New History Movies on Pantaflix - Page 191

The Mystery of the Trojan Horse

2021

The Mystery of the Trojan Horse

2021
7
The story of the Trojan Horse is probably one of the most famous stories ever told: after ten years of bloody war, the Greek coalition decides to lift the siege and depart, but not before leaving at the gates a huge wooden horse, which the Trojans confidently lead into the city. A few hours later, the once invincible Troy goes up in flames. What exactly happened? Is this myth true or false?
The Mother Eagle

2021

The Mother Eagle

2021
After learning of her convent's closure, a nun prays to Marie of the Incarnation and receives an answer in person.
Sphulingo

2021

Sphulingo

2021
Sphulingo is an Bangladeshi film, directed by Tauquir Ahmed and is produced by Shopner Bangladesh Foundation. It feature Shamol Mawla, Pori Moni, Rawnak Hasan and Zakia Bari Momo in the lead roles.
Straight to VHS

2021

Straight to VHS

2021
6.5
Act of Violence Upon a Young Journalist is a film shot in 1988 and released on VHS in 1989; a mysterious cult work of Uruguayan cinema surrounded by strange theories about Manuel Lamas, its unknown creator. Until now.
Sijou

2021

Sijou

2021
9
Sijou is a small boy who lives in the village of Saikhonguri, a village in Baksa near the Indo-Bhutan border. He lives with his father. One day, his life takes a drastic shift when he becomes a victim of the Feudal Land Tenure System which was in practice in Bhutan till 1958. Gradually, his life takes drastic turns which eventually turn him into a monk.
Confederation Film

2021

Confederation Film

2021
Short doc/essay film exploring Newfoundland's relationship to film before and after confederation.
Španělská chřipka

2021

Španělská chřipka

2021
Homesick

2021

Homesick

2021
5.4
A university student returns home to self-isolate during the lockdown. He's totally alone, he's caught the virus and in order to cope, he's started to talk to himself.
A Rogue in Londinium

2021

A Rogue in Londinium

2021
2
Richard Rhys, a painter in Victorian London, is the prime suspect in the Jack the Ripper murders. In a chance encounter he meets a wealthy reformer and socialite, Victoria Thornton, married to the richest man in England. Their passionate love affair results in a pregnancy and possible scandal and ruin. It is a story of redemption and true love.
¡El Archiduque debe morir!

2021

¡El Archiduque debe morir!

2021
Concert for the Battle of El Tala

2021

Concert for the Battle of El Tala

2021
6.4
This is a film with music. Or about the music and texts that accompany, in a poetic way, a decisive battle between Unitarian and Federalists. The vicissitudes of the birth of a nation based on the play written by Mariano Llinás and Gabriel Chwojnik, whose images achieve some hypnotic strength.
Air Girl

2021

Air Girl

2021
7
Komari Sano's parents ran a small Tokyo factory that manufactured aircraft parts. With her parents' influence, Komari Sano dreamed of becoming a pilot. During World War II, her older brother died as a kamikaze pilot and her parents died during the bombing of Tokyo. Komari Sano became an orphan and lived with her aunt. Her aunt ran a ryotei (high end traditional restaurant). After the war, all aerial activities were initially banned in Japan. After long negotiations with the Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers, Sizuo Matsuki, who is the security chief of Civil Aviation Bureau, finally launched Japan's civil aviation. Komari Sano applies for the position of a cabin attendant.
Quince: el documental

2021

Quince: el documental

2021
7
A journey through the golden age of Spanish rugby, from the late eighties to the early nineties: the incredible story of men who, with hard work, effort and perseverance, proved that any goal can be achieved.
Aganai: Me and the Cult Leader - A Modern Report on the Banality of Evil

2021

Aganai: Me and the Cult Leader - A Modern Report on the Banality of Evil

2021
6.3
Atsushi Sakahara, a victim of the 1995 sarin gas attack in Tokyo's subway system, travels with Hiroshi Araki, an executive of Aleph (formerly Aum Shinrikyo), the attack's perpetrators, visiting their respective hometowns and the university they both attended. Conversations unfold, building intimacy: we learn why Araki joined the infamous organization led by Shoko Asahara and why, still, Araki remains an executive member of the cult, even though he was not directly involved in any of the crimes.The beginning of a friendship, a trip for redemption, or the confirmation that each human has to go their own way.
LIZ

2021

LIZ

2021
An alien sent to study humans on Earth faces inhumanity when it stumbles upon a college party.
40 Nickels

2021

40 Nickels

2021
Based her grandfather’s boyhood in St. Louis, Yasmin Gorenberg tells a story of the pain passed from refugee parents to their children and the hope that can overcome it. “40 Nickels” captures the image of a generation of immigrants to the United States in the 1920’s and 1930’s and through that spotlights the effects of the 1919 pogroms in Eastern Europe. This is a film about parents and children: how trauma never leaves a family, and how hope and resilience is also passed down. It asks the question: Can a new generation look at the world with wonder rather than fear?
A Matter of Life and Death: History of Hygiene

2021

A Matter of Life and Death: History of Hygiene

2021
6.5
Hygienic habits are as old as the various human civilizations; but each era establishes its own customs: whether private or public, everywhere and at all times, methods of personal cleanliness have depended on cultural conventions, religious morals, political ideologies and economic interests; because the control of basic hygiene has also been and is one more tool in the infinite exercise of power over the masses.
Mermaid on board

2021

Mermaid on board

2021
9
In 1927, with a broken heart as luggage, the young poet Norah Lange voyages on a Norwegian freighter from Buenos Aires to Oslo as the only female passenger. The film reimagines in a poetic way the trip and the power struggles Norah is forced to negotiate with the crew, as the crossing of the ocean leaves an indelible mark on Norah’s life and career.
Brief Feelings Of Impending Doom

2021

Brief Feelings Of Impending Doom

2021
Shots of a rainy day with audio of a D-Day radio transmission
Raphael - A Sensitive Genius

2021

Raphael - A Sensitive Genius

2021
5
A documentary that restores to the world, five hundred years after his death, the universal and sensitive genius of one of the greatest artists of the Italian Renaissance: Raphael Sanzio. Guided by the art historian Luca Tomìo, we decided to start our journey from the Renaissance atmosphere of Raphael’s birthplace, the Duchy of Urbino, to retrace, from the very beginning, Raphael's artistic education. From a young age, he found himself confronted with giants of the Renaissance art such as Piero della Francesca and Antonio del Pollaiolo, in the workshop of his father Giovanni Santi, also an excellent painter of the Urbino court.