Best History movies of 1970s

Actors : Ingrid Caven, Hanna Köhler, Harry Baer, Ursula Strätz,
Directors : Hans-Jürgen Syberberg,

The story of the legendary King Ludwig II of Bavaria (1845-1886), his opera interest and friendship with theatre personalities such as Richard Wagner and Joseph Kainz, and at the same time a reflection of the German 1800s.

Actors : Anthony Quayle, Glenda Jackson, Michael Jayston, Peter Finch,
Directors : James Cellan Jones,

Young George Matcham visits his uncle Lord Nelson and the vulgar Lady Hamilton. With the clear eyes of youth, he measures Nelson's stature and notes his feet of clay. And yet, Nelson is a ...

Actors : John Ahlgren, Georg Adelly, Ernst Günther, Per Oscarsson,
Directors : Per Oscarsson,

This farce cocerns Sweden's King Gustav (Per Oscarsson who plays all the lead roles). The royal monarchs of three major European countries are patiently or not-so-patiently hovering on the ...

Actors : Mikhail Ulyanov, Natalya Belokhvostikova, Evgeniy Leonov, Lembit Ulfsak,

A story of two orphans growing up in Flemish town at the time of witch-hunts, fear and ever present chance to get caught and been tortured and killed with or without a reason.

Actors : Tatsuya Nakadai, Keiju Kobayashi, Tetsurô Tanba, Yûzô Kayama,
Directors : Kihachi Okamoto,

Actors : Eduards Pavuls, Lolita Cauka, Arturs Ekis, Haralds Ritenbergs,
Directors : Aleksandrs Leimanis,

The 30-year war still goes on. Riga headmasters have decided to submit themselves to mercy of Polish-Lithuanian Duke. Rigas' defenders disagree strongly and steal the ceremonial Key of Riga...

Actors : Vasiliy Shukshin, Lyudmila Chursina, Rufina Nifontova, Vasiliy Lanovoy,
Directors : Vladimir Fetin,

This film is set in the time of the Russian Civil War, after the October revolution of 1917. The communist forces are losing a battle over town. They must blow up the strategic bridge, but ...

Actors : Adoor Bhasi, Jayan, Sudheer Karamana, Jayabharati,
Directors : Sasikumar,

Rescued and adopted by a charioteer, Karna rises to excel as a warrior/archer.

Actors : Barbara Hershey, Ralph Meeker, Ward de Ravet, Sandy van der Linden,
Directors : Nikolai van der Heyde,

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

Actors : Andrzej Seweryn, Jan Machulski, Barbara Brylska, Boleslaw Plotnicki,
Directors : Jan Rybkowski,

University student Anna and her boyfriend Tomek use a precious photograph to trace and unveil the complex wartime and post-war past of their parents.

Actors : Hannu Kahakorpi, Mikko Majanlahti, Reino Kalliolahti, Eero Kosteikko,
Directors : Jotaarkka Pennanen,

The last day of Alfred Kordelin.

Actors : Hugo Arana, Enrique Alonso, Enzo Bai, Aldo Calzetta,
Directors : Enrique Dawi,

Based on the work of Jose Hernandez, the film tells aspects of the life of the gaucho Martin Fierro.

Actors : Carmela, Juan Aymerich, José Luis López Vázquez, Josep M. Lana,
Directors : John Alaimo,

Being very old, the architect Antoni Gaudí walks through his major works (the Sagrada Familia, Park Güell) accompanied by his young disciples, who gives advice and explains what is his profession.

Actors : Yeong-gyun Shin, Am Park, Myeong-jin Kim, Ji-mee Kim,
Directors : In-hyeon Choi,

General Wang-gun marches on the capitol and overthrows the usurper Ku-jin who had slain the last king of the Shilla Dynasty. Wang-gun becomes king and begins a new era in Korean History--the Koryo Dynasty.

Actors : Susana Kamini, Gina Morett, Pablo Corkidi, Juan Barrón,
Directors : Rafael Corkidi,

The controversial, sexy, surreal story of a messenger and his journey and encounters with many historical events and people like Auschwitz, the Ku Klux Klan, Frida Kahlo, Cortés and ...

Actors : Adem Cejvan, Ljuba Tadic, Dragomir Bojanic-Gidra, Boro Begovic,
Directors : Branimir Tori Jankovic,

The film tells of devastating earthquake in Banja Luka in 1969 and follows a group of prisoners in prison during devastating earthquake and people and residents of Banja Luka. Fate of ...

Actors : Edisher Magalashvili, Sos Sargsyan, Laura Gevorkyan, Armen Dzhigarkhanyan,
Directors : Edmond Keosayan,

David Bek and Mkhitar Sparapet lead a major Armenian uprising against Safavid Persia in the Syunik region in the 18th century.

Actors : Astrida Kairisha, Leonhard Merzin, Juris Strenga, Olgert Kroders,
Directors : Leonid Menaker,

A powerful German industrialist is trying to make a nuclear weapon.

Actors : Claudine Auger, Arturo Fernández, Ira von Fürstenberg, Karin Schubert,
Directors : Ramón Fernández,

In the medieval Castile, Don Tello de Buinesa, the boastful feudal lord, lives with his three sons and their beautiful wives.

Actors : Jana Brejchová, Andrea Cunderlíková, Vladimír Mensík, Ladislav Chudík,
Directors : Jan Schmidt,

Three short stories. The main characters of the story all gather for a grotesque gloomy funeral. Then their gloom turns into joy again, and the merry party disappears behind a hill.