Query: American or French or 1950s historical fantasy films
Domain: films
Relevant documents:
Pasavalai
Berkeley Square (1933 film)
Casanova Variations
The King's Daughter (2022 film)
The Mummy (1959 film)
The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec (film)
Hercules Unchained
It Happened Tomorrow
The Giants of Thessaly
Ulysses (1954 film)
Evidence from documents: Pasavalai: '''''Pasavalai''''' () is a 1956 Indian Tamil-language historical fantasy film
Berkeley Square (1933 film): Leonard Maltin gives this “intriguing fantasy” 3 out of 4 stars.
In 1951, 20th Century Fox produced a Technicolor adaptation, with substantial alterations to the plot, as ''The House in the Square (''also known ''I'll Never Forget You'' and ''Man of Two Worlds),'' starring Tyrone Power and Ann Blyth. Irene Browne reprised her role as Lady Ann Pettigrew in the remake. In the 1933 film, Standish's mistakes in vocabulary and his foreknowledge inspire suspicion and then fear when he at last speaks openly about the future and his disgust for the 18th century. In the 1951 version, Standish is an atomic scientist who ends up being (anachronistically) accused of witchcraft because of his scientific endeavors.
Casanova Variations: French: '''''Casanova Variations''''' is a 2014 French-Austrian-German fantasy historical drama film
historical fantasy films: '''''Casanova Variations''''' is a 2014 French-Austrian-German fantasy historical drama film
The King's Daughter (2022 film): '''''The King's Daughter''''' is a 2022 American action-adventure fantasy film directed by Sean McNamara from a screenplay by Barry Berman and James Schamus. I
The Mummy (1959 film): 1950s: '''''The Mummy''''' is a 1959 British horror film
historical fantasy films: ''The Monthly Film Bulletin'' of the UK wrote: "More glamorously photographed than ever, Hammer's latest excursion into nineteenth century macabre fantasy is weighed down by wordy historical exposition, flashbacks to ancient Egyptian burial ceremonies and a resultant slackening in pace".
The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec (film): American or French or 1950s historical fantasy films: '''''The Extraordinary Adventures of ''''' (), released as '''''Adèle: Rise of the Mummy''''' in Malaysia and Singapore, is a 2010 French fantasy adventure feature film
historical: It is loosely based on the comic book series ''The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec'' by Jacques Tardi and, as in the comic, follows the eponymous writer and a number of recurring side characters in a succession of far-fetched incidents in 1910s Paris and beyond, in this episode revolving around parapsychology and ultra-advanced Ancient Egyptian technology, which both pastiche and subvert adventure and speculative fiction of the period.
historical fantasy films: '''''The Extraordinary Adventures of ''''' (), released as '''''Adèle: Rise of the Mummy''''' in Malaysia and Singapore, is a 2010 French fantasy adventure feature film written and directed by Luc Besson. It is loosely based on the comic book series ''The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec'' by Jacques Tardi and, as in the comic, follows the eponymous writer and a number of recurring side characters in a succession of far-fetched incidents in 1910s Paris and beyond, in this episode revolving around parapsychology and ultra-advanced Ancient Egyptian technology, which both pastiche and subvert adventure and speculative fiction of the period. The primarily live-action film, shot in Super 35, incorporates much use of computer animation to portray its fanciful elements and contemporary action film special and visual effects within the form of the older-style adventure films they have largely superseded.
Hercules Unchained: 1950s historical fantasy films: '''''Hercules Unchained''''' ( , "Hercules and the Queen of Lydia") is a 1959 Italian-French epic fantasy feature film starring Steve Reeves and Sylva Koscina in a story about two warring brothers and Hercules' tribulations in the court of Queen Omphale.
French: '''Hercules Unchained''''' ( , "Hercules and the Queen of Lydia") is a 1959 Italian-French epic fantasy feature film
It Happened Tomorrow: a 1944 American fantasy film
The Giants of Thessaly: is a 1960 Italian-French adventure-fantasy film
Ulysses (1954 film): '''''Ulysses''''' () is a 1954 fantasy-adventure film