Movies / TV Series Set in 1901 - 1914 (pre-WW1)

The friendship between two orphans endures even though they grow up on opposite sides of the law and fall in love with the same woman.

Gabriel Conroy and wife Gretta attend an early January dinner with friends at the home of his spinster aunts, an evening which results in an epiphany for both of them.

Max Liebermann, a medical student and protegé of Sigmund Freud, helps Detective Rheinhardt in the investigation of a series of disturbing murders around 1900s Vienna.

Joseph Conrad and three other notorious artists wake up after a crazy party with a dead man on their couch with no clue who he was, why he's dead, or why the gendarme is knocking at the door.

The story follows Anton whose top priority is to complete his training as a cavalry officer. During training he orders his platoon to help Baron and he meets the Baron's daughter Edith who has been in an accident.

At the turn of the 20th century, a young orphan named Andreas Egger is sent to a valley where he will spend most of his life. Over eight decades, his life will be marked by poverty, war and violence, but also moments of bliss and love.

In 1907, the miners in Sulitjelma in Fauske in Nordland made a famous rebellion against greedy mine owners.

A Parisian courtesan flees to Rome to protect her reputation when her daughter's learning disability could become exposed. There she meets Maria Montessori, who is pioneering a teaching method that may help the child.

The story of competitive swimmer Gertrude Ederle, who, in 1926, was the first woman to ever swim across the English Channel.

In 1928 Paris, choreographer Ida Rubinstein commissions Maurice Ravel to compose the music for her next ballet. Facing a crisis of inspiration, the composer revisits his life and dedicates himself to create a universal masterpiece, Bolero.

In 1903 St. Petersburg, Kseniya and Stesha are forced into prostitution. Trapped by their controller, they find solace in their inner strength and yearning for freedom, which may help them escape their dire circumstances.

1906. Pyotr Stolypin, newly appointed Minister of Internal Affairs of the Russian Empire, arrives in St. Petersburg. A group of maximalist revolutionaries is developing a plan to kill the "enemy of the revolution." But how to get close to such an important person? Who will emerge victorious in this confrontation - fanatical, self-righteous supporters of the revolution, ready to lay down their lives in the name of alleviating the plight of oppressed workers and peasants, or the all-powerful chairman of the cabinet, working tirelessly to restore order in a country torn apart by political violence.