Popular History Movies - Page 239
Fuochi d'artificio
2025
Fuochi d'artificio
2025
1944, Piedmont Alps. Four teenagers dream of the end of the war and the moment when they will be reunited with their parents and older siblings. When they discover, by chance, that their age allows them to avoid suspicion and searches, they decide to secretly help the partisans, without being discovered. Marta, Davide, Sara and Marco thus become "Sandokan", the mysterious rebel who puts the Nazis and fascists of the valley in difficulty. Between steep climbs and breathtaking descents, between enormous dangers and great tests of courage, the four children will contribute to the final victory of the Resistance and the liberation of Italy from enemy occupation. A great partisan adventure and a story of love and friendship, told from the point of view of thirteen-year-old Marta.Chacha: The Princess of Heaven
2007
star 8.5Chacha, the woman of the blood of Nobunaga, who loved with Hideyoshi, and feared Tokugawa.The Feast of the Goat
2006
star 5.1Urania Cabral returns to Santo Domingo, after several years, and remembers her and her family's relationship to Rafael Trujillo, the Dominican dictator, as well as the events surrounding his assassination.Hadrián z Římsů
1976
Hadrián z Římsů
1976
La Xirgu
2015
La Xirgu
2015
1927. Spain under the Primo de Rivera Dictatorship. The great actress, Margarita Xirgu and her company are about to perform "Maria Pineda" by a young Federico Garcia Lorca. The Dictatorship cannot tolerate it, but the actress, Margarita Xirgu, in the name of freedom will stand her ground.Júlia
1990
Júlia
1990
An Ocean to Cross
1980
An Ocean to Cross
1980
Set in Japan's Tenpyou era (729-749 CE), four young monks are sent to China to study Buddhism and bring a high priest back to Japan with them. The film tells the tale of the four monks' youth and the life and times of the high priest Ganjin.Days of Temptation
1965
Days of Temptation
1965
star 5In 1918, after the end of the Balkan Wars and the First World War, hundreds of Macedonians immigrated to Bulgaria. Among them there were pro-Bulgarian Macedonians who wanted to exploit the emigrants for their own political purposes. A number of decent freedom fighters were eliminated. The victim of one of the assassins in Sofia was Djorche Petrov. His assassin is a young boy who doesn't even know that he is shooting dead the man who is one of the last real fighters for the freedom of Macedonia. By discovering that he has been unknowingly involved in the pro-Bulgarian organization and has been used for an execution of this vile act, it means the death sentence for the young boy.Dick Turpin
1974
Red Emma
2024
Red Emma
2024
Called in the middle of the night to attend a birth in a poor and large family, Emma Goldman, a feminist anarchist, strives to relieve the suffering of the woman in labor. Back at home, she finds herself confronted by her companion Ed, exhausted by her absences.The New World
2005
The New World
2005
star 6.5A drama about explorer John Smith and the clash between Native Americans and English settlers in the 17th century.Man of Iron
1981
Man of Iron
1981
star 6.9In Warsaw in 1980, the Communist Party sends disgruntled radio reporter Winkel to Gdańsk to dig up dirt on the shipyard strikers - particularly on Maciek Tomczyk, an independent labour union leader whose father was killed in the December 1970 protests. Posing as sympathetic, Winkel interviews the people surrounding Tomczyk, including his detained wife, Agnieszka.Nero
1922
Jobs
2013
Jobs
2013
star 6.1The story of Steve Jobs' ascension from college dropout into one of the most revered creative entrepreneurs of the 20th century.Sarpatta Parambarai
2021
Sarpatta Parambarai
2021
star 7.7When Sarpatta Parambarai is challenged to a do-or-die match, Kabilan, a young labourer, must choose whether to put on the gloves himself and lead his clan to victory, or be dissuaded by his disapproving mother and dangerous politics.Samson and Gideon
1965
Samson and Gideon
1965
star 6Consisting of two segments, the film is centered on two great Israelite leaders found in the Book of Judges.The Great American Mug
1945
star 6.5This John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short takes a look at the typical American barbershop throughout the years.Latin for a Dark Room
1995
star 1In 19th century Edinburgh, against her husband's wishes, Maria McKillop opens the first camera obscura visitor attraction, but to one man it is Maria herself who is the main attraction.Veiled Offerings
2025
Veiled Offerings
2025
