Top Rated History Movies - Page 225

Évariste Galois

1965

Évariste Galois

1965
6.2
Galois is practicing shooting in preparation for a duel the very next day. His last night.
Praise House

1991

Praise House

1991
3.2
“Draw or Die” is the divine imperative received by the painter, Hannah, who is being nurtured by her Grandmother, but controlled by her pragmatic mother. When her Granny spirit shouts this command to Hannah, she closes a celebration of personal visions in a dance piece that is close to visionary in itself.
1789

1974

1789

1974
6.6
Recording of the play 1789, a collective creation by Théâtre du Soleil at La Cartoucherie de Vincennes in 1970, edited from several shows.
Maria Pentagiotissa

1957

Maria Pentagiotissa

1957
3
The hopeless love between Maria Pentagiotissa and a man belonging to a different social class.
The Lake of Sighs

1959

The Lake of Sighs

1959
4.8
Ioannina, in the beginning of the 19th century. The whole Greece is under Turks. Ioannina is governed by the fierce and vulgar Ali Pasas. Ali’s eldest son, Muchtar, falls in love with a young Greek widow, Frosyni. The problem is, he’s married to the vindictive and cruel Chanife. And the muslim penalty for having an affair with a married man is death…
Northern Crusades

1972

Northern Crusades

1972
4.8
Historical epic about the uprising of the Prussians agains the Teutonic crusaders.
The Last Witch

1957

The Last Witch

1957
7.9
This dramatic story is situated in the town of Trnava of the 18th century. Painter Peter paints an altar-piece of the Martyrdom of St. Juliet and his model is a young girl. This is much disliked by the clergy who unjustly accuse the girl of witchcraft. She is saved from being burnt at a stake by the students of the Trnava University.
Exiled

2016

Exiled

2016
6.3
In the final years of World War I a retired German field medic is sent to a remote sanatorium for soldiers suffering from post-traumatic mental disorders. There he encounters a strange, dreamlike state of existence that challenges his own war-torn mind.
Mayflower: The Pilgrims' Adventure

1979

Mayflower: The Pilgrims' Adventure

1979
6.5
In 1620, the Assembly of the Pilgrims decides to emigrate to the young America because of the persecution they suffer by the English crown. The film tells the adventurous journey of the Pilgrims to an unknown land and future.
Persona Non Grata

2015

Persona Non Grata

2015
6.9
The story of a Japanese diplomat, sometimes called the Schindler of Japan, and his life lading up to and after his decision to issue over 2,000 visas to Jewish refugees in Kaunas, Lithuania resulting in saving the lives of over 6,000 people. This is the story of a man who believed in doing all he could do for the benefit of his beloved Japan, including trying to keep her from becoming embroiled in a worldwide conflict he saw as inevitable. Along the way, he came face to face with the plight of the European Jews as they tried to escape the onslaught of the Nazi's and the rapidly advancing German army. Caught between the unbending policies of his country now bound by treaty with Nazi Germany and his awakening moral responsibilities, we follow his life from his early days in Manchuria to his eventual posting in Lithuania and his appointment with destiny which would forever brand him a hero.
Standard

1990

Standard

1990
4.3
Does someone remember that project of López Rega’s which, in 1975, thought up the construction of a Great Homeland Altar where all mythical figures of Argentine history could be in the same building? From San Martín to Perón on his pinto horse. From the Billiken stamps of our childhood to Libertad Leblanc’s tits of our teenage years. All clichés of Argentine-ness gathered under one roof. But the construction delays. Workers entertain themselves with their own masturbatory drives. Or is it that Argentina is an impossibie construction? Always about to begin. always displaying great projects, great plans that never come to fruition. A second-rate country that hides its fundamental vacuity behind monuments. in Acha’s cinema, second-rateness is exposed, shown in all its lying pomposity.
Egypt's Lost Queens

2014

Egypt's Lost Queens

2014
6.2
Professor Joann Fletcher explores what it was like to be a woman of power in ancient Egypt. Through a wealth of spectacular buildings, personal artefacts and amazing tombs, Joann brings to life four of ancient Egypt's most powerful female rulers and discovers the remarkable influence wielded by women, whose power and freedom was unique in the ancient world. Throughout Egypt's history, women held the title of pharaoh no fewer than 15 times, and many other women played key roles in running the state and shaping every aspect of life. Joann Fletcher puts these influential women back at the heart of our understanding, revealing the other half of ancient Egypt.
Secret of the Midwife

2016

Secret of the Midwife

2016
6.7
Marthe is a girl with a special gift: she can cure illnesses. But the time she lives in is marked by superstition and godliness. When Marthe can not help the burgrave's wife from her village, the girl has to flee. Your path crosses that of Ritter Christian, who moves eastward into the Mark Meissen with a group of Frankish settlers. In the Middle Ages an unimaginably long and arduous way. Christian has a hard time avoiding the fascination of Marthe, but their diverse backgrounds make a relationship impossible and the settlers are afraid of the weird girl.
La monja alférez

1944

La monja alférez

1944
5.7
A 17th century woman, imprisoned for fighting in a bar, recounts her past to a priest. She tells of her father teaching her how to fence, of being sent to a convent by her aunt when her father died, of escaping by dressing as a man, and of her life as a man following the escape.
Siempreviva

2015

Siempreviva

2015
7.7
The economy is not doing well and in a few months Lucia will lose the mortgaged house where she lives with her two children, Mr. Carlos the owner of the Second-hand store, Sergio, Clown by day, waiter by night, and his wife Victoria. Julieta, the youngest child, is the family's salvation. She just graduated from law school when, on the morning of November 6, 1985, she leaves for her job at the Palace of Justice and never returns. There are witnesses that claim to have seen her alive after the Palace burned down after the Guerilla attack, the habitants lives of the house won't be the same. Based on true events and on a play in Colombia, 1985.
One Day I Saw 10,000 Elephants

2015

One Day I Saw 10,000 Elephants

2015
6.8
The octogenarian Angono Mba recalls the expedition in which he worked as porter for the Spanish filmmaker Manuel Hernández Sanjuán who, between 1944 and 1946, traveled through Spanish Guinea documenting life in the colony as he obsessively searched for a mysterious lake.
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.
Merry Riana: A Million Dollars Dream

2014

Merry Riana: A Million Dollars Dream

2014
7.2
Merry who lived in Singapore never thought her life would change. She struggled against rejection until she got 1 million dollars at a young age.
The Macedonian Part of Hell

1971

The Macedonian Part of Hell

1971
5.5
At the end of the year 1942 and the start of 1943, to stop spreading the revolution in county of Bitola, bulgarian occupiers are reinforcing the persecutions and the acts of violence on civil population.
King Naresuan Part: 6

2015

King Naresuan Part: 6

2015
6
Department of the Red God vent anger at the loss of his son. Viceroy of Hongsa Suphankanlaya to her son and daughter until death. It led the victory of King Naresuan avenge his brother, and she stepped to Bago leveled.

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1965

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1972

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1957

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2016

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1979

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1990

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2014

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2016

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1944

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2015

2015

2015

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1899

2014

2014

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1971

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2015