Top Rated History Movies - Page 332

The Passion of Bernadette

1990

The Passion of Bernadette

1990
7.3
French filmmaker Jean Delannoy directs this inspiring sequel to his biopic about Marie-Bernarde Soubirous (portrayed by Sydney Penny), a young shepherdess who claimed to have seen numerous apparitions of the Lady in White at Lourdes in 1858. Chronicling Bernadette's years with the Sisters of Charity of Nevers convent, the film traces her life from age 22 until her untimely death from tuberculosis at age 35.
Dawn of America

1951

Dawn of America

1951
5
Kingdom of Castile, the late fifteenth century. The film chronicles the events that Cristóbal Colón lived (Antonio Vilar) from their stay in the Convent of La Rabida, his meeting with the Catholic Monarchs and, above all, the great odyssey that led to cross the Atlantic and reach the shores of America (1492), thus beginning a new era in the history of mankind.
Life and Death of Pushkin

1910

Life and Death of Pushkin

1910
4.7
The life and death of Alexander Pushkin is summarised in a 5-minute sequence of half-a-dozen scenes. The film's subtitles are in Russian.
Kierunek Berlin

1969

Kierunek Berlin

1969
6.5
Polish Army takes part in the Berlin Operation in the final weeks of World War 2.
Birth Story: Ina May Gaskin and the Farm Midwives

2013

Birth Story: Ina May Gaskin and the Farm Midwives

2013
3.3
Birth Story: Ina May Gaskin and The Farm Midwives captures a spirited group of women who taught themselves how to deliver babies on a 1970s hippie commune. Today as nearly one third of all US babies are born via C-section, they fight to protect their knowledge and to promote respectful, safe maternity practices all over the globe. From the backs of their technicolor school buses, these pioneers rescued American midwifery from extinction, changed the way a generation approached pregnancy, and filmed nearly everything they did. With unprecedented access to the midwives' archival video collection, as well as modern day footage of life at the alternative intentional community where they live, this documentary shows childbirth the way most people have never seen it--unadorned, unabashed, and awe-inspiring.
The Tyrant of Castile

1963

The Tyrant of Castile

1963
4.3
it's a fast moving blood and thunder tale well rendered and at least rooted in fact, and has a good feel for the period. It's interesting to have a look at somewhere else in medieval Europe besides England and France for a change. After all, Spain, Portugal, and the Italian states and some other principalities were big players at that time, too.
Godzina pąsowej róży

1963

Godzina pąsowej róży

1963
6.7
A girl finds herself transported to 1880's Warsaw.
The Machine That Made Us

2008

The Machine That Made Us

2008
7
The printing press was the world's first mass-production machine. Its invention in the 1450s changed the world as dramatically as splitting the atom or sending men into space, sparking a cultural revolution which shaped the modern age.
Soegija

2012

Soegija

2012
6.3
This movie follows the story of Dutch East Indies' (now Indonesia) first indigenous bishop, Albertus Soegijapranata SJ, from his inauguration until the end of Indonesia's independence war (1940-1949).
The Monroe Doctrine

1939

The Monroe Doctrine

1939
6.7
The story of President Monroe's response to attempts by Spain to interfere in South America.
Unfinished Business

1985

Unfinished Business

1985
5.7
1985 documentary film about Min Yasui, an attorney from Oregon, Gordon Hirabayashi, a Quaker college student in Washington, and Fred Korematsu, a San Francisco welder and how their lives were affected by Japanese American internment during World War II.
A King's Story

1965

A King's Story

1965
5.7
A King's Story is a 1965 British documentary film directed by Harry Booth about the life of King Edward VIII, from his birth until abdication in 1936. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.
Eye of the Astronomer

2012

Eye of the Astronomer

2012
3.3
During the summer of the year 1610 one of the first telescopes made by Galileo ends up in the hands of Jean Kepler in Prague who at the time was the astronomer of Emperor Rudolp II. Kepler observes the night-sky as nobody has seen it before him. His observation platform becomes the meeting place of Prague's imperial court. In this entourage Kepler separates science from superstition, freedom from intolerance.
Jean Jaurès, naissance d'un géant

2005

Jean Jaurès, naissance d'un géant

2005
4.3
In 1892, Jean Jaurès, a republican deputy from the bourgeoisie, supported the miners' strike in Carmaux, in the south of France.
Egypt's Golden Empire

2001

Egypt's Golden Empire

2001
7.7
In 1570 B.C., Rome was a marsh, the Acropolis an empty rock, but Egypt was 1,000 years old. The pyramid-builders were gone, yet Egypt still awaited its New Kingdom, an empire forged by conquest and remembered for eons. EGYPT'S GOLDEN EMPIRE comes to life through letters and records evoking the passion and riches of a time when Egypt was the center of the known world, its Pharaohs called gods, and great cities, temples and tombs built.
Paul Bowles: The Cage Door Is Always Open

2013

Paul Bowles: The Cage Door Is Always Open

2013
5
The American composer and author Paul Bowles was a man with a great deal of charisma and influence. When he moved to Tangier, Morocco, in 1949, half the world followed him to the enigmatic city. His marriage with author Jane Bowles was a loving relationship of opposites, even though both were homosexual. Based on exclusive interviews with Bowles shortly before his death interwoven with anecdotes recounted by his friends and co-workers, the film portrays a daring and visionary life as well as a relationship shaped by an interdependency that encompassed much more than sexuality.
Savage Journey

1983

Savage Journey

1983
5
They forged a new land in the untamed wilderness - with their heart, their hands, and their faith in god.
The History of Aviation

2009

The History of Aviation

2009
7.3
Normandy, 1905. The picnic is finished. A group of middle-class people in their Sunday best, get ready to go home. There is one last photo to be taken, but somebody is missing
Make Hummus Not War

2012

Make Hummus Not War

2012
4
Filmmaker Trevor Graham is an Australian 'hummus tragic'. Every week in his Bondi Beach home he observes the hummus making ritual, mashing chickpeas, lemon juice, garlic and tahina. But when the Hummus War erupted in 2008, among the usual suspects, Israel, Lebanon and Palestine, Graham was hungry for more. But this war ha no soldiers, bullets or tanks. Just chickpeas and hummus. Make Hummus Not War is a humorous homage to the chickpea's most distinguished dish. But there's a personal story, how Graham became a hummus tragic, a father who served in Palestine during WW2 and two lovers in his life, one Syrian, one Jewish, with whom he shared a great culinary passion.
Sarah

1982

Sarah

1982
5.3
During World War II, an orphaned young girl seeks to survive and perhaps even help resistance fighters battle the Nazis.

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