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- DirectorAlberto ArveloStarsEdgar RamírezErich WildpretMaría ValverdeSimon Bolivar fought over 100 battles against the Spanish Empire in South America. He rode over 70,000 miles on horseback. His military campaigns covered twice the territory of Alexander the Great. His army never conquered -- it liberated.The south-american Revolutions between the end of the napoleonic wars and the mid-19th Century.In this case it is about Simon Bolivar,leader of many uprisings and successful Revolutions in South America.
- DirectorNeil JordanStarsLiam NeesonAidan QuinnJulia RobertsNeil Jordan's historical biopic of Irish revolutionary Michael Collins, the man who led a guerrilla war against the UK, helped negotiate the creation of the Irish Free State, and led the National Army during the Irish Civil War.The Irish Easter Riots in Dublin in 1916,which led to the founding of the IRA and finally to the independence of Ireland.
- DirectorRafa LaraStarsChristian VazquezAngélica AragónLiz GallardoOn May 5th, 1862, a few thousand Mexican soldiers put their lives on the line against the world's largest and most powerful army in one legendary battle for freedom and for Mexico.This is about the French/Belgian intervention in the so called "Mexican Adventure" between 1861 and 1867
- DirectorAxel CortiStarsValeria GolinoRobin RenucciPaul CrauchetSet in the seventeenth century, an Italian nobleman weds an impoverished countess, who is wooed by the King of Piedmont and faces pressure from his entire court to succumb to his wishes.The Age of Baroque,in itself seldom shown in movies.Here we have a scenery during the Spanish War of Succession from 1701 to 1714
- DirectorSang-il LeeStarsKen WatanabeShioli KutsunaJun KunimuraAn old swordsman, his former comrade and a young braggart are hired by prostitutes to track down bandits who mutilated one of the women.The Meiji Era in Japan,from 1867 to World War One.
- DirectorJohn MiliusStarsSean ConneryCandice BergenBrian KeithA Berber chieftain triggers an international incident, drawing the involvement of Theodore Roosevelt, when he kidnaps an American widow and her children in 1900s Morocco.The German/French Inervention in Morocco in 1904,referring to the Pedecaris-Case,the Kidnapping of a US Citizen.
- DirectorFatih AkinStarsTahar RahimSimon AbkarianMakram KhouryIn 1915 a man survives the Armenian genocide in the Ottoman Empire, but loses his family, speech and faith. One night he learns that his twin daughters may be alive, and goes on a quest to find them.The Armenian Genocide and tragedy,led by the Ottoman Empire in and after WWI
- DirectorMoustapha AkkadStarsAnthony QuinnOliver ReedRod SteigerIn 1929, Italian Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini appoints General Rodolfo Graziani as colonial governor to Italian Libya with orders to stamp-out all resistance from Libyan nationalists led by rebel guerrilla leader Omar Mukhtar.The Italian Invasion of Libya in the 1920s
- DirectorRussell CroweStarsRussell CroweOlga KurylenkoJai CourtneyAn Australian man travels to Turkey after the Battle of Gallipoli to try to locate his three missing sons.May WWI be portrayed in Films very often,but here we see,in Addition,the Greek-Turkish War directly after the End of WWI
- DirectorUrs EggerStarsMark WaschkePaulus MankerAlexander HeldBamberg 1630. The era of witch-hunting. The surgeon professor Cornelius (Mark Waschke) returns from Vienna, where he is a renowned physician, to his homeland. He is soon forced to face the show trial of witches and appraise, as medical expert, the methods of Commissioner Mr. Berger (devilish Axel Milberg). Cornelius feels his blood churning inside when he is ordered to stay in the city. Snow in June, crop failures, the Catholic Church is worried about those obvious signs of the Devil's presence in the Reformation and its growing power. Rumors start wafting through the city of important people tempted by the Evil. Eventually the first alleged witches come in detention. Who wants to get rid of someone or hurt him, simply accuses him of being a magician or witch. One day the pyre threatens his childhood sweetheart Johanna (Silke Bender). Cornelius plots with bold city councils against the arbitrariness of the church and the fanaticism of Bamberg's authorities. He tries by all means to save Johanna. But the hunt continues unabated. More and more pyres burn. The Church - Alexander Held convinced as auxiliary bishop and chief ideologue of the fanatical pursuit - plays their power mercilessly. At the cruel Maleficent Chamber, Mr. Berger is the wily witch Commissioner. He benefits greatly with the witch processes, because the legacy of the condemned flows to the Church coffers. Cornelius escapes Bamberg and presents the case before the emperor in Vienna. Can he convince him to put an end to the horrific events in Bamberg? But how can Cornelius enforce the law and order in time to save Johanna?The Thirty Years War in Europe,mainly in Germany,from 1618 to 1648
- DirectorVolker SchlöndorffStarsMargarethe von TrottaMatthias HabichRüdiger KirschsteinA countess' unrequited love for an army officer leads to disaster.After the End of WWI polish and baltic troops tried to invade defeated Germany,but German Freikorps stopped them.
