England, sixteenth century, The Tudors, Henry VIII's Passion - The Tudors, TV series, " recounts the reign and marriages of King Henry VIII. Eager for power and given to the affairs, the young monarch ruled his kingdom as he lived his life without mercy and without control. An untold story of the tyrant and his excesses, whose reign was marked by treachery and intrigue. Director: Michael Hirst (Creator), Ciaran Donnelly, Jeremy Podeswa, Dearbhla Walsh, Steve Shill, Brian Kirk, Alison Maclean, Charles McDougall, Jon Amiel, Colm McCarthy. Cast: Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Sam Neill, Jeremy Northam, Gabrielle Anwar, Henry Cavill, Natalie Dormer, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Henry Czerny, Nick Dunning, Callum Blue, Joe Van Moyland, Kristen Holden-Ried, James Frain, Peter O'Toole, Joely Richardson, Sarah Bolger, Max von Sydow, Joss Stone . Country: Inglaterra.Género: drama. Year: 2007. Duration: 60 min .
England, seventeenth century; Forbidden Beauty: Edward 'Ned' Kynaston (Billy Crudup) is the "artist" England's most famous. Women are prohibited from acting on stage and Ned, taking advantage her beauty and acting talent, has endorsed all the major female roles of the theater scene. But King Charles II (Rupert Everett) is tired of seeing the same artists playing the same tragedies. Since no one ignore your suggestion to improve 'Othello' with a couple of good jokes, decides to encourage the roost allowing females to step on the stage. With a slightly less progressive spirit, decides to turn men to prohibit female roles. All this is good news for the monarch's mistress, the actress Nell Gwyn naughty (Zoë Tapper). And for Maria (Claire Danes), the wardrobe of Kynaston, secretly in love with him and has been operating in secret in a dirty tavern, using the clothes she borrowed her boss's wardrobe. But they are very bad news for Ned, that the overnight falls into a tailspin from his privileged position as one of the "women" most wanted London to become a nobody. Point to the power of spotlight, Ned seems bound to be unclean meat of bars and taverns in the third until Maria, now a rising star, he extends a hand to get back to being a man. Director: Richard Eyre. Country: United Kingdom, Germany and USA. Cast: Billy Crudup. Year: 2004.
Ireland twentieth century Omagh : while north and south of the Irish border population was prepared in June 1998 to vote in a referendum on peace agreement Friday, a small group of dissident Provisional IRA opposed the deal was proposed to carry out an attack of sufficient size as to compel the distance between London and Dublin, to the Unionists leave the peace process and Northern Ireland plunged back into a violent conflict. This group was called Real IRA and carefully chose its target for the attack: Omagh, a small town in which Catholics and Protestants had coexisted without major problems over thirty years of the Troubles. "Omagh" examines the events and aftermath of the bomb attack claimed by the Real IRA on August 15, 1998 that ended with thirty-one lives. It tells the story of the support group and self-help Omagh in their struggle to find the truth of what happened that day. It is also the story of Michael Gallagher (Gerard McSorley), who lost her son of twenty years, Aiden in the explosion, and has become the spokesperson for support. Director: Pete Travis. Country: Ireland and the UK. Starring: Gerard McSorley. Year: 2002.
England, XVI and XVII century; Elizabeth: The Golden Age (Elizabeth: The Golden Age) : tells the story of an era, the story of a woman's struggle to control love, crush enemies and secure her a position as an icon of the western world. Queen Elizabeth I (Cate Blanchett) facing treason within his family and bloodlust for her throne. Isabel is aware of the changing religious in the sixteenth century in Europe, and the powerful English King Philip II (Jordi Molla) is decided on a restore England to Catholicism with the help of its army and dominating armada. Director: Shekhar Kapur. Year: 2007. Country: England. Genre: Period drama. Length: 114 min.
England, XVI and XVII century; -miniseries Elizabeth I, " his military victories and political successes are greeted with enthusiasm by the population, but Parliament and their advisers are losing patience with the lack of decision of the Queen on the choice of husband. All the suitors are rejected, while maintaining a deep and passionate Robert Dudley (Jeremy Irons) and, subsequently, with the ambitious young Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex. Despite the efforts of Parliament to make an issue of State of its obligation to marry, no war, or treason, or the disease gets to break the will of Elizabeth I in its decision not to marry, not to have to cede some power a king consort of the UN. His subjects coin, then, the nickname "Virgin Queen", with which will go down in history. Director: Tom Hooper. Company: US-UK co-production, HBO Films / Channel 4. Genre: drama / biographical. Country: USA. UU. Year: 2005. Length: 223 min.
