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Drama, Historie, biographical film, drama film
Young doctor Robert Merivel enters into King Charles II of England's service after saving the King's favorite spaniel. Merivel revels in debauched pleasure and popularity at court until the King arranges for him to wed Celia, a royal mistr…
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Action, Biographical picture, Historical drama, action film, adventure film, sword-and-sandal film
Boudica is the wife of Prasutagus, king of the Iceni, in the aftermath of the Roman conquest of Britain. Although there is an old legend of the Trinovantes about a woman warrior who will lead them to victory, they embrace Roman culture and…
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Biographical picture, Historie, Romantic Drama, drama television series
Part 1 In 1579, Elizabeth I refuses to marry. Chief advisor Lord Burghley and spymaster Francis Walsingham plan to have her wed the Duke of Anjou, which would cement an English-French alliance against Spain. Meanwhile, Elizabeth's favorite…
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Biographical picture, Musical, drama film, historical film, musical film
The main icon Frank Sinatra discusses the film's main narrative beginning during high points in the solo careers of the Rat Pack: Dean Martin was doing well without the help of the Rat Pack posy Jerry Lewis; Sinatra's career never dwindled…
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Historie, Swashbuckler, action film, adventure film, comedy film, historical film, swashbuckler film
In 1649 (twenty years after the events of The Four Musketeers), Royalty in Europe are troubled by events in England, fearing that the overthrow of King Charles I by Oliver Cromwell's forces might encourage their own subjects to rebel again…
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Drama, Historie, drama film, historical film
"Rome - - 44 B.C." It is a largely-faithful adaptation of Shakespeare's play, with no significant cuts or alterations to the original text. The only notable exception is the Messenger's text recounting the Battle of Philippi, which is subs…
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Action, Drama, Historie, action film, docudrama, drama film, historical film, political thriller film, thriller film, war film
On 27 June 1976, four terrorists belonging to a splinter faction of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine under the orders of Wadie Haddad boarded and hijacked an Air France Airbus A300 at Athens. With President Idi Amin's appr…
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Drama, War Film, drama film, historical film, war film
The film opens with former secondary school teacher Aida Selmanagić translating the negotiations between the Dutchbat commander Thom Karremans and the Mayor of Srebrenica. The nervous Mayor questions Karremans about Dutchbat's plans in cas…
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Adventure, drama film, historical film, war film
The film is about the folly of war, and the poor state of the British Army and its leadership during the Crimean War (1853–1856). Britain had not fought in a European theatre since the Battle of Waterloo in 1815, and the army had become sc…
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Historical drama, drama film
In the Australian outback in the mid-1940s Australia, a nameless nine-year-old Aboriginal boy with blonde hair strangles a white horseman. Another horseman fells the boy with a boomerang; then the boy is taken in at a remote orphanage. The…
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Drama, Family Saga, Historie, drama film, historical film, romance film, war film
The mid-19th-century patriarch of the Hungarian-Jewish Sonnenschein (meaning "Sunshine" in German) family is a tavern owner who makes his own popular distilled herb-based tonic in Austria-Hungary. The tonic, called Taste of Sunshine, is la…
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drama film, war film
The film depicts the Battle of Inchon during the Korean War, which took place from September 15 to 19, 1950, and is considered the turning point of the war. The protagonist of the film is General Douglas MacArthur, who led the United State…
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Action, Historical drama, war film
It is set during World War I and follows Leonard as he is driven to spearhead a resistance and protect his community during the German invasion of Belgium.
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historical play
Drama, Historie, historical drama
Episode 1 The first episode opens to reveal a dying Henry VII mistaking his heir Henry VIII for his late son Arthur Tudor. Concerned for the fragile chances of his family's dynasty, the dying king implores his son to marry his brother's wi…
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Historie, War Film, biographical film, drama film, historical film
The film opens in July 1945, with American correspondent James O'Donnell (James Naughton) gaining entry to the now dark and flooded Führerbunker by bribing a Soviet sentry with a packet of cigarettes. The film then tells the story of the o…
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Drama, Historie, drama film
In 18th dynasty Egypt, the story is narrated as the memoirs of an old man named Sinuhe, living in exile by the Red Sea as he writes them down in his remaining days. His tale begins with him as a baby floating down the Nile in a reed basket…
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drama film, historical film, war film
Part I La Révolution française: les Années lumière (The French Revolution: Years of Hope), directed by Robert Enrico The first part focuses on the events of the early days of the French Revolution. The Estates General of 1789 quickly falls…
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Historie
Its a period movie based on the true life event of the Maharaja of Jamnagar saving 1000 polish kids during the world war II, Love story woven with lot of action and drama.
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Drama, Western film, drama film, historical film
The film opens with a scene in which Molly Johnson (Leah Purcell), heavily pregnant, shoots a stray bull which has wandered near her home, after ensuring that her four children are safe. Shortly afterwards the new sergeant of the district,…
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LGBT-related television series, LGBTQ-related film, historical television series
Drama, Historie, drama film, historical film, medieval film
The action moves from a performance of the play, Henry V, in 1600, transitioning to the Battle of Agincourt in 1415, then back to the play. A panorama of London in 1600 is shown and then the viewpoint travels to the Globe Theatre where the…
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drama film, historical film
After the events of Sharpe's Challenge, Richard Sharpe and Patrick Harper reluctantly agree to escort Marie-Angelique Bonnet to the hill fort of Kalimgong, where her fiancé, Major Joubert, is stationed. They encounter a baggage train headi…
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Accident, Drama, Sport, association football film, drama television series
In the autumn of 1956 manager Matt Busby and his gives Bobby Charlton his debut with Manchester United's first team, nicknamed the "Busby Babes" due to their unique pedigree as an almost entirely club-nurtured team of players, under the gu…
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