikk

Morgan Adams (Geena Davis) og hennes slave, William Shaw (Matthew Modine), er på jakt etter å finne de tre delene som utgjør et skattekart. Uheldigvis er det hennes morderiske onkel Dawg (Frank Langella) som har den siste delen. Mannskapet er skeptisk til hennes lederevner, så hun må absolutt ha den siste delen før de starter et mytteri mot henne. Dette viser seg å bli en enda vanskeligere affære da den britiske kronen setter alt inn for å få slutt på hennes pirattokter.

I dette japanske dramaet, satt på 1700-tallet, kjemper samurai krigere hverandre i deres søken etter en mester i kjølvannet av en Shogun-mandert desentralisering. Et potensielt offer er tvunget til å utføre ritualet med et treblad. Familien hans forsøker å dekke opp hans degraderende dødsfall.

For å unngå opprør og bevare det styret de har overtatt etter Ming-dynastiet, innfører det nye Qing-dynastiet forbud mot praktiseringen av kampsport. Den grådige General Ildvind bestemmer seg for å håndheve forbudet og utnytte det for selv å bli rik. På sitt plyndringstokt tvinger han sivile til å betale bøter, før hans hær eliminerer dem. Men snart møter han uventet motstand, når Fu Quinzhu - rebell og tidligere bøddel i Ming-dynastiet, samler de beste krigerne og skaper et uovervinnelig brorskap: "De syv sverd"! Syv Sverd er et actionfylt episk eventyr om kjærlighet, forræderi, heltemot og ikke minst, fascinerende sverdkunst.

En vårdag i 1607 kommer tre skip med 103 engelskmenn seilende, som de første europeere noen sinne til det amerikanske kontinentet. De kommer for å etablere et kulturelt, religiøst og økonomisk grunnlag langs kysten av det de kaller den nye verden. The New World er et gripende, eventyrlig drama fra den tiden da europeiske oppdagere og Amerikas urinnvånere, indianerne, møttes for første gang. Som et resultat av Jamestown-avtalen i Virginia, fra 1607.

In Japan in the year 1600, at the dawn of a century-defining civil war, Lord Yoshii Toranaga is fighting for his life as his enemies on the Council of Regents unite against him, when a mysterious European ship is found marooned in a nearby fishing village.

The story of a young Louis XIV on his journey to become the most powerful monarch in Europe, from his battles with the fronde through his development into the Sun King. Historical and fictional characters guide us in a world of betrayal and political maneuvering, revealing Versailles in all its glory and brutality.

Tells the legendary story between the Sultan of Kosem and Ahmed I.

Driven by a dream of revenge against those who made her an outcast in Edo-period Japan, a young warrior cuts a bloody path toward her destiny.

Set in 17th century Paris, musketeers Athos, Porthos, Aramis and D'Artagnan are members of an elite band of soldiers who fight for what is just. They are heroes in the truest and most abiding sense – men that can be trusted and believed in to do the right thing, regardless of personal risk.

Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds is an animated cartoon adaptation of the classic Alexandre Dumas story of d'Artagnan and The Three Musketeers. Most of the characters are anthropomorphizations of dogs, hence the title of the cartoon; although there are a few exceptions, most notably Dogtanian's two sidekicks Pip the mouse and Planchet the bear, among several others.

Set in the volatile world of 17th century Massachusetts, 'Salem' explores what really fueled the town's infamous witch trials and dares to uncover the dark, supernatural truth hiding behind the veil of this infamous period in American history. In Salem, witches are real, but they are not who or what they seem.

An English navigator becomes both a player and pawn in complex political games in feudal Japan.

The early 17th Century story of three courageous, dynamic women who leave their dark pasts behind in England, and make the journey of a lifetime across the ocean for a new life in America.

Polish Fanfan, the first Polish series from the "cloak and dagger" - written about the "black cloud" in the press of the 70's. Axis of the plot became a dramatic episodes of the struggle for the maintenance of the Polish Prussia. They remained in feudal depending on the Republic from 1525, when Albrecht Hohenzollern secularized religious state and filed in Krakow tribute to the Polish king.

This classic period drama series follows the fortunes of the aristocratic Lacey family, living peacefully in Arnescote Castle until the onset of the English Civil War in 1640. Sir Martin Lacey, the head of the family, is steadfastly loyal to the King. However the family is torn apart when his eldest daughter Anne weds John Fletcher - son of a merchant family who support the forces of Cromwell.

Series about the life of Renaissance anatomist, scholar and politic Johannes Jessenius. Already legendary series today, was produced by Czechoslovak Television Bratislava, directed by Slovak director Miroslav Luther in the first half of 80's in Barrandov Studios in Prague. The story and screenplay of the series wrote Czech writer Vladimír Körner. Five-episodes epic historical narration is a biographical story of distinguished Renaissance scholar, anatomist and politic of Slovak origin, Johannes Jessenius (Ján Jesenský, 1566–1621). It displays his life from the first studies and successes. In 1594 he became professor of surgery and anatomy on Wittenberg University, which he had attended years before. From that moment, his life went through social and personal wins and losses, to the sad end on the Prague Old Town Square gallows, among 27 noblemen, knights and burgenses, after lose Bohemian Revolt in 1621. His destiny was coupled with key events of Czech history in the break of 16th and 17th century, when Renaissance and European humanism slowly fade out.

Gábor Báthory was the ruler of Principality of Transylvania from 1608 to 1613. The infamous Elisabeth Báthory was his relative. The young Báthory is daring handsome and the idol of women, and triumphantly acquires the throne of Transylvania. The young ruler is the hope of the Transylvanian people, who have long suffered from wars. However, the ambitious Báthory pursues glory. He turns into a deranged tyrant, his best friend, the wise Gábor Bethlen, also becomes his mortal enemy and infuriates the neighboring great powers. Huge armies of the Ottomans, Wallachians, Poles, Hungarians and Cossacks attack Transylvania because of Báthory's adventurism.

In 17th-century Italy, a teenager learns about her destiny among a family of witches, just as her boyfriend's father hunts her down for witchcraft.

Peter the Great is a 1986 NBC television mini-series starring Maximilian Schell as Russian emperor Peter the Great, and based on the biography by Robert K. Massie. It won three Primetime Emmy Awards, including the award for Outstanding Miniseries.

Charles II: The Power and the Passion is an award-winning British television mini-series, broadcast on BBC One in 2003, and produced by the BBC in association with the A&E Network in the United States depicting the reign of Charles II.

There is no power struggle that is more cruel and vicious as among the concubines in a royal palace. Jo So Yong is a beautiful but conniving royal concubine during the Joseon Dynasty who will stop at nothing to win the love and power of King In Jo. Although she is from the lower class, she uses her unparalleled beauty and wit to gain power and control over Joseon, even if it means getting rid of Crown Prince So Hyun so her son can be king. When Lady Jo finally gets the power she wanted, it results in the bloodiest battle.

Crusoe is a television adventure drama based loosely on the novel Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe. The series' 13 episodes aired on NBC during the first half of the 2008–2009 television season. It follows the adventures of Robinson Crusoe: a man who has been shipwrecked on an island for six years and is desperate to return home to his wife and children. His lone companion is Friday, a native whom Crusoe rescued and taught English.

London, 1605. Robert Catesby, a 33-year old Warwickshire gentleman, devises a plot to blow up Parliament and kill the King.