Popular History Movies on Pantaflix - Page 347

Farinelli

1994

Farinelli

1994
6.5
The life and career of Italian opera singer Farinelli, considered one of the greatest castrato singers of all time.
Le Grand Retournement

2013

Le Grand Retournement

2013
6
The Captive

2025

The Captive

2025
7.2
In 1575, the young soldier Miguel de Cervantes is captured on the high seas by Barbary pirates and taken to Algiers as a hostage. Aware that a cruel death awaits him if his family does not pay his ransom soon, he finds refuge in his passion for storytelling.
Cerca del cielo

1952

Cerca del cielo

1952
The Chinese Exclusion Act

2017

The Chinese Exclusion Act

2017
8
A sweeping chronicle of the entire exclusion era - the latter part of the 1800s, when anti-Chinese agitation led to federal laws targeting Chinese abroad and those already in the country. Go far beyond the legislation with the survival and growth of Chinese American communities in the face of prejudice and outright violence, the “paper” sons and daughters who emigrated despite the seemingly impassable barriers, and the legal challenges that produced some of the most momentous decisions in Supreme Court history.
The First Film

1982

The First Film

1982
4
Experimental Polish short in which "Workers Leaving the Lumière Factory" from 1895 is reenacted and shown from different points of view.
Игант

2019

Игант

2019
10
Fight Like Angels

2019

Fight Like Angels

2019
6
In a Fascist Milan, a group of boys decided to say no and founded the Aquile Randagie [stray eagles]: led by Andrea Ghetti, who continue clandestine scout activities, they keep their promise: to help others in all circumstances.
Red Plume - Genghis Khan

1952

Red Plume - Genghis Khan

1952
A dashing warrior's fighting prowess makes the Khan realize that it is better that such a person be an ally instead of the enemy.
Všechny krásy života

1990

Všechny krásy života

1990
The Drummer of the 8th

1913

The Drummer of the 8th

1913
5.8
When the Civil War begins, young Billy runs away from home to enlist in the Northern Army as a drummer; he's wounded in battle and taken prisoner. He manages to escape and deliver an important message to his commanding officer, but loses his life in the process. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2007.
Einstein and Eddington

2008

Einstein and Eddington

2008
6.9
Brilliant physicist Albert Einstein, and English scientist Arthur Eddington form an unlikely friendship during World War I, which leads to the creation of the relativity theory.
Arden de Faversham

1960

Arden de Faversham

1960
Faversham's Arden, the first tragedy to be about ordinary people, is both a realistic, social painting of 16th-century England and a psychological portrait. Alice and her lover Mosbie, with whom she has a complex and passionate relationship, decide to murder her husband Thomas Arden, but their plan repeatedly fails.
Dance Around the Steam Boiler

1988

Dance Around the Steam Boiler

1988
6
The movie travels through the 20th century by monitoring a steam boiler. We see the history of Estonia through life, agricultural work and people at different times.
The Devil's Dozen

1970

The Devil's Dozen

1970
6
XVIII century. In the town square of Lviv, Ukrainian city under the Austrian yoke, there is a trade in humans. This displeases Cossacks led by student Maxim Zaruba, for which the rioters arrested. Showing ingenuity and resourcefulness, heroes seize the ship, attacking the fortress and freed slaves.
Army March to Tongdao

2011

Army March to Tongdao

2011
Prabhat Nagari - Film 1

0000

Prabhat Nagari - Film 1

0000
A reflection on celluloid dreams, fathers and sons, and the cyclical universe presented as a portrait of the erstwhile Prabhat Studio through the reunion of some of its oldest workers.
Chrysis Waking

1899

Chrysis Waking

1899
6
Chrysis, a Greek priestess, is being fanned by her servant, who helps her get dressed before they both walk off.
Red Land

2018

Red Land

2018
6
Italy, September 1943. After the armistice and the flight of the King, the war theaters of the North-East see the advance of Tito's partisans. At the center of the story, in this dramatic historical context, the figure of Norma Cossetto, a young Istrian student, barbarously raped, killed and thrown into a foiba by the Tito partisans.
Catherine of England

1951

Catherine of England

1951