Filmy i seriale - co warto obejrzeć a czego nie [M]

[rob006 1]

Dnia 24.07.2009 o 16:21, Azra napisał:

> Ostatni tom książki został rozbity na 2 filmy.

jak to dobrze - jeden będę sobie mógł odpuścić, bo przez cały czas będą chodzić po lesie.

Bez przesady, w międzyczasie coś tam robili, a znając życie film w 90% będzie składał się z tego "coś" :D.

[Moras1990 0]

Wczoraj skończyłem czytać "Mali ludzie w żółtych płaszczach" Stephena Kinga. Warto zainteresować się filmem Hearts in Atlantis, który jest oparty na tym opowiadaniu? Czy lepiej sobie go odpuścić i nie psuć dobrego wrażenia po książce? Nie chce mi się za bardzo iść do wypożyczalni, ale jak film dobry to z chęcią bym się przeszedł.

[Tyler_D 0]

Piątek:

TVP1 - 23:55 - The Grudge - Klątwa

TVN - 20:00 - Zabójcza broń 2 :-P

Sobota:

Polsat - 00:30 - Candyman 3: Dzień umarłych

Niedziela:

TVN - 16:10 - Akademia Policyjna 4 [ może ktoś lubi ;-D ]

[kerkas 4]

Dnia 23.07.2009 o 20:16, Baluk25 napisał:

Za ostatnie czasy uważasz lata 50 - 80? Gz.

Te filmy spełniają wymogi postawione przez @Vaxinar-a.

[kerkas 4]

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Piątek

Tvp Kultura 22:45 "Długi wielki piątek" dobre kino gangsterskie.

[luq 0]

Dnia 24.07.2009 o 20:06, Tyler_D napisał:

TVP1 - 23:55 - The Grudge - Klątwa

Fajnie, że napisałeś - będzie okazja, żeby obejrzeć amerykańską wersję.

[Vaksinar 0]

Oglądam Rzekę Tajemnic na TVN.
Sean Penn jak zwykle rządzi....

[Ichibanboshi-kun 0]

Dnia 24.07.2009 o 23:10, Vaxinar napisał:

Oglądam Rzekę Tajemnic na TVN.
Sean Penn jak zwykle rządzi....

Fakt, film wgniata, tylko, że całe trio - nie tylko Penn - zagrało niesamowicie. Pajmiętam tę glaę Oscarów gdy "Rzeka" królowcowała

[kerkas 4]

Dnia 23.07.2009 o 23:46, A-cis napisał:

Ktoś oglądał dziś na TVN 7 "Kulla Zdobywcę"? To taki film fantasy w stylu "Conana Barbarzyńcy",
ale miałem wrażenie jakby tych "Kulli" było więcej i że to już jest któryś film z serii.
Dialogi na to wskazywały. Czy ktoś może potwierdzić lub zaprzeczyć tym przypuszczeniom?

Krull z 1983 r.

[kerkas 4]

Dnia 23.07.2009 o 23:35, Vaxinar napisał:

> Vaxinar: Dzień w którym zatrzymała się ziemia, tylko to znam, z ostatnich filmów.

Powtórzę za @Ichibanboshi-kun zamiast oglądać marny remake z Reevsem lepiej obejrzeć oryginał z 1951 r.

[kerkas 4]

Dnia 24.07.2009 o 18:21, Vaxinar napisał:

Szukam czegoś nowego, filmu może być z fantastyką, opowiadających o jakiś tam zamierzchłych
czasach. Opis 10.000 BC brzmi nieźle, choć nie wiem czy nie za dużo fanastyki.... No
i okres lepszy, wolę pierwotnych ludzi, od Azteków (bo ci są u Gibsona nie?)

"Walka o ogień"

"Milion lat przed naszą erą"

"Ziemia faraonów" warto zobaczyć dla scenografii wnętrza piramidy

"Aleksander Wielki" z Richardem Burtonem

Filmy z Yul-em Brynner-em

Dziesięcioro przykazań (1956) wiem że to film biblijny ale warto zobaczyć

Salomon i Królowa Saby (1959)

Królowie słońca (1963)

[Ichibanboshi-kun 0]

Dnia 25.07.2009 o 09:36, kerkas napisał:

"Walka o ogień"

Walka o ogień, wspaniały film, w którym nie uświadczymy ani jednego zrozumiałego dla nas dialogu ;) Chyba Perlman też tu grał nie? A film na pewno wyreżyserował Anaud(nie wiem czy poprawnie nazwisko napisałem, inny film tego reżysera to "7 lat w Tybecie")

[kerkas 4]

Dnia 25.07.2009 o 09:43, Ichibanboshi-kun napisał:

> "Walka o ogień"

Walka o ogień, wspaniały film, w którym nie uświadczymy ani jednego zrozumiałego dla
nas dialogu ;)

Zgadza się

>Chyba Perlman też tu grał nie?

Trafiony zatopiony

>A film na pewno wyreżyserował Anaud(nie

Dnia 25.07.2009 o 09:43, Ichibanboshi-kun napisał:

wiem czy poprawnie nazwisko napisałem, inny film tego reżysera to "7 lat w Tybecie")

Jean-Jacques Annaud tak to jego film , też nie wiem jak się odmienia jego nazwisko.

[kerkas 4]

Dnia 24.07.2009 o 18:21, Vaxinar napisał:

Szukam czegoś nowego, filmu może być z fantastyką, opowiadających o jakiś tam zamierzchłych
czasach. Opis 10.000 BC brzmi nieźle, choć nie wiem czy nie za dużo fanastyki.... No
i okres lepszy, wolę pierwotnych ludzi, od Azteków (bo ci są u Gibsona nie?)

ANEKS DO MOJEGO POPRZEDNIEGO POSTA DO CIEBIE

http://www.vernonjohns.org/snuffy1186/movies.htm
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/medfilms.html
http://www.imdb.com/keyword/historical/
http://www.imdb.com/keyword/maya/

[Ichibanboshi-kun 0]

>/ciach/
Skomentowałem wszystkie pozostałe filmy - w edycji - ale za bardzo się rozpisałem i już edycja nie podziałała.....

Bo tak odświeżyłem pamięć i okazałao się, że wszystkie te filmy widziałem, więc tym razem walnę skrótem telegraficznym, bo się rozpisałem i poszło się to walić :(

Dnia 25.07.2009 o 09:49, kerkas napisał:

"Milion lat przed naszą erą"

Super powrót do przeszłości, a nawet jakby tak się grubiej zastanowić, to twórcy 10k BC musieli się na tym filmie wzorować! Kobiety-jaskiniowce = ogolone nogi, pokaźny biust, białe zęby oraz najlepiej niebieskooka blondynka(czarne to zazwyczaj z innego plemienia i facetów chcą odbić ;) )
Gumowe dinozaury etc.

Dnia 25.07.2009 o 09:49, kerkas napisał:

"Ziemia faraonów" warto zobaczyć dla scenografii wnętrza piramidy

"Aleksander Wielki" z Richardem Burtonem
Mnie trochę nudziło, niestety nie ma dobrego filmu o Aleksandrze Wielkim albo zbyt amerykańsko albo... Okej, zawsze jest zbyt amerykańsko, jednak ta wersja może efektami nie jest tak dobra jak ta Stone''a, ale całą resztą na pewno lepsza. "Ziemia faraonów" to tak jak powiedział Kerkas, warto

>Filmy z Yul-em Brynner-em
>Dziesięcioro przykazań (1956) wiem że to film biblijny ale warto zobaczyć
>Salomon i Królowa Saby (1959)
>Królowie słońca (1963)
Najważniejsze podkreśliłem, mnie się te filmy podobały

Dnia 25.07.2009 o 09:49, kerkas napisał:

Jean-Jacques Annaud

Lubię jgo filmy, kręci je z charakterystyczną dla niego.. Finezją? "7 lat w Tybecie" to jeden z tych filmów, w którym dał szansę Pittowi na pokazanie, że autentycznie jest aktorem, którego obraz właśnie między innymi ten film, zmienił w moich oczach(a i gra razem z Thewlisem, jednym z moich ulubionych aktorów ;) )
"Wróg u bram" - jak dla mnie mistrzostwo.

[kerkas 4]

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Dnia 25.07.2009 o 09:58, Ichibanboshi-kun napisał:

> "Milion lat przed naszą erą"
Super powrót do przeszłości, a nawet jakby tak się grubiej zastanowić, to twórcy 10k
BC musieli się na tym filmie wzorować!

Zgadza się wzorował się i to bardzo.

Dnia 25.07.2009 o 09:58, Ichibanboshi-kun napisał:

> "Ziemia faraonów" warto zobaczyć dla scenografii wnętrza piramidy
"Aleksander Wielki" z Richardem Burtonem
Mnie trochę nudziło, niestety nie ma dobrego filmu o Aleksandrze Wielkim albo zbyt amerykańsko
albo... Okej, zawsze jest zbyt amerykańsko, jednak ta wersja może efektami nie jest tak
dobra jak ta Stone''a, ale całą resztą na pewno lepsza.

Chronologia zdarzeń nie szwankuje i widz , wie co i jak , nie to co przeskoki u Stone-a.
Amerykanie nie czują starożytności wersję z Burtonem kręcił (całe szczęście Brytyjczyk Robert Wise)
a później mogliśmy podziwiać serial jego reżyserii "Ja Klaudiusz".

"Ziemia faraonów" to tak jak

Dnia 25.07.2009 o 09:58, Ichibanboshi-kun napisał:

powiedział Kerkas, warto

>Filmy z Yul-em Brynner-em
>Dziesięcioro przykazań (1956) wiem że to film biblijny ale warto zobaczyć
>Salomon i Królowa Saby (1959)
>Królowie słońca (1963)
Najważniejsze podkreśliłem, mnie się te filmy podobały

Filmy biblijne nie każdemu muszą się podobać w tym jednak przypadku dodatkowym atutem poza reżyserem jest
obsada: Vincent Price , Charlton Heston i inni.
Cieszę się także lubisz ten gatunek filmowy.

Dnia 25.07.2009 o 09:58, Ichibanboshi-kun napisał:

> Jean-Jacques Annaud
Lubię jgo filmy, kręci je z charakterystyczną dla niego.. Finezją? "7 lat w Tybecie"
to jeden z tych filmów, w którym dał szansę Pittowi na pokazanie, że autentycznie jest
aktorem, którego obraz właśnie między innymi ten film, zmienił w moich oczach(a i gra
razem z Thewlisem, jednym z moich ulubionych aktorów ;) )
"Wróg u bram" - jak dla mnie mistrzostwo.

Jest podobnie jak Kubrick twórcą kina autorskiego , ceni sobie niezależność i mimo iż kręci jeden film raz na parę lat
to jest to kino najwyższego gatunku , bycie artystą przez duże A wśród rzemieślników ma swoja cenę.
Do tytułów które wymieniłeś dorzucę "Imię róży" ,"Niedźwiadek" i jego ostatni film "Dwaj bracia".

[kerkas 4]

Dnia 24.07.2009 o 18:21, Vaxinar napisał:

Szukam czegoś nowego, filmu może być z fantastyką, opowiadających o jakiś tam zamierzchłych
czasach. Opis 10.000 BC brzmi nieźle, choć nie wiem czy nie za dużo fanastyki.... No
i okres lepszy, wolę pierwotnych ludzi, od Azteków (bo ci są u Gibsona nie?)

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Ponieważ link nie działa tak więc:

I. ANCIENT MAN Back to Contents

X Quest for Fire (1981)

X One Million Years B.C. (1966) -- Raquel Welch

X When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth (1970)

X Clan of the Cave Bear (1986)





II. EARLY CIVILIZATIONS Back to Chapter II Back to Contents

II.1. EGYPT Back to Chapter II Back to Contents

Land of the Pharaohs (1955) -- building of the Pharaoh''s Great Pyramid of Giza, 2560 B.C.

X The Egyptian (1954) -- story of physician Sinuhe in Akhenaten''s reign, 1352 B.C.

X El Mamalik (Revolt of the Mamalukes) (1965) -- royal bodyguard in the 13th century; in 1250 a Mameluke, Qutuz, came to the Egyptian throne; Mameluke sultans ruled Egypt; conquered by the Ottomans in 1517

X Princess of the Nile (1954) -- an Egyptian princess tries to drive out the Bedouin conquerors.

X Sudan (1945) -- following the murder of her father, Queen Naila of Khemis is enslaved

X The Pharaoh''s Women (1960, Giorgio Rivalti) Italy

Nefertiti, regina del Nilo (Queen of the Nile) (1961) -- (1961) -- Queen Nefertiti, wife of Akhenaaten1



II.2. CHINA (UNIFICATION OF CHINA). Back to Chapter II Back to Contents

western Zhou Dynasty (1046-771 BC)

eastern Zhou Dynasty (770-256 BC)

Warring States period (475-221 BC)

Muk gong (A Battle of Wits) (2006) -- film set amid the Warring States period

Qin Dynasty (221- 207 BC)

Jing ke ci qin wang (The Emperor and the Assassin) (1998) - 221 B.C. unification of China

The Emperor''s Shadow (Qin Song) (1999) - unification of China

Hero (2004) -- four assassins plot to assassinate the King of Qin (who has the potential to unify the warring states into a nation)

X Qin yong (A Terra-Cotta Warrior) (1990) ? in the Qin Dynasty the emperor builds an army of terra-cotta warriors

Han Dynasty (206 BC - 8 AD)

X Xi chu bawang (aka The Great Conqueror''s Concubine)(1994) -- Xian Yu and Liu Pang depose Qin Dynasty

Xin Dynasty (9-25 AD)

Han Dynasty continuation/Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220)

Chi bi (aka Red Cliff; Battle of Red Cliff) (2009) -- Prime Minister Cao Cao plans to usurp the Han dynasty throne after he defeats any possible allies of the Han Emperor, but that will prove a difficult task (winter of 208/209)



II.3. INDIA. Back to Chapter II Back to Contents

Magadhan Kings (c. 1700 BC - 550 AD)

Shakya Dynasty (c. 650-500 BC)

Nanda Dynasty (424-321 BC)

Mauryan Empire: 321-185 B.C.

X Chandragupta (1945) -- ancient, pre-Islamic India; ruler from 320-298 BC

X Asoka (2001) -- India after the age of Alexander the Great, Emperor Asoka (273-232 B.C.)

Shunga Dynasty (185-73 BC)

Kanva Dynasty (73-26)

Western Kshatrapas

Gupta Dynasty (c. 240-550 AD)



II.4. IRAQ. Back to Chapter II Back to Contents

THE BIBLE - OLD TESTAMENT

X Genesis: The Creation and The Flood (1994, Ermanno Olmi) TV

In the Beginning (2000) -- from creation to Moses

X The Bible: In the Beginning (1966) -- first 22 Books of Genesis (Adam & Eve, Noah, Tower of Babel, Abraham, Sarah and Isaac)

X The Bible (1966) Italian

Abraham (1994) -- Abraham, the founding patriarch of the Israelites, through his son Isaac (some time between 2000 and 1700 B.C.)

X Abraham Our Patriarch (1933, George Roland)

X Noah''s Ark - The Story Of The Deluge (1928, Michael Curtiz)

X Noah''s Ark (1999, John Irvin) -- TV

X Sodom and Gomorrah (1963) --

X Sodom and Gomorrah (1922, Michael Curtiz)

Jacob (1994) TV

X Jacob, the Man Who Fought With God (1963)

X Giacobbe ed Esau (Jacob and Esau) (1963) ?

X The Story of Jacob and Joseph (1974) TV -- Abraham to Isaac to Jacob to Joseph

Joseph (1995) TV --

X Joseph and His Brethren (1960, Irving Rapper)

X Joseph in the Land of Egypt (1932, George Roland)

X Ten Commandments (1956) -- Charlton Heston as Moses leading the Jews out of Egypt, around 1275 B.C.

X The Ten Commandments (1923, Cecil B. DeMille)

X Moses the Law Giver (1975) --

Moses (1995) --

X Prince of Egypt (1998) -- animated version of the story of Moses

Samson and Delilah (1949) -- Cecile B. DeMille with Victor Mature, Hedy Lamarr, somewhere between 1200 and 1000 B.C.

Samson and Delilah (1984) TV -- Delilah betrayed by evil Sidka, governor of Gaza

Samson and Delilah (1996) TV --

The Story of Ruth (1960) -- grandmother of King David

David and Goliath (1960) -- David kills the giant Philistine

X King David (1985) -- King of Israel (ruler from 1000 -960 B.C.)

