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Witchfinder General(1968)

NR
| 1h 27min | Drama, History, Horror
3.3/5 (with 93 votes)

England, 1645. The cruel civil war between Royalists and Parliamentarians that is ravaging the country causes an era of chaos and legal arbitrariness that allows unscrupulous men to profit by exploiting the absurd superstitions of the peasants; like Matthew Hopkins, a monster disguised as a man who wanders from town to town offering his services as a witch hunter.

Directed by Michael Reeves - With Vincent Price, Ian Ogilvy, Hilary Dwyer, Rupert Davies, Robert Russell, Wilfrid Brambell, ...

A Field in England(2013)

NR
| 1h 30min | Drama, History, Horror, Thriller, Comedy, Adventure, Fantasy
3.2/5 (with 104 votes)

During the Civil War in 17th-Century England, a small group of deserters flee from a raging battle through an overgrown field. They are captured by an alchemist, who forces the group to aid him in his search to find a hidden treasure that he believes is buried in the field. Crossing a vast mushroom circle, which provides their first meal, the group quickly descend into a chaos of arguments, fighting and paranoia, and, as it becomes clear that the treasure might be something other than gold, they slowly become victim to the terrifying energies trapped inside the field.

Directed by Ben Wheatley - With Julian Barratt, Michael Smiley, Reece Shearsmith, Peter Ferdinando
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Cromwell(1970)

G
| 2h 19min | Drama, History, War
3.3/5 (with 37 votes)

Disgusted with the policies of King Charles I, Oliver Cromwell plans to take his family to the New World. But on the eve of their departure, Cromwell is drawn into the tangled web of religion and politics that will result in the English Civil War.

Directed by Ken Hughes - With Richard Harris, Alec Guinness, Robert Morley, Nigel Stock, Geoffrey Keen, Michael Jayston, ...
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To Kill a King(2003)

1h 42min | Drama, Action, Adventure
3.0/5 (with 24 votes)

A recounting of the relationship between General Fairfax and Oliver Cromwell, as they try to cope with the consequences of deposing King Charles I.

Directed by Mike Barker - With Tim Roth, Dougray Scott, Olivia Williams, James Bolam, Rupert Everett, Corin Redgrave, ...

The Scarlet Blade(1963)

1h 24min | Adventure
2.7/5 (with 8 votes)

A 1964 British action adventure film from Hammer studios. The Scarlet Blade is set during the english civil war. A cruel Roundhead Colonel is on the trail of royalist sympathisers, but unaware of his daughters royalist sympathies. When she falls into a love triangle with Cavalier Edward Beverly and Roundhead officer Captain Sylvester the stage is set for double crossing and derring do.

Directed by John Gilling - With Lionel Jeffries, Oliver Reed, John Harvey, Michael Byrne, Robert Riettii, John Stuart, ...

Lorna Doone(1951)

1h 28min | Drama, Romance / Love
2.2/5 (with 3 votes)

An English farmer leads a village uprising against their corrupt landlords.

Directed by Phil Karlson - With Richard Greene, Barbara Hale, Carl Benton Reid, Ron Randell, Sean McClory, Onslow Stevens, ...

The Moonraker(1958)

1h 22min | Action, Adventure
3.6/5 (with 3 votes)

After the battle of Worcester at the end of the Civil War, the main aim of Oliver Cromwell's Commonwealth is to capture Charles Stuart. The future king's escape depends on the intrepid Earl of Dawlish, who as the Moonraker has already spirited away many Royalists. Dawlish travels to the Windwhistle Inn on the south coast to prepare the escape, where he meets Anne Wyndham, the fiancée of a top Roundhead colonel.

Directed by David MacDonald - With George Baker, Sylvia Syms, Marius Goring

Bellini: I Puritani(2007)

2h 35min | Drama, Music

Soprano Anna Netrebko took New York by storm when she performed the role of the fragile Puritan maiden Elvira. Her daring take on the heroine’s famous mad scene earned her rapturous standing ovations from sold-out houses night after night. Overflowing with ravishing arias and ensembles, this bel canto gem also stars Eric Cutler as Elvira’s love Arturo, Franco Vassallo as her suitor Riccardo, and John Relyea as her uncle Giorgio.

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