Popular History Movies - Page 434
Hitler's Evil Science
2019
star 7In 1935, German scientists dug for bones; in 1943, they murdered to get them. How the German scientific community supported Nazism, distorted history to legitimize a hideous system and was an accomplice to its unspeakable crimes. The story of the Ahnenerbe, a sinister organization created to rewrite the obscure origins of a nation.Chushingura
1938
Chushingura
1938
star 6The vassals of the Asano clan, who surrendered the castle & became wanderers, deceive the enemy and the public, wait for an opportunity to avenge their master and his family.The Captive of Gorod
1940
The Captive of Gorod
1940
star 6The film takes place in Russia during the World War I. Three Hungarian POWs are on the run from their Russian captives. One of them gets shot down. Lieutenant Balogh and Miska, his servant, are brought before Szergej Dragow. The Russian offers to take them on to serve him. Balogh says yes, only to attempt to escape later.Zoku Shimizu Minato
1940
Zoku Shimizu Minato
1940
An actor, hit on the head, dreams that he has become legendary one-eyed gangster Mori no Ishimatsu.Tariel Golua
1969
Tariel Golua
1969
Georgian village during the revolution of 1905. The struggle of the peasantry against the landlords. Tariel Golua's son, Levan, leads the rebellion. Tariel himself is in favor of a peaceful solution to the conflict, but when his son is brutally killed, and the houses of the rebels and their supporters are set on fire, Tariel is convinced that it is impossible to gain freedom without an armed struggle.Levitan: That Night
1932
Tales from the Royal Bedchamber
2013
star 8Lucy Worsley gets into bed with our past monarchs to uncover the Tales from the Royal Bedchamber. She reveals that our obsession with royal bedrooms, births and succession is nothing new. In fact, the rise and fall of their magnificent beds reflects the changing fortunes of the monarchy itself.Thunder Ninja Kids: Wonderful Mission
1990
star 3.7The highest spiritual symbol of the Capa Ninja Clan, the Buddha statue, resurfaces after being stolen from them years ago. Three groups set out to get the statue...let the battles begin!Hitler-Staline, le choc des tyrans
2022
star 9.5On 23 August 1939, the world was shocked to discover that Hitler and Stalin, the most intractable of their enemies at the time, had signed a pact that allowed them to divide Poland between them and gave the Nazi leader complete freedom to concentrate his forces in the West, against France and the United Kingdom. Through this agreement, Europe was to be thrown into war. For a long time, the relationship between Hitler and Stalin was ignored: their mutual fascination, their moves to get closer, the marks of confidence they exchanged and all the benefits they derived from the German-Soviet pact, before resuming their war to the death in June 41 with the "Barbarossa" operation.Washington at Valley Forge
1914
The great awakening in the Colonies in the spring of 1775; the patriotic activities of Samuel Adams and John Hancock; the midnight ride of Paul Revere; the gathering of the Minute Men and the battle of Lexington, all these important details of Colonial history are shown as a prelude to the intense war romance woven around the situation at Valley Forge during the terrible winter of 1777, when the cause of Liberty looked next to Betty, daughter of a Minute Man who was killed in the battle of Lexington, is stopping at the inn of her uncle, a Tory sympathizer, near the winter camp of Washington's army at Valley Forge.Azusa Street: The Movie
2006
The actual written and/or testimonies of many of the major participants in the Topeka Outpouring (Parham, Ozman, etc.) and Welsh Revival (Evan Roberts, Meyer, etc.), as preludes to the Bonnie Brae Outbreak (Seymour, Lee, Shumway, Moore) and the Azusa Street Revival (C.H. Mason, E.S. Williams, G.B. Cashwell, John G. Lake, F.F. Bosworth, etc.) are dramatizedThe Catch
2011
The Catch
2011
star 5.3When an American plane crashes in the Cambodian jungle, the pilot is taken captive by the Khmer Rouge. They instruct the kids of a village to keep an eye on the prisoner. While the younger kids gradually become friends with the stranger, the older boy called Pang has a different attitude. Since he grew up without parents, he accepted the Khmer rouge as his replacement parents and endears himself to them by betraying villagers. When Pang becomes responsible for watching the prisoner, things become worse for the pilot.Russia in Bloom
2013
Russia in Bloom
2013
star 6.4A documentary about Sergei Prokudin-Gorsky, a pioneer in color photography of early 20th-century Russia.Mandoukhai the Wise: Episode 4
1988
Set in the 15th century after the collapse of Genghis Khan's empire, and follows Mandoukhai from her youth when she's forced to marry the new ruler to her violent death after unifying the vast Mongolian empire.Tsukigata Hanpeita
1952
Tsukigata Hanpeita
1952
star 7During the ultra-violent era of the downfall of the Tokugawa Shogunate one man rose above the rest with his ideas of how to overthrow the corrupt government and end the bloodshed between the Choshu and Satsuma clans which would ultimately lead to the alliance of these 2 clans and restoration of the emperor to full power. Based on the play that made Sawada Shojiro famous, this is the story of Tsukigata Hanpeita, a forward looking samurai from Choshu, who along with Katsura Kogoro and Sakamoto Ryoma of Tosa worked to bring their dream of a new era in Japan.Midday Event
2017
Midday Event
2017
star 6.4In 1981, Islamic Republic intelligence agents work to track down MEK operatives trying to assassinate Iranian officials in the aftermath of the resignation of President Banisadr.Fishing Poles
2023
Fishing Poles
2023
It's 1960's rural Ireland and two young trouble makers get in over their heads when their an attempt to launch a rocket to the moon goes wrong.Six Kung Fu Heroes
1979
Six Kung Fu Heroes
1979
star 6.5Six crippled kung fu students are each given an Imperial Decree starting an anti-Ching rebellion, and are instructed to deliver them to the Commander-in-Chief.The Virgin Queen's Fatal Affair
2010
star 6There are numerous stories about the English monarch Elizabeth I. But one event is particularly controversial: The Queen's affair with Robert Dudley and the mysterious death of his wife Amy Robsart in September 1560. To this day, it has not been proven beyond doubt that Amy Robsart really died in an accident ...