David (1997) -- David survives King Saul, adultery and internal divisions in his family to bring his son Solomon to be king after him

X Koning David (1965) ? Dutch film about King David

X Saul e David (aka Saul and David) (1964) -- David''s life with King Saul

X David and Batsheba (1951) -- King David steals himself a wife

X The Story of David (1976, David Lowell Rich, Alex Segal) TV

X Solomon and Sheba (1959) -- supposed relationship between King Solomon (960-928) & the Queen of Sheba

X Solomon and Sheba (1995) -- Halle Berry as the Queen of Sheba

X Menelik l (2008) ? Queen of Sheba, King Solomon and their son, Menelik

La Regina di Saba (Queen of Sheba) (1952) -- Italian black & white that should have been called Rehoboam and Sheba

X Solomon (1997, Roger Young) TV

Giuditta e Oloferne (aka Head of a Tyrant) (1959) -- girl gives herself to cruel Assyrian tyrant who has conquered her city in order to overthrow him

X Cortigiana di Babilonia (Queen of Babylon) (1956) -- Babylonia rebels against the Assyrian empire, 626 B.C.

Jeremiah (1998) TV -- the prophet beginning 628 B.C.

Intolerance (1916) -- first of four stories deals with intolerance in Babylon that leads to its fall to the Persians, 539 B.C.

Esther and the King (1960) -- Esther saves the Jews of 4th c. B.C. Persia

X Esther (1999) -- remake of Esther and the King

X Esther (1985, Amos Gitai)

X One Night With the King (2006, Michael O. Sajbel) -- Esther saves the Jewish nation

X The Thirteenth Day: The Story of Esther (1979) -- ABC one-hour special

X Liken: Esther and the King (2006) ? mother tells her daughter about the great Esther





III. LATER CIVILIZATIONS. Back to Chapter III Back to Contents

III.1. GREEK CIVILIZATION. Back to Chapter III Back to Contents

X Helen of Troy (2003) -- Troy falls to the Greeks

Helen of Troy (1956)

X The Trojan Horse (1962) -- stars Steve Reeves and John Drew Barrymore

X Trojan Women (1972) -- women after fall of Troy

X Troy (2004) -- Troy VII (1275-1240 B.C.)

X The Odyssey (1977)

X The Odyssey (1997) TV miniseries -- based on the return voyage of the Greeks from Troy

Ulysses (1954)

300 (2006) -- Spartan King Leonidas and a force of 300 men fight the Persians (under King Xerxes) at Thermopylae in 480 B.C.

The 300 Spartans (1962) -- Greeks stand against the Persians at Thermopylae

X Socrates (1970) TV -- last days of Socrates, a philosopher who was a social gadfly in Athens

X Barefoot in Athens (1966) TV -- Socrates

X Alexander the Great -- the great Macedonian empire builder (with Joseph Cotton, John Cassavettes)

X Alexander the Great (1956) --

Alexander the Great (2004) -- ditto

X Sikander (1941) -- Alexander the Great''s conquests in North-Western India. 326-225 B.C

X Il colosso di Rodi (The Colossus of Rhodes ) (1961) ? 280 BC a Greek military hero joins a group of rebels to overthrow the tyrannical King Serse on Rhodes



III. 2. ROMAN CIVILIZATION. Back to Chapter III Back to Contents

III.2.1. FOUNDATION OF A ROMAN REPUBLIC Back to Chapter III Back to Contents

X Orazi e Curiazi (Duel of Champions) (1961) -- Roman leader challenges forces of Alba Longa

X Hannibal (2006) -- Hannibal of Carthage and his elephants

X Hannibal (1960) -- Second Punic War (Carthage vs. Rome), 264-24 B.C.

X Carthage in Flames (1959) Rome-Carthage War of 2nd c. B.C. during Third Punic War, 149-146 B.C.

X Scipione l''africano (Scipio Africanus: The Defeat of Hannibal) (1937) -- Roman general defeats Hannibal

X Scipione detto anche l''africano (Scipio the African) (1971) -- ancient Roman warrior Scipio Africanus

X Cabiria (1910) -- a young girl''s odyssey through ancient Rome at the time of Hannibal

X Spartacus (1960) -- slave revolt in 71 B.C.; with Kirk Douglas

X Spartacus (2004) -- TV mini-series

Spartaco (or Sins of Rome) (1953) -- Italian version of Spartacus

X Gli invincibili dieci gladiatori (Spartacus and the Ten Gladiators) (1964) ? story of Spartacus

X Fabiola (1949) -- love story between a Roman woman and a gladiator

III.2.2. FOUNDATION OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE Back to Chapter III Back to Contents

X Julius Caesar (1953) -- Shakespeare''s play with Marlon Brando as Julius Caesar (48-44 B.C.)

Julius Caesar (2002) -- solid telling of the Caesar tale; Jeremy Sisto as Julius Caesar

X Julius Caesar (1970) -- Charlton Heston as Caesar

X Julius Casear (1984) --

X Caesar the Conqueror --

X Die Verschwörung (1969) ? Caesar and assassination

X Rome (2005) -- Julius Caesar & Company

Vercingétorix (Druids) (2001) -- story of the battle of the Gauls against the tyranny of Rome

X Giulio Cesare, il conquistatore delle Gallie (Caesar the Conqueror) (1962) ? Caesar conquers Gaulle

X Cleopatra -- with Francesca Annis

Cleopatra (1934) -- love affairs with Caesar (to 44 BC) and Mark Antony (second triumvirate, 43-27 BC)

Cleopatra (1963) -- with Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton

X Cleopatra (1999) -- with Leonor Varela

X Caesar and Cleopatra (1946) -- British film with Vivian Leigh

X Antony and Cleopatra (1973)

Imperium: Augustus (2003) -- the great emperor of Rome, 27 B.C. to 14 A.D.

X Empire (2005) -- rise of Octavius (Augustus)

X Caligula (1980) -- 37 to 42 A.D., very wicked emperor of Rome after Tiberius, 14-37 AD

X Caligola: La storia mai raccontata (Caligula: The Untold Story) (1982) ? with lots of hardcore sex

X I, Claudius (1976) -- handicapped emperor of Rome after Caligula, 42 to 54 AD

X Messalina (1951) -- wife of Claudius

Imperium: Nerone (Nero) (2004) -- 54-68 A.D., emperor of Rome after Caligula

X Mio figlio Nerone (1956) ? Nero, his mother Agrippina and murder attempts

X Titus (1999) ? Roman general Titus Andronicus makes war on the northern Goths; he was Roman Emperor 79 to 81(preceded by Vespasian, 69-79, and succeeded by Domitian, 81-96)

X Dacii (1967) ? King Decebalus of Dacia fought three wars without being eliminated against Rome under two emperors, but Rome in 105 seeks revenge

III.2.3. RISE OF CHRISTIANITY Back to Chapter III Back to Contents

Erode il grande (Herod the Great) (1959) -- governor of ancient Judea , 37-04 BC

X The Apocalypse (2002) -- the apostle St. John tries to save Christianity from Roman Emperor Domitian, 90 AD

Salome (1953) -- the dancer and John the Baptist, executed 33 AD

X The Passion of the Christ (2004)

X Jesus of Nazareth (1977) -- crucified 30 AD

X El redentor (The Redeemer) (1959) ? life of Jesus

X Golgotha (1935) -- Jesus

X Jesus (1999) --

X Jesus (1979) --

X Jesús, el ni?o Dios (1971) --

X Jesús, María y José (Jesus, Mary and Joseph) (1972) --

X Karunamayudu (1978) ? Indian cast in Indian movie about the life of Jesus

X King of Kings (1961) -- Jesus

X Mary Mother of Christ (2010) --

X Mary and Joseph (1979)

X Per amore, solo per amore (1993) ? Mary and the nativity from Joseph?s point of view

X The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)

X The Sword and the Cross (1958) -- story of Mary Magalene (prostitute or disciple?)

X Mary Magdalene (1993) -- ditto

X Judas (2004) -- the story of the man who betrayed Jesus of Nazareth

X The Revolutionary II (1996) -- Jesus of Nazareth

X Il vangelo secondo Matteo (The Gospel According to St. Matthew) (1964) ? Jesus as a Marxist

X Barabbas (1961)

X The Robe (1953)

X Peter and Paul (1981) -- Peter may have been the rock, but it was Paul that spread Christianity to the non-Jewish world

X Life of St. Paul (1938) -- popularizer of Christianity

X Life of St. Paul Series (1949) ? ditto

The Da Vinci Code (2006) -- the Catholic church fights and murders to prevent the world from knowing that Jesus was mortal and had actually married Mary Magdalene

X Gli amici di Ges? - Maria Maddalena (Mary Magdalene) (2000) ?John the Baptist and Mary Magdalene

X Quo Vadis (1951) -- Christian persecution under Emperor Nero

Sign of the Cross (1932) -- Christians in Rome under Emperor Nero (Charles Laughton) are blamed and persecuted for the Great Fire of 64 A.D.

Ben-Hur (1959) -- a proud Jew named Ben-Hur and his boyhood Roman friend Messala become in adulthood bitter enemies.

X Gladiator (2000)

Masada (1981) -- 70 A.D. Jewish Revolt against Roman rule

Pompeii:

X Last Days of Pompeii (1984) -- Mt. Vesuvius erupted in 79 A.D. and covered (thereby preserving) the Roman village of Pompeii

X Ultimi giorni di Pompei, Gli (Last Days of Pompeii) (1960) -- volcanic eruption (under emperors Vespasian 69-79 & Titus, 79-81 AD)

X The Last Days of Pompeii (1935) -- Mt. Vesuvius erupted 79A.D.

X Pompeii: The Last Day (2003) -- destruction of Pompeii and Herculaneum by Mount Vesuvius

X Anno 79: La distruzione di Ercolano (The Destruction of Herculaneum ) (1962) ? intrigues in the court of Roman Emperor Titus Flavius



III.2.4. FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE (180-476) Back to Chapter III Back to Contents

Fall of the Roman Empire (1964)-- Sophia Loren; troubles under Emperor Commodus (who ruled from 180 to 192)

X Nel Segno di Roma (Sign of the Gladiator) (1959) -- Queen of Palmyra, Zenobia, revolts against Rome & is captured (under Emperor Aurelian, 270-275)

X Constantine and the Cross (1962) -- early 4th c. A.D. emperor battling Romans

X Ágora (2009)-- a film in production in 2008 about a slave of Hypatia of Alexandria who falls in love with her; she was killed in 415 by a Christian mob involved in anti-Jewish antics

X Agostino d''Ippona (Augustine of Hippo) (1972) Italian -- story of St. Augustine (354-430)

Attila (2001) -- the famous barbarian (died 453)

Attila (1954) -- with Sophia Loren

X Sign of the Pagan (1954) Attila the Hun threatening Rome



III.3. BYZANTINE EMPIRE (476-1453). Back to Chapter III Back to Contents

X Last Roman (1968) -- Gothic kingdom falls to famous Byzantine General Belisarius (under Emperor Justinian, 527-565)

X Teodora Imparatrice Di Bisanzio (Theodora Queen of Byzantium) (1954) Italian -- Teodora (500-548), wife of Emperor Justinian I (483-565)



III.4. RISE OF ISLAM. Back to Chapter III Back to Contents

Mohammed, Messenger of God (1977) -- Mohammed (570-633), founder of the Islamic faith

X Fajr al islam (1971) ? son of a powerful sheik meets the prophet Mohammed and converts to the new religion, but runs afoul of his father

X Abu Zayd al-Hilali (Dawn of Islam) (1947) --- 10th century Islamic Egyptian hero leader Abu Zayd al-Hilali

El valle de las espadas (The Castilian) (1963) -- Spanish film of the first independent Count of Castile, 931-970, who opposed the Moors

El Cid (1961) -- 1094, takes Valencia from the Moors

X La Spada del Cid (Sword of El Cid) (1962) --

X I cento cavalieri (Son of El Cid; Hundred Horsemen) (1964) -- El Cid''s son Diego Rodríguez killed fighting invading Muslim Almoravids from North Africa at Battle of Consuegra, 1097

X al Massir (aka Destiny) (1997) -- the story of Islamic philosopher Averroes (1126-1198) in Spanish province of Andalusia

X King Conqueror -- Spanish film on James I of Aragon (reign 1213-1287) part of the Reconquista (c. 718 and lasting around 800 years)

X La conquista de Albania (1984) ? second marriage of Louis of Navarre (1341-1376) brings him Durazzo and the Kingdom of Albania and Louis strives for their recovery





IV. MEDIEVAL AGES (5th Century to Early 16th Century) Back to Chapter IV Back to Contents

IV.1. EUROPE. Back to Chapter IV Back to Contents

IV.1.1. Medieval England, Scotland, Ireland. Back to Chapter IV Back to Contents

King Arthur

Boudica (2003) -- Boudica (died 60 or 61 AD) unites the tribes of Briton against the Roman invaders

The Viking Queen (1967) -- Druids battle occupying Romans in ancient Britain/(Boudica-like character)

X King Arthur (2004) -- the legend

X Camelot (1967) -- King Arthur and Court (legend)

X Knights of the Round Table (1953)

X Siege of the Saxons ? Arthur repelling an invasion of the Saxons

X Sword of Lancelot (1963)

Lancelot du Lac (Lancelot of the Lake) (1974) -- French film about Lancelot

Excalibur (1981) -- King Arthur and Court (legend)

Merlin (1998) -- Merlin fights Queen Mab who tries to destroy Arthur to save the old ways before the coming of Christianity

X First Knight (1995) -- life at Camelot

X Arthur the King (1985)

X World of Lancelot (1963) -- Cornel Wilde

House of Wessex, 802-1016:

X Alfred the Great (aka A King is Born) (1969) 9th century uniter of most of what became England

X The Saxon Chronicles (2006) -- Alfred has to flee from the Vikings

The Vikings, in England the House of Denmark, 1013-1042:

X The Vikings (1958) -- the scourge of Ireland and England/Scotland as well as elsewhere

Gil Invasori (Erik the Conqueror or The Invaders) (1961) -- 8th-9th century Vikings attack Britain

The Norseman (1978) -- 11th century Viking prince sailed all the way to North America in search of his lost father

The Viking Sagas (1995) -- battles for the chieftainship in Viking Iceland

X A Viking Saga (2008) -- Viking story

X White Viking (1998) -- continuation of the Icelandic Sagas around 1,000 AD and the reign of King Olaf, who holds the wife of Askur hostage

The Long Ships (1964) -- Vikings against the Moors in search of a huge pure gold bell

L? Ultimo dei Vikinghi (The Last Viking ) (1961) -- Norwegian Vikings try to overthrow the tyrant Sveno

Thirteenth Warrior (1999) -- 10th century Arab shocked by Viking behavior in Russia

X I Tartari (The Tartars) (1961) -- after the death of his brother Togrul in a battle with the Slavs, Burundai becomes the Tartar leader ; Vikings capture Togrul''s daughter

X Michel Strogoff (1956) -- French film of a hero who fought the Tartars

X Utlaginn (The Outlaw) ? an Icelandic film about and accurately depicting the peoples involved in a Viking blood feud (based on the Icelanders'' Sagas called the Gísla saga)

X Den r?de kappe (Red Mantle) (1967) ? Icelandic Viking saga

House of Wessex (restored), 1042-1066:

Lady Godiva of Coventry (1955) -- during reign of Edward the Confessor (1042-1066); Norman conquest of England 1066

1066 (2010) -- Norman conquest of England

House of Normandy , 1066-1154:

The War Lord (1965) -- a Norman knight in the 11th century sent to built a defensive castle falls in love with a local maiden which leads to big problems

Wilhelm Cuceritorul (William the Conqueror) (1982) -- Norman Conqueror of England, 1066

House of Plantagenet, 1154-1399 and the Crusades

Angevins: 1154-1399

X The Lion in Winter (1968) -- 1154-1189 Henry II and his estranged wife, Eleanore of Aquitaine

X The Lion in Winter (2003) TV -- ditto

X Becket (1964) -- under Henry II, 1154-1189

Kingdom of Heaven -- the Third Crusade, involving Richard the Lion Hearted, among others

X El Naser Salah el Dine (Saladin)(1963) -- movie about great Kurdish leader of the Arabs, Saladin

Soldier of God (2005) ? a Knight Templar must re-examine his life after a disastrous defeat by the Saracens in 1187

Vägen till Jerusalem (The Road to Jerusalem) (1998) ? trilogy about a fictional Swedish Knights Templar named Arn Magnusson

Arn ? Tempelriddaren (aka Arn ? The Knight Templar) (2008) ? part of a trilogy

Arn ? Riket vid vägens slut (aka Arn ? The Kingdom at Road''s End) (2008)? part of a trilogy

X Lionheart: The Crusade (2003) ? Richard the Lion Hearted

X Lion-Heart (1987) -- Richard the Lion Hearted, son of Henry II, who ruled 1189-1199

X Richard Ivinoye serdtse (Richard the Lion-Hearted) (1992) -- Russian film

X Rytsar Kennet (Knight Kenneth) (1993) -- Richard the Lion-hearted

King Richard and the Crusaders (1954) -- Christian Richard I of England faces off with Moslem Saladin

X Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) -- with Errol Flynn

The Crusades (1935) -- historical drama from Cecil B. DeMille

Crusaders (2005) -- two young men swept up in the Crusades

X Prince of Thieves (1948) -- Robin Hood against King John (1199-1216)

X Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men (1952)

