1871 (1990)

A bloody romance - Severine (Ana Padrão), the young and beautiful star of the theatre is the toast of Paris. Tantalising her audience with her heroic musical spectacular she counts among her admirers an Irish activist, O'Brien (John Lynch), and a British spy, Lord Grafton (Roshan Seth). All three are swept up in the tragic events of the France-Prussian war, the siege of Paris and the heroic days of the Commune. Doomed by the violence of their passions, they are destined to become victims of the turbulent and explosive history of their times. Ken McMullen's '1871' is a visual tour de force, bringing to life an unforgettable world of love, death, war and revolution.