Jeanne Vaubernier, fille du peuple avide de s’élever socialement, met à profit ses charmes pour sortir de sa condition. Son amant le comte Du Barry, qui s’enrichit largement grâce aux galanteries lucratives de Jeanne, souhaite la présenter au Roi. Il organise la rencontre via l’entremise de l’influent duc de Richelieu. Celle-ci dépasse ses attentes : entre Louis XV et Jeanne, c’est le coup de foudre… Avec la courtisane, le Roi retrouve le goût de vivre – à tel point qu’il ne peut plus se passer d’elle et décide d’en faire sa favorite officielle. Scandale : personne ne veut d’une fille des rues à la Cour.
In 19th century New York high society, a young lawyer falls in love with a woman separated from her husband, while he is engaged to the woman's cousin.
Bathory is based on the legends surrounding the life and deeds of Countess Elizabeth Bathory known as the greatest murderess in the history of mankind. Contrary to popular belief, Elizabeth Bathory was a modern Renaissance woman who ultimately fell victim to men’s aspirations for power and wealth.
En novembre 1932, dans leur manoir anglais de Gosford Park, Sir William McCordle et son épouse Lady Sylvia accueillent de distingués parents et invités pour une partie de chasse. Pendant que les convives prennent leurs aises dans les chambres et les salons somptueux, les domestiques de la maison et les serviteurs de chaque invité s'installent dans les appartements du sous-sol et se mettent au travail, non sans épier leurs riches employeurs et souvent médire sur eux. De petites intrigues se nouent, des incidents se produisent et des tensions se font jour, autant entre les maîtres qu'entre les serviteurs, levant parfois le voile sur les secrets des uns et des autres. Puis un soir, après un repas qui a mal tourné, Sir William est retrouvé assassiné dans son cabinet.
Writer Harry Street reflects on his life as he lies dying from an infection while on safari in the shadow of Mount Kilimanjaro.
When 5 allied generals are captured in Italy in WWII, it is a propaganda nightmare for the allies. The generals are all 1 star and refuse to take orders from each other in order to plan an escape. Harry Frigg is a private who has escaped from the guard house dozens of times. He is promoted to Major General and ordered to get the generals out once he is captured. Harry is willing to escape, but then he meets the countess...
Victor and Hillary are down on their luck to the point that they allow tourists to take guided tours of their castle. But Charles Delacro, a millionaire oil tycoon, visits, and takes a liking to more than the house. Soon, Hattie Durant gets involved and they have a good old fashioned love triangle.
A countess from Transylvania seeks a psychiatrist’s help to cure her vampiric cravings.
A troubled and neurotic Italian Countess betrays her entire country for a self-destructive love affair with an Austrian Lieutenant.
In France of the late 19th century, the wife of a wealthy general, the Countess Louise, sells the earrings her husband gave her on their wedding day to pay off debts; she claims to have lost them. Her husband quickly learns of the deceit, which is the beginning of many tragic misunderstandings, all involving the earrings, the general, the countess, & her new lover, the Italian Baron Donati.
During a press conference, international star Nina remembers simpler times, flashing back to her days as a maid in a run-down Italian hotel. As a young woman, Nina befriends Contessa Sanziani, an elderly woman who entertains Nina with memories of her vibrant, wealthy life with Count Sanziani. Inspired by her tales of success, young Nina fantasizes about her own adventures and seeks to find the same excitement in her life.
The Count sets out to make a private room for him and his Countess, built in such a way no one can see, hear, and most importantly, disturb them. But unbeknownst to the Count, his wife has set her eyes on the court minstrel. Based on Edgar Allan Poe's “The Cask of Amontillado” and Honoré de Balzac's “La Grande Breteche”.
Martine Bressac is released from a psychiatric clinic after a year's treatment and is driven home by her chauffeur, Mathias. She is welcomed by the demented hunchbacked gardener Malou and the mute servant girl Adèle, and impatiently demands the key to her mysterious private chamber. There, set out like exhibits in a waxwork, are the bodies of beautiful girls frozen in postures of terror on the point of death. With Mathias' help, Martine has just added another girl, a prostitute, to her collection when her husband and accomplice, Charles, arrives home with slides of a further prospective victim: Cécile the virginal daughter of a diplomat...
An American goes to pre-war Germany to find his mother and discovers her in a concentration camp. With the help of an American-born widowed countess he seeks to engineer her escape.
An anthology, based on the comics of the same name by Glenn Danzig, in which the erotic and horrific combine to create multiple ghoulish tales of bloodlust, murder, the occult and the forbidden.
A troupe of beautiful dancers find themselves stranded in a sinister castle, not knowing it is home to a group of vampires.
An eccentric Parisian woman's optimistic perception of life begins to sound more rational than the rather traditional beliefs of others.
An Englishman in France unwittingly is placed into the identity, and steps into the vacated life, of a look-alike French nobleman.
An engaged attorney and a divorcee fall for each other in 1870s Manhattan.
When war is declared in 1914, glamorous Russian Carla Vanirska manages to get to Vienna from Luxembourg, with the help of Captain Rudolph Ritter of the Austrian army. Meanwhile, Ritter is assigned to detect the identity of a spy.