Popular History Movies - Page 184
Bánk bán
1915
Bánk bán
1915
Molière's Last Stage
2024
Molière's Last Stage
2024
star 5Royal Palace Theatre, Paris . February 17th 1673, the King’s theatre group is playing « Le Malade Imaginaire » when Moliere started spitting blood, but he takes the decision to keep playing until the end. During his agony, he let enter in the theatre all the elements and ghost who made his life. Starting a fight to preserve his dignity, he plan to transfigure his death in a last laugh instrument.Charlie Grant's War
1985
Charlie Grant's War
1985
star 7A Canadian artist turned diamond merchant in Vienna, Austria risks his life to smuggle Jews out of the Third Reich.H
2014
Safe Passage
2015
Safe Passage
2015
star 4.5In the present, in Spain, Miguel's mind, affected by a brain disease, seems cloistered in the past, in Argentina, in the seventies, when he risked his life for his ideals. He is obsessed with finding a woman named Diana. Mario, his son, who has been away from Miguel for a long time, now feels compelled to unravel the mystery of a name that, like a curse, pursues his father.A Tale of Two Cities
1958
A Tale of Two Cities
1958
star 6.7Set against the conditions leading up to the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror, French doctor Alexandre Manette serves an 18-year imprisonment in the Bastille in Paris, followed by his release to live in London with the daughter he has never met.The Kingdom of Solomon
2010
star 6.3Solomon, Prophet and the King, has asked God to give him an ideal kingdom which has never been given to anybody before. He is told to prepare himself and his subjects with evil and unearthly creatures that haunt the men.Who Killed Nancy?
2009
Who Killed Nancy?
2009
star 4.9On October 12th, 1978, New York Police discovered the lifeless body of a young woman, slumped under the bathroom sink in a hotel room. She was Nancy Spungen, an ex-prostitute, sometimes stripper, heroin addict, and girlfriend of Sex Pistols' bassist Sid Vicious.Ulys
1998
Serpent of the Nile
1953
Serpent of the Nile
1953
star 7Cleopatra toys with Mark Antony who wants to merge his Rome with her Egypt.Pope John Paul II
1984
Pope John Paul II
1984
star 6.9Bio-drama tracing the life and career of Polish cardinal Karol Wojtyla from his days as a young activist in Poland to his rise and installation in 1978 as Pope of the Catholic world.The Militant
1984
The Great War
2007
The Great War
2007
A historical recreation of the experience of Canadian soldiers in World War One, with a cast of descendants of the people who participated in it.Trauma
2018
Trauma
2018
After saving lives on the battlefields of Afghanistan, the members of a medevac unit return home to their families, each wounded in different ways.Coffin Screw
2023
Coffin Screw
2023
star 10After finding some relics in an open grave, two young siblings share an up-close experience with death at the cause of their own hand.The Bullion Boys
1993
The Bullion Boys
1993
Based on a true story. In 1940, Britain's gold reserves were transferred for safety to Liverpool because of the threat of a German invasion. The top-secret operation was known only to a handful of security men and senior bank officials... and a group of Liverpool dockers who handle the move. Billy Mac, the dockers' leader, hatches an ingenious plan to steal some of the gold bars from under the noses of the guards.Journey Beyond Three Seas
1957
star 5.7This first co-production of the Soviet and Indian cinematographers is dedicated to the Tver merchant Afanasy Nikitin who in 1466-1472 blazed the trade way from Europe to India. The film is based on Nikitin’s travel notes. Starring in the film are popular Russian actor Oleg Strizhenov and India’s 1950s movie star Nargis.