X Robin and Marian (1976) -- Robin Hood

X Robin Hood (1991) -- starring Patrick Bergin and Uma Thurman

X Richard of Bordeaux (1955) -- Richard II (ruled 1377-1399) who took the throne at age 10 and overthrown by future King Henry IV

X König Heinrich IV (1975) ? William Shakespeare adaptation

Scotland

X MacBeth (1948)

X MacBeth (1971) -- 1040 Shakespeare

X Brave Heart (1995) -- story of William Wallace, 1297, Scottish independence leader

X The Bruce (1996) -- story of the Bruce where Braveheart ends

X Edward II (1991) -- 1307-1327, looses Battle of Bannockburn to Scots under Robert the Bruce

X Auld Lang Syne (1937) -- story of Scottish poet Robert Burns



Ireland

St. Patrick: The Irish Legend (2000) (TV) -- English slave who became the founder of Christianity in Ireland, 5th century



House of Lancaster (1399-1471)

Richard of Bordeaux (1955) -- involving King Henry IV (ruled 1399-1413)

X Henry V (1989) -- Henry V (1413-1422) with Kenneth Branagh

X Henry V (1945)

House of York (1471-1485)

Princes in the Tower (2005) -- story of Perkin Warbeck who claimed to be the heir to the British throne during the reign of King Henry VII (ruled, 1485-1509), first monarch of the Tudor dynasty

X Richard III (1955) -- Shakespeare version of King Richard III, 1483-1485

Richard III -- Shakespeare version set in 1930s England

X Looking for Richard (1996) -- Richard III, that is

Tower of London (1939) -- questionable story of Richard III with Boris Karloff and Vincent Price

Tower of London (1962) - remake of the 1939 film



IV.1.2. Medieval France to Age of Discovery Back to Chapter IV Back to Contents

Charlemagne, Charles the Prince (1995) -- early unifier of Frankish kingdoms,. ruled 768 to 814

Carolingian Dynasty (843 to 987)

Capetian Dynasty, Direct Capetians (987 to 1328)

Yaroslavna, koroleva Frantsii (Yaroslavna, Queen of France) (1978) ? Anna Yaroslavna, a Princess of Kiev, was the queen consort of France as the wife of Henry I (1027-1060) & regent for her son Philip I

X Gates to Paradise (1968) -- 1212, launching of the Children''s Crusade; set in France

X Les rois maudits (The Cursed Kings) (2005) -- King Philippe IV (ruled 1285-1314) tries to plunder the Knights Templar and other organizations

Capetian Dynasty, House of Valois (1328-1589)

House of Lancaster (1422-1453)

X The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999) -- 1428; under Charles VII (ruled 1422-1461); Hundred Year''s War with England (1337-1453)

X Joan of Arc (1999) -- Leelee Sobieski

X Joan of Arc (1948) Ingrid Bergman

X Le passion de Jeanne d''arc (Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) -- French film

X Das Mädchen Johanna (Joan of Arc) (1935) ? German movie about Joan of Arc

X Ciocârlia (The Lark) (2002) ? Romanian film about Joan of Arc

X Joan of Arc: Child of War, Soldier of God (2000; released 2006) -- the famous female warrior (starring Anna Paquin)

X Wired Angel (1999) -- very "different" approach to telling the Joan of Arc story

X Jeanne la Pucelle II - Les prisons (Joan the Maid 2: The Prisons) (1994) ? Joan of Arc

X Beatrice (1988) -- set during the Hundred Year''s War (1337-1453), a revisionist view of the noble Knights

X Le Retour de Martin Guerre (The Return of Martin Guerre) (1982) -- fascinating film about Medieval France

X Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939) -- 1483 Louis XI ­ Notre Dame de Paris

Capetian Dynasty, Valois-Orléans Branch (1498-1515)

Capetian Dynasty, Valois-Angoul?me Branch (1515-1589)

X The Sword and the Rose (1953) -- 1515 Francois

IV.1.3. Medieval Italy and Germany Back to Chapter IV Back to Contents

The Flame and the Arrow (1950) -- 12 c. Lombardy under German overlord

Der Name der Rose (The Name of the Rose) (1986) -- 1327, not a true story, but a good depiction of monastery life of the time; set in Italy

X Götz von Berlichingen mit der eisernen Hand (Iron Hand) (1979) ? Germany in the Middle Ages



IV.1.4. Medieval Russia, Poland, Turkey, Romania and Bulgaria Back to Chapter IV Back to Contents

Russia:

X Legenda o knyagine Olge (The Legend of Princess Olga) (1983) ? one of the founders of Christianity in Russia

X Rus iznachalnaya (1986) -- VI century Russian tribes unite to repel the Khazar invaders & the Byzantine empire collaborators

Thirteenth Warrior (1999) -- 10th century Arab shocked by Viking behavior in Russia

X I Tartari (Tartars) (1961) -- Burundai, head of Tartar invasion of Volga River area

X Didgori: Land of Sacrificed Knights (2009) ? 1121 AD, 56,000 Georgian warriors under King Davit IV battle 500,000 Seljuk Turks on the Didgori battlefield

Aleksandr Nevskiy (Alexander Nevskey) (1938) -- 13th century attack of the Teutonic Knights on Russia (Sergei M. Eisenstein)

X Aleksandr. Nevskaya bitva (aka Alexander: The Neva Battle) (2008) --

X Andrei Rublev (1969) -- 15th century Russian icon painter (1360?-1430?)

Ivan the Terrible, Part I (1943) -- 1533-1584; Ottoman Empire troubles, among others; by Sergei Eisenstein

Ivan the Terrible, Part II (1946) -- Sergei Eisenstein

X Tsar Ivan Grozny (Tsar Ivan the Terrible) (1993) -- Ivan the Terrible

X Szirmok, virágok, koszorúk (1984) -- Russians beat down the 1849 Hungarian revolution; Hungarian soldier wrestles with idea of joining the Austrian army

X Borus Godunov (1986) -- de facto regent of Russia , 1584-1598, and then the first non-Rurikid tsar, 1598 to 1605

X Mest shuta (1993) -- 1500s Russia

Poland:

Stara basn. Kiedy slonce bylo bogiem (An Ancient Tale: When the Sun Was a God) (2003) -- 9th century in what became Poland; inhabited by numerous Slavic tribes

X Gniazdo (1974) ? first Christian Polish monarch, Mieszko and the battle of Cedynia , 972

X Boleslaw Smialy (aka King Boleslaus the Bold) (1972) -- 1079, struggle between the king of Poland, Boleslaus the Bold (reign 1076-1079), and the Bishop of Cracow; the Polish Becket

X The Black Lancers (1963) -- set after the Mongol-Tartar invasion of Poland

X Kazimierz Wielki (Casimir the Great) (1976) -- king of Poland from 1333 to 1370 who doubled his country in size (mostly through addition of lands in the Ukraine)

Krzyzacy (Black Cross; Knights of the Teutonic Order) (1960) -- defeat of the Order of Teutonic Knights of Prussia by the Polish and Lithuanians at Battle of Grunwald (1410)

X Barbara Radziwillówna (1936) ? Sigismund II Augustus I (1520-1572) King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (reign 1530-1572)

X Epitafium dla Barbary Radziwillówny (1983) ? Barbara in 1547 married Grand Duke of Lithuania and King of Poland Sigismund II August

X Zelazna reka (The Iron Hand) (1989) -- 16th century Batory-era Poland (Stefan Batory, ruler 1576-1586; of the noble Hungarian Báthory family; one of the greatest elected Kings of Poland)

Romania:

X Mircea (1989) -- 1393, Ottoman Empire had to go through Romania; the King Mircea the Old of Romanian Principate of Valahia decides to fight

Dark Prince: The True Story of Dracula (2000)-- 1456-1476 Vlad Dracula of Transylvania fights Ottoman Turks; Ottoman Empire (1299-1922)

X Intoarcerea lui voda lapusneanu ((aka The Return of Prince Lapusneanu) (1979) -- 1564, Moldavia, the Prince seeks revenge for his Turkish exile

Mihai Viteazul (aka Michael the Brave) (1970) -- the king who united three provinces into Romania in the 17th century despite opposition from the Ottoman and Austrian Empires

Nemuritorii (1974) -- warriors of Romanian lord Mihai (1611) attacked by Turks while bring the lord''s battle flag back from Austria

X Bram Stoker''s Dracula (1992)

X Stefan cel Mare (1974) ? Stephen the Great or the ''Saint'' ruled Moldavia, 1457-1504; fought the Ottoman Empire and Hungary

X Intoarcerea lui Voda Lapusneanu (The Return of King Lapusneanu) (1979) ? Moldavian Prince in the 1500s

X Alexandru Lapusneanu (????) ? Alexandru Lăapuşsneanu was Prince of Moldavia 1552-1561 and 1564-1568

X Neamul Soimarestilor (The Hawk; The Soimaresti Family) (1965) ? war in 1600s Romania (Moldova)

X Horea (1984) -- Revolt of Horea, Cloşsca and Crişsan (November 1784 - February 1785) against feudal serfdom in Transylvania, Romania



Bulgaria:

X 681 ????????? ?? ???? (681 AD: The Glory of Khan) (1981) -- 681 foundation of Bulgarian medieval state by Khan Asparuh

Aszparuh (aka Khan Asparoukh) (1981) -- first Bulgarian ruler Khan Asparuh

Serbia (& others):

X Boj na Kosovu (translation Battle of Kosovo) ? a Serbian film that depicts the historical Battle of Kosovo between Medieval Serbia and the Ottoman Empire, 1389

X Banovic Strahinja (1983) ? late 14th century. medieval Serbia. attacked by Ottoman invaders; nobleman Banovic Strahinja searches for his kidnapped wife

X Seljacka buna 1573 (1975) -- peasant revolt of 1573 in Croatia and Slovenia (being heavily taxed to fight off the Turks)

X Konjanik (2003) ? Croatian film about a Muslim girl and a Christian guy fall in love despite it being forbidden; set in 18th c. on the border of Bosnia and Dalmatia, Ottoman Empire and Venetian Republic

X Timocka buna (1983) -- set at the time of the Timok Rebellion, 1883, in Serbia; nationalist peasant anarchism

Turkey:

X Gültekin amazon kizlara karsi (1969) ? Medieval period, Turkey

X Istanbul''un fethi (The Conquest of Constantinople) (1951) ? Turks attack and take Constantinople of the Byzantine Empire, 1453

X Suleiman the Conqueror (1961) -- Suleiman the Magnificent, leader of the Ottoman Empire in the 16th century

X Malkoçoglu - akincilar geliyor (1969) ? 1400s Turkey

Hungary:

X Honfoglalás (The Conquest) (1996) ? 896 AD, Magyar chief Arpad (Nero) and his seven tribes comes out of the steppes and into the Carpathian basin

X Szent Gellért legendája (1994) ? 11th century Hungary

X Árpád népe (2006) ? 11th century Hungary

X István király (1992) ? first king of Hungary, King Stephen (1001-1038)

X István, a király (1984) -- King Stephen of Hungary

X Bánk bán (1987) ? 13th century Hungary

X The Black Knight (2009) -- General John Hunyadi defends Hungary from the Turks in the mid-15th century

X Ítélet (1970) ? 1500s Peasant Revolution in Hungary

X Bathory (2008) ? Countess Elizabeth Báthory (1560-1614) of Hungary, accused serial killer, was a modern Renaissance woman

X Csínom Palkó (1973) ?1700s Hungarian history

X Jeanne Poisson, Marquise de Pompadour (2006) ? mistress of King Louis XIV

Other:

X Marketa Lazarová (1967) ? Czech film account of the shift from Paganism to Christianity

X Mestari Patelin (1985) -- Medieval Finland





IV.2. CHINA & MONGOLIA. Back to Chapter IV Back to Contents

Three Kingdoms Period (220-280)

Saam gwok dzi gin lung se gap (Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon) (2008) -- story of a fantastic warrior of the Shu Kingdom and his less accomplished friend who keep on fighting only to find themselves going around in circles

Jin Dynasty (265-420)

Sixteen Kingdoms Period, 304-439 -- collection of numerous short-lived sovereign states in China and its neighboring areas

Northern Wei Dynasty, 386-534 (not one of the Sixteen Kingdoms)

X Mulan Joins the Army (1939) ? during the Northern Wei dynasty, a young woman disguises herself as a man in order to take her father''s place in the army

Mulan (1998) -- the Disney version of the Mulan story

Tang Dynasty (618-665)

Zhou Dynasty (665-705)

Empress Wu Zetian (1939) -- Chinese biopic of the empress who interrupted the Tang Dynasty (618-907) with her behind her husband and sons in the First Zhou Dynasty (665-690) and in her own right in the Second Zhou Dynasty (October 690?705)

Tian di ying xiong (Warriors of Heaven and Earth) (2003) -- an imperial agent has to escort a caravan carrying an extremely valuable item to the capital, while fighting off the Turks and their allies; action drama;year 700 in the Göktürk Empire which controlled the lucrative Silk Road trade

Tang Dynasty continuation (710-907)

Warriors of Heaven and Earth (2003) -- an imperial agent has to escort a caravan carrying an extremely valuable item to the capital, while fighting off the Turks and their allies

X Yôkihi (1955) ? General An Lushan rebelled against Emperor Xuanzong''s rule in 755

Five Dynasties and Six Kingdoms Period

Song Dynasty (960-1279)

X Dun-Huang (The Silk Road) (1988) -- in western China in 1026, students are shanghaied by crown prince Li Yuanhao of Xi Xia, who wants to control the Silk Road

X Shi si nu ying hao (The Fourteen Amazons) (1972) ? Sung dynasty warriors defending against invading Mongolians (with coverage of Yang Family tragedy)

X Twelve Gold Medallions -- ditto

960-1125 Song Dynasty (960-1127 Northern Song; 947-1125 Liao Dynasty; 1127-1279 Southern Song)

1125-1234 Jin Dynasty

1234-1279 Transitional Period of Growing Mongolian Control

1279-1368 Yuan Dynasty (Mongolian Control)

The Mongol (2007) ? Genghis Khan''s slow rise to power

X Gibel Otrara (The Fall of Otrar) (1991) ? the incident in Otrar that unleashed Genghis Khan and his hordes

X The Fall of Otrar (2002) ? Genghis Khan

X Genghis Khan (1998) -- Genghis Khan

Aoki Ôkami: chi hate umi tsukiru (aka Genghis Khan: To the Ends of Earth and Sea; The Blue Wolf: To the Ends of the Earth and Sea) ? a Japanese-Mongolian depiction of the life of Genghis Khan

X Genghis Khan (1965) -- 1206-1227

Conqueror (1956) -- Mongols under Genghis Khan vs. Tartars and others

The Mongols (1961) -- Jack Palance plays the role of the son of Genghis Khan with Anita Ekberg as his mistress

X Genghis Khan - Historical TV Series (10 DVD Set)

X Po veleniyu Chingiskhana (By the Will of Genghis Khan) (2009) ?

Marco Polo (2007) -- the adventures, including love ones, of Marco Polo

Marco Polo (1998) -- 1295 with Kublai Khan, opening up the east to trade with the west.

