New History Movies on Pantaflix - Page 293

Mélancolie ouvrière

2018

Mélancolie ouvrière

2018
4.9
Long live the strike! Lucie Baud, one of the pioneers of the women's movement, went with creativity, fighting spirit and the power of singing against the weapons of male-dominated capitalist society in nineteenth-century France. The film, based on true events, describes the ambitious fight of a silk moth. She stood up for the rights of the female working class to end maltreatment and oppression once and for all. For the revolution in women's rights, she even put her family back and fought to the end for their beliefs.
Crossed

2018

Crossed

2018
6
Crossed: sword and shield duel, action short movie, sword fighting, Award winning
Erik & Erika

2018

Erik & Erika

2018
4.6
Erik(a) Schinegger – the ski star who became a media sensation. Erika was hailed as a champion skier, until a sex test determined that she was a he – and Erik was rejected and accused of fraud. A story based on real life, a tale about nature and the taboo subjects of 1970s society.
Mayerling / Bouquet de Takarazuka

2018

Mayerling / Bouquet de Takarazuka

2018
Austria, 1888. Crown Prince Rudolph is bored with the ostentatious royal life in the Austrian court. He is forced into a marriage contract with Stephanie, Princess of Belgium. The couple is incompatible and they live in unhappy discord. Grand Duke Jean Salvadore, Rudolph`s cousin, is in touch with the liberals of the realm and his lover, Milly, is a commoner. The Grand Duke has broken the shackles of convention and he enjoys a life of freedom much to his cousin`s envy. During a performance of “Hamlet”, Rudolph meets Maria Vetsera, the daughter of Baron Vetsera, the wealthiest man in Vienna. The Prince and Maria fall in love at first sight...
The Captain

2018

The Captain

2018
7.2
Germany, 1945. Soldier Willi Herold, a deserter of the German army, stumbles into a uniform of Nazi captain abandoned during the last and desperate weeks of the Third Reich. Newly emboldened by the allure of a suit that he has stolen only to stay warm, Willi discovers that many Germans will follow the leader, whoever he is.
The Current War

2018

The Current War

2018
6.7
Electricity titans Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse compete to create a sustainable system and market it to the American people.
Mahatma Gandhi: Dying for Freedom

2018

Mahatma Gandhi: Dying for Freedom

2018
Indian freedom fighter Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated on 30 January 1948. Why was he killed and what events occurred before and after his murder? This documentary shows how India was dogged by nationalism and religious conflict on its path to independence - and how these factors mark the country to this day.
Auschwitz Projekt

2018

Auschwitz Projekt

2018
7.5
Hippocrate aux enfers

2018

Hippocrate aux enfers

2018
4
More Than Words

2018

More Than Words

2018
8
TV miniseries "More than words explores the possibilities and ways of behavior in non-verbal communication, primarily movements, gestures and ways of expression, but also the causes and roots of their origin. The series also explores the most interesting changes in the development of different cultures, including tattooing, scarring and body painting. Series also deal with the language of deaf and blind people, different universal languages, laughter, whistling and other peripheral phenomena associated with non-verbal communication. It also answers the questions does politicians think what they say, do suspects lie to the police or the court and how their body language reveals them..
The Trial of Klara Wendel

2018

The Trial of Klara Wendel

2018
2
The prisoner Klara Wendel was supposed to be deported from west to east Switzerland. But strange incidents occur during her transport, and all her companions disappear. Klara is found wearing a nun’s habit. To get to the heart of the matter, a tribunal is hastily set up in a barn. The judges want to find out how Klara has managed to escape and why she’s dressed as a nun. On trial by men, Klara somehow manages to take over and become the director of both the trial and the film.
Les Unwanted de Europa

2018

Les Unwanted de Europa

2018
6.6
In February 1939, the paths of those fleeing Francoist Spain on one side and the advancing Nazis on the other crossed along the Pyrenees. Anarchists and socialists, Jews and partisans, in an exodus with no safe destination. Among them Walter Benjamin, one of the greatest European intellectuals of the 20th century.
1968

2018

1968

2018
6.8
A.E.K., the well-known Greek basketball team founded in 1924 by refugees from Constantinople, after 44 years, beats SLAVIA of Prague and wins the European Cup.
The Butcher, The Whore and the One-Eyed Man

2018

The Butcher, The Whore and the One-Eyed Man

2018
5.1
Depicts the slow decline of three individuals as they are sucked into a world of sinful existence. It is the story of a wild and voracious love triangle.
Padmaavat

2018

Padmaavat

2018
6.9
Rajputana, India, 13th century. The tyrannical usurper Alauddin Khilji, sultan of Delhi, becomes obsessed with Queen Padmavati, wife of King Ratan Singh of Mewar, and goes to great lengths to satisfy his greed for her.
Life and Fate by Vassili Grossman

2018

Life and Fate by Vassili Grossman

2018
7
The convoluted and moving story of Russian writer Vassili Grossman (1905-64) and his novel Life and Fate (1980), a literary masterpiece, a monumental and epic account of life under Stalin's regime of terror, a defiant cry that the KGB tried to suffocate.
Rocco Chinnici: May Your Kiss Lie Lightly On My Head

2018

Rocco Chinnici: May Your Kiss Lie Lightly On My Head

2018
7.1
An Italian magistrate leads a crusade against organized crime which ultimately costs him his life in this biopic told through his daughter's eyes.
Fabrizio De André: Principe libero

2018

Fabrizio De André: Principe libero

2018
7.5
A biopic on the personal and artistic life of Italian songwriter Fabrizio De André.
Delacroix, d'orient et d'occident

2018

Delacroix, d'orient et d'occident

2018
8
The Man with the Lantern

2018

The Man with the Lantern

2018
To discover the truth behind the mysterious objects her uncle brought back from the Far East during her childhood, filmmaker Francesca Lixi embarks on a journey to those places through archival footage.