Nøkkelord 16th Century

Etter å ha fulgt kartet til den legendariske gullbyen i Den nye verden, blir et par spanske svindlere tatt for å være guder – og tar seg raskt vann over hodet.

Denne versjonen av historien om Askepott gir nytt liv til en gammel legende og får oss til å tro på den sterkeste trolldommen av alle: menneskehjertets kraft. Et fortryllende eventyr om å ha mot til å få drømmer til å gå i oppfyllelse. Danielle, den "moderne" unge kvinnen fra 1700-tallet, er like selvstendig og klok som hun er vakker og snill. Mot enorme odds gjør hun opprør mot sin intrigante stemor og gjør underverker for alle rundt seg, blant annet Frankrikes kronprins.

Filmen handler om Dronning Elizabeth I som ble dronning av England bare 25 år gammel, etter at hennes søster døde. Under hennes tid som dronning opplevde England en storhetstid; Shakespeare skrev seg inn i historien som en verdens største dramatikere, Sir Francis Drake slo ned den fryktede spanske armada, og engelskemnene var igjen herskere på havet...

Mary Stuart ble dronning av Frankrike i en alder av 16 år, men da hun ble enke kort tid senere vendte hun hjem igjen til Skottland, hvor hun hadde tilbrakt barndommen. Som eneste gjenlevende barn av James V, gjorde hun krav på den skotske tronen. Men hun siktet høyere enn det, og ble snart en trussel for sin slektning, Dronning Elizabeth I av England. Den historiske maktkampen, preget av konspirasjoner, begjær og tragedie, skildres i denne Oscar-nominerte filmen, med Saorise Ronanen (Lady Bird, Brooklyn) og Margot Robbie (I, Tonya) i hovedrollene.

Unge Will Shakespeare er en fremadstormende forfatter som uheldigvis har blitt rammet av alle forfatteres forbannelse - skrivtørke. Komedien han skriver på, den heller klønete titulerte Romeo and Ethel the Pirate's Daughter, kommer ingen vei, og teateret hvor stykket skal settes opp trues med å bli stengt. Will trenger inspirasjon. Og dét er nøyaktig hva han får, i form av den vakre Viola de Lesseps - kvinnen som under dekke av å være mann har fått hovedrollen i Wills teaterstykke. Men kjærlighetens veier er tornfulle for den unge Shakespeare, for etter befaling av Dronning Elizabeth skal Viola gifte seg med den følelseskalde Lord Wessex. Gleder og tragedier fra Wills eget liv finner veien ned på papiret i denne rørende, morsomme og romantiske historien.

The adventures of a young Spanish boy named Esteban who joins a voyage to the New World in search of the lost Cities of Gold and his father.

The Tudors is a history-based drama series following the young, vibrant King Henry VIII, a competitive and lustful monarch who navigates the intrigues of the English court and the human heart with equal vigor and justifiable suspicion.

At the age of 26, when his reign began, Sultan Süleyman sought to build an empire more powerful than Alexander the Great and to render the Ottomans invincible. Throughout his 46-year reign, his fame as the greatest warrior and ruler of his age spreads both to the East and West. With his companion Pargalı İbrahim, Süleyman achieves great victories, and makes his name known in the Muslim World. Süleyman called İbrahim his brother, friend and advisor. The television series shows Süleyman's consolidation of his power: Pargalı İbrahim being grand minister of state, reinforcing the rule of law throughout the empire, meeting foreign diplomats, and preparing for military campaigns, all set against the backdrop of the tension between Christian Europe and the Ottoman Empire.

Jodha Akbar is an epic drama about a sixteenth century story of the political marriage of convenience between a Mughal emperor Abu'l-Fath Jalal ud-din Muhammad Akbar and a Rajput princess Jodha Bai. The show focuses on how their political marriage brings love between them to an extent that it changed the fate of India. This period drama also portrays the wars of that time along with the relations between the Mughals and the Rajputs. The drama also focuses on the functioning of the queens, the courts, courtesans, the ministers and their influence on the love story of Jalal ud-din Muhammad Akbar and Jodha Bai. The show also highlights on how Mughal emperor Jalal ud-din Muhammad acquires the title of Akbar from the people.

Mary, Queen of Scots, faces political and sexual intrigue in the treacherous world of the French court.

