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24 results for “classic literary adaptation”

Romance of the Three Kingdoms

1991 ★ 8.0

Yokoyama Mitsuteru Sangokushi is a Japanese anime series based on the Sangokushi manga by Mitsuteru Yokoyama, itself based on Eiji Yoshikawa's retelling of the

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Suspense

1949 ★ 5.1

An anthology series adapted from the radio program of the same name. Like the radio program, many scripts were adaptations of literary classics by well-known au

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DuPont Show of the Month

1957 ★ 7.4

DuPont Show of the Month is an acclaimed 90-minute television anthology series that aired monthly on CBS from 1957 to 1961. The DuPont Company also sponsored a

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Aoi Bungaku Series

2009 ★ 6.8

An animated adaptation of six classical Japanese literature pieces, including No Longer Human (Ningen Shikkaku) and Run, Melos (Hashire, Melos) by Osamu Dazai,

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The Mill on the Floss

1978 ★ 6.7

The Mill on the Floss is a British television drama adaptation of George Eliot's 1860 novel of the same name about the lives of rural 19th century siblings Magg

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Posthumous Memories

2001 ★ 6.2

Free adaptation of Machado de Assis' classic. The narrator is a rich dead man, who tells us about his life and times, making fun of both. Posthumous Memories is

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Masterpiece Mystery

1980 ★ 6.3

Mystery! is an episodic television series that debuted in 1980 in the USA. It airs on PBS and is produced by WGBH. The show has brought a large number of detect

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The Overcoat

1959 ★ 5.9

A story about a government clerk who has his precious new overcoat stolen. No-one seems willing to help him retrieve his prized possession, a fact that continue

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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson

1980 ★ 7.5

The second part of the series of television films based on the stories of Arthur Conan Doyle about Sherlock Holmes. The film consists of three episodes (The Kin

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The Musketeer

2001 ★ 5.3

Young D'Artagnan seeks to join the legendary musketeer brigade and avenge his father's death - but he finds that the musketeers have been disbanded. The Muskete

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Dream in Red Mansions

1987 ★ 9.5

Dream of the Red Chamber, first released in 1987, was a television series produced by CCTV, adapted from the classic 18th century Chinese novel of the same name

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Tales to Keep You Awake

1966 ★ 7.3

Tales of terror by established authors such as Ray Bradbury or Edgar Allan Poe, as well as original scripts. Tales to Keep You Awake is a television series that

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La virgen desnuda

1950 ★ 6.8

Melodrama based on the homonymous novel by the Spanish writer José María Carretero Novillo (El Caballero Audaz), which tells a romantic story about a pair of lo

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The Roads to Freedom

1970 ★ 4.1

Taboo-busting adaptation for television of Jean-Paul Sartre's trilogy. The Roads to Freedom is a 1970 television drama series that serves as a taboo-busting ada

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The Count of Monte Cristo

1998 ★ 7.3

A TV mini-series adaptation of the classic Alexandre Dumas novel. Edmond Dantes is unjustly sent to prison for 18 years. He escapes to reclaim his fiancée Merce

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The Safety Match

1954 ★ 5.9

A man of big status disappears in a small provincial town. An old bored investigator and his young hyperactive assistant are on a trail of a bloody murderer. Th

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The Romance Of Three Kingdoms

1994 ★ 9.1

Adapted from the classical 14th century novel of the same title by Luo Guanzhong, Romance of the Three Kingdoms is part historical, part legend, and part mythic

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Little Women

2018 ★ 6.3

A modern retelling of Louisa May Alcott's classic novel, we follow the lives of four sisters - Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy March - detailing their passage from child

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King of the Lost World

2005 ★ 4.3

In this modern retelling of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's fantasy action-adventure classic, a commercial airliner crashes deep in the heart of the Amazon. Now, the s

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Journey to the West

1986 ★ 8.4

Journey to the West is a Chinese television series adapted from the classical novel of the same title. The series was first broadcast on CCTV in China on 1 Octo

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The Captain's Daughter

1958 ★ 5.5

A tale based on a classic novel by Alexander Pushkin. The Captain's Daughter is a 1958 Soviet drama film directed by Vladimir Kaplunovskiy. This historical roma

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Ivanov

2010 ★ 0.0

A drama based on a classic short story by Anton Chekhov. Topic: Film "Ivanov" (2010). Role: Meticulous television and film archivist. Constraints: Use ONLY veri

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Theatre Macabre

1971 ★ 3.0

Horror legend Christopher Lee hosts this anthology in the tradition of Alfred Hitchcock Presents, each half-hour episode adapting a story from a classic author,

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Tom Sawyer

1973 ★ 6.4

Tom Sawyer and his pal Huckleberry Finn have great adventures on the Mississippi River, pretending to be pirates, attending their own funeral, and witnessing a

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