Popular History Movies on Pantaflix - Page 296

Lhotse - l'anno nero del serpente

1990

Lhotse - l'anno nero del serpente

1990
Reed: Insurgent Mexico

1972

Reed: Insurgent Mexico

1972
5.8
A dramatization of John Reed's newspaper accounts of the Mexican Revolution. Considered the first real film in Mexican cinema to be made on the Mexican Revolution.
The Many Lives of Jorge Semprún

2023

The Many Lives of Jorge Semprún

2023
6
The incredible life of Jorge Semprún (1923-2011): son of a republican intellectual; exiled in the early days of the Spanish Civil War; survivor of the Buchenwald concentration camp during World War II; clandestine communist in Spain during Franco's dictatorship; controversial socialist politician; acclaimed writer, screenwriter and filmmaker.
Great State's Heart

2005

Great State's Heart

2005
The film, dedicated to the 800th anniversary of the founding of the Great Mongol Empire, presents the history of the establishment of the Mongolian state in a documentary form.
Bao feng zhou yu

1961

Bao feng zhou yu

1961
Cartesius

1974

Cartesius

1974
6.6
Rossellini's interpretation of Descartes' life.
Variácie slávy

1991

Variácie slávy

1991
10
W. A. Mozart's childhood was very busy, connected with constant travelling, full of fame and admiration. His father Leopold, an accomplished musician, led his son purposefully towards the role of child prodigy. However, their travels in Europe were not only associated with success, but also with the family's struggle for subsistence and the mother's eternal fear for the fragile health of her children. And so we follow Mozart's first steps in the world of music to the premiere of his first opera, La finta semplice, which he wrote at the age of twelve.
Party Like a Roman Emperor

2012

Party Like a Roman Emperor

2012
Viewers are taken through the parties of the past and also get a glimpse of today's most lavish and coveted fashion event.
万水千山

1977

万水千山

1977
Strange Wedding

1986

Strange Wedding

1986
The year is 1943. At his last breath, partisan Gani asks his friends to make sure that his daughter Sherka is married on the date set in advance for her wedding. Once the wedding ceremony starts, they find out that the bridegroom is a collaborator of the invaders. Sherka decides to cancel her wedding and joins her father s friends in their struggle for the liberation of the country.
25 October, the First Day

1968

25 October, the First Day

1968
5.7
A short film made by Yuri Norstein for the 60th anniversary of the October Revolution, The 25th - the First Day recounts that day using art from the revolutionary period.
Magic on a Stick

1946

Magic on a Stick

1946
6
This MGM Passing Parade series short recounts how English chemist John Walker invented the wooden friction match during the 1820s.
Two Days in October

2005

Two Days in October

2005
8
Based on David Maraniss's book They Marched into Sunlight, a documentary telling the story of two seemingly unconnected events in October 1967 that changed the course of the Vietnam War. Whilst a US battalion unwittingly marched into a Viet Cong ambush which killed 61 young men, half a world away angry students at the University of Wisconsin were protesting the presence of Dow Chemical recruiters on campus. (Storyville)
Ramesses II: The Great Journey

2011

Ramesses II: The Great Journey

2011
7
3,200 years ago, Egypt is living the final hours of its golden age under the reign of Ramesses II. After ruling the country for 67 years, the great pharaoh dies at the old age of 92. His mummy is burried in the heart of the Valley of the Kings. This is the beginning of his great journey towards the afterlife but only under one condition: that his tomb remains off limits forever. However, in the 19th century, many European adventurers explore the tomb of the king searching for the burial chamber. Then begins an archeological investigation, which reveals the story of Ramesses II after-life.
A Walk Through Prospero's Library

1992

A Walk Through Prospero's Library

1992
A short made for TV with director Peter Greenaway discussing the dazzling 3.5 minute opening sequence from his film, 'Prospero's Books'. As Prospero (John Gielgud) walks through his library, Greenaway comments on the historical, mythological, biblical & fictional characters occupying the library.
Day of Rulers

1986

Day of Rulers

1986
7
The protagonist in this picture is legendary Bulgarian Khan Krum - a ruler in the beginning of IX century. In this period, Bulgaria ranked third in Europe in terms of territory and military power. It is Khan Krum who contributed to the union of Bulgarians and Slavs. He enforces unseen to that day laws against calumniators, thieves, violators. It stirs discontent among his closest men. The ruler is smart and just, but isn't he too severe? At what cost can one ensure order and progress in a state?
Эх, яблочко, куды котишься

1926

Эх, яблочко, куды котишься

1926
1918 Odessa. German occupiers plunder the city. Sailor Petrus, who has lagged behind the Red Army detachment, saves one of the victims of bandit terror - the girl Marusya... Years have passed. The time has come for peaceful construction in the country. Red commander Petrus and Marusya, who has become a teacher, meet in Moscow in one of the cafes, where both were attracted by the sounds of the popular song “Eh, apple...”, accompanying the adventure of the heroes.
Une histoire extraordinaire

2021

Une histoire extraordinaire

2021
The Tower of Nesle

1937

The Tower of Nesle

1937
In the 13th century, lovers hurried to the door of Marguerite de Bourgogne. The aristocrat who every day was indulged in orgies that were famous throughout the country. What the suitors do not know is that they will inevitably be executed the day after these festivities and thrown to the Seine.
Beyond Fordlandia

2017

Beyond Fordlandia

2017
An environmental account of Henry Ford’s Amazon experience decades after its failure. The story addressed by the film begins in 1927, when the Ford Motor Company attempted to establish rubber plantations on the Tapajós River, a primary tributary of the Amazon. This film addresses the recent transition from failed rubber to successful soybean cultivation for export, and its implication for land usage.