Popular History Movies - Page 383

The Duchess of Plakendia

1956

The Duchess of Plakendia

1956
6
After 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.
Rosvo Roope

1949

Rosvo Roope

1949
5.7
In the 18th century, Robert's beloved Helena is forced to marry the cruel Henrik Brest. Robert becomes Roope the Pirate, the most famous pirate in the Baltic Sea, whose legendary life includes scheming and partying, sword fights and women's adventures.
Kulkurin tyttö

1952

Kulkurin tyttö

1952
4.5
Baron Metter is threatening to evict a crofter family from their home. Lauri Vaara a student passing by, falls in love with Marja the family's daughter, and promises to help save their home. Baroness Olivia Metter falls for the young student and helps him with the rescue plan.
Kuisma ja Helinä

1951

Kuisma ja Helinä

1951
2.5
In the 1880s, an unruly group of Cossacks stays in Sankola's house in Hämälä. Soon the group's leader Kuisma sets his sights on the house's adopted daughter Helina . Isma, the owner of the farm, has also fallen in love with Helina.
Koskenkylän laulu

1947

Koskenkylän laulu

1947
3
Reino Köyri the son of a wealthy house falls off a horse and ends up at Liuhala's cottage to be treated by Venla. There he falls in love with the daughter of the house Anna. The couple’s cohabitation is hampered by previous commitments and ambiguities in kinship.
Helen of Troy

2005

Helen of Troy

2005
8
British historian Bettany Hughes tours the eastern Mediterranean in search of facts behind the legends of "the face that launched a thousand ships," exploring the ways Greeks made love and war circa 1300 B.C.
Katarina kaunis leski

1950

Katarina kaunis leski

1950
3.5
1790 Turku. After Katarina Thorwöst becomes a widow, there are many suitors, but her heart belongs to the fencing teacher lieutenant Carl-Magnus Schildt.
Such a life

1997

Such a life

1997
8.5
'Such a Life' is quite a sad film. It is set in the sixties, in a village on the west coast of Taiwan, where many are succumbing to 'black foot', a disease caused by drinking contaminated well water. The only 'cure' is to amputate the afflicted limb, and to avoid drinking the contaminated water. Many in the village were already sick, and few could afford to have tap-water installed. At the center of the story is Ah Chung, who lives with his grandfather, who has already lost one leg to 'black foot'. In the same village also live an opera family, who are finding things increasingly difficult there, an oyster farmer, who complains that his oysters are being poisoned by a nearby pharmaceutical plant, and an assortment of children who enjoy swimming in the sea, and who bully Ah Chung. A significant portion of the action also takes place in the village school, where Ah Chung is having trouble keeping up with the fees.
Sindromul Timișoara

2004

Sindromul Timișoara

2004
5.5
A perspective on the Romanian revolution which started in Timișoara.
200 Km

2003

200 Km

2003
6.5
200 km follows the marches carried out by Sintel workers to reach Madrid on May 1, 2002. Sintel was a subsidiary of Telefónica that, when it was privatized, was closed, leaving its 1,800 workers on the streets. One year after setting up the "Camp of Hope" with which they occupied Madrid's Avenida de la Castellana for months, and with the promises they were made unfulfilled, Sintel workers began a 10-day, 200-km march to Madrid to claim your job. Premiered on San Sebastian Film Festival 2003.
Ligne de vie

2003

Ligne de vie

2003
5.5
Mä oksalla ylimmällä

1954

Mä oksalla ylimmällä

1954
4.5
A fictional love story between famous composer Gabriel Linsén and opera singer Maria Sawina in 19th century Finland.
The Outlaw Ballad

1959

The Outlaw Ballad

1959
8
1830s, Moldavia. The groom Todor fell in love with his master's maid, Yustinia. Having found himself in hard labor, Todor organized an escape and, with a group of like-minded people, took refuge in the codry. So, under the leadership of Ataman Todor Tobultok, the Moldavian rebels, who called themselves haiduks, began to fight against the tyranny of the landowners.
Brezhnev

2005

Brezhnev

2005
7
A biographical TV movie about Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev that originally aired in four parts on Russia's Channel One. While nostalgic, the film does not attempt to rehabilitate Brezhnev.
Turbina

1941

Turbina

1941
5.5
Frontline: The Tank Man

2006

Frontline: The Tank Man

2006
8
On June 5, 1989, one day after Chinese troops expelled thousands of demonstrators from Tiananmen Square in Beijing, a solitary, unarmed protester stood his ground before a column of tanks advancing down the Avenue of Eternal Peace. Captured by Western photographers watching nearby, this extraordinary confrontation became an icon of the fight for freedom around the world. FRONTLINE investigates the mystery of the tank man — his identity, his fate, and his significance for the Chinese leadership.
Lakeuksien lukko

1951

Lakeuksien lukko

1951
5
Set in rural Ostrobothnia in 1859, Tuomas Kantola, a farmer, is the only peasant in the village who does not sell his land to Lohikoski's boss Adler, and even starts to annoy him by building a dam to defy the project to drain Lohikoski's lands. During the summer, Harri , a student, and Kantola's daughter Annika fall in love, which is not accepted by either of their fathers or Annika's ex-fiancé Tuomas.
Seijun Suzuki: kabuki & yakuzas

2002

Seijun Suzuki: kabuki & yakuzas

2002
6
Film director and screenwriter Seijun Suzuki (1923-2017), who in the sixties was the great innovator of Japanese cinema; and his collaborator, art director and screenwriter Takeo Kimura (1918-2010), recall how they made their great masterpieces about the Yakuza underworld for the Nikkatsu film company.
Tähtikeinu

2003

Tähtikeinu

2003
5
L. Onerva and Eino Leino - two people, two rebels, prisoners of a difficult love relationship. Along with two passionate poets, there will be a third wheel, a young and talented composer Leevi Madetoja.
The Ninth Wave

1926

The Ninth Wave

1926
4.5

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