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This dragon lady of the Ching Dynasty was the power behind the throne for 50 years, and hew vast tapestry of palace intrigues is vividly brought to the screen in this memorable epic.

Han Hsiang Li's lush epic re-creates the fascinating life and times of Tzu Hsi, the Manchu Qing dynasty empress who rose from the ranks of Emperor Xianfeng's many concubines to become the de facto ruler of China for nearly 50 years.

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Shot in 1896 by a Lumière cameraman, this short actuality shows three horse-drawn carriages, escorted by liveried footmen and soldiers, arriving as part of the coronation festivities in Moscow. The passengers are identified as the Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna and Grand Duchess Eugénie. A brief but vivid glimpse of imperial pomp during the celebrations for Tsar Nicholas II’s coronation.

After Seonjo passes away, Prince Gwanghae ascends to the throne. But he indulges himself in dissolute orgies, neglecting his duties as the king. Queen Dowager Inmok begs him to behave like a king. But Prince Gwanghae torments her, arguing that she's playing a regent. Queen Dowager cannot help but enduring the king's outrageousness.

Empress Dowager Dagmar's arrival in Copenhagen with several members of the Danish royal family present. Maria Feodorovna (Dagmar) maintained a close connection to Denmark throughout her life. She escaped the Russian revolution, which wiped out most of the czar’s family. In 1906 she bought the villa ‘Hvidøre’ north of Copenhagen, where she lived until her death in 1928.

2001 Joan C. Gratz animated short

1995 Joan C. Gratz claymation short film

A Nanna & Lil' Puss Puss Cartoon

A farmer's wife holds her husband's angel hostage in an attempt to cheat death.

"'DOWAGER HUNTER-GATHERER stalks the quiet, deserted streets of Belgravia, dipping her porky, St. Paul fingers into a paper bag of fluffy lemons... nibbles, lady?' The apocalyptic dada-esque nonsense of a femme fatale who unpicks the stitching from men's Y-fronts." -Viva-8 programme notes

A New York gangster and his girlfriend attempt to turn street beggar Apple Annie into a society lady when the peddler learns her daughter is marrying royalty.

A dramatic history of Pu Yi, the last of the Emperors of China, from his lofty birth and brief reign in the Forbidden City, the object of worship by half a billion people; through his abdication, his decline and dissolute lifestyle; his exploitation by the invading Japanese, and finally to his obscure existence as just another peasant worker in the People's Republic.

Wealthy widow Mrs. Bramson notices that her maid is distracted, and when she learns the girl's fiancé, Danny, is the reason, she summons him in. Mrs. Bramson's niece Olivia takes a liking to Danny, and comes to believe that he may have been involved in the disappearance of a local woman.

Rufus T. Firefly is named president/dictator of bankrupt Freedonia and declares war on neighboring Sylvania over the love of wealthy Mrs. Teasdale.

An Englishman in France unwittingly is placed into the identity, and steps into the vacated life, of a look-alike French nobleman.