X Marco Polo: Haperek Ha''aharon (Marco Polo: The Missing Chapter) (1996) ? Polo returns to Venice in 1295 to find Venice and Genoa at war; he is soon imprisoned by the Genoans and used as a political pawn

X Marco Polo (1962) --

X The Adventures of Marco Polo (1938) -- 1275, in China

Ming Dynasty (1368-1644)



IV.3. INDIA (Medieval Period: 711-1526) Back to Chapter IV Back to Contents



X Pritviraj-Samyukta ? Prithviraj Chauhan (1168-1192), second-to-last Hindu to rule Delhi & unifier of Rajputs against Muslim invasions, & his wife Samyukta

Islamic Sultanates (1206-1596)

X Ambikapathy (1937) ? 1083, story of the poet Kambar in the time of Kulothunga Chola (1070-1120) of the s. Indian Chola Empire (300s BC-1279)

Vijayanagara Empire (1336-1660)

X Sri Krishnadevaraya (1970) -- Krishnadevaraya (1509-1529); most famous king of Vijayanagara Empire, presided over the empire at zenith

X Joymati ? in 17th century an Ahom princess is killed for refusing to betray her husband; film calls for cooperation between hills and plains people

X Khalsa (1999) -- Kh?als?a (Punjabi for "Pure") all baptized Sikhs; founding of the religion & Sikh history

X Anokhe Amar Shaheed Baba Deep Singh Ji (2006) -- based on Sikh history





IV.4. Japan (Early Medieval Period: 711-1526) Back to Chapter IV Back to Contents

The Asuka period (538-710)

X Shotoku taishi (Prince Shotoku) (2001) ? established a centralized government; aka Prince Umayado; his existence is disputed

Heian period, 794-1185:

Shin heike monogatari (The Taira Clan Saga) (1955) -- an unpaid special forces commander under Emperor Toba who ruled Japan from 1107-1123

Kamakura period, 1185-1333 and Kemmu restoration, 1333-1336:

Muromachi period, 1336-1573:

X Kikuchi sembon-yari: Shidonî tokubetsu kôgeki-tai (Thousand Spears of Kikuchi: Sydney Special Attack Unit) (1944) -- Nanbokucho wars in Nanboku-ch?o period, 1336-1392, with Northern Imperial Court founded by Ashikaga Takauji in Kyoto & Southern Imperial Court established by Emperor Go-Daigo in Yoshino

X Furin kazan(1969) -- Yamamoto Kansuke (1501-1561),Japanese samurai and General who planned the victory at the fourth Battle of Kawanakajima against Uesugi Kenshin





V. RENAISSANCE, REFORMATION & CATHOLIC COUNTER-REVOLUTION Back to Chapter V Back to Contents



V.1. RENAISSANCE. Italy. Back to Chapter V Back to Contents

X The Life of Leonardo Da Vinci (1972) -- docudrama

X The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965) -- Michelangelo (1475-1564) fights with Pope Julius II; based on Irving Stone novel

X Titan -- Story of Michelangelo (1950)

Prince of Foxes (1949) -- Cesare Borgia (1475-1507) plays politics with who his sister will marry

X Il Duca Nero (The Black Duke) (1963) -- Cesare Borgia starring Cameron Mitchell

X Bride of Vengeance (1949) -- Cesare Borgia

Lucrezia Borgia (1935) -- good story of the many political marriages of Lucrezia Borgia used by her family as a political pawn

X Lucr?ce Borgia (1953) ? Lucrezia Borgia (1480-1519) born near Rome

X Le notti di Lucrezia Borgia (The Nights of Lucretia Borgia) (1959) --

Flesh and Blood (1985) -- 1501 story of Landsknechts (mostly German mercenaries including pikemen & supporting foot soldiers, late 15th to late 16th century)

X Il mestiere delle armi (The Profession of Arms) (2001) ? first victim of modern artillery Captain Giovanni De'' Medici, who fought in the war of Charles V against the Pope, first half of 1500s

X Caravaggio (1986) -- Italian Renaissance painter 1593-1610; proto-Baroque style

X Artemisia (1997) -- Artemisia Gentileschi was one of the most accomplished early Baroque painters in the generation influenced by Caravaggio

X Dangerous Beauty -- 16th c. Venice; with Catherine McCormack

X Galilée ou L''amour de Dieu (2005) ? Galilée and the Inquisition

Galileo (1975) -- Galileo Galilei (1564-1642)

X Galileo Galilei (1969) -- Italian film

X Pietro Micca (1938) -- soldier becomes national hero in the defense of Turin (1706) against French troops during the War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1714)

X Casanova (2005) -- yes, even Casanova got dumped; 18th century

X Adventures of Casanova (1948) --

X Les aventures de Casanova (Loves of Casanova) (1947) --

X Fellini''s Casanova (1976) -- not for historians; erotic adventure

X The Amorous Mis-Adventures of Casanova (AKA Casanova & Co.) (1979) -- not for historians; erotic comedy





V.2. REFORMATION AND RELIGIOUS CONFLICT Back to Chapter V Back to Contents

Luther (2003) -- of the Reformation

X Luther (1973) -- of the Reformation, 1520

X Der Reformator (1968) ? Martin Luther

X Martin Luther (1953) -- of the Reformation

X Fru Inger til ?str?t (1975) -- 1528, Norwegian noble woman seeking independence for the nation in the time of the Kalmar Union (1396-1537) involving Sweden, Denmark and Norway

X Karin M?nsdotter (1954) ? 1550?1612, started as mistress and ended as Swedish Queen to Eric XIV

X Queen Christina (1933) -- 1654 Queen Christina of Sweden; Greta Garbo

X The Abdication (1974) ? Queen Christina of Sweden abdicates

X The Abdication (1974) -- what happened to Queen Christina when she converted to Catholicism

X Devil''s Bible (2008) -- Queen Christina

X Snapphanar (Scanian Guerilla ) (1941) ? Scanian War, 1676-1679, between Sweden and Denmark

X Karl XII (1925) -- Charles XII of Sweden (reigned 1697-1718); Great Northern War (1700-1721)

X Epitaph für einen König (1969) ? Epitaph for a King; King Karl XII of Sweden (1697-1718)

X Kustaa III (1964) ? Finnish film, Strindberg play adaptation; Gustav III, King of Sweden (1771-1792) when Finland was part of Sweden

X Gustav III (1974) ? assassination of Sweden?s King Gustav III (ruled 1771-1792)

X Lockf?geln (1971) ? on his death-bed, a father asks his son to kill King Gustav III

X Gustav III:s äktenskap (The Marriage of Gustav III) (2001) ? Gustav III of Sweden

X Behöriga äga ej tillträde (1988) ? 1890s Sweden

X General von Döbeln (1942) -- Swedish general who fought in the Russian War, Finnish War and Second War Against Napoleon

X Korkein oikeus (1998) ? the "Cudget War" was a peasant rebellion in the late 16th century Finland

X Kolme katku vahel (1970) ? Livonian War, 1558?1583, where Russia tried to take Livonia (today?s Estonia a& Latvia) and was opposed by varying Allies

X General Crack (1930) ? John Barrymore speaks! takes place at the palace of the Archduchess Maria of the Holy Roman Empire

X Barry Lyndon (1976) -- Stanley Kubrik; set against the 7 Year''s War 1756-1763

X Amadeus (1984) -- 1762, Mozart, musical genius

Mozart (a.k.a., Life and Loves of Mozart) (1956) -- Mozart and his wife, his former mistress and his new mistress

X Motsart i Salieri (Mozart and Salieri) (1962)



V.3. CATHOLIC COUNTER REFORMATION Back to Chapter V Back to Contents

X Il Mestiere delle Armi (Profession of Arms) (2000) -- Giovanni de Medici, captain in Charles V''s war against the pope & fought the Protestant Reformation

X The Cardinal (1936) -- Cardinal de Medici

X Catherine de Médici (1989) -- French movie about Catherine (1519-1589) who was queen consort of King Henry II of France from 1547 to 1559

X La prise de pouvoir par Louis XIV (Princess of Cleves) (1966) ? the princess in the royal court of Henry II of France; she marries but loves another who she thinks has been unfaithful

X Il Diavolo nero (The Black Devil) (1957) -- Charles V of Spain tries to occupy all of Italy with the help of traitors

X That Lady (1955) -- story of Ana de Mendoza, Princess of Eboli, and Prince Philip (who became Philip II of Spain, 1556-1598)

X La conjura de El Escorial (2008) - deceit and betrayal in the court of King Philip II of Spain

X Seville, 1640 (2004) --

The Last Valley (1971) -- set in the Thirty Years'' War (1618-1648)



V.4 ENGLAND TO AMERICAN REVOLUTION Back to Chapter V Back to Contents

Renaissance, Reformation and Religious Conflict

X John Wycliffe: The Morning Star (1984) -- Wycliffe (mid-1320s to 1384) -- early English dissident from Roman Catholic Church ; founder of Lollard Movement, predecessor to Luther

House of Tudors: 1461-1603

Henry VIII

Princes in the Tower (2005) -- story of Perkin Warbeck who claimed to be the heir to the British throne during the reign of King Henry VII (ruled, 1485-1509), first monarch of the Tudor dynasty

X The Tudors -- with Jonathan Rhys-Meyers as Henry VIII

X Henry VIII (2003) -- 250 minutes

X Henry VIII (1991) -- 200 minutes

X Henry VIII and his Six Wives (1973)

X Private Life of Henry VIII (1933) -- of England, 1509-1547

X Six Wives of Henry VIII (1970) mini-series --

The Other Boleyn Girl (2008) -- struggle between the two Boleyn women to marry King Henry VIII

Anne of the Thousand Days (1969) -- Anne Boleyn, 2nd wife of Henry VIII & mother of Queen Elizabeth

X A Man for All Seasons (1966) -- Sir Thomas More won''t compromise

X A Man for All Seasons (1988) -- Sir Thomas More (1509-1547) gets in deep trouble with Henry VIII

Lady Jane (1986) -- tragedy of Lady Jane Grey, immediate predecessor of Mary, Queen of England

X Tudor Rose (1936) -- Lady Jane Grey''s short life

X The Sword and the Rose (1953) -- Mary Tudor''s marriage prospects used as a pawn in international politics

X The Twisted Tale (2008) -- Mary Tudor as tragic figure

X The Peal of York (2007) -- first woman to die for her religious beliefs following the start of the Reformation

Elizabeth I

X Elizabeth (1998) -- Elizabeth I, 1558-1603,daughter of Anne Boleyn and niece of Mary, Queen of England

Elizabeth I -- HBO drama focusing on the private life of the "Virgin" Queen

X Young Bess (1953) Jean Simmons, Stewart Granger

X The Virgin Queen (1955) -- Bette Davis

X The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939)

X Elizabeth R (1971) -- miniseries about Queen Elizabeth I starring Glenda Jackson

Elizabeth: the Golden Age (2007) -- Elizabeth and Sir Walter Raleigh and the Spanish Armada; starring Cate Blanchett

X Drake of England (or Elizabeth of England) (1935) -- privateer Sir Francis Drake brings lots of money into England

X Seven Seas to Calais (1962) -- Sir Francis Drake

X Drake''s Venture (1980) -- Sir Francis Drake

Mary of Scotland (1936) -- with Katherine Hepburn

Mary, Queen of Scots (1971) -- executed by Elizabeth for plotting against her

The Sea Hawk (1940) -- Spanish Armada (with Lawrence Olivier and Vivien Leigh)

Fire Over England (1937) -- British-Spanish conflict of 1500s

The Stuarts (1603-1649) and the Commonwealth (1649-1659):

To Kill a King (2003) -- Cromwell, General Fairfax, Mrs. Fairfax and Charles I struggle over the future of England

Cromwell (1970) -- English Puritan leader, 1655

X The Crimson Blade (1963) -- love affair in the time of Cromwell''s struggle

X By the Sword Divided -- Lacey family during the English Civil War (BBC series)

X Witchfinder General (aka Conqueror Worm) (1968) -- Matthew Hopkins tours the land searching for and finding witches

X The Moonraker (1958) -- the Moonraker, the Earl of Dawlish, travels to the Windwhistle Inn on the south coast to prepare the escape of the future Charles II

Winstanley (1975) -- Gerard Winstanley leads the religious sect the Diggers to reclaim land for the poor, around 1649

The Stuarts (restored): 1660-1707

X Charles II: The Power and the Passion (2003) -- the restoration of the absolute monarchy for a brief time following the reign of Cromwell

X The Exile (1947) -- story of the restoration of Charles II to the English throne

X Restoration (1995) -- in the reign of Charles II of England 1660-1685

Forever Amber (1947) -- one of the many mistresses of Charles II

X Nell Gwyn (1934) -- Charles II loves her irreverent sense of humor

X Stage Beauty (2004) -- first woman to play the role of a woman on the stage and mistress of Charles II

The First Churchills (1969) -- John Churchill and his wife Sarah Jennings, ancestors of Winston Churchill

Libertine (2004) -- 17th century British poet who leads a life of debauchery

Black Swan (1942) -- Captain Morgan in Jamaica

X Captain Blood -- set in the transition between James II and the reign of William and Mary

early years of House of Hanover: 1714-1901

Sarabande for Dead Lovers (1948) -- Sophie Dorothea seeks out Swedish Count Philip Konigsmark when her husband. the future King George I of Great Britain wants nothing to do with her

X The Madness of King George III (1994) -- of American Revolutionary War fame

X Young Mr. Pitt (1942)

Amazing Grace (2006) -- 1807, William Wilberforce is the main force behind the passage of the bill eliminating the slave trade in the British Empire

X John Wesley (1954) -- John Wesley (1703-1791), founder of Methodism

X The Massacre of Glencoe (1971) -- massacre of the Macdonald Clan by the Campbell Clan, 1692

X Bonnie Prince Charlie (1948) -- British film about Prince Charles of 18th century Scotland

X The Battle of Culloden (1964) -- Bonnie Prince Charlie defeated at this 1746 battle

Chasing the Deer (1994) -- last Jacobite uprising; death of the Highland clans at Culloden Moor, 1746

Rob Roy (1995) -- 18th century Scotland

X Rob Roy, the Highland Rogue (1954)

Blackbeard (2006) -- Lt. Robert Maynard of the Royal navy is sent to the Bahamas to end Blackbeard''s reign of terror

X Blackbeard the Pirate (1952)

X Morgan the Pirate (1961) --

X Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) -- 1787 mutiny on trip to get the breadfruit plant

X Mutiny on the Bounty (1962) -- the fictionalized story

X The Bounty (1984) -- the true story with Mel Gibson

In the Wake of the Bounty (1933) -- not only what happened on the Bounty, but what also happened afterwards

X A Royal Scandal (1996) -- King George IV (ruling from 1820-1830) and Princess Caroline of Brunswick weave a tale of infidelity, illegitimacy and mistresses

X Mrs. Fitzherbert (1947) -- married the future George IV in 1785



V.5. FRANCE & HOLLAND TO FRENCH REVOLUTION Back to Chapter V Back to Contents

Reformation & Religious Conflict

Capetian Dynasty, Valois-Angoul?me Branch (1515-1589)

X Diane (1956) -- mistress of King Henri II, first emperor of the French Renaissance (rule from 1547 to 1559)

Queen Margot (1994) -- sister of Frances''s Charles IX (ruled 1560-1574) weds in 16th c; marries the future King Henri IV

X Saint-Germain ou La négociation (2003) -- Charles IX sends Catholic Baron to Protestant representatives (includes St. Bartholomew''s Day Massacre of 1572)

Capetian Dynasty, House of Bourbon (1589-1792)

X Les samedis de l''histoire: Henri IV (1977) ? story of Henri IV of France (reign 1589-1610) who enacted the Edict of Nantes for religious freedom

Louis XIII

X Cardinal Richelieu (1935) -- Cardinal Richelieu oppresses French Protestants, known as Huguenots (under King Louis XIII, 1610-1643)

X Under the Red Robe (1937) -- Cardinal Richelieu

X The Three Musketeers (1935) -- the Musketeers fight against the forces of Cardinal Richelieu.

X The Three Musketeers (1939)

X The Three Musketeers (1948)

X The Three Musketeers (1973) -- King Louis XIII of France, 1610-1643

X The Three Musketeers (1993)

La Kermesse Héroique (aka Carnival in Flanders) (1935) ? a French comedy set during the 1616 Spanish invasion of Flanders

X Alatriste (2006) -- heroic Spanish soldier fighting in Flanders in 17th century has to look after a dying friend''s son in Madrid

Matka Joanna od aniolów (Mother Joan of the Angels) (1961) -- 1630s; womanizing priest Grandier executed for sorcery & the next priest tries to heal the nuns

X Cautio Criminalis oder Der Hexenanwalt (1974) ? German movie; witchcraft

The Headsman (Shadow of the Sword) (2005) -- 16th century Tyrol, Austria; of two childhood friends one becomes a friar and the other an executioner, but both are involved in witch hunting

X Le moine et la sorci?re (Sorceress) (1987) ? witchcraft in 13th century France

The Devils (1971) -- witchcraft in 17th c. France

Vredens dag (Day of Wrath) (1943) -- accusations of witchcraft in a 17th c. Danish village

Witches'' Hammer (1970) -- witch hunting in Czechoslovakia

X Posledná bosorka (The Last Witch) (1957) ? a painter of a nude model angers the clergy so they condemn the model as a witch

The Hour of the Pig (aka The Advocate) (1993) -- a lawyer defends animals accused of being involved in witchcraft

Rembrandt (1936) -- 1630 Dutch painter

Rembrandt (1940) --

Rembrandt (1999) --

Nightwatching (2007) -- Rembrandt''s romantic and professional life

Girl with a Pearl Earring -- Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer, 1665

Louis XIV

X La Prise de pouvoir par Louis XIV (The Rise of Louis XIV) (1966) -- Louis XIV (1643-1715)

X Versailles, le r?ve d''un roi (2008) ? Louis XIV

X Jeanne Poisson, Marquise de Pompadour (2006) ? mistress of King Louis XIV

Vatel (2000) -- in 1671, Prince de Condé hosts Louis XIV for three days of excess

X Saint-Cyr (2000) -- France under the rule of Louis XIV (including his lady friend and his mistress)

X Louis, enfant roi (1993) -- formative years of the young king Louis XIV

X Liselotte von der Pfalz (The Private Life of Louis XIV) (1935) ? Elisabeth Charlotte of the Palatine (or Pfalz) marries brother of Louis XIV of France and becomes known for her correspondence

X La reine et le cardinal (2009) ? Mazarin functioned as co-ruler of France with Queen Anne during the regency for young King Louis XIV; later Mazarin directed French policy with the monarch

X Voltaire (1933)

Louis XV

Cartouche (1962) -- French Robin Hood during the time of the Régence, 1715-1723, the regent part of the reign of King Louis XV (1715-1774)

Que la fęte commence... (Let Joy Reign Supreme) (1975) -- the Regent over Louis XV, France

Madame du Barry (aka Passion) (1917) -- mistress of King Louis XV of France

X Madame du Barry (1934) -- 1768 Louis XV and the Countess Du Barry

X Quentin Durward (The Adventures of Quentin Durward) (1955) ? in 1465 Quentin Durwood travels to France for an arranged marriage to suit King Louis XI



V.6. SPAIN & PORTUGAL Back to Chapter V Back to Contents

X King Conqueror (2009) -- James I the Conqueror (reign 1213-1276), King of Aragon, Count of Barcelona, and Lord of Montpellier

X In?s de Castro (1944) ? loved one of Pedro I of Portugal (1357-1367); she had a tragic ending

X In?s de Portugal (1997) -- ditto

X The Jew (1997) -- the Portugal Inquisition (1497 to l821) tries a converso (i.e., a Jew who had converted to Catholicism)

X Torquemada (1989) -- Spanish Inquisition

X La conjura de El Escorial (2008) -- deceit and betrayal in the court of 16th century King Philip II of Spain who reigned 1556-1598

X Don Carlos, Infant von Spanien (2005) -- bad relations between King Philip II of Spain and his son Don Carlos

X Cervantes (a.k.a., The Young Rebel) (1968) -- Cervantes (1547?1616), later author of Don Quixote, persuades Philip of Spain to join the Holy League and then becomes a soldier

X Expulsados 1609, la tragedia de los moriscos (2009) -- 1609 Moors expelled from Spain

X El Greco ? a Greek film about the Greek painter (1541?1614) of the Spanish Renaissance

X Esquilache -- Spain under troubled reign of Charles II (1665-1700); (specifically ,the Esquilache Riots of March 1766)



V.7. GERMANY Back to Chapter V Back to Contents

Zwölf Meter ohne Kopf (Pirates of the Baltic Sea) (2009) -- 1401, German sea pirates sea pirates Klaus Störtebeker and Gödeke Michels

Il Principe di Homburg (The Prince of Homburg) (1997) -- Prince disobeys orders and leads a cavalry charge against the Swedes and is court-martialed during 17th century Prusso-Swedish Wars (Hitler''s favorite play?)

