It’s the late nineteenth century Austria. The Emperor Franz-Joseph and his son, the Crown Prince Read More »
History
Europa Europa (1990) Agnieszka Holland, Solomon Perel, Marco Hofschneider, René Hofschneider
A Jewish boy separated from his family in the early days of WWII poses as a German orphan Read More »
If I Were King (1938) Frank Lloyd, Ronald Colman, Basil Rathbone, Frances Dee
In 1463, Paris is besieged by the Duke of Burgundy, arch-rival of the king, who is content to sit tight while the poor starve. Read More »
Betrayed (1954) Gottfried Reinhardt
Carla Van Oven becomes an allied spy for the British intelligence in The Netherlands during WW2 Read More »
Sin / Il peccato (2019) Andrey Konchalovskiy
Florence, early XVI century. Although widely considered a genius by his contemporaries Read More »
Quiz Show (1994) Robert Redford, Ralph Fiennes, John Turturro, Rob Morrow
An idealistic young lawyer working for a Congressional subcommittee in the late 1950s discovers that TV quiz shows are being fixed. Read More »
Waterloo (1970) Sergey Bondarchuk, Rod Steiger
After defeating France and imprisoning Napoleon on Elba, ending two decades of war Read More »
Battle of the Bulge (1965) Ken Annakin, Henry Fonda, Robert Shaw, Robert Ryan
In the winter of 1944, the Allied Armies stand ready to invade Germany at the coming of a New Year. Read More »
Nicholas and Alexandra (1971) Franklin J. Schaffner, Michael Jayston, Janet Suzman, Roderic Noble
The tragic story of Nicholas II (Michael Jayston), the last Czar of Russia Read More »
Katyn (2007) Andrzej Wajda, Andrzej Chyra, Maja Ostaszewska, Artur Zmijewski
When the Soviet Union on 17 September 1939 invades Poland, Anna Aleksandrowna leaves her home in Krakow Read More »