Movie List for "history"

An Italian Countess is allied with Nationalists during the Italian-Austrian war of unification. However, she risks betraying their cause when she falls in love with an Austrian lieutenant. Year 1954.

An examination of the creation of the state of Israel in 1948 through to the present day. Year 2009.

The life of the famous gisaeng (female entertainer), Hwang Jin Yi, who lived in 16th century Korea. Year 2007.

A drama centered on the Korean War’s final battle that will determine the border between north and south. Year 2011.

A look at the life of President Park Chung-hee and the events leading up to his assassination. Year 2005.

It is a story set in the 1980s during tumultuous economic times, about an unlikely team of footballers whose disagreements have left them with a streak of embarrassing losses. Personal issues have caused each of them to crack under p Year 2016.

In the midst of the Russian Revolution of 1905, the crew of the battleship Potemkin mutiny against the brutal, tyrannical regime of the vessel’s officers. The resulting street demonstration in Odessa brings on a police massacre. Year 1925.

The Night is set in the village of Quneytra, which borders on the Golan, a key battlefield in the 1967 war between Syria and Israel. We are led to the grave of the filmmakers’ father, an old Syrian fighter who joined the volunteer ar Year 1992.

His ideals challenged by life as a conscript in war-time Japan’s military, a pacifist faces ever greater tests in his fight for survival. Year 1961.

The career of Shakespeare’s Sir John Falstaff as a roistering companion to young Prince Hal, circa 1400 to 1413. Year 1965.

A tragic love triangle story between Hwa-Yeon, a daughter of a nobleman, her true love Kwon-Yoo, a servant and the man who will be King, Prince Sungwon. Year 2012.

During WWII in a small village outpost, a commander has his troop replaced by an all female unit. As they finally begin to appreciate one another, German paratroopers are spotted nearby and the realities of war emerge. Year 1972.

A theatre troupe from rural Fenyang struggles under the decline of communism and rise of popular culture in China in the 1980s. Year 2000.

A movie about the Iranian classical musicians in Ghajar era and their struggle to release their first Record which takes them on a journey to France. Year 1992.

The Russian aristocracy prepares for the French invasion on the eve of 1812. Year 1965.

The story of the Finzi-Continis, a noble family of Ferrara, during the Jewish persecution in Italy’s 1930s. Year 1970.