Top Rated History Movies on Pantaflix - Page 496

A Prussian Love Story

1938

A Prussian Love Story

1938
6
The film depicts the love affair between William I and Elisa Radziwill.
Paganini

1973

Paganini

1973
9
Operetta concerning the love affair of Niccolò Paganini, the violinist, and Élisa Bonaparte, the younger sister of Napoleon.
Boris I - Part 2 - Word For Letters

1985

Boris I - Part 2 - Word For Letters

1985
4
Knyaz Boris I reached the most important spiritual insight - the country needed a single language and script. It accepts students of Cyril and Methodius, creating Ohrid and Preslav Literary School. What other nations took centuries, for bulgarians takes place only about 20 years after their baptizing - introduced a Slavonic Alphabet.
Vanishing Pearls: The Oystermen of Pointe à la Hache

2014

Vanishing Pearls: The Oystermen of Pointe à la Hache

2014
8
The Oystermen of Pointe a la Hache, Louisiana. This town of nearly 300 is struggling to survive following the BP Oil Spill that left their crop dead, finances in ruin and culture facing extinction. This community has a history of being overlooked by the State, and therefore, are taking matters into their own hands, to assure their voice is heard so that they may not otherwise vanish
Children of the Open Road

1992

Children of the Open Road

1992
5
In 1939, after barely escaping the Nazis, a Gypsy family returns to Switzerland only to be torn apart by racial persecution in the benign guise of children's welfare. This fictionalized story of Jana, an eight-year-old Gypsy girl snatched from her parents and consigned to a life of orphanages and bleak foster homes, is based on a little-known chapter of Swiss history: From 1926 to 1972, the state-supported Pro Juventute, a children's aid foundation, forcibly removed some 700 Gypsy children from their families, in order to sever the ties with their culture and assimilate them to a "better way of life." The underlying aim was to preempt a new generation's caravans from following their nomadic traditions along Switzerland's country lanes.
Pig Sale

2012

Pig Sale

2012
7
This short film was inspired by the story told in the prose written by Jia Pingwa to memorize his father in 1989. Set on the North Shannxi Loess Plateau, the story tells about two boys trying to sell a pig, the only valuable property of the poor family, for food. However, things go wrong. The film was artistically designed to present the spectacular and broad scenery of the Loess Plateau as well as the simple life of the people. This is a black humor about the difficult years in the northwest of China in 1970s.
Der ewige Traum

1934

Der ewige Traum

1934
6.5
At the end of the 18th century, the wealthy French scholar Saussure comes to a small Alpine village and offers 1,000 pieces of gold to anyone who can lead him to the summit of Mont Blanc. The young farmer's son Jacques Balmat wants to take on the dangerous task, even though his father has told him from an early age about the mighty mountain spirits who guard a legendary treasure of gold on the mountain peak.
20-N: Los últimos días de Franco

2008

20-N: Los últimos días de Franco

2008
5
Portraits de maîtresses

2013

Portraits de maîtresses

2013
8
Story of San Michele

1962

Story of San Michele

1962
4
A biographical drama is based on the 1929 autobiography of Swedish doctor Axel Martin Fredrik, The Story of San Michele. It follows the physician, psychiatrist, and adventurer as he travels the distances from Lapland to his Villa San Michele on Capri, with special stops in Paris and Rome. Personal physician to Queen Victoria, also physician to the Swedish royal family (he spent his last years living in the Royal Palace in Sweden), "Axel Munthe" knew everyone from the poorest clients to the most well-endowed. His love of animals, his support of bird sanctuaries, his involvement with architecture as he constructs his impressive villa throughout five summers, and his interests in archaeology and hypnotism are all explored.
England, My England

1995

England, My England

1995
5
The story of Henry Purcell.
Alibaba and the Forty Thieves

1956

Alibaba and the Forty Thieves

1956
6
Alibaba's brother is killed by dacoit Abu Hussain and the body is kept in the cave. Since Alibaba too has the password, Abu visits him as a merchant with 40 barrels, each one hiding one of his men.
Evita

2009

Evita

2009
6
The Trap

1951

The Trap

1951
3
Czech drama film.
Rajaraja Cholan

1973

Rajaraja Cholan

1973
8
Rajaraja Cholan is a 1973 Tamil film about the life of the Chola king Rajaraja Chola.
Racconti romani di una ex-novizia

1973

Racconti romani di una ex-novizia

1973
2
A girl who entered the convent pushed by devotion is depraved, marries, betrays her husband and becomes a courtesan.
Running on Empty

1991

Running on Empty

1991
5
Based on a true story, and recreated from the personal account of one of the robbers, the film follows an immigrant from mainland China in 1975 as he works with a team to plan to rob an armored car carrying seven million dollars from the Hang Seng Bank in Hong Kong.
So Much for Justice!

2010

So Much for Justice!

2010
4
Concerning the Mátyás era in Hungarian history, during the reign of Matthias Corvinus (1443–1490), the film focuses on three eras of the king's life: the young Mátyás fights for the throne, the older Mátyás as king, and the fate of the royal crown and the royal heir after his death.
Elhallgatott gyalázat

2013

Elhallgatott gyalázat

2013
5
Ankara Ekspresi

1970

Ankara Ekspresi

1970
8
During World War II, Germany aims to conquer Turkey with an operation which is Ankara Express. German spy Hilda and Turkish major Seyfi engage in a dangerous relationship while they work for the Ankara Express operation.