18th Century Based Movies

Other than the Patriot and Last of the Mohicans, what other movies are there that feature 18th Century warfare?

Barry Lyndon is a good one,as well as Rob Roy,The Sovereign Servant, and The Revolution (from 1985 featuring Al Pacino)

Master and Commander maybe, but I'm not completely sure on the date it is based on.

[EDIT] It's during the Napoleonic Wars just checked it. Been awhile since I've seen it. Early 19th century close enough?

Originally Posted by El Churro

Master and Commander maybe, but I'm not completely sure on the date it is based on.

[EDIT] It's during the Napoleonic Wars just checked it. Been awhile since I've seen it. Early 19th century close enough?

I guess early 19th Century works. Keep bringing the movies on.

Same with the Hornblower itv series as well + the gregory peck Hornblower film (I think!).

PS avoid the Patriot at all costs - a truly %££" & unrealistic film

Originally Posted by Markmilan

PS avoid the Patriot at all costs - a truly %££" & unrealistic film

Well IMO. The movie is actually quite realistic at some scene. Also the movie plot involve the battle of cowpen
And the battle of Yorktown. Both in which the American archive decisive victory. Despite having a little bias on it. I'd say this movie is worth checking out

Originally Posted by Holman

Well IMO. The movie is actually quite realistic at some scene. Also the movie plot involve the battle of cowpen
And the battle of Yorktown. Both in which the American archive decisive victory. Despite having a little bias on it. I'd say this movie is worth checking out

The only thing I wonder is if the British were really that Nazi S.S. on colonists or not, locking people in a church and burning it down seems a little much to me.

Aside from one earlier suggestion, anyone know of any films centering on Prussia?

Originally Posted by Markmilan

PS avoid the Patriot at all costs - a truly %££" & unrealistic film

Meh. I just watch it for the fun of watching a movie.

Even I can tell it's all inaccurate.

The Nazis in 1942 produced: Der Große König directed by Veit Harlan (The Great King; historical drama about King Frederick the Great of Prussia)

Waterloo is a good one but its in the napolic era but i like it. They got to make a new one

Some of the other films according to Wiki at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Categor...e_18th_century include:

Clive of India is a 1935 drama film based on Robert, Lord Clive's historical biography. It was written by R.J. Minney and W.P. Lipscomb and directed by Richard Boleslawski.
Der alte und der junge König (The Old and the Young King) is a German historical film by Hans Steinhoff, made under Nazi rule in 1935.
Barry Lyndon is a 1975 British-American period romantic war film produced, written, and directed by Stanley Kubrick based on the 1844 novel The Luck of Barry Lyndon by William Makepeace Thackeray which recounts the exploits of an 18th century Irish adventurer.
The Elusive Pimpernel is a 1950 British period adventure film by the British-based director-writer team of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, based on the novel The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Emmuska Orczy.
Fridericus is a 1937 German historical film directed by Johannes Meyer and starring Otto Gebühr, Hilde Körber and Lil Dagover.[1] It is based on the life of Frederick II of Prussia.
Konjanik (English: Horseman) is a 2003 Croatian film directed by Branko Ivanda. It is based on the works of Ivan Aralica. The movie takes place in the early 18th century on the borders between Bosnia and Dalmatia, the crossroad between the Ottoman Empire and the Republic of Venice.
La tulipe noire (The Black Tulip) was only loosely based on the novel of the same name[1] by Alexandre Dumas.
John Paul Jones is a 1959 biographical epic film about John Paul Jones.
Nederland en Oranje is a 1913 Dutch silent historical drama film directed by Louis H. Chrispijn. The film features nineteen short pieces with themes from Dutch national history and was made to celebrate the Dutch Kingdom.
Rob Roy is a 1995 historical drama film directed by Michael Caton-Jones. Liam Neeson stars as Robert Roy MacGregor, an 18th century Scottish historical figure who battles with feudal landowners in the Scottish Highlands.
The Scarlet Empress is a 1934 historical drama film made by Paramount Pictures about the life of Catherine the Great. It was directed and produced by Josef von Sternberg from a screenplay by Eleanor McGeary, loosely based on the diary of Catherine arranged by Manuel Komroff. Substantial historical liberties are taken.
Swashbuckler is a romantic adventure film produced in the U.S. by Universal Studios and released in 1976. It is a story that takes place in Jamaica in 1718 about a band of buccaneer pirates, led by Captain “Red” Ned Lynch, pitted against a greedy overlord, evil Lord Durant. Durant has ruthlessly imprisoned his Lord High Justice and mercilessly evicted his wife and daughter Jane Barnet who eventually attempts a rescue with Lynch’s help.

The Corssing is an American Revolution War Movie about the battle of Trenton.

The Crossing does not really revovle around Prussians but it involves Hessians from the Principality states of Hesse-Cassel, Hesse-Hannu and other Hessen places, also includes info on the other Gemrans recurited as mercinaries.

I found the crossing really bad (especially the depiction of the "Hessians" and the "american" german they speak *g*).

There's an HBO miniseries about "John Adams". I don't know if it contains a lot of warfare, but the few bits that I've seen of it seemed quite well-made. I don't live in America, so I can't watch it online, and I can't buy the DVD either (stupid DVD-regions!). For example, I really liked the audience with king George:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gbhzr...eature=feedlik

PS: And I have to mention the film with the best (although very short) 18th century street scene: the Perfume.

Originally Posted by Avanquest

The Corssing is an American Revolution War Movie about the battle of Trenton.

The Crossing does not really revovle around Prussians but it involves Hessians from the Principality states of Hesse-Cassel, Hesse-Hanau and other Hessen places, also includes info on the other Gemrans recurited as mercinaries.

Hessians and Prussians have as much in common as Prussians and French though.
And yes, the "German" that American actors sometimes have to speak in Hollywood movies to sound more "authentic" is absolutely cringeworthy. The most embarrassing example I've found so far is Kevin Bacon in X-Men First Class. I could hardly understand what he was saying. Honourable mentions go to Die Hard ...
BTW, this is where Barry Lyndon shows its class (again). The film has quite a few passages in German and French, and at least the German part was well done, probably because those actors were native speakers (or actually skilled at foreign languages). It also has Prussians.

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The Sharpe TV series are good for Napoleonic.

They seek him here, they seek him there,
Those Frenchies seek him everywhere!
Is he in heaven? Or is he in hell?
That damn, elusive, Pimpernel!

On this topic...does anybody know of a movie of the Great Northern War that isn't in Russian?

I'd recommend the Mini Series about the French Revolution, produced for its 200th anniversary:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098238/

It features also the war between revolutionary France against its foreign enemies.

Pirates of the Caribean.