Period pieces on Netflix

Ambientado en la Segunda Guerra Mundial, un cremador demente cree que la cremación alivia el sufrimiento terrenal y se propone salvar el mundo.

En la estación de un pueblo, un aprendiz de controlador de tráfico ferroviario ansía su primer encuentro sexual, y se disgusta cuando resulta no poder desempeñar el acto.

País Vasco, 1609. Los hombres de la región se han ido lejos por el mar. Amaia, 20 años, participa por primera vez a una fiesta en el bosque, por la noche, con otras chicas de la aldea. Al amanecer son arrestadas.

Una familia de la Nueva Inglaterra de 1630 se ve desgarrada por las fuerzas de la brujería, la magia negra y la posesión.

Dos hermanos gemelos se rebelan contra la tiranía en la Italia prerromana y luego se separan al guiar a su pueblo hacia la fundación de una nueva ciudad.

After Saladin's victory over the King of Jerusalem, a peace treaty is signed between them, but the commander of the Crusader army, Renaud de Chatillon, slaughters a group of pilgrims going to Mecca. Saladin then decides to take revenge.

The story is set in the 12th century in Arab-ruled Spanish province Andalusia, where famed philosopher Averroes is appointed grand judge by the caliph and his liberal court judgments are not liked by everyone. The caliph's political rivals, centered around the leader of a fanatical Islamic sect, force the caliph to send Averroes into exile, but his ideas keep on living thanks to his students.

Una mirada a los últimos días del famoso autor William Shakespeare.

Nero is on holiday at the seaside. Poppea, Seneca and many other guests are with him. Nero is preparing a great show where he will be the star. When Agrippina, his mother, arrives with her German praetorians and decides Nero has to conquer Britain, she is asking for trouble. Many attempts of murder and poisoning will happen on the eve of his great show.

The movie starts with a silent section of slapsticks in BLUE and white and with piano music, giving an outline of Karin's rise and fall. The rest is normal B&W movie. Karin does not belong to the nobility but nevertheless marries the mentally ill king Erik XIV and becomes queen of Sweden. The king's skilled counsellor Göran Persson wants a royal policy supporting the people and supported by it. But in relation to the nobility the king oscillates between provocative strength and unpredictable weakness. Göran arranges that some very powerful noblemen are killed. Subsequently the king tries to have them convicted of high treason by the parliament. He forgets the manuscript, mixes up all facts, and the noblemen are acquitted. But Göran speedily gathers another parliament and has them convicted. Meanwhile Erik apologises because of the unjust murders. Hence Erik is dethroned and imprisoned. Göran is executed. Karin is restricted to a castle in Finland. In the prison Erik believes that he is still the king and gives the guards presents such as all fishes in the Baltic Sea.

El samurai Manji es inmortal tras una batalla legendaria. Obsesionado con el asesinato de su hermana, lucha contra el mal. Promete ayudar a una niña a vengar a sus padres. Es la 100.ª película del director Takashi Miike.

Rome, 1800. Rugantino is a fool in love that rages eternal, though he is very unlucky in love stories and fruitful occasions.

Un montañés que vive aislado en la montaña compra una esposa para aliviar su soledad.

Drama about the difficult early years of Danish writer of fairy tales Hans Christian Andersen.

En 1901 Marcela Gracia tomó la identidad de Mario Sánchez para casarse con su amor de 15 años, Elisa Sánchez, siendo esta la primera unión entre dos mujeres en España.

An adaptation of Hjalmar Söderberg's novel "The Serious Game" from 1912. The great Swedish love story.

A drama about mental disease, faith, and doubt.

Un ingeniero con talento huye de sus austeras raíces para perseguir la riqueza y el éxito entre la élite de Copenhague, pero el orgullo que lo impulsa amenaza con ser su ruina.

Un relato sobre el hombre más alto del mundo, un inquietante drama de época en euskera centrado en la rivalidad fraternal.

In 1888 Amsterdam, a stubborn violin maker and his pharmacist cousin face hardship and tragedy as they oppose the powerful businessmen who plan to force him from his house and erect a luxurious new hotel in its place.

Young vicar Mr. Paul arrives at the Faroe Islands to take up a benefice, and meets the young Barbara, twice married to vicars, and with both husbands laid cold in the grave. Despite the warnings of the surrounding community and his own religious scruples, he falls victim to Barbara's at once innocent and sinful charm. The appearance of the charming and gallant Andreas Heide in Thorshavn puts their love to the severest of tests.

A salesman and his son sexually abuse the generations of women of a poor family as payment for debt. Janni must see his mother, sister, niece and wife all being exploited, and the family grow bigger with the abuser's kids.

Set in early 19th century Romania, a policeman, Costandin, is hired by a nobleman to find a Gypsy slave who has run away from his estate after having an affair with his wife.

An evocation of the childhood memories of Bohumil Hrabal in his provincial town of Nymburk, dominated by the local brewery.

Anything is possible in Warsaw rising from the war rubble in 1953. The omnipresent uncertainty, denunciations, and the sense of constant surveillance are tamed with the help of vodka and good company. A renowned writer, Mister T. lives in a hotel for authors and makes a living by giving extra lessons. One day, a young countryside man moves into the next-door flat with big dreams of working as a journalist. Mister T. becomes his mentor and teacher. The pace of the protagonist's life quickens once the authorities begin to suspect him of an evil wish to blow up the Palace of Culture and Science, and Secret Police agents start to watch every move he makes. It is hard to stay serious in this ridiculous reality.