England in the 1520s is a heartbeat from disaster. If the King dies without a male heir, the country could be destroyed by civil war. Henry VIII wants to annul his marriage of twenty years and marry Anne Boleyn. The Pope and most of Europe oppose him. Into this impasse steps Thomas Cromwell: a wholly original man, a charmer, and a bully, both idealist and opportunist, astute in reading people, and implacable in his ambition. But Henry is volatile: one day tender, one day murderous. Cromwell helps him break the opposition, but what will be the price of his triumph?

Admiral Yi Sun-shin, who led the Joseon Navy to a myth of invincibility during the Hideyoshi invasion, was a true soldier and leader who struggled to protect people. Drama Yi Sun-shin is not a biography of Admiral Yi Sun-shin, nor does it inetnd to reconstruct a part of the Joseon Dynasty that existed in the 16th century. This drama will merely look into many human beings, incliuding Yi Sun-shin, who underwent an extreme situation. It is not just a historical drama series. It’s rather about human nature that makes both of the war and peace. It is a Korean version of “War and Peace” in 21st century. No hero has ever been sent by heaven. He has emerged as one ultimately after undergoing a lifelong process. Drama Yi Sun-shin is designed to shed a new light upon him as a human being.

In this zombie thriller set in Korea's medieval Joseon dynasty which has been defeated by corruption and famine, a mysterious rumor of the king’s death spreads, as does a strange plague that renders the infected immune to death and hungry for flesh. The crown prince, fallen victim to a conspiracy, sets out on a journey to unveil the evil scheme and save his people.

The beautiful Spanish princess, Catherine of Aragon, navigates the royal lineage of England with an eye on the throne.

This drama depicts the in-fighting between women in the palace from the reign of Jungjong to Injong, particularly the power struggle featuring Queen Munjeong and Jung Nan Jung, her sister-in-law, and the way they pulled the strings behind the scenes.

Gird your loins for the tragic tale of Lady Jane Grey, the young Tudor noblewoman who was Queen of England for nine days and then beheaded, back in good ol’ 1553. Actually... f*ck that. We’re retelling history the way it should have happened: the damsel in distress saves herself. This is an epic tale of true love and high adventure set in an alt-universe of action, history, fantasy, comedy, romance, and rompy-pompy. Buckle up.

Follows Lucía de Avellaneda as she celebrates her engagement party with the Marquis of Peñarrosa, but her fiancée receives a letter from a woman claiming to be her mother requesting her to come to her deathbed.

Comedy about the life and times of William Shakespeare as he starts to make a name for himself in London, whilst also trying to balance life as a husband and father for his family in Stratford-upon-Avon.

Jingbirok, the name of a book written by real-life Joseon historian and scholar Ryu Seong Ryong (Kim Sang Joong),detailing the Imjin War (1592-1598). The drama will be a telling of historical events with the scholar as the central character, in the samevein as “Jung Do Jun”(who influenced the founding of the Joseon dynasty). Ryu Seong Ryong was an official who served during King Seonjo’s reign in the late 16th century. He was a brilliant Confucian scholar who was put in charge of military operations during the Imjin War, and greatly influenced AdmiralLee Soon Shin.

The First Circumvallation Around the World, tracking the 1519–22 voyage initiated by Ferdinand Magellan and culminated by Juan Sebastián Elcano.

Years after Spanish conquistador Pedro de Heredia betrayed her people and broke her heart, indigenous woman Catalina reenters his life to get revenge.

Sir Francis Drake was a British adventure television series starring Terence Morgan as Sir Francis Drake, commander of the sailing ship the Golden Hind. As well as battles at sea, sword fights, the series also deals with intrigue at Elizabeth's court, often caused by Spaniard, Mendoza.

Dynamic reenactments and expert commentaries bring to life the tumultuous history and power struggles of a warring 16th-century feudal Japan.

The Virgin Queen explores the full sweep of Elizabeth's life: from her days of fear as a potential victim of her sister's terror; through her great love affair with Robert Dudley; into her years of triumph over the Armada; and finally her old age and her last, enigmatic relationship with her young protégé, the Earl of Essex.

The Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés arrives in the shores of what today is Mexico and faces both local demons and those who have sailed with him.