Genre: History
1039 content found
Milada 2017

Berättelsen om Milada Horáková, demokratiska pre-WW2 tjeckiska politiker först greps och försökte av nazisterna under kriget och sedan efterkrigstidens kommunistiska regering för hennes vägran att upphöra med sin oppositions verksamhet och lämna landet.

Category: Biography, Drama, History

Stars: Ayelet Zurer, Robert Gant, Daniel Rchichev

4,698 Views
Ikitie 2017

Based on true events an epic story of one man's struggle for survival. Jussi Ketola, returns to Finland from the great depression struck America only to face growing political unrest. One summer night of 1930, nationalist thugs violently abduct Ketola from his home. Beaten and forced to walk the Eternal Road towards a foreign Soviet Russia, where cruelty seems to know no end, his only dream is to return to his family cost it what it may. Hope dies last.

Category: Drama, History

Stars: Sidse Babett Knudsen,Irina Björklund,Ville Virtanen,Amalia Holm

7.9 IMDB Rating 4,945 Views
Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story 2017

The life and career of the hailed Hollywood movie star and underappreciated genius inventor, Hedy Lamarr.

Category: Biography, Documentary, History

Stars: Nino Amareno,Charles Amirkhanian,Jeanine Basinger,Bill Birnes

7.4 IMDB Rating 4,735 Views
Goodbye Christopher Robin 2017

A rare glimpse into the relationship between beloved children's author A. A. Milne (Domhnall Gleeson) and his son Christopher Robin, whose toys inspired the magical world of Winnie the Pooh. Along with his mother Daphne (Margot Robbie), and his nanny Olive, Christopher Robin and his family are swept up in the international success of the books; the enchanting tales bringing hope and comfort to England after the First World War. But with the eyes of the world on Christopher Robin, what will the cost be to the family?

Category: Biography, Family, History, Kids

Stars: Vicki Pepperdine,Margot Robbie,Domhnall Gleeson,Will Tilston

7.2 IMDB Rating 6,718 Views
Catching the Sun 2015

Through the stories of workers and entrepreneurs in the U.S. and China, Catching the Sun captures the global race to lead the clean energy future. Over the course of a solar jobs training program, Catching the Sun follows the hope and heartbreak of unemployed American workers seeking jobs in the solar industry. With countries like China investing in innovative technologies and capitalizing on this trillion-dollar opportunity, Catching the Sun tells the story of the global energy transition from the perspective of workers and entrepreneurs building solutions to income inequality and climate change with their own hands. Their successes and failures speak to one of the biggest questions of our time: will the U.S. actually be able to build a clean energy economy?

Category: Documentary, Drama, History

Stars: N/A

7.3 IMDB Rating 4,073 Views
The Way Back 2010

In 1941, three men attempt to flee communist Russia, escaping a Siberian gulag. The film tells their story and that of four others who escaped with them and a teenage girl who joins them in flight. The group's natural leader is Janusz, a Pole condemned by accusations secured by torturing his wife, spent much of his youth outdoors, and knows how to live in the wild. They escape under cover of a snowstorm: a cynical American, a Russian thug, a comedic accountant, a pastry chef who draws, a priest, and a Pole with night blindness. They face freezing nights, lack of food and water, mosquitoes, an endless desert, the Himalayas, as well as many moral and ethical dilemmas throughout the journey towards freedom.

Category: Adventure, Drama, History

Stars: Colin Farrell,Mark Strong,Saoirse Ronan,Jim Sturgess,Ed Harris,Gustaf Skarsgård,Alexandru Potocean,Sebastian Urzendowsky,Dragos Bucur,Zahary Baharov,Sally E. Brunski,Igor Gnezdilov,Dejan Angelov,Stanislav Pishtalov,Mariy Grigorov

7.3 IMDB Rating 6,483 Views
Bibeln – Jesus 1999

Category: Biography, Drama, History

Stars: Jeremy Sisto,Debra Messing,Armin Mueller-Stahl,Jacqueline Bisset,Gary Oldman,David O'Hara,Claudio Amendola,G.W. Bailey,Luca Zingaretti,Luca Barbareschi,Christian Kohlund,Elena Sofia Ricci,Stefania Rocca,Gabriella Pession,Maria Cristina Heller

5.7 IMDB Rating 4,223 Views
My Way 2011

Inspired by a true story. Jun Shik works for Tatsuo's grandfather's farm while Korea is colonized by Japan, but he has a dream to participate in Tokyo Olympics as a marathon runner. Tatsuo also aims to become a marathon runner, so the two are in rivalry. But war breaks out and they both are forced to enlist in the army. Tatsuo becomes the head of defense in Jun Shik's unit and he devises a scheme but fails. Jun Shik and Tatsuo are captured by the Soviets. They run away but soon are captured by Germans and forced to separate. In 1944, they meet again at the shores of Normandy.

