Popular History Movies - Page 408
Baku's People
1938
Baku's People
1938
star 9.2The film is about the revolution which began bacause of dissemination of Bolshevik ideas among workers.Forever and Ever
1968
Forever and Ever
1968
star 9In 1966, like in The Love Eterne, Ling Bo took up the male lead in Forever and Ever, despite Shaw Brothers' earlier plan of having her as the female lead. Facing opposition from fans, they finally arranged for her to star as a male student named Xiaowen. Wicked rich man Liu, portrayed by Lo Wei, the director of this film, wants Xiaowen to marry his daughter (Lin Yu) who is suffering from leprosy, thinking that marriage will take away her disease. Although Xiaowen discovers Liu's plan, he is still in love with her and hopes that a miracle will cure her disease...A Warrior's Flute
1955
La espada negra
1976
La espada negra
1976
star 5.6Kingdom of Castile, 15th century. A group of nobles, who question the dynastic legitimacy of Princess Juana, daughter of King Enrique IV, conspire with the purpose of overthrowing him.The Shadow of Swordsman: Deadly Secret
2016
August 618 AD. The four prison doors in Chang'an City were opened. As a minister, Li Shimin led his brothers to arrest prisoners on death row overnight. Li Jiancheng, Li Yuanji and He Ruolan showed up. The two colluded with the Lingnan He family and wanted to get rid of Li Shimin. Li Yufeng showed up to save Li Shimin. All of this is Li Shimin's plan to instigate a mysterious case of divine punishment.¿Dónde vas, Alfonso XII?
1959
star 6.3Alfonso de Borbón and his cousin María de las Mercedes de Orleans fall in love and, although both families do not maintain good relationships, young people marry when Alfonso became king of Spain.Island Memories
1978
Island Memories
1978
In 1755, ten thousand French Canadian settlers were thrown off their land, loaded on ships, and exiled. Island Memories explores the past in a small Acadian community in Nova Scotia where the last survivor of this great deportation is reputedly buried. A lively film full of adventure, people, and history.A Prayer for Hetman Mazepa
2003
star 5.3During an interesting era in the history of Eastern Europe when Russia, under Peter the Great, and Sweden, under King Charles XII, struggled for power, Ukraine was the pawn in the middle. In 1709, Ivan Mazepa, Hetman of Ukraine, which was part of the Russian Empire, signed a pact with the Swedish king promising to support Sweden in its war against Russia provided that Ukraine was given its independence.The Lead
1989
The Lead
1989
star 6Tehran, 1948. A young Jewish couple, Danial and his wife Munes, decide to immigrate to the recently founded state of Israel. But their application is rejected on the ground of the documents against Danial's uncle, Yaghub, how is suspected of betrayal. A Zionist agent, named Yezghel, finds out Yaghub's home and stabs him. One of Yaghub's neighbours who witnesses the crime is blamed for murder. Fearing for their lives, Munes and Danial escape to the north of Iran in order to leave the country. The Neighbour's brother, Nuri, a journalist, sets off on their heels to bring them to the court to give testimony on his brother's innocence.69, année pandémique
2020
69, année pandémique
2020
CIA: Secret Experiments
2008
star 5.2It's the height of the Cold War and the United States government is desperate to combat the spread of Communism. The CIA launches a highly classified, top secret research program into the covert use of biological and chemical agents. In simulated attacks on enemy populations, entire cities in America are contaminated with bacteria, exposing millions of Americans to germ warfare. But the real focus of the research is on mastering the art of mind control. Psychiatrists at top academic institutions work under secret contract with the agency. Psychiatric patients, prisoners, even unwitting members of the public are exposed to a startling array of experiments designed to facilitate interrogations, induce amnesia and program in new behavior. Every psychological technique is explored, including hypnosis, electroshock therapy and lethal cocktails of drugs. What was the extent of these brainwashing experiments? How did the CIA become involved in such far-reaching and disturbing research?And Agnes Chose To Die
1976
star 6.6After the Nazis take her husband away, an illiterate old washerwoman joins the Resistance as a bike courier in the Central Italian countryside.La Fuite
2024
La Fuite
2024
Ever Again
2006
Ever Again
2006
star 4Ever Again examines the sweeping resurgence of antisemitism in 21st century Europe and its connection to global terrorism.The Scapegoats
2023
The Scapegoats
2023
star 5On the eve of the French Revolution, two town officials confront the Buckriders - a criminal gang who appear to ride on flying goats with the Devil - but along the way they will face deceit, corruption, betrayal and finally each other.Eliot Ness vs. Al Capone
2009
star 6January, 1947. The public receives the news of Al Capone's death with indifference, although twenty years earlier he had ruled Chicago's crime underworld with brute force and corrupting many touchable individuals. Until the day the head of the Untouchables Brigade, Eliot Ness, entered the scene. Since then, a cruel battle between the two of them began, a battle that ended in trial, conviction, disease, insanity and death.The Beautiful Nuns
1955
The Beautiful Nuns
1955
A samurai who slashes a young girl's mage appears in Edo, and she is never caught.The American Wake
2018
The American Wake
2018
A seventeen year old girl who has lived all her life on an island off the coast of Ireland is faced with the choice to remain there or emigrate to America.
