Popular History Movies - Page 336
The Dowry of Lady Ralu
1972
star 7.5Part two of the triptych dedicated to the outlaw Șaptecai and episode 5 of the Outlaws series. After a spectacular escape plotted by Anița, Răspopitul and Parpanghel, Captain Anghel sets off once again on the money trail. Kidnapping Caliopi, Șaptecai demands the jewels her husband Ianis bought in Vienna in exchange for her release. After a series of spectacular events, Anghel succeeds in stealing Lady Ralu's precious dowry.The Flaming History of the Dela Cruz Family
2018
star 8Faced with a series of terrible incidents, the Dela Cruz family now has to make a decision that will alter the history of their family.The Queen's Necklace
1929
The Queen's Necklace
1929
Adaptation of Alexandre Dumas's novel 'The Queen's Necklace' which portrays the Affair of the Diamond Necklace which occurred before the French Revolution.La Tosca
1908
La Tosca
1908
A courtly drama of a bridegroom arrested for being intimate with the queen. To secure his release, his future bride sleeps with his rival. The film is incomplete. Missing is the ending, where the bride obtains a forged letter of passage and murders the rival, but then has to watch as her betrothed is executed after the letter is found to be forged. The film includes a single rare hand-coloured scene. FRAGMENT. (stumfilm.dk)Fields Of Freedom
2006
The Builders of the Alhambra
2022
star 7Kingdom of Granada, al-Andalus, 14th century. After recognizing that his land, always under siege, is hopelessly doomed to be conquered, Sultan Yusuf I undertakes the construction of a magnificent fortress with the purpose of turning it into the landmark of his civilization and his history, a glorious monument that will survive the oblivion of the coming centuries: the Alhambra.Enoken's Hokaibo
1938
Enoken's Hokaibo
1938
An irreverent take on a medieval Noh drama, Hokaibo sees Enoken play the titular monk whose lusts drive him to murder.Palm Sunday
1969
Out of the Blue
2006
Out of the Blue
2006
Told from the point of view of an English trader working in the North Tower of the World Trade Centre, the poem-film Out Of The Blue was commissioned by Channel 5 and broadcast five years after the 9.11 attacks on America.The Savior
1959
The Peach Blossom Fan
1961
A Shaw Brothers Chinese Opera based on the Qing dynasty musical play that recounts the death of the Ming dynasty through the love story of its two main characters, young scholar Hou Fangyu and a courtesan named Li Xiangjun.Accident or Conspiracy: Godhra
2024
star 2A student whose parents died in the Gujarat pogrom receives an assignment on the same topic at his university. During his research, he meets everyone associated with the commission and tries to uncover various other aspects.Mary Silliman's War
1994
Mary Silliman's War
1994
Mary Silliman's War is a unique, award-winning film on the American Revolution.New Kurama Tengu: Gojozaka Duel
1965
star 5At the end of the Edo period in Kyoto, the ronin Kurayoshi Norizen rents the second floor of a hardware store and lives a carefree life, running a temple school. However, his true identity is Kurama Tengu, who appears to help a patriot in a difficult situation when he is attacked by the Shinsengumi, and then disappears like smoke.Rainis
1949
Rainis
1949
A biopic of Rainis (born as Jānis Pliekšāns), a Latvian poet, playwright, translator, and politician, whose works had a profound influence on the literary Latvian language, and the ethnic symbolism he employed in his major works has been central to Latvian nationalism.Pasteur
1922
Pasteur
1922
star 6.2Jean Benoît-Lévy & Jean Epstein's inventive documentary about the life of Louis Pasteur, a French chemist and one of the most important figures of medical microbiology, blends biographical drama with scientific recreations of his experiments, using Pasteur's actual instruments.Elves' Hill
1910
Elves' Hill
1910
The first film adaptation of Heiberg’s classic play about a superstitious mother, Karen, the elf-maiden Agnete and King Christian IV. Two infants are swapped at birth. Noble-born Elisabeth Munk is found on Elverhøjen (Elves’ Hill) and is brought up as Agnete, a peasant girl, whom all the locals believe to be an elf-maiden. She meets a noble knight, Sir Ebbesen, and the pair fall in love. But Sir Ebbesen is expected to marry a woman of his own noble standing – none other than the girl erroneously brought up as Elisabeth Munk. Suspecting that there is something fishy about the entire affair, King Christian IV sets out for Elves’ Hill to discover the truth of the matter. (stumfilm.dk)Karnan
1964
Karnan
1964
star 7Brave and loyal warrior-archer Karna joins the Kauravas to battle the Pandavas in the Kurukshetra.Aventurera
1988
Aventurera
1988
President Romulo Betancourt's government has just began, an attack is brewing on his life. Braulio an unemployed actor, comes to work in professional wrestling, and falls deeply for Rosario, lover of Buffalo, director of the wrestling group, Ronco, who once is saved by Braulio in a clash with police, offers this winning good money for doing an "important work".Guarapo
1989
Guarapo
1989
star 5Benito a.k.a. Guarapo, is a young laborer without land, who dreams of emigrating to America for a better future.
