I midten af 1800-tallet fostrer gentlemantyven Edward Pierce en storstilet plan. Han vil begå historiens første og største røveri fra et kørende tog.
Søstrene Elinor og Marianne kunne ikke være mere forskellige. Storesøster Elinor er pragmatisk og velovervejet, mens Marianne er romantisk og impulsiv. Begge møder kærligheden, men i England omkring år 1800 er der intet vigtigere end penge og social status. Og pigerne mister begge dele, da deres far pludselig dør, og familien må flytte fra sit gods. Emma Thompson fik en Oscar for sit manuskript til Ang Lee's skønne Jane Austen-filmatisering, der også modtog Berlin-festivalens Guldbjørn.
A magician who has been turned into a raven turns to a former sorcerer for help.
In late XIX century, rich and bored Maria (Paola Senatore) is after a more sexually interesting life and gets involved with Alessio who shows her other kinds of love. She soon becomes his sex slave but some unexpected consequences will arise from her desperate search for sexual fulfillment.
Buster Keaton gets involved in a series of misunderstandings involving a horse and cart. Eventually he infuriates every cop in the city when he accidentally interrupts a police parade.
An upper class drawing room. A gentleman breaks the curtain pole and goes in search of a replacement, but he stops into a pub first. He buys a very long pole, and causes havoc everywhere he passes, accumulating an ever-growing entourage chasing him, until he escapes them through a bit of movie magic, only to discover that the pole has already been replaced.
Colonial troops greet London's new Lord Mayor in a patriotic wartime ceremony.