New History Movies on Pantaflix - Page 379

Anabáze

2015

Anabáze

2015
After the Holocaust

2015

After the Holocaust

2015
World War II in Europe ended on the 8th of May 1945. Hitler is dead. Allied armies have occupied Germany. The death camps have been liberated. But, for the Jews of Europe, the suffering, the dying, and the grief continues, and still continues to this very day.
Examination of Conscience

2015

Examination of Conscience

2015
Set against the backdrop of the Troubles in Northern Ireland in the 1960's, 'Examination of Conscience' follows two brothers of questionable morals. This snapshot of their lives shows how they and their peers cope with the pressures of their time.
Raiders of the Jade Empire

2015

Raiders of the Jade Empire

2015
China, as we know it today, would not exist without the Han Dynasty. About two millenniums ago, its emperors ruled for over 400 years, and yet, few visible remains of this period exist above ground. Underground, however, it's a different story. Join a team of archaeologists as they enter the royal tombs of three emperors spanning the reign of the Han Dynasty. By excavating these sites, they hope to further our knowledge of their wealth, their beliefs, their quest for immortality, and how their culture and philosophy shaped modern China.
La Tragédie du roi Richard II

2015

La Tragédie du roi Richard II

2015
A French adaptation of William Shakespeare's play "Richard II", staged by Jean-Baptiste Sastre.
The Patagonian Bones

2015

The Patagonian Bones

2015
A group of Welsh settlers decided to emigrate to Argentine Patagonia in 1865. Among them, a woman named Catherine Roberts, her husband, and their three children. Aboard the ship Mimosa they arrived at the current Puerto Madryn, Chubut, on July 28, 1865. Catherine died on August 21 and was buried near the coast, but her traces were lost until 1995 when some bones were discovered by chance. Argentine scientists Silvia Dahinten, Julieta Gómez Otero and Fernando Coronato have been working for twenty years to determine if the remains found are those of Catherine. In 2015, the arrival in Puerto Madryn of a Welsh descendant of Catherine, and new scientific advances, allow us to confirm that the bones found in 1995 are those of Catherine.
Coptic Egypt: 2000 Years of Christianity

2015

Coptic Egypt: 2000 Years of Christianity

2015
Meet the Christian community that survived Roman persecution, Byzantine rule, and has successfully co-existed with Islam for 14 centuries.
Conflict

2015

Conflict

2015
The movie is about the subject of arrests and different forms of repression, physical and moral torture, that were faced by the Islamist opponents of Ben Ali's Regime and their families.
John Halas Remembered: An Animator Ahead of His Time 1912-1995

2015

John Halas Remembered: An Animator Ahead of His Time 1912-1995

2015
A documentary about John Halas, the Hungarian-Jewish emigre who became the father of British Animation. John is a key figure in British cinema and his contribution goes far beyond making Animal Farm in 1954, Britain's first animated feature-film. He produced more than 2000 films between 1938 and 1995, launched the careers of hundreds of British animators and was a visionary who wanted to create a post-WWII utopia through Socialism, animation and international understanding. The film was commissioned and produced by his daughter Vivien Halas who runs the Halas & Batchelor archive.
Inside Buckingham Palace

2015

Inside Buckingham Palace

2015
Buckingham Palace is a symbol of Britain and one of the most iconic buildings in the world. For over 300 years, Buckingham Palace has been a closed and secretive place --it is littered with scandals, infighting, and tragedies -- all seeking to bring down the British monarchy. Take a look behind the walls where Queen Victoria once abandoned it to George VI's defiance against Hitler and all the way to Queen Elizabeth II's 60+ year reign.
Im Namen des Königs

2015

Im Namen des Königs

2015
The son of the King of Saxony is very interested in women, but his father wants a good match for him and therefore has all other loves killed. So also the parents' house of the beautiful Kunigunde is torched, but she can escape with the help of a squire, who can then temporarily bring her to safety in the care of the vegetarian bear Beppo. But when a weapons dealer tries out his new crossbow on Beppo of all people, Kunigunde has to seek new protection...
Ľudovít Štúr

2015

Ľudovít Štúr

2015
Nico Valsesia - From zero to Aconcagua (Mas Alto Que Los Condores)

2015

Nico Valsesia - From zero to Aconcagua (Mas Alto Que Los Condores)

2015
William The Conqueror

2015

William The Conqueror

2015
5.8
Blending drama with the explanations of passionate historians and specialists, this enriched historical reconstruction traces 60 years in the life a man who transformed the Middle Ages and laid the foundation of modern Europe, William The Conqueror.
Gallipoli 1915

2015

Gallipoli 1915

2015
The six months of the war that was fought on the Gallipoli peninsula was the culmination of months of British errors. The transferal of Imperial prejudices to military planning ended up costing thousands of their lives and showed the incompetence of British generals.
Granite & Chalk

2015

Granite & Chalk

2015
As rebels planned Ireland’s 1916 Easter Rising, they were watched by two spies code-named Granite and Chalk. This documentary delves into British intelligence to tell their story, one century on. Funded by Bord Scannán na hÉireann/the Irish Film Board, After ’16 is a creative response by Irish filmmakers to the events of Easter 1916. This collection of nine short films is a mixture of live-action, animation and documentary, telling stories from the eve of the Rising all the way to the Troubles in 1970s Northern Ireland and beyond.
White Van Stories

2015

White Van Stories

2015
6.5
White Van Stories is a documentary feature on enforced disappearances following seven characters from the families of the disappeared in North, East and South Provinces of Sri Lanka.
Édes Erdély, itt voltunk

2015

Édes Erdély, itt voltunk

2015
In August 1940, the foreign ministers of Germany and Italy brought to an end a disagreement between Hungary and Romania related to their territorial dispute. Following the Vienna Arbitration, Transylvania was split into two territories, the northern part returning to "Homeland" Hungary for a short while. 75 years later, this film evokes the events of that period by weaving a series of personal memories.
Buñuel en el laberinto de las tortugas

2015

Buñuel en el laberinto de las tortugas

2015
6
Spain, 1932. Spanish filmmaker Luis Buñuel travels to the region of Las Hurdes, in Extremadura, where he shoots his third film, a very critical and later controversial documentary about the living conditions of the poor peasants, abandoned and forgotten by the national authorities.
Richard III: The Burial of the King

2015

Richard III: The Burial of the King

2015
Richard III - the king found under a council car park in Leicester in 2012 - will be buried in the city's cathedral. Channel 4 is broadcasting live and exclusively from Leicester in a special programme presented by Jon Snow with Krishnan Guru-Murthy, Arthur Williams and Sonali Shah. This first part captures the climax of the procession of the king's mortal remains to the site of his death at Bosworth Battlefield, through the streets of Leicester and to the service that marks his reception into Leicester Cathedral, with a sermon given by the Catholic Archbishop of Westminster, Cardinal Vincent Nichols. Channel 4 assembles leading historians, actors and politicians descendants of the king and key participants in his rediscovery, to ask who Richard really was and what his place in British history should now be. Then Channel 4 returns to Leicester Cathedral for exclusive live coverage of the reburial.