Popular History Movies - Page 279
Truck Wars
2018
Truck Wars
2018
star 8Pickup trucks are essential to the American way of life; manufacturers compete to outsmart, outmaneuver and outlast each other; experts, designers and historians weigh in on the most influential innovations in the truck world over the past 120 years.Iemitsu, Hikoza and Isshin Tasuke - A National Crisis: Edo Castle in Danger
1989
Yagyu Jubei, the finest swordsman in the land, is called upon to bare his blade to help Iemitsu keep his post. Meanwhile a fishmonger named Isshin Tasuke who bears an amazing resemblance to Shogun Iemitsu may be called upon to put his life on the line by acting as the Shogun's double. At the same time, the tragic story of Banzuiin Chobei and Mizuno Jurozaemon is unfolding.La guerre des ondes
2014
La guerre des ondes
2014
Los guerrilleros
1963
Jean Chouan
1926
Jean Chouan
1926
This 8 chapter serial drama tells the story of a resistance movement led by Jean "Chouan" Cottereau against the Republicans in Western France starting in 1793.Concode, an Epic Saga
2019
star 8Fifty years ago, on Sunday, 2 March 1969, Concorde flew for the first time. Starting from this inaugural flight, the film goes back in time to the origin of the conception of Concorde.Stalin, the Red Tyrant
2007
star 6.4On March 9, 1953, Joseph Stalin was buried in Moscow in front of a million people. His funeral is that of a demi-God. Ultimate paradox for one of the greatest criminals in History who brought misfortune to his people while arousing collective admiration.Long Story Short
2008
Long Story Short
2008
Tells the story of Larry and Trudie Long, a popular Asian American nightclub act of the '40s and '50s, told through the eyes of their daughter, actress Jodi Long.Crane
1988
Crane
1988
star 6.8Based on the folk tales "Repayment from a crane". One snowy night a beautiful woman named Tsuru (Crane) visits poor peasant Taiju and says she will become his wife...What They Found
2025
What They Found
2025
star 7.8The story of two soldier-cameramen, Sgt Mike Lewis and Sgt Bill Lawrie, who witnessed the liberation of Belsen during the closing days of World War II.Karl Marx – Der deutsche Prophet
2018
star 6On the 200th anniversary of Karl Marx's birth, the docu-drama paints a multifaceted portrait of the most influential German thinker of modern times. The world-famous actor Mario Adorf embodies the equally contradictory and contradictory world spirit, in the dichotomy of prophetic confidence and fear of failure. An exciting cinematic journey through his life and work.Rommel ruft Kairo
1959
Rommel ruft Kairo
1959
star 1In 1942 the Germans devised an operation to introduce in Egypt spies to provoke a rebellion against the British.The Adventures of Quentin Durward, Marksman of the Royal Guard
1990
star 2.5France, XV century. The young Scot, striving to make his worthy efforts, is kindly treated by the king and admitted to the guard. Soon the king entrusts him with a difficult mission - however, the matter turns into an insidious deception. Saving his beloved, the shooter of the guard shows miracles of courage and nobility ...Bach - A Christmas Miracle
2024
star 6.5Leipzig, December 1734: Christmas brings the Bach family together. The first snow has fallen and the children Gottfried and Elisabeth are delighted about the arrival of their older brothers Friedemann and Emanuel. The Thomaskantor has retired to his music room. Anna Magdalena supports her husband, as there are only a few days left and his latest work, the six-part "Christmas Oratorio", must be finished on time. It is awaited with suspicion by the city council and the gentlemen of the consistory, who have long found Bach's waywardness a thorn in their side and fear that, after the premiere of the St. Matthew Passion a few years earlier, the St. Thomas Church will once again be filled with "operatic" music. With the oratorio, Johann Sebastian Bach hopes that he will finally become court composer in Dresden. And, as always, he demands that all members of the family join forces to help him. But differences of opinion are increasingly delaying the completion of Bach's most famous work.Resistance
2022
Resistance
2022
In 1942 Czechoslovakia, the resistance plot an assassination of Nazi SS leader Reinhard Heydrich. Ex-resistance fighter Alexei is enticed to answer the call, risk losing his partner, and carry out a duty fit only for a soldier.Shillings from Heaven
2018
star 7.2Tyrol, 1932: The world economic crisis is at its peak, radical political movements emerge. In a small Austrian community, the engine driver Michael Unterguggenberger accepts the mayor's office against better knowledge. But how is he supposed to save Wörgl? The power of despair and the support of his wife Rosa form the breeding ground for a daring experiment: Unterguggenberger wants to print his own money without further ado - so-called work confirmation notes. For this he not only has to convince the community of his city, but above all to rebel against the mighty banking.Assassination: 1932
2025
Deposits
2017
Deposits
2017
Deposits concerns the connection of all the ‘Disappeared’, who are the remains of those murdered by the Provisional Irish Republican Army, and those killed centuries earlier by the British Redcoats. What they have in common is that they are buried without trace, but they are also connected by their hopes of discovery.Las últimas banderas
1954
Las últimas banderas
1954
Two Spanish soldiers, good friends, have to fight on the battlefield during the Peruvian war of independence.