Category: Action, Drama, History

Stars: Dong-gun Jang,Jô Odagiri,Bingbing Fan,In-kwon Kim,Seung-hyeon Han,Jin-seok Yang,Ji-han Do,Hee-won Kim,Yeon-hee Lee,Ji-woong Wi,Jong-yeol Jeong,Ho-yeon Lee,Michael Arnold,Michael Frederick Arnold,Ismail Deniz

7.3 IMDB Rating 6,719 Views
Utrensning 2012

A tormented young woman is given a hiding place by an elderly lady and soon they are reminded of their mutual horrendous past.

Category: Drama, History

Stars: Laura Birn,Liisi Tandefelt,Amanda Pilke,Peter Franzén,Krista Kosonen,Tommi Korpela,Kristjan Sarv,Jarmo Mäkinen,Jaanika Arum,Tomi Salmela,Panu Vauhkonen,Taavi Eelmaa,Reino Nordin,Pia Piltz,Sonja Nüganen

7.0 IMDB Rating 4,361 Views
En Fiende Att Dö För 2012

A German expedition is going to the Norwegian arctic islands of Svaldbard in late August 1939 (back then called Spitsbergen), trying to find proof of the theory that all land on Earth 300 million years ago was connected, before the land broke up into the continents we know today. Just days after arriving in the icy waters, the tense European pre-war situation gets more tense, when Germany then invades Poland, and the second world war starts. The expedition is German, and so is a couple of others, but the captain of the ship is Norwegian, and they also bring a Russian crew, and a Swede and a couple of Brits, one of them is even a Jew. Waiting to be contacted by their respective governments, since they now are all part of a German expedition in wartime, they continue their mission of finding proof of the German Alfred Wegener's theory of Pangaea. The German government is then commanding them to commit a military operation to help sink a British war ship with 1200 soldiers, and ending the expeditions main goal. They are in a situation on a small ship from which they can't escape.

Category: History, Thriller

Stars: Tom Burke,Allan Corduner,Jeanette Hain,Sven Nordin,Axel Prahl,Richard Ulfsäter,Lukasz Simlat,Juha Sorola,Piotr Polk,Matthias Buss,Donald Douglas,Anna Kurkinen,Kai-Birger Sünram,Godehard Giese,Veit Stübner

5.6 IMDB Rating 4,682 Views
Memorial Day 2011

Memorial Day, 1993. When 13-year-old Kyle Vogel discovers the World War II footlocker belonging to his grandfather, Bud, everyone tells Kyle to put it back. Luckily, he ignores them. Although Bud has never talked about the war, he finds himself striking a deal with his grandson: Kyle can pick any three souvenirs, and Bud will tell him the stories behind each one. Memorial Day not only takes us on a journey into Bud's complicated wartime past, but also into Kyle's wartime future. As the two men share parallel experiences in combat, they come to realize how that magical day on the porch shaped both of their lives.

Category: Action, Drama, History

Stars: Jonathan Bennett,James Cromwell,John Cromwell,Jackson Bond,Mary Kay Fortier-Spalding,Emily Fradenburgh,Charles Hubbell,Corby Kelly,Chris LeFevere,Steven Luke,Jasper Morgan,Reed Sigmund,Thomas Sellwood,Erin Traxler,Armin Zadeh

5.5 IMDB Rating 4,878 Views
The front line 2011

Towards the end of the Korean War an uneasy ceasefire is ordered, but out on the Eastern front line of the Aerok Hills fierce fighting continues. A race to capture a strategic point to determine a new border between the two Koreas is the ultimate prize. A bullet is then found in the body of dead company commander of the South Korean army. The bullet that killed the company commander belongs to the South Korean army. Lieutenant of the Defense Security Command Kang Eun-Pyo is ordered to go out into the Eastern front line and investigate the murder. When Kang Eun-Pyo arrives in the Aerok Hills he is surprised to find his old friend Kim Soo-Hyeok commanding troops in the Aerok Hills. Kang Eun-Pyo believed Kim Soo-Hyeok was dead. In their younger years, Kim Soo-Hyeok was a meek student, but he eventually became the leader of Aerok company as a lieutenant. The situation in the Aerok company raises many flags in the eyes of Kang Eun-Pyo. Soldiers wear North Korean uniforms inside due to the cold weather, a 20-year-old leads troops as a captain and the reappearance of his old friend Kim Soo-Hyeok. The countdown to the ceasefire begins as the lives of countless soldiers fall to the wayside ...

