Der Traum von Romantik einer amerikanischen Jungfer wird schließlich zu bittersüßer Realität, als sie während ihres Urlaubs in Venedig einen gutaussehenden, aber verheirateten Italiener kennenlernt.
Nachdem König Ahmad von den bösen Jaffar betrogen und aus Bagdad vertrieben wurde, schließt er sich mit einem Dieb namens Abu zusammen, um seinen Thron, die Stadt und die Prinzessin, die er liebt, zurückzufordern.
The story of a century: a decades-long second World War leaves plague and anarchy, then a rational state rebuilds civilization and attempts space travel.
Paris, 1792: After France becomes a republic, aristocrats are guillotined. The English Sir Percy tries to save as many as he can as The Scarlet Pimpernel in disguises.
A British Army officer resigns, burning his last-day summons to war in the Sudan. Accusing him of cowardice, his girlfriend and three friends give him white feathers. To gain redemption, he shadows his friends to save their lives.
A butler working in a foreign embassy in London falls under suspicion when his wife accidentally falls to her death, the only witness being an impressionable young boy.
Der Witwer Henry Hobson ist ein erfolgreicher Schuhmacher und ein tyrannischer Vater von drei Töchtern, die alle heiraten wollen, aber er weigert sich, weil die Heiratstraditionen von ihm verlangen, Abfindungen zu zahlen.
During the turmoil of the French Revolution, English aristocrat Percy Blakeney, often aided by his League of friends, secretly undertakes various daring missions as the Scarlet Pimpernel.
Der Ehemann einer jungen Frau kehrt verwundet aus dem Ersten Weltkrieg zurück. Angesichts eines Lebens mit einem Mann, der nicht mehr in der Lage ist, sich sexuell zu betätigen, beginnt sie eine Affäre mit dem Hausmeister
During the reign of Elizabeth I, a young man's fervent devotion to the crown and to his sweetheart, a lady-in-waiting, lead him to battle for England's victory over the Spanish Armada in 1588.
In London's working-class East End, a young boy is told a story by a neighbor that a unicorn can grant wishes. The hopeful boy buys a baby goat, believing it to be a real unicorn, and sets about to prove that it can bring fortune.
The story deals with Gloria Vanderbilt's difficult coming-of-age when, at eleven, she was a pawn in a custody battle between her sybaritic mother and her aunt.
Russian Captain defects to England, not for politics but due to gender discrimination. English Captain ordered to sell capitalism. Defector argues communism better. They fall in love despite KGB attempts to retrieve her.
The schoolgirls of St. Trinian's are more interested in racing forms than books; as they try to get rich quick, they are abetted by the headmistress' brother.
Sergeant Jack Hardacre returns from the war to his contemptible fiancée Janey Jenkins intending to reconcile with her against all odds. But he falls in love with a charming new lodger Milly Southern instead.