X Der Choral von Leuthen (The Hymn of Leuthen) (1933) -- German film depicting Frederick the Great, King of Prussia (1740?1786) (no subtitles)

X Maria Theresia (1951) -- (1717-1780) the Archduchess of Austria, Queen of Hungary and a Holy Roman Empress by marriage to Francis I; son Joseph II ; daughter Marie Antoinette

X Maria Theresia (1980) -- ditto

X Der große König (The Great King) (1942) ? Nazi film glorifying Prussian King Friedrich II during the battle of Kunersdorf (Russians and Germans versus Austria)

X Jew Süss (1934) ? anti-Semitism in the ghetto of Württemberg





V.8. POLAND Back to Chapter V Back to Contents

1612: Khroniki smutnogo vremeni (aka 1612) (2007) ? Russian film set in the Time of Troubles and the Polish-Muscovite War (1605-1618)

Taras Bulba (1962) -- Cossack life in the Ukraine, once part of Poland

X The Rebel Son (aka The Barbarian and the Lady or The Rebel Son of Taras Bulba) ? earlier film of the Taras Bulba story

Ogniem i mieczem (With Fire and Sword) (1961) Cossacks vs. Poles; first part of a trilogy set in mid-17th century

Potop (The Deluge) (1975) -- second part of the trilogy; Swedish army invades Poland and a warrior fights for the heart of Olenka

Pan Wolodyjowski (Colonel Wolodyjowski) -- third part of the trilogy; Turkish invasion of Poland

X August der Starke (King August the Strong) (1936) ? King August II The Strong (1670-1733) Polish monarch, elected king 1697, abdicated 1706, king again 1709

X Virtuti Militari (1995) -- the history of Poland''s "Virtuti Militari" medal, awarded for bravery since the Polish-Russian war of 1792

Pan Tadeusz (2000) -- Poland''s attempt to free itself from Russian rule in Napoleonic times

Jaroslaw Dabrowski (1976) -- Dabrowski (1836 ? 1871) a Polish revolutionary, Nationalist and general who became involved in the preparation of the January Uprising; arrested August 1862

On the Banks of the Niemen (1986) -- 1863 uprising against Russian occupation

X Wierna rzeka (Faithful River) (1987) ? only one survivor of a unit in the 1863 insurgency in Poland take care of by a land steward''s daughter

X Wierna rzeka (1936) -- ditto

X The Wedding (1972) -- national drive toward self-determination after the Polish uprisings of 1830 and 1863

X Szwadron (1992) ? Russian soldier finds out the little insurrection in 1863 Poland is a lot bigger than he expected

X Goraczka (Fever) (1981) ? in 1905 Poland anarchists try to assassinate the Tsarist Governor-Geneal





V.9 RUSSIA & TURKEY TO FRENCH REVOLUTION Back to Chapter V Back to Contents

X Estergon kalesi (Estergon Castle) (1972) ? Estergon Castle in Hungary conquered by Turkish Invaders under Sultan Suleiman II in 1543

X Boris Godunov (1986) -- regent of Russia from 1584 to 1598 and reign (1598-1605)

1612: Khroniki smutnogo vremeni (aka 1612) (2007) ? Russian film set in the Time of Troubles and the Polish-Muscovite War (1605-1618)

Peter the Great (1986)-- 1689-1725, Russian Czar; 1710-11 war with Ottoman Empire

X Sluga Gosudarev (The Sovereign''s Servant) (2007) -- 1709 during war between Russian and Sweden (The Great Northern War, 1700-1721)

X Isoviha (1939) ? story set in 18th century Finland when the country was occupied twice by Russia, during the Great Northern War (1700-1721) and the Lesser Wrath (1741?1742)

X Epitaph für einen König (1969) ? epitaph for a king; Karl XII of Sweden (1697-1718)

Young Catherine (1991) 1762-1796, Catherine the Great of Russia; 1768 war with Turkey

The Scarlet Empress (1934) -- Catherine the Great

X Catherine the Great (1934) -- with Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. and Flora Robeson

X Caterina di Russia (Catherine of Russia) (1963) -- Italian film

X Catherine the Great (1995) -- with Catherine Zeta-Jones

X Great Catherine ? Catherine takes a liking to a British military office, but he is busy with several British women

A Royal Scandal (1945) -- love life of Russian Czarina Catherine the Great (with Tallulah Bankhead)

X Tempest (1959) -- Pugachev peasant uprising during the reign of Catherine the Great

X Captain''s Daughter (2000) -- during the Pugachev uprising, the love of Masha Mironova and Petr Grinev is threatened.

Nomad (2005) -- a young fellow in 18th-century Kazakhstan unites the country''s disunited tribes



V.10. India. Back to Chapter V Back to Contents

The Mughal Period: 1526-1757

Humayun (1945) -- Mughal emperor Humayun (1530-1539), son of emperor Babar

Jodhaa Akbar (2008) -- Akbar the Great (ruled 1556-1619) and his Hindu wife Jodhabai

Mughal-e-Azam (1960) -- 16th century war between crown prince Saleem and his father, the great Moghul emperor Akbar (1556-1605), over a beautiful court dancer named Anarkali

Anarkali (1953) -- Shahenshah Jalaudin Akbar, grandson of Babbar and son of Humayun, rules Hindustan justly, but has big problems with a rebellious son in love with the gypsy Anarkali

X Akbar Saleem Anarkali (1978) -- story of Arnakali and Saleem

Noor Jahan (1931) -- a Mughal empress (1577-1645), 20th and favorite wife of Emperor Jehangir (1605-27)

Taj Mahal (2005) -- Moghul ruler Shah Jahan (1628-1658) builds a monument to eternal love in honor of his deceased wife

Taj Mahal: A Monument to Love (2003) --

X Heart of India ? Taj Mahal

X Ranadheera Kanteerava (1960) -- Mysore kingdom was a golden age in Kannada .literature; Mysore royalty?s intrigues & Kannada national chauvinism; King Ranadheera Kanteerava Narasaraja Wodeyar (1638-1659), a devotee of music and literature

Maratha Empire 1674?1818

X Bajirao Mastani (1925) -- prime minister Baji Rao I (1719-17400) to the Maratha Empire; extended the empire

X Ghashiram Kotwal (1976) ? story of Nanasaheb Phadnavis, the prime minister and real power of the Peshwa Maharaja, 1773-1797





V.11. JAPAN Back to Chapter V Back to Contents

Azuchi-Momoyama period, 1568 to 1603:

Kagemusha (1980) -- Takeda clan, one of three warlord clans, 16th century

Ugetsu (1953) -- two peasants in search of success in war-torn Japan, 16th century

Ran (1985) -- (Akira Kurosawa) Japanese lord finds his kingdom disintegrating as his sons go to war with each other (adaptation of King Lear & life of Mo-ri Motonari), 16th century

X Mo-ri Motonari -- NHK''s TV drama

Rikyu (1989) -- Buddhist priest and improver of the tea ceremony runs afoul of Lord Hideyoshi Toyotomi

X Sekigahara -- drama set in the time when the Eastern and Western Armies met in the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600

Tokugawa Shogunate (1603-1868):

James Clavell''s Shogun (1980) -- based on the achievements of the first Englishman in Japan, early 17th century

Seven Samurai (1954) (Akira Kurosawa) -- wandering ronin (i.e., unemployed samurai) defend a peasant village from bandits, 17th century

X Makai tenshô (Samurai Resurrection) (2003) ? the Shimabara Rebellion of mostly Christian peasants,1637?1638, during the Tokugawa era against rising taxes

X Ako-Jo danzetsu (aka Swords of Vengeance) (1978) -- Ronin revolt against 5th Togukawa shogun (Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, reign 1680-1709)

The Samurai Trilogy (1967) -- based on the novel that has been called Japan''s Gone With the Wind, 17th century

Life of Oharu (1952)

Hara-kiri (1962) -- Japanese period film 1630, dealing with the plight of the poor end of the samurai spectrum

X Ô-oku: The Movie (2006) ? 1713, scandal of a power struggle between Ietsugu''s concubine mother and the late Shogun''s official wife occurred

Goyokin (1969) -- 1831debts owed by a small province to the Tokugawa Shogunate causes province leaders to stealing goyokin (gold and silver) from mining sites on Sado Island & worse (e.g., massacre)

X Silence (2010) -- Jesuits meet violence and persecution in closed Japan

X Chinmoku (Silence) (1971) --two Portuguese missionaries face torture and death in closed Japan

X Sekigahara (1981) -- Ieyasu Tokugawa

X Sen-hime to Hideyori (1962) ? based on Princess Sen, daughter to Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu and wife of Toyotomi Hideyori

X Shinsengumi (1969) ? band of assassins known devoted to the Tokugawa shogunate fights to prevent the restoration of the Emperor to the throne





VI. AGE OF DISCOVERY AND SETTLEMENT. Back to Chapter VI Back to Contents



VI.1. EARLY EXPLORATION. Back to Chapter VI Back to Contents

Apocalypto (2006) -- Mayan Rambo just before the arrival of the Spanish

Kings of the Sun (1963) -- Mayans pursued by Toltec invaders

X La princesa de los ursinos (Princess of the Ursinos) (1947) ? French lady (d. 1722) prominent for a decade and a half at the court of the first of the Spanish Bourbons, Philip V (reign 1700-1724)

X La espada negra (The Black Sword) (1976) ? love story of Ferdinand and Elizabeth of Spain

X Retorno a Aztlan (1991) -- an ancient Indian empire in what became Mexico faces a severe drought and the priest prays for relief

X Christopher Columbus (1949) -- discoverer of America, not a short cut to India (with Fredric March and Francis Sullivan)

X Christopher Columbus (1985) -- mini-series starring Gabriel Byrne, Faye Dunaway, Oliver Reed

Christopher Columbus: The Discovery (1992) -- with Marlon Brando, Tom Selleck

1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992) -- Christopher Columbus

X Columbus: The Lost Voyage (2007) -- the 4th voyage of Columbus to the New World

X Alba de América (aka Dawn of America) (1952) -- account of discovery of America

Captain from Castile (1947) -- serves with Cortez in conquest of Mexico

X El juicio de Martin Cortes -- mestizo son of Cortez represents fundamental dilemma of Mexican society

La Otra Conquista (The Other Conquest) (1998) -- Aztec resistance to Christianization by the Spanish under Cortez

X Tribu (1935) -- conquest of North America

Cabeza de Vaca (1992) -- 1528, explored parts of the future USA and Mexico

Royal Hunt of the Sun (1969) -- Francisco Pizarro and the conquest of Peru

Los conquistadores del Pacífico (1963) -- inspired by Balboa, discoverer of the Pacific Ocean

X Juana la loca (2001) -- Juana''s devotion to her husband of an arranged marriage becomes an obsession; remakes of Locura de Amor

X Locura de Amor -- Spanish movie about Joanna the Mad or Joanna of Castile (1479-1555)who ruled jointly with her husband Philip the Handsome

X Perlas ng silangan (1969) -- Spanish colonization of the Philippines (languages Filipino/Tagalog)

X Damong ligaw (199&) -- Filipino-Spanish War (languages Filipino/Tagalog)





VI.2. SETTLEMENT OF MEXICO Back to Chapter VI Back to Contents

X Kino (1993) -- Eusebio Francisco Kino (1645?1711) Catholic priest explores and works primarily northern Sonora, Mexico and the future southern Arizona establishing 24 missions & country chapels

X Seven Cities of Gold (1955) -- Portola''s expedition to California in 1769 for the cities of gold and Father Junipero Serra and the founding of the California missions

Yo, la peor de todas (I the Worst of All) (1990) -- Sister Juana Ines de la Cruz of Mexico is punished for her writings by the Inquisition

X Bells of San Fernando (1947) -- when Old California was a part of Mexico, the virtual rulers of San Fernando Valley

X Zorro marchese di Navarra (Zorro, the Navarra Marquis) (1969) -- Zorro makes sure the exiled King Ferdinand VII (ruled 1808 & 1813-1833 after got rid of Joseph Bonaparte) gets back to Spain



VI.3. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA & CANADA TO AMERICAN REVOLUTION Back to Chapter VI Back to Contents

Black Robe (1991) Canadian-Australian film about Jesuit in 17th century Quebec among the Indians

Hudson''s Bay (1941) -- Canada''s early history

X First Landing (2007) -- story of Jamestown settlement in Virginia, 1607

X Plymouth Adventure (1952) -- story of the voyage of the "Mayflower", 1620

X Plymouth Adventure (1945) --- early settlers in America

X Knickerbocker Holiday (1944) -- 1650 dictatorial Governor "Peg-Leg" Stuyvesant has outspoken newspaperman arrested

The New World (2005) -- Pocohontas & Captain John Smith

Pocahontas: The Legend (1955)

Captain John Smith and Pocahontas (1953)

X Penn of Pennsylvania (or The Courageous Mr. Penn) (1941) -- founds the future state of Pennsylvania

The Crucible (1996) -- 1692 witch hunts in Salem

X Les Sorcičres de Salem (The Witches of Salem) (1956) -- French version of Arthur Miller''s play about the scandal in Salem, Massachusetts

X The Scarlet Letter (1926) -- bad old American Puritanism

X The Scarlet Letter (1934) --

X Der scharlachrote Buchstabe (The Scarlet Letter) (1973) ? German film with Senta Berger

The Scarlet Letter (1995) -- evil effects of Puritanism

X The Broken Chain (1993) -- end of the Iroquois Confederacy in the 1700s

X Last of the Mohicans (1936)

Last of the Mohicans (1971) -- Masterpiece Theatre version

X Last of the Mohicans (1992) -- Daniel Day Lewis -- French and Indian War, 1756-1763; best version

X Winners of the Wilderness (1927) -- wilderness fighter loves daughter of the commander of the French forces during the French and Indian War; the Indians, under Pontiac, capture the daughter

Northwest Passage (1940) -- French & Indian War

X Northwest Passage -- adventure series about Roger''s Rangers in the French and Indian War

Mohawk (1956) -- Indians attack a frontier outpost; Scott Brady

X Frontier Times (1987) -- swashbuckler set during the French and Indian War

X Young Daniel Boone (1950)

Daniel Boone (1936) -- Daniel Boone leads settlers to the future Boonesborough

Daniel Boone, Trail Blazer (1956)

Battles of Chief Pontiac -- failure to capture Fort Detroit, 1763

X Unconquered (1947) -- Captain Holden and Abbey try to save Fort Pitt (in future Pittsburg) during Pontiac''s War

X Captain Kidd (1945)

X Captain Kidd and the Slave Girl (1954)

Canada:

Nouvelle France (Battle of the Brave) (2004) -- love story set in period 1758-1761, from the collapse of New France to the British take-over in Canada

Secret Nation (1992) -- search for a possible conspiracy surrounding the referendum by which Newfoundland joined Canada





VI.4. LATIN & SOUTH AMERICA Back to Chapter VI Back to Contents

Mexico:

X Getrudis (1992) ? Mexican War of Independence

Cuba:

La Última cena (The Last Supper) (1976) -- slavery in Cuba

X Tamango (1958) -- an African slave on a Dutch slave ship heading to Cuba revolts, capturing the captain''s mistress, thereby forcing a showdown

