Popular History Movies - Page 295
No More Time
1973
No More Time
1973
star 3This Italian black-and-white film, based on a true story, was originally made for television. It concerns the life and sad end of Evariste Gallois (Mario Barriba), a brilliant student mathematician whose republican politics and hot-bloodedness resulted in his death; it is unclear whether he died by political assassination or as a result of a duel.Platform
2001
Platform
2001
star 7China’s rapid changes from the late 1970s to the early 1990s, as seen through the lives of four performers in a theater troupe.Korkusuz Aşıklar
1972
Coup at Daybreak
1998
Coup at Daybreak
1998
star 6.9The film follows the events of the night of February 4, 1992 in Caracas, Venezuela. That night a group of military rebels staged a coup d'etat. Venezuelans found themselves as virtual prisoners. As the coup starts and fighting takes place from a military base which is in the center of the city's most affluent areas, with both luxury high rises and palatial mansions. The area of La Carlota provides a wealth of very interesting, often flamboyant and typical characters of the Latin America upper middle and upper classes. They are among the most affected. Various vignettes in these different characters' homes are developed. These people's reactions, lifestyles, vices, and humanity come out in a very honest fashion under duress.The Lost
2015
The Lost
2015
Saint-Just and the Force of Things
1975
star 7Antoine Saint-Just, comrade of Robespierre and youngest member of the Committee of Public Safety, is drawn into the tempestuous political & military conflicts of France under the Terror.Üç Kızgın Cengaver
1971
Üç Kızgın Cengaver
1971
Secrets of the Parthenon
2008
star 8For 25 centuries the Parthenon has been shot at, set on fire, rocked by earthquakes, looted for its sculptures, and disfigured by catastrophic renovations. To save it from collapse, the modern restoration team must uncover the secrets of how the ancient Greeks built this icon of western civilization in less than nine years without anything resembling an architectural plan.Decade
1989
Decade
1989
star 7Interviews with personalities including John Mellencamp, Spike Lee, Lou Reed, Roseanne Barr, David Byrne, George Michael and more, as they reflect on the 1980s.The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
2007
star 7.6Jean-Dominique Bauby, editor-in-chief of French fashion bible Elle magazine, has a devastating stroke at age 43. The damage to his brain stem results in locked-in syndrome, with which he is almost completely paralyzed and only able to communicate by blinking an eye. Bauby painstakingly dictates his memoir via the only means of expression left to him.1066
2023
Race for Glory: Audi vs. Lancia
2024
star 6.1Inspired by true events that occurred during the fierce rivalry between Germany (Audi) and Italy (Lancia) at the 1983 Rally World Championships.Praise House
1991
Praise House
1991
star 3.2“Draw or Die” is the divine imperative received by the painter, Hannah, who is being nurtured by her Grandmother, but controlled by her pragmatic mother. When her Granny spirit shouts this command to Hannah, she closes a celebration of personal visions in a dance piece that is close to visionary in itself.Nostradamus IV
1944
Nostradamus IV
1944
star 4.7This Carey Wilson Miniature takes a further look at prophecies by 16th century seer Nostradamus.Lucy Worsley's Royal Palace Secrets
2020
star 10Chief curator of historic royal palaces Lucy Worsley provides an exclusive tour of London’s most extraordinary palaces: the Tower of London, Hampton Court, and Kensington Palace.Historical
2016
Sakıp Sabancı
1995
Sakıp Sabancı
1995
Working, working, working... Here are the words that make up a contemporary Turkish fairy tale. In fact, this fairy tale is not just the story of one person or a family. It is also the story of a country...The Hunters
1977
The Hunters
1977
star 7.7During a hunting party on New Year's Eve 1976, five representatives of the bourgeoisie encounter with their companion the body of a partisan from the Civil War of the late forties. What they are most confused about is the fact that the corpse that lies at their feet is still bleeding…Migrations
1989
Migrations
1989
star 6.2Based on the famous novel of Milos Crnjanski, the story follows Serbian migrations from the Austro-Hungarian Empire during the XVIII century.
