Book-to-film adaptations with period settings - Filmium

The Bookshop

Eviction • Northern Ireland • Hardborough • Linear • Adults • Edmund'S Support

2017 • Movie • DE, FR, GB, ES

These Foolish Things

Director • Cheltenham • Playwright • Anjelica Huston • Gloucestershire

2006 • Movie • GB

Great Expectations

Orphan • Romantic Betrayal • Revenge • United States • Class Differences • Stylized

1998 • Movie • US

Belle Époque

Political Backdrop • Family Dynamics • Portugal Villages • Slow-Paced • Fernando'S Romantic Pursuits • Romance

1992 • Movie • ES, FR, PT

Great Expectations

Theatre Characters • Stage Challenge • Closed-Door Show • Theatrical • Theatrical Translation • Inspiring

2013 • Movie • GB

Persuasion

Romantic Leads • Anne Elliot • Ambiguous • Modern Sensibilities • Chaotic • Henry Golding

2022 • Movie • US, GB

Easy Virtue

Social Clash • Marriage In Monaco • English Aristocrat • Average Ratings • 1920S Style • American Outsider

2008 • Movie • GB, CA

The Favourite

Sarah Churchill • Favoritism • Bittersweet • Satirical • Corruption

2018 • Movie • IE, US, GB

Orlando

Queen Elizabeth I • Court Case • Present Day • Nonlinear • Festival Selection • Time-Spanning Life

1992 • Movie • RU, GB, FR, NL, IT

Noble Commitments

Loss Of Reputation • Urban Housing • Aristocratic Women • Weimar Republic • Noble Commitments • Historical Drama

2008 • Movie

Austenland

Deception • Happy Ending • West Wycombe Park • Romance With Actor • Buckinghamshire

2013 • Movie • GB, US

Belle

Kenwood House • Social Class • Isle Of Man • Legal Victory • Portrait Unveiling • Cinematic

2013 • Movie • GB

Atonement

Cecilia Tallis • Bittersweet • War Separation • False Accusation • Period Drama • Golden Globe

2007 • Movie • US, GB, FR

The French Lieutenant's Woman

Moral Divide • Sarah Woodruff • Victorian Society • 1980S Film • Mike • Dartmouth

1981 • Movie • GB

The Romantic Englishwoman

Escape To France • Gangster Chase • Post-War Europe • France • Romantic • Germany

1975 • Movie • GB, FR

Possession

British Museum • Poetry Research • Ambiguous • Period Costumes • 52 Metacritic • Parallel Storytelling

2002 • Movie • US, GB

Bill

Pursuit Of Fame • Spy Intrigue • London • Stratford-Upon-Avon • Theatrical Score • Modest Gross

2015 • Movie • GB

Intimate Affairs

Artists • Professor • Assistants • Thematic • Fictive Dialogues • Lighthearted

2002 • Movie • US, DE

Lust, Caution

Espionage • Shanghai 1942 • Hong Kong 1938 • China • Identity • Patriotism

2007 • Movie • CN, TW, HK, US

The Age of Innocence

Regret • Troy, Ny • Philadelphia • Visual Symbolism • Elmer Bernstein • Victorian Era

1993 • Movie • US

Downton Abbey

1927 • Royal Visit • Yorkshire Estate • Romance • Family Estate • Edwardian Era

2019 • Movie • US, GB

From Time to Time

Tolly • Susan (Ghost Girl) • Ghostly Farewell • Score • War Loss

2010 • Movie

Old Boys

Romantic Pursuit • Popular Athlete • Happy Ending • Modern • United Kingdom • Romantic Comedy

2018 • Movie • SE, GB

Rock Crystal

Villagers • Town Feud • Seasonal Harmony • Adults • Cinematic • Rural Austria

2004 • Movie • DE, AT

Emma

Harriet Smith • Frank Churchill • Romantic Proposal • Period-Accurate • Ewan Mcgregor • Emma Woodhouse

1996 • Movie • US

The Help

Hopeful • White Families • Jackson • Classic Songs • Racial Discrimination

2011 • Movie • AE, US, IN

The End of Old Times

Aristocrat • Rural Locations • Social Class Clash • Based On Novel • Marián Labuda • Adult

1989 • Movie • AZ

Brideshead Revisited

Morocco • Faithful Ending • Lady Marchmain • United Kingdom • Faith Vs. Atheism • Sebastian'S Alcoholism

2008 • Movie • MA, GB, IT

Tea with Mussolini

Florence • Tea With Mussolini • Fascist Italy • Ambiguous Pacing • Period-Piece • Jewish Passport Smuggling

1999 • Movie • GB, IT

Imperial

Empowerment • Battlefield • Hopeful • Historical Re-Enactment • Visual Storytelling • Romantic Longing

2021 • Short • CH