X El otro Francisco (The Other Francisco) (1975) -- Cuban abolitionists were not primarily motivated by humanitarianism but had real economic motives & misrepresented the nature of slavery in Cuba

Colombia:

Bolívar soy yo (2002) -- an actor playing the Liberator Simon Bolivar starts working to complete Bolivar''s dream of a "Great Colombia"

Simón Bolívar (1942) -- the Great Liberator

Venezuela:

X Francisco de Miranda (2006) ? Venezuelan freedom fighter considered forerunner of Simon Bolivar

X Simón Bolívar (1969) -- the Great Liberator

Brazil:

X O Descobrimento do Brasil (1937) -- old film about the armada of Pedro Álvares Cabral discovering Brazil

The Mission (1986) -- Jesuits in Brazil try to protect natives

X Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972) -- a lost 1540s expedition from Peru to the Amazon

X O Quinto Império - Ontem Como Hoje (2004) ? King Sebastian of Portugal, reigned 1554-1578

X El Dorado -- 1560 expedition down Amazon River by Spanish soldiers searching for the fabled city of gold, El Dorado

Xica (1978) -- slavery in Brazil

X Cafundó (2005) ? life of black slave in Brazil Jo?o de Camargo (1858-1942) who lead an exemplary life to attain his freedom

X Vendaval Maravilhoso (1949) ? Castro Alves, poet of slave liberation in 19th century Brazil

X Desmundo (2002) -- set in 1570 Brazil a young and religious Portuguese woman travels from Portugal to marry a sugar-cane plantation owner

X Quilombo (1984) -- illegal towns composed of renegade slaves and others at the bottom that whites just have to destroy

X Ganga Zumba (1963) -- a runaway slave founds a Quilombo, Palmares, an escaped slave community

Argentina:

X El santo de la espada (1970) ? Argentine independence hero Jose de San Martin

X Güemes - la tierra en armas (1971) ? wars of independence in Northern Argentina

X Felicitas (2009) -- Felicia Antonia Guadalupe Guerrero y Cueto (1846-1872) who was considered the most beautiful woman in the Republic of Argentina

X La revolución es un sue?o eterno (translation: The Revolution is an Eternal Dream) (2008) ? May Revolution in 1810 which brought about the first local government not designated by the Spanish Crown

Others:

X Lydia Bailey (1952) -- love story set in Haiti, 1802, Toussaing L''Overture, the black president versus the French trying to retake possession of the country



VI.5. AUSTRALIA Back to Chapter VI Back to Contents

Captain James Cook (1987) -- 1770 voyage discovers east coast of Australia

Against the Wind (1978) -- TV mini-series about the life of a transported convict in the colony of New South Wales, Australia

X Eureka Stockade (a.k.a. Massacre Hill) (1949) -- Australians battle the government during the 1854 miners'' revolt

X Botany Bay -- in 1787 prisoners are shipped from Newgate Jail to a new penal colony in Botany Bay, New South Wales, Australia

X Heritage (1935/I) ? disappointing overview of 150 years of Australian history





VII. REVOLUTION AND AFTERMATH. Back to Chapter VII Back to Contents



VII.1. AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR, 1775-1782. Back to Chapter VII Back to Contents

John Adams (2008) -- miniseries of John Adams and the first 50 years of the USA

Adams Chronicles (1976) -- life of 4 generations of the Adams family of Massachusetts

The Howards of Virginia (1940) -- the run-up to the Revolution in Virginia

X Choosing Revolution (1999) -- brothers of the well-known Randolph family of Virginia chose different sides during the time of revolution

Allegheny Uprising (1939) ? colonials in Pennsylvania have an uprising even before the American Revolution

X The Bastard (1978) -- a man from France gets involved with the events leading up to the American Revolution

X Johnny Tremain (1957) --

X April Morning (1988) -- Battle of Lexington & Concord,1775, war starts before Dec. of Independence

X 1776 -- The Musical -- Declaration of Independence

John Paul Jones (1959) -- Robert Stack as the naval hero

The Crossing (2003) -- Delaware River crossing by George Washington

X George Washington II: The Forging of a Nation (1986) -- miniseries with Barry Bostwick as Washington; interesting too because it is Viggo Mortensen''s first film

X Lafayette (1962) -- the Frenchman who fought for American independence

X Kosciuszko pod Raclawicami (1938) -- Polish soldier who served in the American Revolution and battles in Poland

X The Buccaneer (1938) -- 1780 Lafayette and the American Revolution

Drums Along the Mohawk (1939) -- Mohawk Valley, New York frontier in the Revolution

Benedict Arnold: A Question of Honor (2003) -- the infamous American traitor

The Scarlet Coat -- for money Benedict wants to offer up West Point to the British

The Patriot (2000) -- Battle of Cowpens, South Carolina

X Revolution (1985) -- set within the American Revolution, such as at Valley Forge and Yorktown (starring Al Pacino)

X Swamp Fox -- South Carolina revolutionary guerrilla leader

X Yorktown (2006) -- final battle of the Revolutionary War, September-October, 1781

X The World Turned Upside Down (1985) ? struggle of a family who supported Britain in the American Revolution; emigration to Canada may be the only answer

X The Rebels (1979) -- American Revolution

Revolution in South America:

Bolívar soy yo (2002) -- an actor playing the Liberator Simon Bolivar starts working to complete Bolivar''s dream of a "Great Colombia"



VII.2. FRENCH REVOLUTION, 1789 Back to Chapter VII Back to Contents

Louis XVI

X Ridicule (1966) -- wit proves the key to social success at the court of Louis XVI (1774-1792)

Marie Antoinette (2006)

X Marie Antoinette (Shadow of the Guillotine) (1956) -- Marie-Antoinette

X Marie Antoinette (1938) -- daughter of Francis II of Austria; wife of Louis XVI

X The Affair of the Necklace (2001) --

X Le collier de la reine (The Queen?s Necklace) (1929) --

X L''autrichienne (1990) ? last days of Queen Marie Antoinette

The Beloved Rogue (1927) -- French poet-patriot Francois Villon battles wits with King Louis XI

X Galgenfrist (2008) ? French poet,vagabond Francois Villon convicted of murder

Jefferson in Paris (1995) -- Jefferson''s experiences as French ambassador along with his love life

La Marseillaise (1938) -- French Revolution

X La Révolution française (1989) -- the French Revolution

X l''cavaliere di Maison Rouge (The Glorious Avenger) (1953) -- French Revolution

A Tale of Two Cities (1980) -- French Revolution

X A Tale of Two Cities (1958)

X A Tale of Two Cities (1935) -- with Ronald Coleman

X Reign of Terror (1949) -- 1789 French Revolution

Scaramouche (1952) -- only set in the 1789 French Revolution

Danton (1982) -- radical but pragmatic leader in the French Revolution

Danton (1932) -- Georges Jacques Danton (1759?1794)

L'' Anglaise et le duc (The Lady and the Duke) (2001) -- Scottish courtesan observes and writes about the French Revolution

X Nuit de Varennes (That Night in Varennes) (1982) -- French film about stagecoach passengers who get caught up in the arrest of King Louis XVI in the town of Varennes

X The Black Book -- French Revolution (DVD with poor production quality)

X Sade (2000) -- 1794, Marquis de Sade faces execution by Robespierre''s regime

Quills (2000) -- Marquis de Sade at the Charenton Mental Asylum

X Lady Oscar -- in her youth a female guard to Marie Antoinette love Andre, but they meet again at the assault on the Bastille on opposites sides

X Dangerous Exile -- fate of ten year old Louis XVII, who died in 1795, (many thought he escaped from his French revolutionary captors)

X Caroline chérie (1968) -- French Revolution

X Madame Guillotine (1931) --

X Madame Recamier; Or, The Price of Virtue (1923) ? Jeanne-Françoise Julie Adéla?de Bernard Récamier (777-1849) was a leader of the literary/political circles of the early 19th century

X Le diable boiteux (The Lame Devil) (1948) ? the French diplomat Talleyrand (1754?1838) worked successfully under the following: Louis XVI, Napoleon I, Louis XVIII, Charles X, and Louis-Philippe



VII.3. AGE OF NAPOLEON. Back to Chapter VII Back to Contents

X Napoleon (2003)

X Napoleon (1956) -- film made by the French

X Napoleon (1927)

X Joséphine (2006) ? Napoleon and Josephine

X A Royal Divorce (1938) -- Napoleon and Josephine

X Passion in the Desert ? young French officer in Egypt during Napoleon Bonaparte''s campaign to capture the country

X Adieu Bonaparte (1985) -- reactions of three Egyptian brothers to French Occupation and crushing of Mameluke rule

Kolberg -- defense of the besieged fortress town of Kolberg against French troops (April-July 1807)

X Raffl (1984) -- Franz Raffl betrays the great rebel leader Andreas Hofer fighting the French and Bavarians and becomes the "Judas of Tyrol", 1809

X Das Heilige Land Tyrol (2010) -- Katharina and her husband escape from Bavaria to Tyrol and get into a revolutionary hotspot with leader Andreas Hofer

X Sangre de mayo (Blood of May) (2008) -- love story set against reign of Fernando VII of Spain

The Pride and the Passion (1957) -- Spanish Revolution Against Napoleon 1810

Goya in Bordeaux (1999) -- Spanish painter Francisco Goya

Volavérunt (1999) -- Goya and the Duchess of Alba, Goya''s "Naked Maja"

X Goya''s Ghost (2006) -- Goya

X Augustina (2010) -- "Spanish Joan of Arc" Agustina de Aragón (1786-1857) defended Spain during the Spanish War of Independence (1808-1814)

X Agustina de Aragón (1950) -- ditto

X Austerlitz (1960) -- Napoleon

X Kolberg (Burning Hearts) (1945) ? Napoleon?s troops in Germany have isolated Kolberg, but the citizens refuse to surrender; French prepare massive bombardments

War and Peace (1956) -- Napoleon''s invasion of Russia, 1812 (from Tolstoy''s great novel)

X War and Peace (1972) -- ditto, but with Anthony Hopkins

????? ? ???; Vojna i mir (War and Peace) (1968) -- expensive Russian version of War and Peace

X Pushkin: Poslednyaya duel (2006) ? Alexander Pushkin (1799-1837), considered greatest Russian poet

X Poslednyaya doroga (The Last Road) (1986) ? death and the ''last road'' of Aleksandr Pushkin

X 1814 (2007) -- mystery story in the time of Pushkin

X Venere imperiale (Imperial Venus) (1963) -- Italian/French production of story of Paolina Bonaparte, sister of Emperor Napoleon I

Madame Sans-Gene (Madame) (1962) -- wife of Marshal Lefebvre, one of Napoleon''s generals and Marshal of France, who constantly gets him into trouble

X Waterloo (1970) -- Napoleon in his second romp defeated in this 1815 battle

Eagle in a Cage (1971) ? Napoleon''s exile on St. Helena

Monsieur N. (2003) ? conjecture that Napoleon did not die on St. Helena

X Betzi (1978) ? imprisonment of Napoleon Bonaparte on St Helena

X N (Io e Napoleone) (Napoleon & Me) (2006) ? the librarian on Elba Island hates Napoleon, but learns to respect him

Conquest (1937) -- a Polish countess (played by the great Garbo) becomes the mistress of Napoleon in an attempt to gain freedom for her country

X Le destin fabuleux de Désirée Clary (Mlle. Desiree) (1942) ? Désirée Clary once the fiancée of Napoleon Bonaparte and later Queen of Sweden & Norway as wife of King Charles XIV John

Desiree (1954) -- the future queen and king of Sweden and Napoleon; a seamstress loves Napoleon, but his marriage to aristocrat Josephine spoils her dreams

Madame Bovary (1991) -- the then scandalous portrait of a bored middle-class married woman engaging in adultery

The Duelists --- two men each committed to kill the other, duel over a period of fifteen years covering the Napoleonic era

X Napoleon and Love (1974) -- love life of Napoleon

X Fanny Elssler (1937) -- Metternich has Fanny Elsser keep the Duke of Reichstadt (future Napoleon II, ruled 1815) out of French politics, but the two fall in love

X L''aiglon (translation: The Eaglet) (1931) -- Napoleon

English Opponents of Napoleon:

X H. M. S. Defiant (1962) -- based on the Spithead and Nore mutinies, in the form of strikes for better pay and conditions, by sailors of the Royal Navy in 1797 during war with the French Revolutionary government

X Sea Devils (1953) -- woman working as a double agent for England in France and the English fishermen turned smuggler who loves her

X The Nelson Affair (1973) -- British film on the Lord Nelson-Lady Hamilton affair; Nelson put an end to Napoleon''s naval threat

That Hamilton Woman (1941) -- Lord Horatio Nelson and Lady Emma Hart Hamilton 1801

X The Divine Lady (1929) -- Nelson, Lady Hamilton and Emma in a triangle

X A Bequest to the Nation (1973) -- the relationship between Lord Nelson and Lady Hamilton

I Remember Nelson (1982) -- TV mini-series presenting Nelson as seen from viewpoints of his wife, his mistress''s husband, Captain Hardy and a common seaman

X Master and Commander

X Sharpe''s Waterloo (2006) -- Battle of Waterloo, 1815

The Iron Duke (1934) ? historical drama about the Duke of Wellington starring George Arliss

Lady Caroline Lamb (1972) -- novelist famous for a tempestuous affair with Lord Byron in 1812; (was also involved with the Duke of Wellington who defeated Napoleon)

Shelly (1972) -- famous British author

Becoming Jane (2007) -- early love affair of Jane Austen that affected her later writing

Les Enfants du siecle (Children of the Century) (1999) -- love affair between George Sand and poet Alfred de Musset

Impromptu (1991) -- novelist George Sand and composer Frederic Chopin

X Abschiedswalzer (Farewell Waltz) (1934) ? Frédéric Chopin and George Sand

X Preußische Liebesgeschichte (A Prussian Love Story) (1938) ? Frederic Chopin

X Mlodosc Chopina (Young Chopin) (1952) --formative years between 1825 and 1831

X La chanson de l''adieu (Farewell) (1934) ? Frederic Chopin and George Sand

Other:

X Nezrimyy puteshestvennik (1999) ? December of 1825, last days of the Russian Emperor Aleksandr I (known for the victory over Napoleon in 1812)

X Der Herzog von Reichstadt (1931) ? story of King Napoleon II, who ruled less than a month in 1815 (aka Herzog von Reichstadt), son of Napoleon I and second wife, Marie Louise of Austria

X L''agonie des aigle (The Death Agony of the Eagles) (1933) -- Napoleon II of France

Immortal Beloved (1994) -- speculation on loves of Beethoven (1795-1815)

X Beethoven''s Great Love (1936)

X Spring Symphony -- composer Robert Schumann

X Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach (1969) ? biopic of musical composer Johann Sebastian Bach as seen through the eyes of his wife

X Mazeppa (1993) ? biography of French Romantic painter Theodore Gericault (1791-1824) who painted the controversial "Raft of the Medusa" (1819)

X The House of Rothschild (1934) -- biography of the Rothschild family of financiers whose fortune was laid during the latter stages of the Napoleonic Wars

X I megali stigmi tou ''21: Papaflessas (1971) ? the Greek revolution against the Turks (1821)



VII.4. EARLY YEARS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. Back to Chapter VII Back to Contents

X Alexander Hamilton (1931) George Arliss as first Secretary of the Treasury of the US

Jefferson in Paris (1995) -- Jefferson''s experiences as French ambassador along with his love life

The Far Horizons (1955) -- Lewis and Clark expedition to explore the west of the USA

Sally Hemings: An American Scandal (2000)

X Tripoli (1950) -- US Marines battle Barbary pirates in 1805

X Little Old New York (1940) 1807, Robert Fulton and his steamboat run into some nasty opposition

X Magnificent Doll (1946) ? Dolly Payne plays off the smitten James Madison versus Aaron Burr

X The Buccaneer (1938) -- pirate-hero Jean Lafitte, who aids American cause in Battle of New Orleans, War of 1812

X The Buccaneer (1958) Andrew Jackson relies for help in the Battle of New Orleans on Lafitte

X Buccaneer''s Girl (1950) New Orleans''s singer helps free pirate-friend from prison

X Belizaire the Cajun -- persecution of the Cajuns/Creole culture in the South

X The President''s Lady (1953) -- Andrew Jackson criticized for his wife with a past

X The Gorgeous Hussy (1936) -- Andrew Jackson and the innkeeper''s daughter results in trouble for both of them

The Fighting Kentuckian (1949) -- trouble for Napoleon exiles in Demopolis, Alabama

X Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier (1955)

X Davy Crockett and the River Pirates (1956)

X Western Union (1941) -- building of the first transcontinental telegraph system; Robert Young

X Wells Fargo (1937) -- 1840s development of alternative to the US Post Office

Jeremiah Johnson (1972) -- mountain man who had his own personal war with the Crows

Mountain Men (1980) -- story of mountain men who led many of the settlers into the West

