Popular History Movies - Page 169
Dauntless: The Battle of Midway
2019
star 4.3By June 1942, the Japanese Navy has swept across the Pacific. In an effort to change the course of the war, a United States carrier group is positioned off the coast of Midway, tasked with springing a trap on the enemy. During this pivotal battle, the two-man crew of a U.S. Navy dive bomber is forced to ditch in the sea. Set adrift, the men look towards their comrades for rescue; namely, the ragtag crew of a PBY Catalina, who are sent to search for survivors. Amid the vast openness of the Pacific, with days passing and the chance of rescue fading, the men are forced to face their own mortality.Prolog
1956
Prolog
1956
star 7After the brutal massacre of a peaceful demonstration of the working people on their way to the Tsar, Lenin and other Party members in exile call for an armed uprising of the workers. At Presnya build barricades. The people are arming themselves. But the heroic armed uprising of the workers of Presnya is brutally suppressed by the tsarist troops. However, the struggle of the workers under the leadership of Lenin continued.Alima
1981
Alima
1981
star 9Mongolian girl Alima is assigned to accomplish an important mission by CCP. During the mission, her father and fellows are killed by the enemy in a public execution.詹天佑
2001
Samurai Assassin
1965
Samurai Assassin
1965
star 7.4Japan, 1860. The men of the Mito clan, victims of the Ansei purge, anxiously prowl around the Sakurada Gate of Edo Castle with the intention of assassinating Naosuke Ii of Hikone, tairō of the Tokugawa shogunate and responsible for their misfortune.Penance
2018
Penance
2018
star 5.9Unequivocal about the need for violence to force Britain out of Ireland, Father Eoin O’Donnell seals the fate of the young and impressionable Antaine by convincing him to fight in the 1916 Rising. Fifty years later, the reappearance of the now-experienced gunman Antaine in a divided Derry throws Father O’Donnell into turmoil. Once allies, the pair are now placed on opposite sides of the same agenda.Women's Crime Records II: Edo Torture Punishment Chronicles
1995
This story is based on the historical record of tortures in the Samurai era of Japan.Like the Clouds, Like the Wind
1990
star 6.7Ginga is a simple—yet energetic—country girl, living with her father far from the capital city of the empire in ancient China. When she learns of an opportunity to become a concubine of the young new Emperor, with the possibility of becoming his head wife in charge of all of the other wives, Ginga convinces her father to let her go. Once there, she meets all of the other potential head wives, each of whom have various reasons for being there. All of them must learn to read and write, learn the history of their country, and learn the proper mannerisms for being in the royal court. Ginga's enthusiasm tends to get her in trouble more often than not, but it works to her advantage when they learn that the former emperor's head wife, who is not the mother of the current emperor, is plotting treachery against the new emperor, and that a rebellion is headed toward the capital.Xuan Zang
2016
Xuan Zang
2016
star 6.8Chinese-Indian historical adventure of Xuan Zang's seventeen-year overland journey to India during the Tang dynasty in the seventh century.Beethoven - Days in a Life
1976
star 5.8Vienna, 1813-1819: Beethoven (played by Donatas Banionis) is at the peak of his fame. Orchestras all over the world play his music, but he lives modestly and is dependent upon private patrons. Nagged by his patronizing brothers, spied upon by officials for his republican beliefs and faced by his progressive hearing loss, the composer becomes more and more isolated. Seeman’s poetic film explores the joys, heartbreak and artistic spirit of the great composer as he works on his Ninth Symphony.The Garden of the Finzi-Continis
1970
star 6.9In 1930s Italy, a wealthy Jewish family tries to maintain their privileged lifestyle, hosting friends for tennis and parties at their villa. As anti-Semitism intensifies under Fascism, they must ultimately face the horrors of the Holocaust.Hitler: The Last Ten Days
1973
star 6.2Hitler: The Last Ten Days takes us into the depths of der Furher’s Berlin bunker during his final days. Based on the book by Gerhard Boldt, it provides a bleak look at the goings-on within, and without.Kristína
1978
Kristína
1978
Lued Suphan
1979
Lued Suphan
1979
In 1765, at the end of the Ayutthaya period, at a village in Suphan Buri. The villagers live in peace. Despite the news of the war from Angwa, they thought that the Burmese army is not convenient for marching and make a war in flood season. With Unawareness of the Thai people, the Burmese army was able to easily invade Suphan Buri. The moon survives by disguising himself as a man, while many village women have been raped by the Burmese army. Duangjan's friend is dragged to Mangratho (Suthat Intranupakorn), a right-wing commander, but is saved by Mangrai (Pairoj Sangwaributr), a left-wing commander who is the son of Mang Mahasuranat (S. Asan Chinda), the general who commanded the army this time. Mangratho fights with Mangrai and is defeated, therefore he have a great malice toward Mangrai.Sacrifice
2010
Sacrifice
2010
star 6For generations the Zhao family has wielded power, until their mortal enemy TU’AN GU slaughters the entire clan, determined to wipe out their influence forever. But one Zhao baby survives hidden by CHENG YING the doctor who delivered him. When Tu’an Gu learns of the baby’s escape he seizes every infant in the city, vowing to kill them all unless the Zhao baby is surrendered. As the tyrant’s soldiers arrive at Cheng Ying’s home the frantic doctor hides his wife with their own baby whilst surrendering the Zhao child as his own. But his family is discovered; his baby is presumed to be the Zhao heir and murdered along with his wife for harboring the infant. Now set on revenge Cheng Ying enrolls the Zhao orphan into the service of the Tu’an Gu household, plotting to use him as an instrument of vengeance when he comes of age.Blériot, l'impossible traversée
2021
star 8A look back at an incredible challenge that combines human adventure and historic exploit. In 1909, Louis Blériot made the first flight across the English Channel, propelling aviation into the modern era. 110 years on, a team of enthusiasts attempt a mad-cap gamble, to fly a replica Blériot XI.Land of Opportunity
2020
Land of Opportunity
2020
Land of Opportunity is the story of integration in Kansas City's Santa Fe Place neighborhood as one example in the fight for housing rights across America following the Great Depression. Join KCPT as we explore the legacy of racially discriminative housing policies and celebrate the pioneers who helped transform these barriers.Sogdiana
1995
Sogdiana
1995
The second film from the Call of the Ancestors dilogy. The film tells about a dramatic episode of the struggle of the Central Asian state of Sogdiana against the Arab troops camped at the walls of Samarkand at the beginning of the 8th century.The Assassination of Matteotti
1973
star 6.7How the Italian Fascist Party managed to turn the physical elimination of a political enemy into a test of strength fundamental for the ascent into the totalitarian regime.