England, XVI and XVII; Shakespeare in Love (Shakespeare in Love): the young playwright William Shakespeare is preparing a play which the holder thinks "Romeo and Ethel, the daughter of the pirate." But it is not so inspiring. Until essays presented to a young man who calls herself Thomas Kent, and who happens to be a woman disguised (Viola), whose greatest dream in life is to act in the scene. Discovered her identity, Shakespeare falls in love with the girl's hopeless. So that became his muse for a work that will ultimately, Romeo and Juliet. Director: John Madden. Cast: Joseph Fiennes, Gwyneth Paltrow, Geoffrey Rush, Judi Dench, Tom Wilkinson, Antony Sher, Ben Affleck, Imelda Staunton, Colin Firth, Martin Clunes. Country: USA. UU. Production year: 1998. Appropriate audience: young adults. Genre: Romantic. Length: 135 min.
England, late fifteenth century to the early sixteenth century; The Private Life of Henry VIII (The Private Life of Henry VIII) : recreation of the life of the English monarch, who married six times. A winning film for Best Actor Osca that was a great success in America and Europe. Starring: Charles Laughton, Binnie Barnes, Robert Donat, Elsa Lanchester, Merle Oberon, John Loder, Everley Gregg, Wendy Barrie. Year: 1933. Country: United Kingdom. Genre: Drama / Biographical Duration: 87 min.
England, late fourteenth century to the early fifteenth century, Henry V (Henry V) : Henry V, the young king of England, is only a puppet in the hands of the Church: clergy convinced by the invasion of France, decided to go to war to claim the throne the neighboring country. The war culminated in the bloody battle of Agincourt, and little by little, the king must fight increasingly depressed moral of his troops and against his own doubts. Year: 1989. Country: United Kingdom. Director: Kenneth Branagh. Starring: Kenneth Branagh, Emma Thompson, Christian Bale, Paul Scofield, Derek Jacobi, Judi Dench, Ian Holm, Robbie Coltrane, Michael Maloney, Michael Williams, Robert Stephens, Brian Blessed, Richard Briers, Alec McCowen, Geraldine McEwan. Length: 138 min.
England, sixteenth century; Anne of the Thousand Days (Anne of the Thousand Days) : based on the life of Anne Boleyn, who at 18 had to marry the despotic Henry VIII (Work Maxwell Anderson). Director: Charles Jarrott. Starring: Richard Burton, Geneviève Bujold, Irene Papas, Michael Hordern, John Colicos, Katharine Blake, Anthony Quayle, Valerie Gearon, Peter Jeffrey. Country: United Kingdom. Year: 1969. Genre: drama / historical. Length: 145 min.
Britain nineteenth century Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World) : are times of the Napoleonic wars, and now the seas and oceans have become a crucial and strategic battlefield. In the Atlantic the English warship Surprise, captained by "Lucky" Jack Aubrey (Russell Crowe), is suddenly attacked by an enemy warship far superior to him. Aubrey then takes a decisiónmemorable: despite serious damage to Surprise and his loyal crew, among which is the surgeon Stephen Maturin (Paul Bettany), decides to sail, taking serious risks, through two oceans to intercept and capture his foe. It is a mission that can determine the fate of a nation or destroy the captain and his crew face a much better armed privateer and relentless in pursuit of the seas led him across the world. Director: Peter Weir. Country: USA. UU. Year: 2003. Genre: action / adventure. Length: 139 min.
UK final nineteenth early twentieth century; Queen Victoria (The Young Victoria) : recounts the early years of Queen Victoria of England, his ascent to the throne when he was just 18 years old and the legendary romance lived with Prince Albert. Director: Jean-Marc Vallée. Cast: Emily Blunt, Rupert Friend, Paul Bettany, Miranda Richardson, Jim Broadbent, Mark Strong, Thomas Kretschmann. Country: England. Year: 2009. Genre: romance / period drama / historical. Length: 100 min.
England, seventeenth century; Restoration (Restoration) : a few years of austere command of Puritanism, the nation entered a new era dominated by the spirit of the Enlightenment. Thus began an era of scientific, artistic, and large descumbrimientos. In this environment, Robert Merivel (Robert Downey Jr.) is a leading student of medicine, called by King Charles II to join his court. Surrounded by the licentiousness that prevails in the palace, carrying Merivel be left, abandoning their lowest passions. Just wake up to reality when he is expelled by the king and, stripped of their lands, homes and titles. Director: Michael Hoffman. Country: United States, United Kingdom. Year: 1995. Genre: drama. Appropriate audience: young adults. Length: 113 min.
Ireland, Twentieth Century: Michael Collins : Michael Collins (Liam Neeson) was the charismatic leader of the Irish rebellion against British occupiers. With its young gunmen carried out a series of bloody attacks that generated an equally cruel repression. Director: Neil Jordan. Country: USA. UU. Year: 1996. Genre: drama / biography / terrorism. Length: 132 min.
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historical texts:
♦ John Rule - Working Class and Industrialization. History of the British industrial revolution, 1750-1850 
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