HISTORY Movies and Tvshows - Page 48

An 11th century noblewoman opens her Saxon husbands eyes by riding bareback through town

A young lawyer, Richard Goodwin, investigates a potentially fixed game show Charles Van Doren, a big time show winner, is under Goodwins investigation

In the foreign land of Canaan lives Isaac, son of Abraham, with his clever, strong willed wife Rebekah and his twin sons Esau and Jacob The first born, Esau, is a strong and fearless

During the height of World War II, commander Stan and a courageous group of resistance fighters are given a suicide mission to deliver a stolen Nazi submarine filled with atomic uranium Hunted down by Hitlers army, the motley crew

An American returns to his native Dutch village in the nineteen thirties and causes a sensation there When his pregnant daughter starts an affair with the son of the local cheese factory

After an actor finds a treasure map detailing the location of ancient gold hidden near a town in the Misiones province named after the 19th century politician Leandro N Alem, he persuades the producers to change the project, as a po

Young George Matcham visits his uncle Lord Nelson and the vulgar Lady Hamilton With the clear eyes of youth, he measures Nelsons stature and notes his feet of clay And yet, Nelson is a hero, a great man How can this be resolved

Sir Walter Raleigh Richard Todd overcomes court intrigue to win favor with Queen Elizabeth I Bette Davis in order to get financing for a proposed voyage to the New World

Snowbound and desperate, some of the Donner Party died of starvation Some of them did not They all sang

Recounts the true life, previously secret, back channel negotiations in the development of the pivotal 1990s Oslo Peace Accords between Israel and the Palestinian Liberation Organization

This film is based on the true character of Robert Denard known as Bob Denard in the 60s when he fights in Democratic Republic of Congo As a mercenary, he defends President Mobutu who

In league with the Saxon invaders, Edmund of Cornwall plans to slay King Arthur, marry his daughter and usurp the throne of England but wizard Merlin and outlaw Robert Marshall stand in the way

An account of the gangster Mahindra Dolas and his gang, which terrorized Mumbai City, and a massive war between Mumbai Police and gangs during 16 November 1991

At the time of Caesars conquest of Gaul, a Roman tribune falls in love with the daughter of a Gallic chieftain during a dangerous mission

In 1863, the Northern and Southern forces fight at Gettysburg in the decisive battle of the American Civil War

During the power struggle between Caesar and Crassus, a Roman centurion, who is the lost son of Spartacus, is dispatched to Crassus camp to observe his movements and keep Caesar informed

During the Korean War, General Douglas MacArthur masterminds the amphibious invasion of Inchon in September 1950

In 1787, British ship Bounty leaves Portsmouth to bring a cargo of bread fruit from Tahiti but the savage on board conditions imposed by Captain Bligh trigger a mutiny led by officer Fletcher Christian

His home is war Her home is Portugal Yet the young, newly married wife of Lord von Ketten is determined to make her husbands family abode, an inhospitable castle on a cliff in northern Italy, into her home

Bob Ford murders his best friend Jesse James in order to obtain a pardon that will free him to marry his girlfriend but is plagued by guilt and self disgust

Mongol chief Temujin battles against Tartar armies and for the love of the Tartar princess Bortai Temujin becomes the emperor Genghis Khan

In the tenth year of the Trojan War, tensions between Achilles and Agamemnon divide the Greek camp while giving hope to the Trojans

During the First World War, a female German spy Fraulein Doktor and her team of saboteurs plan to kill Lord Kitchener, obtain the Allied defense plans and steal the new French mustard gas formula

The untold stories of female jazz and big band instrumentalists and their journeys from the late 1930s to the present day

As Ivan the Terrible attempts to consolidate his power by establishing a personal army, his political rivals, the Russian boyars, plot to assassinate their Tsar

Frictions develop when Yisroel Izzy Jonigkeyt, a Chassidic Jew from Crown Heights, travels to San Francisco to visit Polish born Catholic friend Marek Wisniewski with the intent of discovering why a Bay Area art world iconoclast na

During the Japanese occupation, two men travel across the country compiling the first Korean language dictionary

The true story of an Argentine family who lived with Josef Mengele without knowing his true identity, and of a girl who fell in love with one of the biggest criminals of all time

In the wake of Fidel Castros rise to power, over 14,000 unaccompanied children fled to the United States in hopes of a better life Inspired by their stories, Esta Es Tu Cuba follows Anton, a young boy who is thrust into adulthood a

A movie adaptation of Homers second epic, that depicts Ulysses efforts to return to his home after the end of ten years of war

In 1948, at the U S embassy in Zadestan, a young diplomat is ordered to find the missing daughter of an influential U S Senator

After the murder of her lover Caesar, Egypts queen Cleopatra needs a new ally She seduces his probable successor Mark Antony This develops into real love and slowly leads to a war with the other possible successor Octavius

Chronicles the rise and fall of the woman who eventually became known as Queen Nefertiti

At a time when maps werent readily accessible for the public, Gosanja KIM Jeong ho CHA Seoung won sets out to walk across the Korean peninsula to make the Daedongyeojido the Great Map of the East Land, with hopes of providing

Carne Ross was a government highflyer A career diplomat who believed Western Democracy could save us all But working inside the system he came to see its failures, deceits and ulterior motives He felt at first hand the corruption

The lives and battles of soldiers leading up to the 1904 siege of Port Arthur during the Russo Japanese War