Gaua (The Night)

A 14-year-old orphan named Krabat flees the horrors of the 30 Years War by becoming an apprentice to an ominous master of a mysterious mill. Krabat is not only taught the craft of milling, but is also instructed in the sinister world of the darker arts. When the life of his friend and protector is threatened, Krabat must struggle to fr...

Runtime

2h

Director

Marco Kreuzpaintner

Cast

David Kross, Daniel Brühl, Robert Stadlober

In 17th-century Tuscany, a church play is performed for the benefit of young aristocrat Cosimo. In the play, a grotesque old woman gives birth to a beautiful baby boy. The child's older sister is quick to exploit the situation, selling blessings from the baby, and even claiming she's the true mother by virgin birth. However, when she a...

Runtime

2h 2m

Director

Peter Greenaway

Cast

Julia Ormond, Ralph Fiennes, Philip Stone

Marquise is a drama about the rise and fall of a beauteous actress. As cheerfully portrayed by Sophie Marceau, the eponymous heroine is an engagingly ribald, but perhaps rather too modern, character. She rises from an impoverished background to become a favourite of the Sun King, Louis XIV, and the mistress of the celebrated Racine, wh...

Runtime

1h 51m

Director

Véra Belmont

Cast

Sophie Marceau, Bernard Giraudeau, Lambert Wilson

Set in puritanical Boston in the mid 1600s, the story of seamstress Hester Prynne, who is outcast after she becomes pregnant by a respected reverend. She refuses to divulge the name of the father, is "convicted" of adultery and forced to wear a scarlet "A" until an Indian attack unites the Puritans and leads to a reevaluation of their ...

Runtime

2h 15m

Director

Roland Joffé

Cast

Demi Moore, Gary Oldman, Robert Duvall

A drama about explorer John Smith and the clash between Native Americans and English settlers in the 17th century.

Runtime

2h 31m

Director

Terrence Malick

Cast

Colin Farrell, Q'orianka Kilcher, Christopher Plummer