Category: Drama, History, War

Stars: Ha-kyun Shin,Soo Go,Seung-su Ryu,Chang-Seok Ko,Je-hoon Lee,Jin-woong Jo,In-gi Jeong,Seung-yong Ryoo,Ok-bin Kim,Yeong-seo Park,Seo Joon-Yeol,Seung-min Woo,Min Choi,Jo Min-ho,Rok-kyeong Kim

7.1 IMDB Rating 7,412 Views
1920 Bitwa Warszawska 2011

The First Polish 3D Feature Film! Poland's winning battle against Soviet Russia as seen through the eyes of two young protagonists, Ola and Jan. She is a Warsaw cabaret dancer, while he is ...

Category: Drama, History, Musical

Stars: Borys Szyc,Natasza Urbanska,Daniel Olbrychski,Adam Ferency,Jerzy Bonczak,Boguslaw Linda,Ewa Wisniewska,Aleksandr Domogarov,Olga Kabo,Adam Strzelecki,Michal Zebrowski,Rafal Cieszynski,Lukasz Garlicki,Piotr Glowacki,Wojciech Solarz

4.3 IMDB Rating 4,209 Views
The Dancer 2016

There was nothing in her background to prepare Loïe to become the toast of the Folies Bergères in Paris and stages across the world. Then she created the 'Serpentine Dance'... 1887. After the death of her gold prospector father, 25-year-old Marie-Louise leaves her life in the American West to join her mother in New York and pursue her heart's dream - becoming an actress. One night on stage, becoming tangled in her long dress, she avoids falling by spinning the fabric in a graceful, magical gesture: the "Serpentine Dance" is born. The audience - shocked, then overwhelmed - calls out for more. Marie-Louise has become Loïe Fuller. She embarks on a new, hectic life, leaving New York, where imitators try to steal her radical innovations, for Paris. At the Folies Bergères, she dazzles the capital, and illustrious admirers fall at her feet. Toulouse Lautrec, the Lumière Brothers, Rodin... the Electric Fairy becomes an icon, the blazing symbol of a generation. But fame isn't all. An encounter with the young, spellbinding Isadora Duncan will disrupt her turbulent love affair with Louis and her complex relationship with her devoted assistant Gabrielle, and risk the very essence of her art.

Category: Biography, Drama, History

Stars: Soko,Gaspard Ulliel,Mélanie Thierry,Lily-Rose Depp

6.6 IMDB Rating 3,910 Views
6 Days 2017

In April 1980, armed gunmen stormed the Iranian Embassy in Princes Gate, London and took all inside hostage. Over the next six days a tense standoff took place, all the while a group of highly trained soldiers from the SAS prepared for a raid the world had never seen the likes of.

Category: Action, Drama, History

Stars: Abbie Cornish,Mark Strong,Jamie Bell,Emun Elliott

6.5 IMDB Rating 6,169 Views
First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2017

Cambodian author and human rights activist Loung Ung recounts the horrors she suffered as a child under the rule of the deadly Khmer Rouge.

Category: Biography, Drama, History

Stars: Sareum Srey Moch,Phoeung Kompheak,Sveng Socheata,Tharoth Sam

6.7 IMDB Rating 4,368 Views
Operation Dunkirk 2017

En grupp soldater måste kämpa sig igenom Nazistiska territorium för att rädda en forskare som kan hjälpa till att vända andra VÄRLDSKRIGET.

Category: Action, History, War

6,020 Views
Mission Control: The Unsung Heroes of Apollo 2017

At the heart of the Apollo program was the special band of brothers in Mission Control. The feature documentary film Mission Control: The Unsung Heroes of Apollo tells their stories, describing the rural homesteads and smokestack towns they came from, and the remarkable team they became. The film consists of interviews with those who worked in Mission Control and astronauts, enhanced by extraordinary archive, stunning VFX and an original orchestral score. The film covers the first journeys to the moon by Apollo 8 and Apollo 11, and the huge effort required to save the crew of Apollo 13.

Category: Documentary, History

Stars: N/A

8.6 IMDB Rating 4,601 Views
City 40 2016

Deep in Russia, there is an invisible city that houses thousands of men, women and children who live and work behind double barbed-wire fences monitored by armed guards. They are told that they are the creators of the nuclear shield and saviors of the world. They are told that everyone is an enemy. In this hidden world, a mother risks her life to take us inside Russia's largest nuclear city.

Category: Documentary, Drama, History

Stars: Lavrenti Beria,Viktor Fetisov,Mikhail Gorbachev,Sergei Kirillov

6.5 IMDB Rating 4,302 Views
Banking on Bitcoin

Bitcoin är den mest störande uppfinningen sedan Internet, och nu en ideologisk kamp pågår mellan Frans utopists och mainstream kapitalism. Filmen visar spelarna som definierar hur denna teknik kommer att forma våra liv.

Category: Documentary, History, News

Stars: Wences Casares, Nathanial Popper, Gavin Andresen

6.6 IMDB Rating 4,181 Views