Popular History Movies - Page 469
The Man with the Carnation
1980
star 5.7The story of Nikos Belogiannis member of the communist party and officer of Ellas that has come back to Greece only to get arrested, tried for espionage on behalf of Russia and executed.The Last Battle
2024
The Last Battle
2024
A journey into Ernest's childhood. Now living out his days in a nursing home, he confuses past and present as he revisits his memories of the civil war. And with them comes a clear determination: to return to his village to finish what he started 70 years ago.My Favorite War
2020
My Favorite War
2020
star 7Ilze Burkovska, a little girl who is obsessed with stories of World War II and will be a filmmaker in a distant future, lives in Latvia under the totalitarian boot of the Soviets and the ominous shadow of the many menaces and horrors of the Cold War.L'Étrange monsieur Joseph
2001
Joseph Joanovici, a Romanian Jew married to Eva and father of Theresa, lives in Paris in 1939, on the eve of World War II. He managed to make his place in society by trading scrap.Ka Mate! Ka Mate!
1987
Ka Mate! Ka Mate!
1987
In a Maori settlement, Ngati Toa leader Te Rauparaha composes the famous chant "Ka Mate", also known as the haka, after evading enemy capture by hiding in a kumara pit.The Stars of the Day
1966
The Stars of the Day
1966
A female poet and author faces the harsh realities of a besieged Leningrad. Based on Olga Berggolts' memoir of the same name.No Word For Worry
2014
No Word For Worry
2014
As a sea nomad, Hook grew up with the ocean as his universe. Now he must make a courageous voyage to salvage the remains of his dying cultureThe Mark of the Beast
1980
star 4.9In 1928 in the northern part of the Netherlands, a man has an affair with the wife of one of his friends (who is in jail at the time). Because she abandons her children to move in with him, the police are sent to arrest her. This leads to a dramatic confrontation.Argentinian Until Death
1971
Story that takes place during the so-called War of Paraguay or War of the Triple Alliance.Gerou
1927
Koldzhata's gold
2007
Koldzhata's gold
2007
On the border of the great empire, a Cossack barrier guards a mountain pass through which bandit detachments of Zarif penetrate into Siberia. Destroy the gang, bringing untold calamities to the surrounding villages, yesula Tokareva.Four Sundays
1974
Four Sundays
1974
After the novelette of the same name of Huseyn Abbaszadeh. The film is about friends' meeting who fought together as a partisans in Belorussian detached force.Solomon Riley Presents Negro Coney Island
2021
Often discussed as an urban legend or a failed architectural project, Solomon Riley Presents Negro Coney Island redresses the erasure around Riley’s completed amusement park for the Black Residents in Harlem and the Bronx in 1924 on Hart Island. Working across archives, contemporary footage of Hart Island, and speculative interviews with key Black cultural producers of the time, including Riley, the film reimagines what we know about Negro Coney Island and its legacy with New York City’s still active potter’s field, Hart Island.Vengeance at Iga
1942
Vengeance at Iga
1942
Famed swordsman Araki Mataemon must face his best friend as they are forced to take opposite sides in a vendetta caused by the murder of a family member.Barbaros Hayrettin Paşa
1951
star 10The film tells the story of the struggle between Barbaros Hayrettin Pasha and Count Vespasiano. Barbaros Hayrettin Pasha and his fleet engage in battle off the coast of Fondi Castle. They capture Count Reinaldi and his niece, Countess Julia, from the defeated fleet to obtain ransom. Barbaros Hayrettin demands the ransom from Julia's fiancé, Count Vespasyo of Fondi Castle. Julia, who does not want to marry Vespasyo, asks Barbaros to help her. However, Barbaros remains indifferent to this request. In response, Vespasio attacks the island of Midilli, where Barbaros resides, and takes many people captive. A major battle erupts between Vespasio and Barbaros. Countess Julia will await her next encounter with Barbaros.We, The Russian People
1966
star 6Based on a novel by Vsevolod Vishnevsky. January 1917. The workers and peasants of Russia, hunted by the tsarist government in the trenches, forced to defend alien interests of the king, the landowners and exploiters-capitalists. Bolshevik worker Yakov Orel, selflessly performing party mission, said the soldiers the truth about war, about revolution, about what the overthrow of the autocracy does not mean the liberation of the workers from the yoke of landlords and capitalists exploitation. For example, one regiment of the film reflects the events that took place in the whole of the Russian army between February and October 1917.An Unforgettable Grudge
1926
star 8.3Set in the Edo period, the film deals with two brothers falling in love with the same girl. Sadly, only 12 minutes of footage survive.Rainbow Warrior
2022
Rainbow Warrior
2022
star 8The Rainbow Warrior was a Greenpeace ship that was bombed by operatives of the French government, in New Zealand in 1985, while heading to a protest against nuclear testing, tragically taking the life of photographer Fernando Pereira. Edward McGurn’s enlightening and exciting documentary uncovers a tangled tale of nuclear weapons, geopolitical coverups, and attempts to take action against impending environmental collapse. Was Pereira’s death an accident or part of a larger political plot?The Winter of 1905
1982
The Winter of 1905
1982
Tsui Hark stars as Chinese artist and Buddhist monk Li Shutong, a.k.a. Master Hong Yi. Li travels to Japan to study Western artistic practices, and revolutionizes the teaching of art in China upon his return. Set during the turbulent era of the Russo-Japanese War circa 1905.I am from Krajina, the Land of Chestnuts
2013
star 1.5Omer returns to his homeland after a long time, there he encounters those from his past.
