Movies: Historical drama

Year 1703: the tyrannical madness of King Louis XIV of France has taken hold. The Musketeers hatch a plan to eliminate him and free his twin brother Philip, who is imprisoned on the island of Saint-Marguerite, but before they can act, he is executed...

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Historical drama which features Gösta Ekman as the dashing rogue who steals the heart of the ethereal Mary Johnson....

Having risen from the dead, Jesus Christ has appeared to His disciples and instructed them saying, 'Remain in Jerusalem until you are filled with power from Heaven!' Waiting in prayer as Jesus has commanded them, the time comes when the Holy Spirit i...

Bhama Vijayam is a 1967 Indian Telugu-language swashbuckler film, produced by Somasekhar and Radha Krishna, and directed by C.Pulliah. It stars N. T. Rama Rao and Devika, with music composed by T. V. Raju. The film is based on Gollabhama (1947) which...

In 8th century Scandinavia, the Danish kingdoms are under threat from Charlemagne, King of the Franks. In a desperate attempt to strengthen their position, Sigfred, King of the Danes, marries his eldest son off to the daughter of a wealthy Norwegian ...

It was one of the great crimes of the Second World War: from 1941 to 1944, a total of 872 days, the siege and starvation of Leningrad by the German Wehrmacht on Hitler's orders lasted. Over a million people fell victim to the blockade, most of them d...

Trutwin yearns to explore the world beyond, but then his mother falls seriously ill, and he now must take responsibility to care for her. The film follows his emotional and personal growth as he faces his independence and decision-making....

In November 1947 forty-one people died in a massive blaze that gutted the huge Ballantynes Department Store complex in the heart of Christchurch’s business district. This is the tragic story of New Zealand’s worst fire disaster....

A documentary portrait of legendary Perfect Ten gymnast Nadia Comaneci after becoming an icon in the 1976 Olympics, during her Romanian period, and her challenging years under the dictatorship of Nicolae Ceausescu....

The complicated relationship between Winston Churchill and the leaders of the British army during World War II....

Based on the life of Rosa Bonheur, a trailblazing feminist and artist who rose to fame in 19th century France....

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Reconstruction of the historical episode of the Inconfidência Mineira (Minas Conspiracy)....

A bedridden war veteran relives his experiences endured in the battles of Tacna and Arica between Chile and Peru, revealing untold secrets and mysteries that history never told....

Born Fernando de Bulhões, he was a precocious Portuguese youth, concerned with the suffering of the poor. Grown into a contemplative young man he renounces the world to join first the Augustinian Order and then the Franciscans order (where he takes t...

Vincent Van Gogh's life was a masterpiece painted with the dueling colors of madness versus genius. However, this inner battle gave birth to some of the greatest works of art known to man. The film traces Van Gogh's journey through the many twists an...

March 25th 1971, a horrific 'Genocide' was unleashed on the unarmed civilians of East Pakistan. This was done by their own Pakistani Army. An estimated 3 million people were killed, 10 million people were displaced to India as refugees and 400,000 wo...

Gurkha troops battle Communist insurgents during the Malayan Emergency....

Between the end of the Second World War and the abolition of the "offence of homosexuality" in 1982, 10,000 sentences were handed down in France. Sentences in correctional courts, fines and sometimes imprisonment, the convictions were mainly against ...