Popular History Movies - Page 220
Andreyka
1958
Andreyka
1958
star 9The July days of 1917 in Petrograd. Hundreds of demonstrators took to the streets, including the elderly and children. They are marching with red banners, singing songs. And suddenly, machine gun fire is heard from the attic. The dead and wounded fall to the pavement. And immediately detachments of mounted Cossacks poured out of the alleys... Andreika, the son of a St. Petersburg worker, miraculously survived this altercation. But little Elena's mother was killed. That's how Andreika got a little sister. The Provisional Government issues a decree on Lenin's arrest. There are spies all over Petrograd. One of them, Ensign Kolokov, disguised as Uncle Vitya's janitor, settled not far from Andreika's house.The Life of Moses
1909
The Life of Moses
1909
star 1Released in five parts (The Persecution of the Children of Israel by the Egyptians, Forty Years in the Land of Midian, The Plagues of Egypt and the Deliverance of the Hebrews, The Victory of Israel, The Promised Land), 4 December 1909 to 19 February 1910. A Vitagraph advertisement in the Moving Picture World (31 Dec. 1909) refers to The Life of Moses as a "Biblical Film-de-Luxe". It is preserved in the Library of Congress collection.Brink of Disaster!
1972
Brink of Disaster!
1972
star 8A student is held up in the library while a riot rages outside. As SDS protesters head to burn the library down, he has to fend them off with his baseball bat. This film opens with actual footage of civil disturbances in the 1960s, and moves on to images of historical American figures.L'Abolition
2009
L'Abolition
2009
star 6The story of Robert Badinter who was the major architect of the abolition of the death penalty in France .Massacre in Nanjing
1987
Massacre in Nanjing
1987
In December 1937, Imperial Japanese Army occupied Nanjing. Nanjing International Safety Zone became a safe haven amid massacres. Japanese officers sought to suppress reporting while the Chinese wanted to smuggle out the damning evidence.Raising the Bar: The Alma Richards Story
2025
star 8.2In 1908, eighth grader Alma Richards quits school to work as a ranch hand. A chance meeting with a professor motivates him to resume his education, leading him to compete in high jump at the Stockholm Olympics and win a gold medal.Gulya Korolyova
1968
Gulya Korolyova
1968
Since childhood, Gulya Korolyova cultivated willpower, the ability to overcome difficulties, and reach her heights. The main test of her short life was the war. In the Battle of Stalingrad, under fire, Gulya carried out wounded soldiers and, being wounded herself, found the strength to lead the detachment on the offensive. She took her fourth height, which became her last.Henry VIII and His Six Wives
1972
star 5.8Adapted from the BBC2 serial The Six Wives of Henry VIII. 1547, King Henry VIII's life has taken a turn for the worse and he is forced to look back over his life and the many loves which had brought him his three children, only one of which was the desired male heir to secure the Tudor dynasty.An Ranger
2008
An Ranger
2008
Conamara, 1854 - Five years after the Great Famine. After many years abroad in the service of the British Army, a soldier returns home to find that his family are all dead. He visits a neighbour to establish what happened to them.Madame Caillaux
1968
Battle for Warsaw
1984
Battle for Warsaw
1984
star 7The tragic story of the 1944 Warsaw uprising is chronicled in this filmed record of that epic event. With some shocking new footage unearthed from the vaults, THE BATTLE FOR WARSAW leaves no stone unturned in its bloody depiction of the events that occurred in the Polish capital.The Squadron Turns Westward
1966
The action takes place in Odesa in 1918-1919. At the request of General Denikin, a French squadron arrives in Odesa to restore order in the city. Odesa Bolsheviks are trying to convince the sailors to leave the city. At the center of the story is the heroic fate of Frenchwoman Jeanne-Marie Lyabourb (1877-1919), shot by French interventionists.Goddess Eowoodong
2017
Goddess Eowoodong
2017
star 6.3Because of Eowoodong the men in the neighborhood can’t sleep at night! Eowoodong escapes before she can be arrested for causing havoc. She escapes to a village where she falls and loses her memory. A bachelor in town finds her and nurses her back to health. He tells Eowoodong to stay with him until she regains her memory. But in a small village, word of Eowoodong’s beauty spreads quickly and it scintillates the instincts of the men in town.Death of a Nation
2018
Death of a Nation
2018
star 4.2Parallels are drawn between Abraham Lincoln's presidency and the presidency of Donald Trump. Not since 1860 have the Democrats so fanatically refused to accept the result of a free election. That year, their target was Lincoln. They smeared him. They went to war to defeat him. In the end, they assassinated him.Sibelius
2003
Sibelius
2003
star 4.8Director Timo Koivusalo point of view about life of classical music composer Jean Sibelius, who is a national composer of Finland.Urban Solutions
2022
Urban Solutions
2022
An european artist writes about his experience in portraying life in Brazil during the colonial period. Aporteiro – concierge and security guard in one – watches the surveillance cameras in a residential building, while reflecting on his profession and the relationship with his employers. Between the exotic idyll of front yards and deterrent technology, his task is to establish security and normality. Brazil’s troubled past and complicated present come together in this highly charged film.Künstler, König und Modell
1987
Johann Gottfried Schadow is only in his early twenties when he is put in charge of the royal sculptor's workshop in Prussia's capital Berlin. He is supported in this position above all by the fair ladies.Notes of the Snub-Nosed Mephistopheles
1994
The film takes place in 1905. The main character is a lawyer Mykhalyuk, a social revolutionary, an intellectual. He is the bearer of destructive power aimed at loved ones. Peace of mind leaves everyone who falls under its influence. He tries to compensate for his spirituality with love adventures.The Griboyedov's Waltz
1995
star 8The last days of the life of the Russian writer A.S. Griboedov. Romance and marriage to Nina Chavchavadze. Assignment to Tehran. Death.The Boy in the Woods
2023
The Boy in the Woods
2023
star 6.8The remarkable true-life survival story of a Jewish boy hiding and being hunted in the forests of Nazi-occupied Eastern Europe, based on Maxwell Smart's memoir.
