Movie List for "history"

War Is Hell (1972) Comedy History Movie

The amorous and warlike adventures of Franz, a young hussar officer, at the beginning of the First World War. Year 1972.

Generes: Comedy, History
Director: Bernard Borderie
Writer: Bernard Borderie, Claude Brulé, Francis Cosne
Actors: Leonard Whiting, Curd Jürgens, Marianne Comtell

Sugar Cane Alley (1983) Drama History Movie

Set in 1931, Sugar Cane Alley paints a rich impasto of native life under French colonial rules, filtered through the coming-of-age of a bright, sweetly opportunistic boy. Year 1983.

Generes: Drama, History
Director: Euzhan Palcy
Writer: Euzhan Palcy, Joseph Zobel
Actors: Garry Cadenat, Darling Légitimus, Douta Seck

Panduranga Mahatyam (1957) Drama History Musical Movie

Pundarika a young man who is an atheist, neglects his parents and enjoys all the pleasures. Later after loosing his legs, he realizes the true value of his parents and life and comes back to them with repentance. Year 1957.

Generes: Drama, History, Musical
Director: Kamalakara Kameshwara Rao
Writer: Samudrala Jr.
Actors: N.T. Rama Rao, Anjali Devi, Chittor V. Nagaiah

LOC: Kargil (2003) Drama History War Movie

Based on the real story during Kargil war fought between India and Pakistan in 1999. Year 2003.

Generes: Drama, History, War
Director: J.P. Dutta
Writer: J.P. Dutta, O.P. Dutta
Actors: Sanjay Dutt, Ajay Devgn, Saif Ali Khan

Merveilleuse Angélique (1965) Adventure History Romance Movie

In the second of the Angélique series, the heroine joins a group of bandits, rescues her children, becomes a successful businesswoman, and once again becomes entangled in politics and matters of the heart. Year 1965.

Generes: Adventure, History, Romance
Director: Bernard Borderie
Writer: Anne Golon, Serge Golon, Claude Brulé
Actors: Michèle Mercier, Claude Giraud, Jean Rochefort

Palnati Yudham (1966) Drama History Musical Movie

When the minister of Palnadu opens the temple doors for all the castes in the kingdom, disputes arises in the kingdom leading to war. Year 1966.

Generes: Drama, History, Musical
Director: Ramineedu Gutha
Writer: N/A
Actors: N.T. Rama Rao, Bhanumathi Ramakrishna, Mikkilineni

Mistress Madeleine (1986) Drama History Movie

-Part of the ‘Daughters of the Country’ series, this film, set in the 1850s, unfolds against the backdrop of the Hudson’s Bay Company’s monopoly of the fur trade. In protest, some Métis engage in trade with the Americans. Madelein… Year 1986.

Generes: Drama, History
Director: Aaron Kim Johnston
Writer: Anne Cameron, Aaron Kim Johnston
Actors: Mireille Deyglun, Neil Munro, Harry Daniels

Ernst Thälmann – Führer seiner Klasse (1955) Biography Drama History Movie

The second part of the Ernst Thaelmann films encompasses the time period between 1930 and Thaelmann’s murder in 1944. It shows Thaelmann’s battle to achieve a united front with all German workers against the National Socialists, h… Year 1955.

Generes: Biography, Drama, History
Director: Kurt Maetzig
Writer: Willi Bredel, Michael Tschesno-Hell
Actors: Günther Simon, Hans-Peter Minetti, Karla Runkehl

Bhakta Prahlada (1983) Drama History Movie

Prahlada is a devotee of Lord Vishnu unlike his father who is an atheist. With admonitions along his way, he must change the way his father thinks. Year 1983.

Generes: Drama, History
Director: Vijay
Writer: Chi Udayashankar, Vijay
Actors: Anant Nag, Rajkumar, Saritha

Shankar Parvati (1979) Adventure Fantasy History Movie

Bhagwan Shri Narad approaches Bhagwan Shri Shivji with a proposal to get married to Devi Maa Sati. Initially Shivji refuses but when he is told that even Bhagwans Brahmaji and Vishnuji have already been married to Savitriji and La… Year 1979.

Generes: Adventure, Fantasy, History
Director: Chandrakant
Writer: N/A
Actors: Rajni Bala, Kamini Bhatia, Urmila Bhatt

Sri Krishnarjuna Yudham (1963) Drama Fantasy History Movie

After vanquishing the army of the Kauravas, the Pandava Brothers preside over Indraprastha, and Arjun takes a journey to worship Lord Shiva. It is during this journey that he will challenge celestial sage Narad that no one on Eart… Year 1963.

Generes: Drama, Fantasy, History
Director: Kadiri Venkata Reddy
Writer: Pingali Nagendra Rao, Kadiri Venkata Reddy
Actors: N.T. Rama Rao, Akkineni Nageshwara Rao, Saroja Devi B.

One Sings, the Other Doesn’t (1977) Drama History Movie

The lives of Pomme, an aspiring singer, and Suzanne, a struggling mother, as they search for their own identity in 1970s France. Year 1977.

Generes: Drama, History
Director: Agnès Varda
Writer: Agnès Varda
Actors: Thérèse Liotard, Valérie Mairesse, Robert Dadiès

Fin de siècle (1998) History Movie

N/A Year 1998.

Generes: History
Director: Claude Champion
Writer: Nicolas Buri, Claude Champion
Actors: Mireille Perrier, Robert Bouvier, Laurent Sandoz, Julien Basler

Pirosmani (1969) Biography Drama History Movie

The story of self-taught Georgian painter Niko Pirosmani. Year 1969.

Generes: Biography, Drama, History
Director: Giorgi Shengelaia
Writer: Erlom Akhvlediani, Giorgi Shengelaia
Actors: Avtandil Varazi, Dodo Abashidze, Zurab Kapianidze

Les Misérables (1995) Drama History Movie

A variation on Victor Hugo’s classic novel by means of the story of a man whose life is affected by and somewhat duplicated by the Hugo story of the beleaguered Jean Valjean. Year 1995.

Generes: Drama, History
Director: Claude Lelouch
Writer: Victor Hugo, Claude Lelouch
Actors: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Michel Boujenah, Alessandra Martines