England: 1648 AD. A small group of deserters flee from a raging battle through an overgrown field. Read More »
History
Duel on the Mississippi (1955) William Castle, Lex Barker, Patricia Medina, Warren Stevens
In bustling era of 19th-century Louisiana, sugar is as valuable as gold Read More »
Oedipus the King (1968) Philip Saville, Christopher Plummer, Lilli Palmer, Richard Johnson
This classic (Greek) tale tells how a noble youth accidentally marries his own mother Read More »
Days of Hope (1975) Ken Loach, Paul Copley, Pamela Brighton, Nikolas Simmonds
Days of Hope (1975) was Ken Loach’s first historical piece Read More »
Sakuran (2006) Mika Ninagawa, Anna Tsuchiya, Kippei Shîna, Yoshino Kimura
A young girl is sold into a red-light district brothel and tries to adapt to life as an oiran (courtesan). Read More »
Land of the Pharaohs (1955) Howard Hawks, Jack Hawkins, Joan Collins, Dewey Martin
In ancient Egypt, the Pharaoh Khufu (Jack Hawkins) is obsessed with acquiring gold Read More »
Seven Minutes / Georg Elser – Einer aus Deutschland (1989) Klaus Maria Brandauer, Rebecca Miller, Brian Dennehy
A true story about Johann Georg Elser, a quiet carpenter Read More »
Proud Heritage / Mircea (1989) Sergiu Nicolaescu, Serban Ionescu, Adrian Pintea
Following the 1394 Battle of Rovine between the Wallachian and Ottoman armies Read More »
Victoria the Great (1937) Herbert Wilcox
The story opens on the morning of 20 June 1837, when the Lord Chamberlain and Archbishop of Canterbury Read More »
Nero’s Big Weekend / Mio figlio Nerone (1956) Steno, Alberto Sordi, Vittorio De Sica, Gloria Swanson
Nero is on holiday at the seaside. Poppea, Seneca and many other guests are with him. Read More »