Popular History Movies - Page 168
1944 The Final Defence
2007
star 5.8The Soviet army breaks through the Finnish defences on the Karelian Isthmus in June 1944, advancing with overwhelming force. Somehow, the Finnish troops must find the strength to fight back, with all odds against them. The Battle of Tali-Ihantala was the largest battle ever fought in the history of the Nordic countries. This film depicts the true events through five separate stories.The Hiding Place
1975
The Hiding Place
1975
star 6.8Corrie and Betsie ten Boom are middle-aged sisters working in their father's watchmaker shop in pre-World War II Holland. Their uneventful lives are disrupted with the coming of the Nazis. Suspected of hiding Jews and caught breaking rationing rules, they are sent to a concentration camp, where their Christian faith keeps them from despair and bitterness.Henry VI Part 3
1983
The Watchmaker and the Chicken
1989
star 7In 1913, chance brings together a young high school teacher Yurkevich, his first love Lida, a wealthy landowner Lundyshev and a German watchmaker Karfunkel at a small railway station. Seven years later, in the early twenties, and then another seven years later, the heroes meet here again. Their destinies are different, the country changes, their lives change...Nirvana: Taking Punk to the Masses
2011
An intimate look at music and history of Nirvana. The documentary serves as a companion and contextual backdrop to the exhibition at MoPOP.My People, My Country
2019
star 6.6Anthology of short films directed by several different directors.Gospel According to Mary
2023
star 5.9The story of Mary is reinvented, no longer a spectator but a courageous architect of her own existence.Agony: The Life and Death of Rasputin
1981
star 6.5Russian monk Grigori Rasputin rises to power, which corrupts him along the way. His sexual perversions and madness ultimatly leads to his gruesome assasination.The Dumbfounded King
1991
The Dumbfounded King
1991
star 5.9Spain, under Philip IV (1621-1665). The film is based on a novel by Gonzalo Torrente Ballester. The King is stunned to see the naked body of Marfisa, the most beautiful prostitute of the town and Court. After that, he also wants to see the Queen naked. However, the King, despite the opposition and the scandal of the Church, will not stop until he reaches his wishes.Friendly Fire
1998
Friendly Fire
1998
star 5.7Brazil in the early 70s. Miguel, Eloi, Osvaldo and Paolo take part in armed attacks against the military dictatorship. They pay a heavy price with torture and arrest. Today the four friends still see each other. Only Miguel is politically active. On a photograph from a political meeting in Sao Paolo he recognises the policeman who tortured them 25 years ago and who was responsible for the death of Miguel's girlfriend. The policeman has been officially dead for a few years. On one of their fishing trips together, Miguel tells his friends of his discovery. When they hunt down and confront their nemesis they come into conflict with both themselves and each other.Israel Palestine on Swedish TV 1958-1989
2024
star 9Archival film maestro Göran Hugo Olsson has assembled—from a vast catalogue of footage in the vaults of Sweden’s national television service SVT—accounts of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as witnessed and represented by Swedish journalists. Stories of the beginning of the Israeli state interwoven with the Palestinian struggle for independence. News coverage with Yasser Arafat and interviews with Israeli foreign minister Abba Eban during a visit to Sweden unseen since first broadcast. From the tenth anniversary of Israel’s founding to the First Intifada, perspectives and encounters with statesmen, civilians, revolutionaries, and intellectuals tell the story from myriad angles of an evolving media landscape, revivifying a history of the ongoing conflict.The Rape of Europa
2007
The Rape of Europa
2007
star 7.4World War II was not just the most destructive conflict in humanity, it was also the greatest theft in history: lives, families, communities, property, culture and heritage were all stolen. The story of Nazi Germany's plundering of Europe's great works of art during World War II and Allied efforts to minimize the damage.Nomugi Pass
1979
Nomugi Pass
1979
star 6.3The story of the silk industry and the young girls who worked as silk spinners in the early 1900s in Japan. The silk mills were located in Okaya which lies just beyond the Nomugi Pass. The women and girls worked in a hot, humid atmosphere without rest, and endured those conditions and sexual harassment to earn money for their poor families. Across the ocean, it was the great depression in America.The Murri Affair
1974
The Murri Affair
1974
star 6.6Based on a true incident, this tells the story of a troubled young man who kills his sister's reactionary, violent and abusive husband and is eventually arrested for the murder. However, the dead husband happened to be a member of the Italian nobility, and the trial starts to turn into more of a prosecution of the defendant's socialist politics and the activities of his father, a well known liberal social reformer, than the actual crime itself.Legend of the Tsunami Warrior
2008
star 5.9As sea pirates threaten to invade their kingdoms, three queens of Langkasuka must band together to defend their lands and peoples.Silahlı Paşazade
1967
Silahlı Paşazade
1967
Murat Pasha is a police chief known for his harsh punishments. Yunus, a driver who is brought before him, has fallen in love with the pasha's servant. Although Yunus says he intends to marry her, he cannot escape being thrown into prison. Meanwhile, the servant woman Yunus is in love with is pregnant, and so she is also thrown into prison. Many people beg Murat Pasha to pardon the young couple, but to no avail. Moreover, those who intervene are also punished. Among those punished is the servant woman, whose revenge will be great.Flame of Calcutta
1953
Flame of Calcutta
1953
A British captain and a French official's daughter save the East India Company.Akechi Mitsuhide: The Man God Hated
2007
The famed leader Oda Nobunaga had two right-hand men who contributed to unifying the nation. One was Akechi Mitsuhide and the other Kinoshita Tokichiro, both rivals of each other for higher promotions. Eventually Mitsuhide was recognized for his work and was given a castle. However, Nobunaga's ambition to conquer the nation did not allow Mitsuhide to live happily in his territory. That is when an idea flashed across Mitsuhide's mind… Akechi Mitsuhide, the man who was considered to be the most intelligent general of the warring states era. What was the truth about him, Oda Nobunaga's best general and murderer?Alice Rose
2006
Alice Rose
2006
A damsel in distress agrees to run away with her wealthy lover in order to escape from her abusive husband. But all is not as it seems in this 1940s film noir.Boven Digoel
2017
Boven Digoel
2017
Doctor John Manangsang has to perform a caesarean section to Agustina, who had given birth nine times. Tragically, the health center and have no adequate means and personnel for this operation.
