A Village Romeo and Juliet
In a Swiss village, Sali and Vreneli fall in love despite a bitter feud between their families over a strip of land. Unable to find a life together, the young couple drown themselves.
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In a Swiss village, Sali and Vreneli fall in love despite a bitter feud between their families over a strip of land. Unable to find a life together, the young couple drown themselves.
In Denmark around 1860, cousins Niels Lyhne and Erik Refstrup both love Fennimore, who marries Erik. His drinking strains the marriage, and Fennimore begins an affair with Niels. After Erik dies in an accident, Fennimore ends the affair, while Niels travels for years before settling down and marrying his neighbor’s daughter Gerda.
Princess Irmelin rejects the suitors chosen by her father while awaiting the dream lover foretold by a voice. Nils, a prince enslaved as a swineherd by robber chief Rolf, searches for her. He reaches the castle, meets Irmelin, and the two declare their love before disappearing together into the forest.
On a Louisiana plantation, enslaved African prince Koanga and Palmyra, the planter’s maid, fall in love. Overseer Perez kidnaps Palmyra to prevent their marriage; Koanga escapes, returns to rescue her and kills Perez, but is captured and executed. Palmyra takes her own life, and Uncle Joe finishes telling their story to the planter’s daughters.
Spanish nobleman Solano seeks the Fountain of Eternal Youth after his ship is wrecked on the Florida coast. With help from an Indigenous princess whose family was killed by Spanish invaders, he travels through the forest and finds the fountain. Though she knows its waters may bring death, she falls in love with Solano and drinks with him.
In a Swiss village, Sali and Vreneli fall in love despite a bitter feud between their families over a strip of land. Unable to find a life together, the young couple drown themselves.
In Denmark around 1860, cousins Niels Lyhne and Erik Refstrup both love Fennimore, who marries Erik. His drinking strains the marriage, and Fennimore begins an affair with Niels. After Erik dies in an accident, Fennimore ends the affair, while Niels travels for years before settling down and marrying his neighbor’s daughter Gerda.
Princess Irmelin rejects the suitors chosen by her father while awaiting the dream lover foretold by a voice. Nils, a prince enslaved as a swineherd by robber chief Rolf, searches for her. He reaches the castle, meets Irmelin, and the two declare their love before disappearing together into the forest.
On a Louisiana plantation, enslaved African prince Koanga and Palmyra, the planter’s maid, fall in love. Overseer Perez kidnaps Palmyra to prevent their marriage; Koanga escapes, returns to rescue her and kills Perez, but is captured and executed. Palmyra takes her own life, and Uncle Joe finishes telling their story to the planter’s daughters.
Spanish nobleman Solano seeks the Fountain of Eternal Youth after his ship is wrecked on the Florida coast. With help from an Indigenous princess whose family was killed by Spanish invaders, he travels through the forest and finds the fountain. Though she knows its waters may bring death, she falls in love with Solano and drinks with him.