Popular History Movies - Page 351
Liberty: Mother of Exiles
2019
star 7.5A look at the history of the Statue of Liberty and the meaning of sculptor Auguste Bartholdi's creation to people around the world.Fromental Halévy: La Juive
2024
Fromental Halévy’s five-act grand opera La Juive (‘The Jewess’) is one of the most popular operas of the 19th century, captivating audiences ever since its debut at the Opéra de Paris in 1835. Set in the 15th century and full of pageantry, the subject is the forbidden love between a Christian man and a Jewish woman, and the tragedy that ensues. Oper Frankfurt’s contemporary staging won great acclaim, with Ambur Braid being lauded for her ‘luminous soprano’ as the heroine Rachel, and ‘vocal phenomenon’ John Osborn heralded in the role of her father Éléazar as ‘immensely moving’.Let's Go Crazy: The Grammy Salute to Prince
2020
star 7.9A lineup of artists -- including Beck, Common, Gary Clark Jr., Foo Fighters, H.E.R., Juanes, Alicia Keys, John Legend, Chris Martin, Mavis Staples, St. Vincent, Usher and more -- pay tribute to Prince's unprecedented influence on music.Jerome's Secret
1994
Jerome's Secret
1994
star 5.3In 1863, when a legless, shipwrecked man washes up on the Acadian coast, he's taken to the home of Jean the Corsican, a burly and bitter former soldier, and his childless young wife, Julitte. The man, who is young, handsome, and well-dressed, remains mute as Julitte nurses him back to health. Jean, meanwhile, who is inexplicably estranged from Julitte and an outsider to townspeople, continues his hunt for pirate treasure, rumored to be hidden in a cave by the sea. The treasure is his ticket out of Acadia. As loneliness and Eros draw Julitte and the mysterious Jérôme together, something's got to give.The Tribulations of Balthazar Kober
1988
star 6.6Story about the young Balthazar thrown from one remarkable event to the other. On his way through a plague hit the landscape, he meets the Kabbalists, priests - and himself.Ligne de vie
2003
Ligne de vie
2003
star 5.5An old man recounts: I have always worn glasses. Even in the camp, I managed to keep them. We feared the night almost as much as the day. One night, they brought in a newcomer, a bearded man. His drawings over the days had become essential to us. The guards did not understand that only death would prevent him from drawing. All that remains of the camp is this piece of wall, with his last drawing, which he called "Ligne de vie (Lifeline)."The Story of Fifteen Boys
1987
star 5.7Cast ashore on a desert island after a fierce ocean storm, fifteen school boys find their lives changed forever. Who cut the lines that sent their ship to sea with no captain or crew? Why are pirates after the boys' new-found friend? Will they ever get home again? The excitement unfolds in scene after thrilling scene.Året var 1963
2013
Året var 1963
2013
star 51963 - the year when the Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova becomes the first woman in space. Sweden suffers from an smallpox epidemic - hundreds of thousands are vaccinated, and several thousand are isolated. Colonel Stig Wennerström is arrested for spying for the Soviets. John F Kennedy is murdered in Dallas, while Martin Luther King has a dream about the future, "Villervalle i Söderhavet" is shown on Swedish TV.Rise and Fall of Idi Amin
1981
star 7.6The chronicle of Ugandan dictator Idi Amin and his tyranic rule from 1971 to his overthrow in 1979.The Mám Trasna Murders
2018
The story of barbaric murders committed in the midst of a rural community in Joyce Country, on the border between counties Galway and Mayo in 1882 and the subsequent trial in Dublin. The trial led to the unjust hanging or life imprisonment of innocent people based on the testimonies of false witnesses and the dishonesty of the British authorities and the gentry.Flying Tigers
1995
Flying Tigers
1995
star 7.7Before the breakout of the Sino-Japanese War, Hong, Wang, and Peng were best friends. Hong and Wang secretly joined the local guerrillas after the Japanese began invading China. Hong ran a small business and Wang worked as a courier for a Japanese trading firm, hiding their true identities in order to collect intelligence on the Japanese for the Eight Route Army, and established a railway guerrilla unit. Wang soon found out that the trading firm he was working for was indeed an intelligence unit of the Japanese. They infiltrated the Japanese special forces and eliminated many Japanese. Suspicions arise from the Japanese as to the real identity of the individuals suspected of being part of the railway guerrilla forces, so called Flying Tigers unit, so the Japanese began to form a counter-spying operation and other under-handed means by recruiting Chinese traitors to uncover and eliminate them all.Ravens and Crows Will Peck Us to Pieces
2000
The year 1863 the end of the January Uprising - against the Russians, its phase of collapse. One of the last insurgents, Andrzej Winrych, disguises himself as a peasant and smuggles weapons. However, he is noticed by a Russian patrol. The witness of the unfolding tragedy is a Polish peasant.Dramatic Passion of Algabert and Elisberth of Rodembourg
1912
star 4.5Prince Algabert, upholding the traditions of his forefathers, wages a ceaseless feud against the house of Rodembourg, whose reigning lord has one daughter, Elisabeth. One day, the Princess Elisabeth is captured by Algabert's vassals and, forgetful of feuds and quarrels, the Prince falls under the spell of her beauty. Prince Algabert, having released the Princess, goes to her father and begs for her hand, which is, however, haughtily refused. So the breach between the two houses widens. Elisabeth decides to take the veil. On the day of her renunciation Algabert makes an ineffectual attempt to see her. Then, in despair, he provokes the Rodembourgs. He meets them single-handed in the convent cloister and receives his death stroke. Elisabeth till the day of her death mourns her lover and daily tends his grave.Secrets of Palace coup d'etat. Russia, 18th century. Film №1. Testament of the Emperor
2000
star 7Russia, January 25, 1725. "Give it all...". The emperor's weakening hand was able to write in his will only these two short incomprehensible words that kept Russia in a bloody struggle for the crown for a century.The Last Heroes
2018
The Last Heroes
2018
star 4.2With enemy attacks looming, a group of villagers begins training for war to defend their homeland -- but becoming warriors brings humor and hardship.Restoration
2013
Restoration
2013
star 6.5After the Iranian coup in 1953, Col. Takin is commissioned to find and recover 11 tons of gold from Russia. The subject of this film is the reclamation money that was supposed to be paid by England, America and Russia to Iran because of the World War II and is about the year 1951. This film is a historical drama about the War events and the issues that opened the door to Iran for the allies and axis forces, and points to the reclamation payment to Iran.The Count of Cagliostro
1920
star 8About a lurid tale of magic and secret societies during the reign of Luis XVI, focused on the figure of the Italian occultist Giuseppe Balsamo, known under his alias of Count Alessandro di Cagliostro.The Glamorous Boys of Tang
1985
star 6A surreal uninhibited adventure between two boys, their mysterious love interest and two Japanese monks in the Tang dynasty. Feature debut by the acclaimed scriptwriter Chiu Kang-Chien.Bogie
1980
Bogie
1980
star 6.3The Humphrey Bogart story from the early '30s until his death, covering the period as a struggling young actor through movie stardom and his marriages to Mayo Methot and Lauren Bacall.