Tomahawk (1951) --- in 1864 mountain man Jim Bridger builds the Bridger Trail from Wyoming to the gold fields in Montana

Mormans:

X The Prophet ? Joseph Smith Jr., founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (a.k.a. the Mormons)

X Emma Smith: My Story (2008) ? story of the wife of Mormon Joseph Smith

X Joseph Smith: Prophet of the Restoration (2005)

X Legacy (1900) -- story of the Mormon pioneers, 1830''s-1890''s

Brigham: Savage Journey (a.k.a. Savage Journey) (1983) -- Brigham Young leads the Mormons (Latter Day Saints) out to today''s Salt Lake City, Utah

Brigham Young (1940) -- ditto

September Dawn (2006) -- Mountain Meadows Massacre of 1857 in which Mormons massacre a wagon train of settlers

Handcart (2002) ? man marries a Mormon woman and becomes part of the ill-fated journey of Martin Handcart Company in 1856 heading to Salt Lake valley, in which 150 people died of cold and starvation

The Republic of Texas and the Mexico-America War

X The First Texan (1956) -- based on life of Sam Houston (starring Joel McCrea)

X Gone to Texas (1986) -- story of Sam Houston (including battle at the Alamo and the battle of San Jacinto)

X The Honorable Sam Houston (1975) -- Texas Sam Houston

X Houston: The Legend of Texas (1986) ? Sam Houston

X Man of Conquest (1939) -- Sam Houston

The Adventures of Jim Bowie (1956) (TV) -- TV series based on the life of Jim Bowie

Texas (1994)-- history of Texas from its settlement via Stephen Austin to statehood

X Travis (1991) -- a teenager watches the courage of Col. Travis at the Alamo

X Alamo: The Price of Freedom (1988)

X Alamo: 13 Days to Glory (1987) --

The Alamo (1960) -- 1836

X The Last Command (1955) Jim Bowie and the Alamo

X Heroes of the Alamo (1937) --

X One Man''s Hero (1999) -- Irish Americans mistreated in the US army go over to the Mexican side

Santa Anna: Su alteza serenisima (2001) -- the last three days in the life of Santa Anna (1794-1876)

X The Robin Hood of El Dorado (1936) -- Joaquin Murrieta in California seeks revenge on the men who killed his wife and brother (possible source for Zorro character)

X The California Conquest (1952) -- 1840s, the push for statehood for the future California, then part of Mexico

Seminole Wars

X Drums of Destiny (1937) -- American army captain in 1815 Florida (then under Spanish control) must save his brother

Distant Drums (1951) -- Seminole Indians on warpath in early 19th c Florida

Seminole (1953) -- Seminole Indians and help from a cavalry officer

Gold Rush

Roughing It (2002) -- teenaged Mark Twain out West during the "Gold Rush" days

X Mark Twain: Adventures in the Holy Land (2008) ? tourist adventures



VII.5. VICTORIAN ENGLAND TO WWI. Back to Chapter VII Back to Contents

X The First Gentleman (1948) -- romance between the future King Leopold I of Belgium & the daughter of the Prince of Wales (later George IV), Princess Charlotte

X Victoria the Great (1937) -- Queen Victoria (ruled 1838-1901)

X Sixty Glorious Years (1938) -- Queen Victoria

Victoria and Albert (2001) -- love story of Victoria and Albert

X Network First: Victoria and Albert (1997) -- TV miniseries

X The Young Victoria (2009) -- Queen Victoria

Mädchenjahre einer Königin (Victoria in Dover) (1954) -- Victoria becomes the Queen of England and falls in love in Dover

Mrs. Brown (1997) -- Queen Victoria after death of husband Albert

X The Mudlark (1950) -- Queen Victoria after death of husband Albert

Disraeli (1978) -- the political career of Benjamin Disraeli.

X The Prime Minister (1941) -- story of rise of Benjamin Disraeli who came to be the Prime Minister in 1868 and then from 1874-1880

X Disraeli (1929) -- Conservative Party prime minister

X Little Dorrit (1988) ? novelist Charles Dickens'' political indictment of early 19th century England

River Queen (2005) -- in the 1860s a young Irish woman and her family find themselves torn between the British and Maori during the British colonization of New Zealand

Utu (1983) -- in the 1870s, Te Kooti''s War, a Maori soldier seeks revenge after the British army destroys his home village and kills his uncle

X The Last Stand (1938) -- Maori girl helps her people in a last stand against the British

The Four Feathers (2002) -- man declared a coward has to go to Sudan to fight the Mahdi''s forces to prove he is not a coward

X In Desert and Wilderness (1973) -- two kids kidnapped by the rebels during Mahdi''s rebellion in Sudan

X Jack the Ripper (1960) -- serial killer in Victorian England 1888

X Jack the Ripper (1988)

X From Hell (2001) ? Jack the Ripper

Wilde (1997) -- homosexual writer and brilliant social critic; height of career 1895

X Oscar Wilde (1960)

X The Trials of Oscar Wilde (1960)

X Salome''s Last Dance (1988)

X Feasting with Panthers (Broadway Theatre Archive) (1974) -- Oscar Wilde in prison

Lillie (1978) (mini) -- story of beautiful British actress Lillie Langtry admired by Prince of Wales and Oscar Wilde

X Topsy-Turvy (2000) -- Gilbert and Sullivan

X Elephant Man (1980) -- John Merrick with terribly disfiguring disease finally treated with some dignity (becoming a favorite of Queen Victoria)

Edward VII (1901-1910)

Edward the Seventh (a.k.a. Edward the King) (1975) -- the life of Queen Victoria''s son who became Edward VII

George V (1910-1936):

Carrington (1995) -- love affair between painter Dora Carrington and gay author Lytton Strachey

X Ingenjör Andrées luftfärd (The Flight of the Eagle) (1982) -- Swedish film about S. A. Andrée setting out in hydrogen balloon "The Eagle" to be the first man at the north pole, 1897

Scott of the Antarctic (1948) -- Robert F. Scott''s trip to be the first man to reach the South Pole (1910-1912)

Shackleton (2002) -- Shackleton''s journey to the South Pole and the crew''s harrowing return trip

X Cook & Peary: The Race to the Pole (1983) --





VII.6. FRANCE. Back to Chapter VII Back to Contents

Capetian Dyanasty, House of Bourbon Restored (1815-1830):

Balzac: A Passionate Life (1999) -- the mother, the work and the loves of a founding father of realism in European literature

Louis XVIII, brother of Louis XVI, ruled 1815-1824

Charles X -- ruled 1824-1830

Louis-Philippe I of the July Monarchy (1830-1848) -- the last king to rule France

Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte of the Second Republic (1848-1852) -- became Emperor Napoleon III

Emperor Napoleon III (Louis Bonaparte), the Citizen King, (ruled late 1852 to 1870) -- Second Empire restored

Suez (1938) -- Leon Ames plays Napoleon III, although Loretta Young as Eugenie is much more highlighted

Juarez (1939) -- Claude Rains portrays him as a weak man ready to betray Maximilian in Mexico

The Song of Bernadette (1943) -- Jerome Cowan plays Napoleon III

Maytime (1936) -- Guy Bates Post plays Louis Napoleon

X Spy of Napoleon (1936) -- Napoleon III that is

X La contessa di Castiglione (2006) ? Italian courtesan & secret agent Virginia Oldoini, Countess di Castiglione (1837?1899); as mistress of Emperor Napoleon III she used her influence to soften his response to Italian unification

X La contessa di Castiglione (1954) ?

Edward the Seventh (a.k.a. Edward the King) (1975) -- contains many references to Louie Bonaparte



VII.7. CRIMEAN WAR -- Russia vs. Turkey (Ottoman Empire), England and France Back to Chapter VII Back to Contents

Charge of the Light Brigade (1968) -- Crimea, 1854-1856

Charge of the Light Brigade (1936) -- love triangle in India solved by British involvement in the Crimean War

X Charge of the Lancers (1954) -- affairs set against the Crimean War

X Lady with a Lamp (1951) -- nurse-crusader Florence Nightingale

Florence Nightingale (1986) -- the great nurse at work during the Crimean War fighting against prejudice to be of service to the soldiers

X The White Angel (1936) -- Florence Nightingale

X Bronte (1983) -- Irish film

X Les Soeurs Bronte (Bronte Sisters) (1979) French film

X Devotion (1946) -- Bronte sisters

X The Brontes of Haworth (1973)



VII.8. ITALY (1789-1867) Back to Chapter VII Back to Contents

X Fuoco su di me (Fire at my Heart) (2006) ? story of young soldier of the Napoleonic army in 1815 in Napoli after the era of Gioacchino Murat, King of the Two Sicilies (1808 to 1815)

Ferdinando e Carolina (Ferdinando and Carolina) (1999) -- King Ferdinando I of Naples (reign 1816-1825) weds Mary Caroline of Austria, daughter of Empress Mary Theresa, in a political marriage

X L''ultima carica (1964) ? in 1820s war of independence in southern Italy

Wars of Italian Independence --three wars between Italian states and Austrian Empire 1848-1866 ending with conquest of entire Italian peninsula

X Viva l''Italia! (1961) -- about Giuseppe Garibaldi of Italian unification fame (director is Rossillini)

X Noi credevamo (2010) -- Italy''s battle for unification in the 19th century

X In nome del popolo sovrano (In the Name of the Sovereign People) (1990) ? 1849, Ciceruacchio declares Independent Republic of Rome, but French & Austrians try to block it by bringing back the Pope to Rome

X Senso (1968) -- Italy 1855, Austrian military occupation

X Bronte: cronaca di un massacro che i libri di storia non hanno raccontato (Liberty) (1972) ? Italian War of Independence

X I vicer? (2007) ? 19th century Italian wars

X Ovod (The Gadfly) (1955) -- Russian film about 1800s Italy

X ''O re (The King of Naples) (1989) ? 1860 overthrow of Francesco, the King of Naples and the two Sicilies; the deposed king and queen adapt to their new lives\

X In nome del papa re (In the Name of the Pope King) (1977) ? in 1867 the papal court fights to prevent Garibaldi''s forces from taking power and bringing Rome into the Italian kingdom







VII.9. AMERICAN CIVIL WAR. Back to Chapter VII Back to Contents

Prequel:

Adanggaman (2000) -- role of black Africans in supplying the human beings for the European slave trade

X Slavers (1978) -- slave trade in east Africa around 1884

Amistad (1997) -- slave ship rebellion leads to 1839 court room drama

Ill-Gotten Gains (1997) -- slave revolt aboard the ship Argon Miss

X Ascension Day (2007) -- Nat Turner rebellion in 1831

X Roots (1977) -- TV mini series on slavery from more of a black perspective

Alex Haley''s Queen (1993) -- in this mini-series the writer of Roots tells the story of his paternal grandmother, whose father was a Civil War-era slave owner

A Woman Called Moses (1978) Harriet Tubman

X Uncle Tom''s Cabin (1987) -- based on Harriet Beecher Stowe''s novel published in 1852

Race to Freedom: Underground Railroad (1994) TV -- slaves escape to Canada and freedom via the Underground Railroad

X Scarecrow (2009) -- partly about underground railroad

X Stand Up and Fight (1939) -- a northerner and a southerner try to stop the kidnapping of black freemen for reselling

Solomon Northup''s Odyssey: "Twelve Years a Slave" (1984) -- a free black man living in Saratoga Springs, New York is kidnapped and taken to Louisiana to work as a slave

X Freedom Bound (2009) -- stories covering three centuries, including slavery

Enslavement: The Story of Fanny Kemble (2000) -- artist disturbed by southern slavery

X Dixie (1943) -- composer of Dixie, pioneer minstrel Dan Emmett

I Dream of Jeanie (1952) -- the story of popular song-writer Stephen Foster

X Swanee River -- mostly fictional biopic of Stephen Foster

Bloody Kansas:

X The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976) -- for vengeance joins "Bloody Bill" Anderson''s gang, a pro-southern gang of "outlaws"

X Quantrill''s Raiders (1958) -- psychopath leading outlaws with a pro-southern slant

X Kansas Raiders (1950) -- Jesse James joins Quantrill''s Raiders

Dark Command (1940) -- Civil War Kansas; Quantrill''s Raiders

Ride with the Devil (1999) -- the war in bloody Kansas and Missouri

The Jayhawkers! (1959) -- a government agent infiltrates the vigilante group the Jayhawkers (bushwhackers were pro-South and Jayhawkers were pro-union, non-military guerilla raiders)

X Seven Angry Men (1955) -- John Brown (Raymond Massey)

Santa Fe Trail (1940) -- on trail of John Brown; 1856 Pottawatomie Creek massacre; 1859 Harper''s Ferry

Civil War Begins and Ends:

X Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940) -- Raymond Massey as Lincoln

X Lincoln (2005) --

X Young Mr. Lincoln (1939) -- John Ford director

X Abraham Lincoln (1930) -- directed by D. W. Griffith

X The Last of Mrs. Lincoln (Broadway Theatre Archive) (1976) --

X Just a Man (2008) -- a bit of recovery for the distraught Mrs. Lincoln

X Tad (1995) -- Abraham Lincoln and his son Tad

Tap Roots ? very loosely based on farm owner reacting to the attempt by his Jones County to secede from Mississippi

X Class of ''61 (1993) -- graduates of West Point enter the Civil War and Battle of Bull Run

X Journey to Shiloh (1968) -- April 6-7, 1862

X Ironclads -- the CSS Virginia versus the USS Monitorin the Battle of Hampton Roads, March 8-9, 1862

X John Ericsson - segraren vid Hampton Roads (Ericsson, The Great John) (1937) ? designer of the iron-clad ship the Monitor to fight the ironclad Confederate ship the Merrimac

Gods and Generals (2003) -- pro-Southern film about early Confederate victories: Fredericksburg, Chancelorsville that led to excessive hubris in Gen. Lee

X "Disneyland" Willie and the Yank: The Mosby Raiders (1967) -- pro-Southern film about young boy who joins the pro-Confederate Mosby Raiders -- Mosby captured Union General Stoughton March 1863

The Horse Soldiers (1959) -- set in Vicksburg campaign; John Ford and John Wayne

X Gettysburg (1993) -- 1863 battle, high water mark of the Confederacy

X The Perfect Tribute (1991) (TV) -- young boy and Lincoln''s Gettysburg Address

Wicked Spring (2002) -- Battle of the Wilderness, May 5 - May 7 1864

X The Gangs of New York (2002) -- ethnic tensions between Irish immigrants and native Americans leads to infamous New York City draft riots of 1863

The Great Locomotive Chase (1956) -- during Atlanta campaign, Yanks steal a Reb locomotive and try to tear up the track

Gone With The Wind (1939) -- Battle of Atlanta

X Louisiana (1984) -- woman loses her house in the aftermath of the Civil War and vows to recoup her plantation

True Women (1997) -- lives of three women though the Texas Rebellion the Civil War, Reconstruction and beyond

Glory (1989) --- 54th Massachusetts, first black army unit in the US

X The Hunley (1999) -- 1864 submarine in Charleston, SC for Turner Network

Andersonville (1996) -- made for cable movie about infamous Confederate prison

Lincoln (aka Gore Vidal''s Lincoln) (1988) -- reveals more of the inner family problems faced by Lincoln

X The Day Lincoln Was Shot (1998) -- assassinated at Ford''s Theatre by John Wilkes Booth

X They''ve Killed President Lincoln (1971) ? simulated documentary footage to examine the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln

X The Hunt for John Wilkes Booth (2007) --

X Prince of Players ? great American stage actor Edwin Booth, brother John Wilkes Booth

X Prisoner of Shark Island (1936)-- Dr. Samuel Mudd unjustly found guilty of helping in the Lincoln assassination

The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd (1980) -- Dr. Mudd accused of helping John Wilkes Booth get away after killing President Lincoln

Hellgate (1955) -- remake of Prisoner of Shark Island

The Blue and the Gray (1982 ) -- the families of two brothers divided between the North and the South fight for different sides

X Cold Mountain (2003) -- interesting question of just how unjust were the civil defense bands in the South

VII.10. SIAM (THAILAND) & BURMA (MYANMAR) Back to Chapter VII Back to Contents

The King Maker (2005) -- in 1547 the Portuguese soldier of fortune Fernando De Gama comes to Thailand and finds adventure

The Legend of Suriyothai (2001) -- 1528 Thailand

X The Legend of King Naresuan (2006) -- King Naresuan the Great (1590 to 1605); a follow-up to The Legend of Suriyothai

Bang Rajan (2000) -- Burmese invaders of 18th century Thailand

X Anna and the King (2000) -- Thailand during American Civil War; Jody Foster

X The King and I (1999) -- animated version

X The King and I (1956) --

X Anna and the King of Siam (1946)-- Thailand

X Kyan Sit Min -- Burmese film based on King Kyan Sit Min of Burma

X Tamnaan somdet phra Naresuan maharat: Phaak prakaat itsaraphaap (The Legend of Naresuan: Declaration in Independence) (2007) -- the war for the independence of Siam (Thailand) from Burma



