Popular History Movies - Page 453
Goldfish
2016
Goldfish
2016
1946, Kyrgyzstan, evacuated from Leningrad woman with two children — boys of six and ten years. Their father is in hospital, badly wounded. Time is poor, hungry. The family fights for life, selling homemade rugs on the market and picking up everything that can be useful in the economy on the ruins of abandoned houses. Once the brothers find in the dump a book with wonderful pictures. This is Alexander Pushkin's fairy tale "goldfish". The mother reads it to them before bedtime — and in the lives of boys be the dream and the sense of becoming owners of the coveted gold fish and the three wishes, one of which, of course, the return of the father, alive and well.Swathi Thirunal
1987
Swathi Thirunal
1987
Swathi Thirunal takes over the throne of Travancore from his aunt Gowri Parvati Bayi at the age of sixteen. He goes on to becomes the legendary composer of Carnatic and Hindustani music.Qiu Jin
1983
Qiu Jin
1983
star 7Biopic of Qiu Jin (1877-1907), early Chinese womens’ liberationist and martyred revolutionary.For Those Who Are at Sea
1948
star 4The film is about the sailors who fought on torpedo boats in the Great Patriotic war.Sabarimala Sree Ayyappan
1961
star 4King Rajasekhara, the king of Pandalam, finds a child on the banks of River Pampa during one of his hunting expeditions. A saint who appears there advises the king to adopt this child name him as ManikantanWashington the Warrior
2006
Before George Washington became America's first President and an enduring national symbol, he was a soldier. this chronicles Washington's little-known military life, from his first officer's commission in the Virginia militia to his emergence as the soul of the American revolution.Salomé
1910
Salomé
1910
star 5.4Based on Oscar Wilde's version of the story, what is noteworthy is the sheer luxury of the production, an attempt to capture the wild and weird Aubrey Beardsley illustrations that transfigure the work. The sets are elaborate, with stonework and palm trees and draperies. There seem to be dozens of dress extras, courtiers at Salome's dance and soldiers.Harkara
2023
Harkara
2023
star 6.3A frustrated postman decides to fool innocent villagers in a ploy to get himself transferred. As he walks uphill to deliver his last letter, a wayfarer narrates to him the story of a Harkara, that instills guilt.The Duchess of Plakendia
1956
star 6After leaving Nafplio, the first capital of the newly founded Greek Nation, the affluent French Duchess of Plaisance and ardent philhellene, Sophie de Marbois-Lebrun, moves to Athens with her young daughter, Eliza, circa 1834.Facundo, la sombra del tigre
1995
star 5.2The film focuses on the journey of General Juan Facundo Quiroga, with a very compromised health, to the north in order to resolve the conflict between the provinces of Salta and Tucuman.Brot und Spiele – Wagenrennen im alten Rom
2019
star 5.7They were the absolute superstars in ancient Rome: charioteers. The heroes of the racetrack, often slaves, risked their lives in every competition. Only a few enjoyed the rewards of victory into old age. Using ancient documents and artifacts, the documentary traces the biography of Scorpus, probably the most successful Roman charioteer.The Hitler Youth
1999
The Hitler Youth
1999
star 8The historical documentary Hitler Youth explores Adolf Hitler's maniacal construction of the titular organization - one comprised of young Aryan men who would rule the world by fear, intimidation and violence. Via a compendium of terrifying archival footage, the program documents the establishment of the Hitler Youth, its escalation from a membership of 13,000 to 10,000,000 within fifteen years, and the death of the organization following Hitler's suicide in 1945.Mysteries of Egypt
1998
Mysteries of Egypt
1998
star 5.6Filmed in IMAX, a young girl questions her grandfather about the alleged curse of King Tutankhamen. His response takes us up to the source of the nourishing river Nile, to the Great Pyramids of Giza, to the Valley of the Kings.Elizabeth's Pirates
2001
Elizabeth's Pirates
2001
The Elizabethan founders of the British Empire have long been considered heroes of great personal genius and skill who civilised the natives and founded one of the greatest empires in the history of the world. In fact they were a bunch of murdering, thieving pirates whose sole ambition was to line their own pockets.Frederick the Great and the Enigma of Prussia
2010
Historian Christopher Clark re-examines the life and achievements of one of Germany's most colourful and controversial leaders, a philosopher and cultured 'Prince of the Enlightenment' whose reputation would later suffer by association with Hitler's Nazi regime.Clausewitz - Lebensbild eines preußischen Generals
1980
In November 1831, the 51-year-old Prussian Major General Carl von Clausewitz burns the first chapters of his autobiography, which he had begun to write at the insistence of his wife Marie. Shocked by the sudden death of his friend Gneisenau, he is forced to realize that at his friend's deathbed he has finally said goodbye to the hopes and plans that had once determined his life and that of his friends...Benkei and Ushiwakamaru
1999
This is the story of the extraordinary Benkei, who after having met his enemy Yoshitsune in his childhood (then named 'Ushiwaka') came to guard him as a lifetime partner in later years.Our Theatre
1975
Our Theatre
1975
An overview of the 75-year history of the Moscow Art Theatre containing unique historical footage, including rare excerpts from various stage productions.