- DirectorChristoph SchreweStarsVolker BruchMiriam SteinWalter SittlerVormärz in Germany: Gisela and Walther, a maid and a servant - a predestined path of life, which Gisela rebels against. Her free-thinking spirit puts her in great danger. Is Walther going to join her on this dangerous path?German Vormärz between the End of Napoleonic Wars and the German Revolution of 1848
- DirectorNicholas RayGuy GreenAndrew MartonStarsCharlton HestonAva GardnerDavid NivenDuring the 1900 Boxer Rebellion, U.S. marine, Maj. Matt Lewis, along with British consul, Sir Arthur Robertson, develop a plan to keep the rebels at bay until an international military relief force can arrive.The Boxer Rebellion in Peking and parts of China in 1900
- DirectorAgustín Díaz YanesStarsViggo MortensenElena AnayaUnax UgaldeViggo Mortensen plays the Spanish soldier-turned-mercenary Captain Alatriste, a heroic figure from the country's 17th century imperial wars.The 80 Years war,also called the Dutch Rebellion between 1580 and 1648,the Struggle for Dutch independence
- DirectorYannis SmaragdisStarsSebastian KochEvgeniy StychkinJuan Diego BottoThe Greek pirate who turned businessman, Ioannis Varvakis, made his fortune selling caviar in Russia and all over the world. Varvakis strives all his life for freedom for himself and then for his country.The Greek Revolution against the Ottoman Empire in the 1820s.
- DirectorBruce BeresfordStarsLothaire BluteauAden YoungSandrine HoltIn the 17th century, a Jesuit missionary nicknamed Black Robe by the natives and his small party of companions try reaching the Huron tribe in Canada all while facing mistrust, Iroquois warring parties and harsh winter conditions.The Christianization of the North American Indians in th 17th Century
- DirectorErnst GossnerStarsWilliam MoseleyEugenia CostantiniClaudia CardinaleA young Austrian soldier in World War I fights his way through the Alps to rescue his first love and escape the impending explosion that will rock the mountain.In the often inscened WWI the South Austrian/North Italian Alpes-Front in the Dolomites is rarely the Subject.But here it is.
- DirectorJonathan EnglishStarsMichelle FairleyRoxanne McKeeRosie DayA survivor of the Great Siege of Rochester Castle fights to save his clan from Celtic raiders. A sequel to the 2011 film, "Ironclad."Focuses on the Scottish Border-Reivers against the English Occupation in 15th and 16th Century.
- DirectorBernhard WickiStarsUlrich MüheKlaus Maria BrandauerArmin Mueller-StahlUlrich Mühe plays a German businessman who was born completely without scruples. This makes him an eminently suitable candidate for success in the chaotic years after World War I. The shameless man's story is contrasted with that of his polar opposite, a Jewish anarchist.The German Freikorps,Revolution and the so called Republic of Weimar between WWI End and WWII Start.
- DirectorNikolaj ArcelStarsAlicia VikanderMads MikkelsenMikkel Boe FølsgaardA young queen, who is married to an insane king, falls secretly in love with her physician - and together they start a revolution that changes a nation forever.The Danish Royal Court and the Danish occupied Northern Germany in late 18th Century.
- DirectorAntti-Jussi AnnilaStarsVille VirtanenTommi EronenViktor KlimenkoAs a 25-year war between Russia and Sweden concludes, two brothers who are part of an effort to outline new border accords become undone by their actions, and their mistreatment of a young woman during their journey.The Russo-Finnish War in the 16th Century.
- DirectorRoar UthaugStarsIsabel Christine AndreasenIngrid Bolsø BerdalMilla OlinSigne, spared from death to produce a child, befriends a little girl, Frigg, and escapes from the camp.May there be a lot of Films on the Medieval Age,but surely not about Scandinavian Middle-Ages,like this one.
- DirectorNae CaranfilStarsFrançois CluzetIsabella FerrariMargherita BuyThis movie depicts the two years that young Stendhal spent in Italy. Stendhal, that time still known simply as Henri Beyle, is living the life of a wanderer, looking for a direction in his life, meeting famous Rossini and falling in love with young widow Giuseppina. A story of love, betrayal and an analysis of women and men's minds and souls.The chaotic political circumstances in the post-napoleonic Duchies,Countdoms and Baronies of Italy.
- DirectorRenzo MartinelliStarsF. Murray AbrahamAndrea IaiaEnrico Lo VersoIn the summer of 1683, 300,000 warriors of the Ottoman Empire began the siege of Vienna. The fall of the city would have opened the way to conquer Europe. On September 11. was the main battle between the Polish cavalry and the Turks.The Ottoman Siege of Vienna in 1683
- DirectorGeoff MurphyStarsAnzac WallaceBruno LawrenceTim ElliottIn 1870, a Maori warrior working with the British finds his village massacred, and vows revenge.The Maori Rebellion in New Zealand in mid-1860s