Popular History Movies - Page 391
The Yagyu Military Art: The One-Eyed Ninja
1963
star 6.5The famed ninja Yagyu Jubei fights to suppress a coup d’etat plotted against Tokugawa Shogunate.Days in the Shade
2003
Days in the Shade
2003
In modern-day Kanazawa, writer Tokuda Shūsei returns to his hometown and is quietly drawn to Okine, the daughter of a fading inn. Inspired by four of Shūsei’s works, director Shinji Aoyama (Desert Moon) transforms the inner world of a Meiji-era novelist into a meditative film that drifts between memory and the present, culminating in a luminous live performance that dissolves the boundary between art and life.Lola Índigo: La Niña
2022
Soldiers of Salamina
2003
Soldiers of Salamina
2003
star 6.4Professor Lola Sánchez investigates the truth behind the events experienced by Rafael Sánchez Mazas, one of the founders of the Falange Española party, during the Spanish Civil War.Leģenda par Jāni Tīdemani
1998
An attempt to conjure up the legend of Jānis Tīdemans, a bright star of Latvian artistic bohemia of the 1930s, and his complicated family life. A theatrical journey through time and space. Paris. Riga. Poverty. Recognition and fame. The artistic detective answers the romantic longing of the viewer, who he "really" was...Family Coup
2022
Family Coup
2022
star 8.5"Golpe a golpe" (Family coup) was a Chilean television sitcom from the 1970s and 1980s. In this series, the family of the stern anti-communist dictator Augusto Pinochet found themselves forced to share their home with the spirit of the late former socialist president Salvador Allende, who was portrayed by a puppet. This short film aims to salvage this show's existence by extracting fragments from its surviving material.Mrs. Dau
1981
Mrs. Dau
1981
In colonial French Indochina, a woman sells her daughter and four dogs in a desperate attempt to save her husband from torture when they can’t pay off the government taxes.House of Romanov
1992
House of Romanov
1992
star 5.5The documentary film dedicated to the life of Nicholas II and his family was edited from chronicle of 1896-1916 from the funds of The Russian State Documentary Film & Photo Archive.Tetsugen
1981
Gierek
2022
Gierek
2022
star 4.5A film about a man with a breakthrough history of Poland in the background. Edward Gierek is one of the most important figures of the 20th century in the collective memory of Polish people.The Piano Man's Daughter
2003
star 10Terrified of passing on the madness that runs in his family, Charlie Kilworth (Christian Campbell) stays away from relationships that could lead to marriage and children. Meanwhile, his grandparents (R.H. Thomson and Wendy Crewson) are debating whether to put his mother (Stockard Channing) into a mental institution. Whoopi Goldberg shares producing credits on this generational drama adapted from the acclaimed novel by Timothy Findley.The Canadiens, Forever
2009
star 5.4Neglected by his father, William, a star college hockey player, also suffered harassment from his coach and some teammates. By chance of a visit to Sainte-Justine hospital, the young man, whose morale and motivation are at its lowest, meets ten-year-old Daniel, awaiting a kidney transplant. Their passion for the Habs unites them instantly and William tries, by all means, to give him hope in the face of the disease.A Yoke of Gold
1916
A Yoke of Gold
1916
During the days of the California missions, Jose Garcia becomes friends with Luis Lopez, a local Robin Hood determined to redistribute among the poor the loot of the rich. Inspired by Luis, Jose sets out to rob the home of wealthy landowner Don Ortega. On the way, however, Jose gets lost in the desert and is nearly dead when he is found by Don Ortega's aristocratic cousin, Castro Arrellanes, and Castro's daughter Carmen, who take him in and nurse him back to health. Jose quickly falls in love with Carmen, and as a result, renounces his plan of robbing the rich. Then, he learns that Luis has made plans to break into Don Ortega's house.Washington at Valley Forge
1914
The great awakening in the Colonies in the spring of 1775; the patriotic activities of Samuel Adams and John Hancock; the midnight ride of Paul Revere; the gathering of the Minute Men and the battle of Lexington, all these important details of Colonial history are shown as a prelude to the intense war romance woven around the situation at Valley Forge during the terrible winter of 1777, when the cause of Liberty looked next to Betty, daughter of a Minute Man who was killed in the battle of Lexington, is stopping at the inn of her uncle, a Tory sympathizer, near the winter camp of Washington's army at Valley Forge.200 Km
2003
200 Km
2003
star 7.2200 km follows the marches carried out by Sintel workers to reach Madrid on May 1, 2002. Sintel was a subsidiary of Telefónica that, when it was privatized, was closed, leaving its 1,800 workers on the streets. One year after setting up the "Camp of Hope" with which they occupied Madrid's Avenida de la Castellana for months, and with the promises they were made unfulfilled, Sintel workers began a 10-day, 200-km march to Madrid to claim your job. Premiered on San Sebastian Film Festival 2003.Devilwood
2006
Devilwood
2006
star 7In a lawless outpost in 17th Century England, the people have ceased to be God-fearing but learn to fear the Devil instead.The Three Musketeers
1935
The Three Musketeers
1935
star 6.9In 17th century France, young d'Artagnan wants to join the King's Musketeers, but instead befriends three legendary musketeers — Athos, Porthos, and Aramis — and together, they become embroiled in the political intrigue surrounding King Louis XIII and his adversaries, particularly the powerful Cardinal Richelieu.Nostradamus: 2012
2009
Spanish Orchard
2021
Spanish Orchard
2021
The daily life in a Sephardic neighborhood in Jerusalem during the 1930s. Matters between men and women, fathers and sons, neighbors and friends. Scattered between the scenes are songs of love and pain, happiness and sorrow - romanzas that have stood the test of time, passed down through the generations and sung to this day with great feeling and longing by members of the Sephardic community.
