Popular History Movies on Pantaflix - Page 388

O Despertar da Redentora

1942

O Despertar da Redentora

1942
6
The Yagyu Military Art: The One-Eyed Ninja

1963

The Yagyu Military Art: The One-Eyed Ninja

1963
6.5
The famed ninja Yagyu Jubei fights to suppress a coup d’etat plotted against Tokugawa Shogunate.
Les Anneaux d'Or

1956

Les Anneaux d'Or

1956
7.5
At the time of Tunisian independence, owners of large boats decide to sell, while many small fishermen soon find themselves without work. Their wives then decide to pool their gold rings to sell them and thus buy boats.
Hans Nielsen Hauge

1961

Hans Nielsen Hauge

1961
5.5
Hans Nielsen Hauge was a Norwegian reformer in the early 1800's both financially and spiritually.
Jens Langkniv

1940

Jens Langkniv

1940
5.5
Lapu-Lapu

2002

Lapu-Lapu

2002
4
A film showing the struggles of Lapu-Lapu and how he defended Mactan, Cebu from the invading Spanish forces.
Algeria's Bloody Years

2002

Algeria's Bloody Years

2002
8.5
Documentary series in two parts: 1. A people without a voice (80'), 2. A land in mourning (78'). Part 1: A people without a voice: October 88, the Algerian Republic is faltering, the film goes back to the sources of this tragedy and explains how the face to face between the Islamists and those in power began. The interruption of the legislative elections of December 91, followed shortly after the assassination of President Boudiaf in June 92, plunged Algeria into chaos. Part 2: A land in mourning: the cycle of violence that leads to massacres and the economic and geopolitical underside of the war. More than 100,000 deaths, an incredible degree of barbarity, massacres, apparently incomprehensible... Behind the official window of power and its artificial political scene, hides a shadow power.
A Midwife's Tale

1998

A Midwife's Tale

1998
7.8
To understand eighteenth-century America through a woman's eyes, historian and author Laurel Thatcher Ulrich spent eight years working through Martha Ballard's massive but cryptic diary. "A Midwife's Tale" chronicles the interwoven stories of two remarkable women: an eighteenth-century midwife and healer and the twentieth-century historian who brought her words to light.
Abnormal Blood

1967

Abnormal Blood

1967
2
A detective investigating a serial rapist discovers that he and the perpetrator come from the same lineage of depraved individuals, a genealogy of violent and sexually perverse deviants that stretches through the Meiji, Taisho and Showa eras and can even be traced back to the Edo era.
A Failure at Fifty

1940

A Failure at Fifty

1940
4.5
The story of Abraham Lincoln's 30-year struggle of persistence-through-failure is told to an unemployed 50 year old man.
Winners Of The Wilderness

1927

Winners Of The Wilderness

1927
7.5
During the French and Indian War the Indians under Pontiac kidnap Rene. Colonel O'Hara hopes to rescue and wed her.
The Aguiluchos of the FAI in the Land of Aragón Report 1: Stamps of the antifascist revolution

1936

The Aguiluchos of the FAI in the Land of Aragón Report 1: Stamps of the antifascist revolution

1936
6
This documentary is the first of a series that dedicated 4 issues to the activity of the Durruti column in Aragon.
To the Bracken Fields

2003

To the Bracken Fields

2003
9
A poor village in the Tohoku area has a law that states when a resident becomes sixty years old, they must move to the place called Warabino, far away from home.
Casas Viejas: el grito del sur

1997

Casas Viejas: el grito del sur

1997
8.2
Peter and Paul and the Christian Revolution

2003

Peter and Paul and the Christian Revolution

2003
7.5
Two thousand years ago, in the Roman province of Judea, Jesus was crucified by imperial troops. Thousands before him had suffered the same fate. But unlike his predecessors on the cross, Jesus did not disappear from history. Instead, his memory was kept alive by a small band of Jews - men and women who held fast to their conviction that Jesus was the Messiah.
The Dawn of Islam

1951

The Dawn of Islam

1951
8
The film deals with the life of the Arabian peninsula before Islam emerged, where idolatry, ignorance and corruption spread all over. Then the Mohammedan message of worshiping God alone begins and the difficulties facing Islam and early Muslims starts.
Rabea Al Adaweiah

1963

Rabea Al Adaweiah

1963
6
Rabi'a al-Adawiyya is a classic film from 1963 based on the life of the early Sufi saint and poet Rabi'a al-Adawiyya, also known as Rabi'a al Basri, in the second Islamic century.
The Peasants

1939

The Peasants

1939
5
Seven Rebel Gladiators

1965

Seven Rebel Gladiators

1965
6.5
The ruthless Roman tribune, Vadio, joins forces with the evil Morakeb to take over the throne of Aristea, usurping King Krontal and stealing away his lovely daughter in the process. Meanwhile, Marco Aulo, now a Roman centurion, comes to Aristea to learn where his legions war funds have gone. Vadio has him framed for treason and is thrown into the arena to fight a group of six formidable gladiators. During the fights, Marco refuses to kill those he defeats until finally, he himself loses after exhaustion takes its toll. Admiring this man, the six warriors join him and together they escape Vadio's clutches and plot to free the kingdom from the two conspiring killers. Edited from Mole Men Against the Son of Hercules
Roland the Mighty

1956

Roland the Mighty

1956
5.5
In this sword-and-sandal saga set on the steppes of Asia, Roland, leader of the Paladin troops, who must proves his mettle against the dreaded Saracen invaders, and withstand their evil plots