Historical Film
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    Smierc prezydenta

    After Poland won freedom from of its long overlordship by Russia and the Austro-Hungarian Empire in...

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    The Abdication (1974)

    17th-century Queen Christina of Sweden journeys to Rome to embrace the Catholic church and falls in...

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    Jupiter's Darling (1955)

    Roman general Fabius sends his swimming bride (Esther Williams) to stall an invasion by Hannibal...

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    Land of the Pharaohs (1955)

    A captured architect designs an ingenious plan to insure the impregnability of tomb of a...

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    The Opium War

    An attempt to stop the British from selling opium to the Chinese leads to war when mass quantities...

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    Amazons and Gladiators

    During the time of the Roman Empire, a woman seeks revenge against the warrior (Patrick Bergin) who...

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    Quentin Durward (1955)

    Sir Walter Scott's Scottish Guard hero (Robert Taylor) foils Louis XI (Robert Morley) and wins...

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    The Tichborne Claimant

    The wealthy Tichborne family send servant Bogle to Australia to track down their missing heir. He...

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    The Scarlet Coat (1955)

    A Colonial major (Cornel Wilde) turns traitor to catch a British spy (Michael Wilding) plotting with...

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    One Man's Hero (1999)

    As the war between the United States and Mexico drags on, a band of Irish-American soldiers defects...

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    The Leopard (1963)

    An Italian prince (Burt Lancaster) ponders his fate and finds a wife (Claudia Cardinale) for his...

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    Seven Angry Men (1955)

    In Kansas, John Brown determines to abolish slavery by violence.

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    Seven Cities of Gold (1955)

    Spanish soldiers (Richard Egan, Anthony Quinn) escort Father Junipero Serra's (Michael Rennie)...

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    The Great McGonagall

    William Topaz McGonagall, the world's greateset poet. Unfortunately the whole of the rest of the...

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    The Virgin Queen (1955)

    Elizabeth I (Bette Davis) loves and loses Sir Walter Raleigh (Richard Todd) to a maid of honor (Joan...

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    Kings of the Sun (1963)

    An Indian chief (Yul Brynner) attacks and then unites with a Mayan king (George Chakiris) chased out...

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    Zulu Dawn (1979)

    In 1879, the British suffer a great loss at the Battle of Isandlwana due to incompetent leadership....

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    Nine Hours to Rama

    A fanatic (Horst Buchholz) prepares to assassinate Gandhi on Jan. 30, 1948; a policeman (Jose...

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    The Sword in the Stone (1963)

    Disney's fanciful account of young King Arthur's apprenticeship to Merlin. Based on the story by...

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    Stealing Heaven (1989)

    French philosopher Pierre Abelard's (Derek de Lint) love affair with his student Heloise (Kim...

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    Johnny Tremain (1957)

    Johnny Tremain is drawn into the Revolutionary War, and becomes a patriot fighting to free the...

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    Becket (1964)

    King Henry II (Peter O'Toole) argues over church and state with Thomas a Becket (Richard Burton) in...

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    Soldier Blue

    A cavalry unit in Colorado is conducting two important cargoes to Fort Reunion, home of the 11th...

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    The Pride and the Passion (1957)

    A British naval officer (Cary Grant) and a Spanish guerrilla (Frank Sinatra) salvage a huge cannon...

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    Waterloo (1970)

    The story of the historic 1815 battle between Napolean and Wellington.

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    The Affair of the Necklace (2001)

    An orphaned French aristocrat (Hilary Swank) hatches an elaborate scheme to reclaim her birthright,...

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    Saint Joan (1957)

    Joan of Arc (Jean Seberg) leads the dauphin's (Richard Widmark) army in 15th-century France, then is...

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    Something of Value (1957)

    A Kenyan native (Sidney Poitier) is torn between his tribe and his British friend (Rock Hudson)...

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    Slavers

    Set in 19th-century Africa, this film chronicles the horrors of the slave trade and the relationship...

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    Botany Bay (1953)

    Framed for robbery, 18th century medical student Alan Ladd is sentenced to a New South Wales penal...