Movie List for "history 5"

Before the Rains (2007)

A English spice baron settles in South India during the waning years of the Raj. Year 2007.

Generes: Drama, History, Romance, Thriller
Director: Santosh Sivan
Writer: Cathy Rabin (screenplay), Dan Verete
Actors: Linus Roache, Rahul Bose, Nandita Das, Jennifer Ehle

Pete Seeger: The Power of Song (2007)

Interviews, archival footage and home movies are used to illustrate a social history of folk artist and activist Pete Seeger. Year 2007.

Generes: Documentary, Music
Director: Jim Brown
Writer: N/A
Actors: Joan Baez, Johnny Cash, Bill Clinton, Bob Dylan

To My Great Chagrin: The Unbelievable Story of Brother Theodore (2007)

He is considered to be one of the most significant links in the history of comedy, admired by such people as Eric Bogosian and Woody Allen. His television appearances have spanned from Merv… Year 2007.

Generes: Documentary, Comedy
Director: Jeff Sumerel
Writer: Jeff Sumerel
Actors: Woody Allen, Len Belzer, Eric Bogosian, Dick Cavett

Gandhi, My Father (2007)

The account of troubled relationship between Mahatma Gandhi and his eldest son. Year 2007.

Generes: Biography, Drama, History
Director: Feroz Abbas Khan
Writer: Feroz Abbas Khan, Chandulal Dalal (book), Neelamben Parikh (book), H. Banerjee (Subtitles)
Actors: Akshaye Khanna, Darshan Jariwala, Shefali Shah, Bhoomika Chawla

The Counterfeiters (2007)

The story of the Operation Bernhard, the largest counterfeiting operation in history, carried out by Germany during WWII. Year 2007.

Generes: Crime, Drama, War
Director: Stefan Ruzowitzky
Writer: Adolf Burger (book), Stefan Ruzowitzky (screenplay)
Actors: Karl Markovics, August Diehl, Devid Striesow, Martin Brambach

Adolf Eichmann (2007)

Based upon the final confession of Adolf Eichmann, made before his execution in Israel as he accounts to Captain Avner Less, a young Israeli Police Officer, of his past as the architect of … Year 2007.

Generes: Biography, Drama, History, War
Director: Robert Young
Writer: Snoo Wilson (screenplay)
Actors: Avner W. Less, Thomas Kretschmann, Troy Garity, Franka Potente

Nanking (2007)

Through readings of historical account by actors and the testimony of survivors, the events of the Nanjing Massacre are recounted. Year 2007.

Generes: Biography, History, War
Director: Bill Guttentag, Dan Sturman
Writer: Bill Guttentag (screenplay), Dan Sturman (screenplay), Elisabeth Bentley (screenplay), Bill Guttentag (story), Dan Sturman (story)
Actors: Hugo Armstrong, Rosalind Chao, Stephen Dorff, John Getz

Albert Fish: In Sin He Found Salvation (2007)

Albert Fish, the horrific true story of elderly cannibal, sadomasochist, and serial killer, who lured children to their deaths in Depression-era New York City. Distorting biblical tales, … Year 2007.

Generes: Documentary, Biography, Crime, History, Horror
Director: John Borowski
Writer: John Borowski
Actors: Oto Brezina, Joe Coleman, Bob Dunsworth, Harvey Fisher

The Black Pimpernel (2007)

The story about Swedish ambassador in Chile – Harald Edelstam – and his heroic actions to protect the innocent people from the execution during and after the military coup on September 11th 1973. We travel with Edelstam during the terrible moments just after the coup and follows his never-ending fight for human rights, law and order. What drove him? And what price did he end up paying for his … Year 2007.

Generes: Drama, History, Romance
Director: Åsa Faringer, Ulf Hultberg
Writer: Bob Foss
Actors: Michael Nyqvist, Lumi Cavazos, Kate del Castillo, Lisa Werlinder

Find Me Guilty (2006)

In the late 1980s, a low level gangster named Jackie DiNorscio defends himself in court in what became the longest criminal trial in American judicial history. Year 2006.

Generes: Biography, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Director: Sidney Lumet
Writer: Sidney Lumet, T.J. Mancini, Robert J. McCrea
Actors: Vin Diesel, Alex Rocco, Frank Pietrangolare, Richard DeDomenico

American Hardcore (2006)

The History of American Punk Rock 1980-1986 Year 2006.

Generes: Documentary, History, Music
Director: Paul Rachman
Writer: Steven Blush (book), Steven Blush
Actors: Lucky Lehrer, Vic Bondi, Joe Keithley, Keith Morris

Unknown Passage: The Dead Moon Story (2006)

Undisputedly written into the annals of rock history and dedicated to the most sincere methods of the DIY ethos, Northwest musicians Dead Moon (Andrew Loomis and Fred & Toody Cole) have … Year 2006.

Generes: Documentary, Music
Director: Kate Fix, Jason Summers
Writer: N/A
Actors: Fred Cole, Toody Cole, Andrew Loomis

The Queen (2006)

After the death of Princess Diana, Queen Elizabeth II struggles with her reaction to a sequence of events nobody could have predicted. Year 2006.

Generes: Biography, Drama, History
Director: Stephen Frears
Writer: Peter Morgan
Actors: Helen Mirren, James Cromwell, Alex Jennings, Roger Allam

D-Day: The Price of Freedom (2006)

Narrated by Peter Kessler. Five D-Day veterans return to Normandy and re-visit the locations they landed on June 6, 1944, sharing their own very personal stories of war. New England region … Year 2006.

Generes: Documentary, History
Director: Tim Gray
Writer: Tim Gray
Actors: N/A

Life Is a Dream in Cinema: Pola Negri (2006)

Before Dietrich and Garbo, there was Negri. What does it mean to be a star? Why do some actors become stars and legends for all time? This documentary film answers these questions by … Year 2006.

Generes: Documentary, Biography, History
Director: Mariusz Kotowski
Writer: Lynn Moran
Actors: Hayley Mills, Eli Wallach, A.C. Lyles, Cyndi Williams