VII.11. USA -- POST-CIVIL WAR PERIOD. Back to Chapter VII Back to Contents

USA - RECONSTRUCTION & SEPARATE BUT EQUAL

Gone With the Wind (1939)

X Birth of a Nation (1915) -- the Southern version of "truth" by Southerner D. W. Griffith (a great film for racists)

Booker -- youth of Booker T. Washington, later supporter of "separate but equal" racist system (but who also supported the NAACP in secret)

X The Toast of New York (1937) -- story behind the Financial Panic of 1869

USA -- COWBOYS

X Donner Pass -- The Road to Survival (1984) -- some of the settlers stranded in the northern Sierra Nevada mountains near Truckee, California in the winter of 1846 turn to cannibalism to survive



Lonesome Dove (1989) -- c. 1866, based on cattle drivers Oliver Loving and Charles Goodnight

Red River (1948) -- 1867, Chisholm Trail to Abilene, John Wayne

Abilene Town (1946) -- at the end of the Chisholm Trail

Wild Bill Hickok

Wild Bill (1995) -- Hickok that is; 1866-1871, marshal in Kansas cowtowns, including Abilene

Young Bill Hickok (1940) -- B western

X Calamity Jane (1953) -- friend of Hickok

X The Plainsman (1936) -- Wild Bill and Calamity Jane

Jesse James

Jesse James (1939) -- bank and train robber and a very bad man; 1866-1882

X Jesse James Rides Again (1947) --

X Jesse James: Legend, Outlaw, Terrorist (2005) --

X Jesse James: American Outlaw (2007) --

X The Great Missouri Raid (1950) -- Jesse James and Youngers

X Bad Men of Missouri (1941) -- the Youngers

X The Great Jesse James Raid (1953)

X The True Story of Jesse James (1957)

X Young Jesse James (1960)

X The Assassination of Jesse James -- shows James as a bit of a psychopath, but still portrays him somewhat sympathetically

X The Plot to Kill Jesse James (2006) --

X I Shot Jesse James (1949) --

The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid (1972) -- ill-fated 1876 bank robbery by James and Younger gangs

The Long Riders (1980) -- James, Younger, Miller and Ford brothers

X American Outlaws (2001) -- James and Younger gang

X Cole Younger, Gunfighter (1958) -- Frank Lovejoy; revenge, romance and a trial

The Daltons

X When the Daltons Rode (1940) -- Dalton gang in Indian Territory; 1891, first train robbery

The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang (1979) -- Dalton gang

Wyatt Earp

Wyatt Earp (1994) -- 1876-1879 marshal of Dodge City, Kansas

Tombstone (1993) -- Wyatt Earp in Arizona; gunfight at O.K. Corral

X Dodge City (1939) -- composite fictional hero

X Hour of the Gun (1967) -- Earp & Doc Holliday form a posse to hunt Ike Clanton and his gang

Gunfight at O.K. Corral (1957) -- gunfight in 1881 Tombstone

X My Darling Clementine (1946) Henry Fonda

X Frontier Marshal (1939) -- Wyatt Earp and the fight at the O.K. Corral

Billy the Kid

X Billy the Kid (1930) -- first kill 1877

X Billy the Kid (1941)

X The Left-Handed Gun (1958) -- Billy the Kid

X Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (1973)

X Gore Vidal''s Billy the Kid (1989)

Chisum (1970) -- the Lincoln County War, involving Billy the Kid, in what became New Mexico

X Young Guns (1988) -- six boys, including Billy the Kid, are hired as "regulators" for a rancher

X Young Guns 2 (1990) -- Billy the Kid plans an escape from jail

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) -- bank robbers; 1896 forms the Wild Bunch

Butch and Sundance: The Early Days (1979)

Buffalo Bill and Annie Oakley

X Buffalo Bill (1944) -- Buffalo Bill Wild West Show formed 1883

Buffalo Bill and the Indian, or Sitting Bull''s History Lesson (1976)

X Pony Express Days (1940) -- Buffalo Bill and the Pony Express (which lasted from April 1860 to October 1861)

X Annie Get Your Gun (1950) -- sharpshooter in the Buffalo Bill Wild West Show

X Annie Oakley (1935) -- ditto

Others

The Invasion of Johnson County (1976) -- larger ranch cattle men hire a private army to kill or hang the small ranchers, who they consider as "cattle rustlers" in Johnson County, Wyoming

X Belle Starr (1941) -- outlaw; originally from Missouri; marries Sam Starr in 1880

X Montana Belle (1952) -- Jane Russell as Belle Starr, the bandit queen

X The Gunfight at Dodge City (1959) -- sheriff Bat Masterson

X The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972) -- c. 1882

X The Westerner (1940) -- Judge Roy Bean of Texas

X Texas Rangers (2001) --

The Story of Jack London (1943) -- Klondike Gold Rush of 1897 and the stories that rose from it

Union Pacific (1939) -- first transcontinental railroad, 1869

Ned Kelly (2003) -- Australian gang of bank robbers

X Ned Kelly (1970) -- ditto

X Mad Dog Morgan (1976) -- Australian outlaw

X Burke & Wills (1987) -- the 1860 expedition across Australia

& INDIANS

X Kit Carson (1940) -- army scout, guide for explorer Fremont, 1843-1846, and conqueror of the Navajo

X Kit Carson and the Mountain Men (1977) --

Comanche and Cheyenne:

X Rio Grande (1950) -- Col. Ranald Mackenzie''s 1873 raid against the Comanche and Kiowa hiding in Mexico; part of John Ford''s cavalry triology

X Comancheros (1961) -- fight against outlaws selling guns to the Comanche

X Cheyenne Autumn (1964) -- Cheyenne return from relocation

Centennial (Vols. 1-12) (1978) -- historic development of state of Colorado as seen in the story of one town

Soldier Blue (1970) -- fictionalized account of the Chivington November 1864 Sand Creek Massacre

Custer and the Sioux:

X A Man called Horse (1970) -- English nobleman must prove himself to the Sioux by surviving torturous rituals

X Tomahawk (1951) --- in 1864 mountain man Jim Bridger builds the Bridger Trail from Wyoming to the gold fields in Montana

They Died With Their Boots On (1941) -- Custer, 1876

Little Big Horn (1951) -- Battle of, 1876

X Seventh Cavalry (1956) -- officer must prove he did not desert Custer at the Battle of Little Big Horn

X The Great Sioux Massacre (1965) Custer''s last stand

X Custer''s Last Stand (1936) -- feature version of the Rex Lease serial

X Custer of the West (1968)

X Glory Guys (1965) -- thinly veiled Custer Story (director, Sam Peckinpah)

Little Big Man (1970) -- hero meets Marshall Bill Hickock & General Custer at Battle of Little Big Horn

Son of the Morning Star (1991) -- Custer

X Chief Crazy Horse (1955) --

X Crazy Horse (1996) -- Sioux warrior who fought Custer at Little Big Horn

Crazy Horse and Custer -- no connection with historical truth at all

Sitting Bull (1954) -- Sioux chief at the Battle of Little Big Horn

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949) -- bad history, but cavalry movements instructive , part of John Ford''s cavalry triology

X Bury my Heart at Wounded Knee (2007) --

Canadians (1961) -- Americans as the bad guys in more peaceful Canada

X Saskatchewan (1954) -- Canadian Mounted Police dealing with the Sioux and many other items

Riel (1979) -- 19th Century Canadian founder of the province of Manitoba and rebel leader Louis Riel

X North West Mounted Police (1940) -- Texas Ranger caught up in the Riel rebellion (or Northwest Rebellion)

Apache:

X Broken Arrow (1950) -- fictionalized 1870s Apache Chief Cochise (Jeff Chandler) and ex-Army man (James Stewart)

X Conquest of Cochise (1953) -- 1850s southwest

Fort Apache (1948) -- loosely based on the fight against Cochise and Custer''s Last Stand; part of John Ford''s cavalry triology

X Taza, Son of Cochise (1954)

X Geronimo (1939) -- 1886 leader of Apache revolt in the southwest

X Valley of the Sun (1942) -- Geronimo

X I Killed Geronimo (1950)

X Outpost (1951) -- Geronimo

X Indian Uprising (1952) -- Geronimo

X The Battle at Apache Pass (1952) -- Geronimo

Walk the Proud Land (1956) -- Indian Agent John P. Culm at Arizona''s San Carlos Reservation and Geronimo

X Geronimo (1962)

X Geronimo (1993)

X Geronimo: An American Legend (1993)

X Ulzana''s Raid (1972) -- Apache raider

Arrowhead (1953) -- partly based on Army Scout Al Sieber

Apache (1954) -- the last Apache warrior, Massai

Major Dundee (1965) -- Dundee on an expedition to hunt down and kill an Apache warrior group raiding in Texas during the Civil War

Other:

Buffalo Soldiers (1997) -- chasing Apaches

Sergeant Rutledge -- buffalo soldier on trial

I Will Fight No More Forever (1975) -- Chief Joseph and the Nez Perce

X Dances with Wolves (1990) Kevin Costner''s tribute to the Native Americans living on the mid-West plains

X Witness the Healing (2009) -- a young woman learns how California''s early policies toward the Native Americans influenced her family''s fortunes

X Chinaman''s Chance (2008) -- 1870''s, a. Chinese immigrant is falsely accused of murdering a white woman and has to deal with prejudice and injustice



Mexico under Juarez (president 1858-1872) Back to Chapter VII Back to Contents

Juarez (1939) -- Mexican leader against Napoleon III''s man in Mexico

X Aquellos anos (1973) -- Benito Juarez

Major Dundee (1965) -- Dundee hunts down an Apache warrior group raiding in Texas during the Civil War & runs into French troops in Mexico

Vera Cruz (1954) -- Americans try to steal the gold while escorting a countess to Vera Cruz and Emperor Maximilian; Juaristas also want the gold

X Mexicanos, al grito de guerra (Mexicans, to the Cry of War) (1943) -- a soldier defends Mexico against the French while in love with the French ambassador''s daughter

The Undefeated (1969) -- a group of Confederate soldiers from USA decide to establish a new life in Mexico under French Emperor Maximilian

X Guadalupe La Chinaca (1938) ? a love story set during French Intervention in Michoacán

X La paloma (1937) -- Emperor Maximilian and the war for independence



VII.13. FRANCE Back to Chapter VII Back to Contents

Third French Republic (1870-1940)

Untel pčre et fils (Heart of a Nation) (1943) -- the Froment family of Montmartre, France from the Franco-Prussian war of 1871 to Nazi occupation in World War II

Mademoiselle Fifi ? conquering Germans throw their weight around in occupied France during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870, while French nobles kiss their posteriors

X Paris Commune (2000) -- story of the Paris Commune of 1871, which briefly ruled France

1871 (1990) ? the rise and fall of the Paris Commune

X Champ d''honneur (Field of Honor) (1987) ? Franco-Prussian War; a fellow sells his high draft lottery number and takes the place of the son of a rich man

Total Eclipse (1995) -- French poets struggle with relationships, 1871

X Camille Claudel (1989) -- in 1883 France, sculptor Auguste Rodin meets sculptress Camille Claudel and they begin a relationship

X Lust for Life (1956) -- 1885-1891, Dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh (friend of painter Paul Gaugan)

X Vincent and Theo -- the two Van Gogh brothers

Moulin Rouge (1952) -- painter Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

The Life of Emile Zola (1937) -- involved in the anti-Semitic Dreyfus Affair

X I Accuse! (1958) -- Zola and the Dreyfus Affair

Prisoner of Honor (1991) -- anti-Semitic Dreyfus affair, 1894

X Dreyfus (The Dreyfus Case) (1930) -- German film about the Dreyfus affair

X L''affaire Dreyfus (1995) ? French film of the Dreyfus Affair

X L''affaire Dreyfus (1965) ? French film of the Dreyfus Affair

X Affäre Dreyfus (1959) ? German film

X Affäre Dreyfus (1968) ? German film

Impressionists (2006) -- story of Monet and the creation of Impressionism which began in 1860s among Paris-based artists

X Modigliani -- Amadeo, the painter

X Montparnasse 19 (1993) ? life of the painter Amadeo Modigliani

X Surviving Picasso (1996) -- Spanish painter Pablo Picasso

La Mome (La Vie en Rose) (2007) -- very rough life of Edith Piaf, one of the world''s greatest singers

Waiting for the Moon (1987) -- a few months in the life of Alice B. Toklas and Gertrude Stein



VII.14. RUSSIA AND TURKEY Back to Chapter VII Back to Contents

X Nas venchali ne v tserkvi (We Weren?t Married in Church) (1982) ? love story of young woman wanting to get away from her small town and join a revolutionary group (as the one in Petersburg named "chaikovtsy", 1869-1874)

X Geroite na Shipka (Heroes of Shipka) (1955) -- Bulgarian/Soviet Union film about the Battle of Shipka Pass during the Russo-Turkish War (1877-78)

X Yuliya Vrevskaya (1978) ? for reasons of love Russian nurse Yuliya Vrevskaya follows the troops in the war between Russia and Turkey (1877-1878)

X V nachale slavnykh del (At the Beginning of Glorious Days) (1981) -- Russo-Turkish War

X Pervye radosti (1977) ? life in Saratov, Russia before the Bolshevik revolution

X Dmitriy Kantemir (1974) -- Moldavia, 1700s

X Trandafirul galben (1982) ? outlaw fights corrupt politics in 1800s Romania

X Drumul oaselor (1980) -- 1848 Romania (revolution in Moldavia, Wallachia, and Transylvania)

X Manto Mavrogenous (1971) ? she (1796 - July 1848) was a heroine of the Greek War of Independence(1821-1829)



VII.15. WORKERS'' STRUGGLE Back to Chapter VII Back to Contents

X Comrades (1989) ? British farm laborers imprisoned in Australia in 1834 for forming an unauthorized union

X La Révolte des enfants (The Children''s Rebellion) -- drama set in France around the abuse of child labor

x Daens (1993) -- Father Adolf Daens works in Belgium of the 1890s champions the workers'' cause

X Desertir (The Deserter) (1933) -- labor struggle in Germany

[rob006 1]

Dnia 25.07.2009 o 10:26, kerkas napisał:

http://www.vernonjohns.org/snuffy1186/movies.htm
Ponieważ link nie działa tak więc: /.../

Wystarczy dobrze skopiować link - brakuje "l" na końcu, prawidłowy link to-> http://www.vernonjohns.org/snuffy1186/movies.html
Wystarczyło dopisać jedną literkę, zamiast 300 tyś... :P

Pomijam fakt czy ktoś w ogóle przejrzy tą listę... ;]

[Ichibanboshi-kun 0]

Dnia 25.07.2009 o 10:19, kerkas napisał:

Chronologia zdarzeń nie szwankuje i widz , wie co i jak , nie to co przeskoki u Stone-a.
Amerykanie nie czują starożytności wersję z Burtonem kręcił (całe szczęście Brytyjczyk
Robert Wise)
a później mogliśmy podziwiać serial jego reżyserii "Ja Klaudiusz".

Tak, amerykanie po prostu nie mogę czuć tego czego nie doświadczyli. Innym filmem tego rodzaju jest, np. Quo Vadis - paskuda jak dla mnie.

Dnia 25.07.2009 o 10:19, kerkas napisał:

; Filmy biblijne nie każdemu muszą się podobać w tym jednak przypadku dodatkowym atutem
poza reżyserem jest
obsada: Vincent Price , Charlton Heston i inni.
Cieszę się także lubisz ten gatunek filmowy.

Jak już mówimy o filmach to mówimy o filmach, a nie, że to film biblijny ;) - Pasja niech posłuży za przykład. Dowodem na to są, np. filmy które podałeś poniżej, jak Barabass czy Jezus z Nazaretu(czy to jest ta wersja z Willemem Defoue w roli Chrystusa xD?)

Dnia 25.07.2009 o 10:19, kerkas napisał:

Jest podobnie jak Kubrick twórcą kina autorskiego , ceni sobie niezależność i mimo iż
kręci jeden film raz na parę lat
to jest to kino najwyższego gatunku , bycie artystą przez duże A wśród rzemieślników
ma swoja cenę.
Do tytułów które wymieniłeś dorzucę "Imię róży" ,"Niedźwiadek" i jego ostatni film "Dwaj
bracia".

Jednak skłaniałbym się do tego, że Annaud musi jeszcze trochę popracować, aby Kubricka dogonić ;) - choć założę si, że aktrom dużo lepiej współpracuje się z Francuzem niż współpracowało z Kubrickiem(wystarczy wspomnieć wywiady z J. Nicolsonem)
NIedźwiedek również urzekał. Dwóch braci niestety jeszcze nie widziałem.

Pzypomniało mi się co jeszcze chciałem napisać, apropos Milion lat przed nasza erą i takich tam, jeszcze King Konga dodaj :D - ważne że dinozaury są!

@Rob

Ja przejrzałem :P

[BoloMaster 0]

czy ktoś oglądał wczoraj "Zbrodnia ojca Amargo"
jeśli tak to prosiłbym o napisanie zakończenie ponieważ nie wytrzymałem do końca filmu