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Plot Summary:
Through a twenty-first century lens, the series explores the dark, manipulative and misogynistic world of Versailles. Travelling deep inside Marie Antoinette’s head throughout the series, discovering who she is through her internal voice that often contrasts with the dramatic situations she finds herself in.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Biography, Drama, History
Country: France
Duration: 52 min
Plot tags: period piece, costume drama, period drama
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Drama series about the private lives of seven British prime ministers who lived in Number 10 Downing Street between the 1780s and the 1920s: William Pitt the Younger, the Duke of Wellington (Arthur Wellesley), Benjamin Disraeli, William Ewart Gladstone, David Lloyd-George, Herbert Henry Asquith and James Ramsay MacDonald.
IMDB Rating: 8.5
IMDB Votes: 49
Genere: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 52 min
Plot tags: historical drama, period piece, costume drama, period drama
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IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 559
Genere: Drama, History
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IMDB Rating: 8.6
IMDB Votes: 400
Genere: Drama, History
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Plot tags: historical drama
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IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 967
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IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 448
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IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 6000
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IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 453
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Plot tags: serious, atmospheric, realistic, exciting, suspenseful, sad, period piece, costume drama, epic, period drama
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 331
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IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
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IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
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Country: Russia
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 539
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IMDB Rating: 8.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
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Country: UK
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IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 7000
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IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 52000
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IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 261
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IMDB Votes: 126
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IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 293
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IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 9000
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IMDB Rating: 8.8
IMDB Votes: 19000
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IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 7000
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IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
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IMDB Votes: 19000
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IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
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IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
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Plot Summary:
The retelling of France's iconic but ill-fated queen, Marie Antoinette. From her betrothal and marriage to Louis XVI at 15 to her reign as queen at 19 and ultimately the fall of Versailles.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 119000
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IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 30000
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IMDB Rating: 8.6
IMDB Votes: 242000
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IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 793
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 6000
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