Top Rated History Movies - Page 279

Risti ja liekki

1957

Risti ja liekki

1957
3.5
Set in early 16th century Finland, a knight Olavi Gideoninpoika meets Mirjam Raakelintytär and falls in love. Mirjami hides in a monastery disguised as a choir boy, but is revealed by a monk Rasmus, who also desires her, and is put on trial.
Another Country

2015

Another Country

2015
5.8
In this documentary companion to CHARLIE'S COUNTRY, Australian actor David Gulpilil tells the story of when his people's way of life was derailed by ours.
In Exile: A Family Movie

2017

In Exile: A Family Movie

2017
5.5
The life stories of Juan Francisco's grandparents and parents, who arrived in Mexico in 1939 as refugees at the end of the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). A family saga, from the beginning of the twentieth century to the present day.
Arsena Georgiashvili (murder of General Griaznov)

1921

Arsena Georgiashvili (murder of General Griaznov)

1921
5.2
Revolutionary uprising of Georgian laborers in 1905.
Rasputin

1984

Rasputin

1984
7.5
The monk Rasputin is summoned by the Russian nobility to use his healing powers to heal the dying heir to the Russian Empire.
Rok 1863

1922

Rok 1863

1922
5.5
In the Battle of Małogoszcz Prince Jozef Odrowaz was seriously wounded . Miss Salomea Brynicka and his father risked their own lives giving him food and shelter.
Dr. Sun Yat-sen

1986

Dr. Sun Yat-sen

1986
5.8
Dr. Sun Zhongshan leads a democratic revolution in China.
Copernicus

1973

Copernicus

1973
5.5
A biography of Nicholas Copernicus covering 50 years of the astronomer's life - from his studies in Europe to his theological work all the way to the creation of his magnum opus, On the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres.
Er Woo Dong: The Entertainer

1985

Er Woo Dong: The Entertainer

1985
4.8
Er Woo Dong translates to "entertainer," a rough approximation of the duties of 14th-century Korean courtesan Er Yoon Chang. After a lifetime "in service," Er Yoon Chang retires to a faraway village. Meanwhile, her powerful father, ashamed of his daughter's lifestyle, dispatches an assassin to do her in. Er Yoon Chang is protected by her faithful deaf-mute bodyguard, but only up to a point.
Treblinka's Last Witness

2012

Treblinka's Last Witness

2012
8
Samuel Willenberg and Kalman Taigman, the last two survivors of the Nazi extermination camp Treblinka, recount the horrors they experienced during the war and talk about their lives after their escape in a prisoner uprising in 1943. Willenberg would go on to become a hero of the 1944 Warsaw uprising while Taigman would be called as a witness during the infamous trial of Adolf Eichmann.
Cadets

1941

Cadets

1941
6.2
The year is 1760: it is the time of the Seven Years' War and the advancing Russian army has taken captive 100 underage Prussian cadets. The kids are mishandled by the raping and pillaging Russians, but with the help of a Rittmeister now in the service of the Tsar, they succeed in getting away. They hole up in a deserted fort and eventually sally forward to take back their military academy from the bloodthirsty, pillaging Cossacks.
The Fight

2005

The Fight

2005
7
Explores the famous 1938 heavyweight bout between German Max Schmeling and American Joe Louis and finds two men who, in the shadow of war, became reluctant symbols of equality and supremacy, democracy and fascism.
Ordered to Forget

2014

Ordered to Forget

2014
5.8
As the mass deportations of the Chechen and Ingush peoples begin in 1944, young Daud and Seda escape to the mountains. When they get back to their native village, however, they witness a horrifying war crime.
Roque Dalton, ¡fusilemos la noche!

2013

Roque Dalton, ¡fusilemos la noche!

2013
8
Roque Dalton was the Bertolt Brecht of Central America. His political struggle against the Salvadorian dictatorships brought him into jail various times. He became throughout Latin America a symbol for the fight against social injustice and helped establish one of his country's first guerrilla organizations.
The Twenty Six Comissars

1966

The Twenty Six Comissars

1966
7.2
The film is about dramatic revolutionary events happened in 1918 in Baku.
Lermontov

1943

Lermontov

1943
6.1
Chronicle of the life of Russian poet Michail Lermontov, from the final days of Alexandr Pushkin to the fatal destiny of the poet himself.
Portrait of a Thief

2015

Portrait of a Thief

2015
8
A pickpocket assumes various identities to steal from the aristocracy in early-20th-century Rio de Janeiro.
The Hijra

2015

The Hijra

2015
7.5
In 1912, Javanese activist Omar Said Tjokroaminoto co-founds the Sarekat Islam party to fight injustices of the Dutch East Indies' colonial regime.
The Star Dreamer

2002

The Star Dreamer

2002
5
The Russian filmmaker, Pavel Klusjantsev, has had an extraordinary influence on an entire genre of films. Throughout his career at the film studio in St. Petersburg, Klushantsev pioneered and invented legendary techniques for filming the planets, stars and weightnessless - long before anyone else. He went on to redefine the science fiction genre and influence the way Hollywood made their science fiction films, including the Academy Award-winning Visual Effects Master, Robert Skotak, a man who spent years trying to track Klushantsev down
Miss Stone

1958

Miss Stone

1958
5.5
Macedonia on the turn of the century is enslaved by decaying Ottoman Empire. Freedom fighters, in order to raise money for their cause, kidnap American lady who works in Protestant mission.

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