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King Charles (1913)

King Charles poster
Directed by
Wilfred Noy
Genre
drama film, silent film
Country
United Kingdom
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A film about King Charles II after his army loses the Battle of Worcester. He works to flee to safety in Europe.

historicalrestrainedmelancholicquietly dramaticepisodicunderstatedstatelynostalgicadaptation-like

What happens

King Charles is a 1913 British silent historical film directed by Wilfred Noy and starring P.G. Ebbutt and Dorothy Bellew. The film is based on Harrison Ainsworth's 1857 novel Ovingdean Grange. Following his army's defeat at the Battle of Worcester, Charles II manages to escape to Continental Europe. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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