Movie List for "history"

Rol (2013)

‘The Role’ is about a brilliant actor in revolutionary Russia who takes on the greatest role of his life – the role of another man. Influenced by the ideas of symbolism and the Silver Age, … Year 2013.

Generes: Drama, History
Director: Konstantin Lopushanskiy
Writer: Pavel Finn, Konstantin Lopushanskiy
Actors: Aleksandr Efremov, Anna Geller, Yuriy Itskov, Maria Järvenhelmi

Father Sergius (1918)

Prince Kasatsky is a just and proud youth, shock and disappointment with the world bring him to church, he becomes father Sergius. It is a story of his piety and temptation. Year 1918.

Generes: Biography, Drama, History
Director: Yakov Protazanov, Alexandre Volkoff
Writer: Leo Tolstoy (novel), Alexandre Volkoff
Actors: Ivan Mozzhukhin, Olga Kondorova, V. Dzheneyeva, Vladimir Gajdarov

Vasiliy Stalin (2013)

This is the story about the son of one of the greatest tyrants of the Twentieth Century- Joseph Stalin’s flesh and blood, Vasily. Year 2013.

Generes: Biography, Drama, History
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
Actors: Gela Meskhi, Vasiliy Prokopev, Anatoliy Dzivaev, Sergey Gazarov

As You Like It (1994)

After the overthrowing of Duke Senior by his tyrannical brother, Senior’s daughter Rosalind disguises herself as a man and sets out to find her banished father while also counseling her clumsy suitor Orlando in the art of wooing. Year 1994.

Generes: Animation, Comedy, Drama, History, Horror, Romance, War
Director: Aleksey Karaev
Writer: William Shakespeare (play), Leon Garfield (screenplay)
Actors: Sylvestra Le Touzel, Maria Miles, John McAndrew, Peter Gunn

Lashkata Ghar (2014)

This short documentary film explores the life and social struggle of a subgroup of the lowest caste, called Dom, considered untouchable, who work in the morgue. The documentary explores the… Year 2014.

Generes: Documentary, History, News
Director: Sezan Mahmud
Writer: Sezan Mahmud
Actors: N/A

Shongram (2014)

A daring English reporter speaks to an old freedom fighter, who reveals his past and involvement during the 1971 Bangladesh liberation struggle. Shongram is a romantic drama set during the 1971 Bangladesh liberation war. Year 2014.

Generes: Action, Drama, History
Director: Munsur Ali
Writer: Munsur Ali, Munsur Ali
Actors: Anupam Kher, Asia Argento, Amaan Reza, Dilruba Yasmin Ruhee

Projections of America (2014)

Academy Award-winning screenwriter Robert Riskin headed up a secret film unit that sought to redefine America in the eyes of the world during the darkest days of World War II. The … Year 2014.

Generes: Documentary, Biography, History
Director: Peter Miller
Writer: Peter Miller
Actors: John Lithgow, Victoria Riskin, Ian Scott, Kenneth Turan

Fagun Haway (2019)

The film is about the language movement during 1952 in East Pakistan. Year 2019.

Generes: Drama, Family, History
Director: Tauquir Ahmed
Writer: Tito Rahman (story “Bou Kotha Kou”), Tauquir Ahmed (dialogue), Tauquir Ahmed (screenplay)
Actors: Nusrat Imrose Tisha, Siam Ahmed, Yashpal Sharma, Afroza Banu

Ekaterina (2014–)

The life of the Russian Empress Ekaterina II (Catherine the Great), a German born princess who came to Russia as bride for the young Peter III, chosen by his aunt Elisabeth, and who, once … Year 2014–.

Generes: Biography, Drama, History
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
Actors: Marina Aleksandrova, Sergey Koltakov, Michael Gor, Isabel Schosnig

Guerrilla (2011)

Bilkis Banu, lost her husband Hasan on the bloody night of 25th March 1971. She tries to forget him and concentrate on the urban guerrilla movements of Dhaka with Altaf Mahmud, Shahadat, … Year 2011.

Generes: Drama, History, War
Director: Nasiruddin Yousuff
Writer: Syed Shamsul Haque (novel), Nasiruddin Yousuff (dialogue), Ebadur Rahman (dialogue), Nasiruddin Yousuff (screenplay), Ebadur Rahman (screenplay)
Actors: Jaya Ahsan, Ferdous Ahmed, Shampa Reza, Ahmed Rubel

The Clay Bird (2002)

A family must come to grips with its culture, its faith, and the brutal political changes entering its small-town world. Year 2002.

Generes: Drama, History
Director: Tareque Masud
Writer: Catherine Masud (screenplay), Tareque Masud (dialogue), Tareque Masud (screenplay), Tareque Masud (story)
Actors: Nurul Islam Bablu, Russell Farazi, Jayanto Chattopadhyay, Rokeya Prachy

Meherjaan (2011)

A film about loving the other. This film critiques certain pitfalls of nationalism that create conditions to justify war, killing and violence. ‘Meherjaan’ attempts to offer an aesthetic solution to war and violence. Year 2011.

Generes: Drama, History
Director: Rubaiyat Hossain
Writer: Rubaiyat Hossain, Ebadur Rahman (script collaborator)
Actors: Jaya Bhaduri, Victor Banerjee, Omar Rahim, Shayna Amin

Alexandr Nevsky (2018)

N/A Year 2018.

Generes: Action, Drama, History
Director: Sergei M. Eisenstein, Boris Ivanov, Dmitriy Vasilev
Writer: Sergei M. Eisenstein, Pyotr Pavlenko
Actors: Dmitriy Orlov, Vladimir Yershov

The Desert of Forbidden Art (2010)

Risking being denounced as an ‘enemy of the people,’ Igor Savitsky rescues 40,000 forbidden fellow artists’ works and creates in a far desert of Soviet Uzbekistan a museum now worth millions. Year 2010.

Generes: Documentary, Adventure, Biography, Drama, History, War
Director: Tchavdar Georgiev, Amanda Pope
Writer: Amanda Pope, Tchavdar Georgiev
Actors: Edward Asner, Sally Field, Ben Kingsley, Igor Paramonov