Best History movies of 1970s

Actors : Gogi Gegechkori, Salome Kancheli, Ramaz Chkhikvadze,

Richard of Gloucester uses murder and manipulation to claim England's throne.

Actors : Bibi Andersson, Patrick Wymark, Igor Yasulovich, Vyacheslav Tikhonov,
Directors : Yuri Yegorov,

After the Bolshevik seizure of power in 1917. A Russian engineer gets the assignment to purchase locomotives from Sweden. Paid in gold. Claimed by the opponents of the revolution.

Actors : Shivaji Ganesan, Varalakshmi S.,
Directors : A.P. Nagarajan,

Emperor Raja Raja Chozan seems to count a little too much on his newly-appointed, deceptive minister. But he knows what he is doing.

Actors : Jayalalitha J, Major Sundarrajan, Gemini Ganesan, M.N. Nambiar,
Directors : P.A. Thomas,

King Herod has ruled Judea for over 37 years and believes himself to be supreme. When three wise men from the Far East come to visit him, he is initially pleased, but this pleasure turns to...

Actors : Torsten Wahlund, Louise Edlind, Gunnar Björnstrand, Holger Löwenadler,
Directors : Torgny Wickman,

On his death-bed, Per Henrik Pistolekors must promise his father two things: first of all to kill king Gustav III, which his father hates. Second, to take his half-sister Annarella to ...

Actors : Antanas Barcas, Mikk Mikiver, Galina Fedotova, Andres Ild,
Directors : Madis Ojamaa,

A landlord chases his escaped serf but some town takes the refugee under its protection. That leads to a serious confrontation. Based on a true story.

Actors : Fabijan Sovagovic, Darko Damevski, Tanasije Uzunovic, Oleg Vidov,
Directors : Kiril Cenevski,

The story takes place in Ohrid, at the end of XI century. Slavic population gives resistance to Byzantium and the Christian dogma leads to the persecutions and murders. The villages are ...

Actors : Adnan, Rawshan Ara, Mathin, Omor Elahi,

A portrayal of Liberation War of Bangladesh and the rape of women by Pakistani armies. These women commit suicide and their children are adopted.

Actors : Kostas Kazakos, Emilia Ipsilanti, Giannis Fertis, Pavlos Liaros,
Directors : George Zervoulakos,

The true story of the underwater action "Papanikolis" during the Greek-Italian war 1940-41. Commanded by Commander Miltos Iatridis the first mate and second mate Vasilis Aslanoglou, assumes...

Actors : Eric Heresmann, Alfredo Tornquist, Nelson Villagra, Shenda Román,
Directors : Humberto Solás,

An epic, revolutionary retelling of the events leading up to an infamous massacre of striking miners in Chile in 1907.

Actors : Detlev Eckstein, Ulli Bauer, Sky du Mont, Raimund Harmstorf,
Directors : Wolfgang Liebeneiner,

Sir Gotz von Berlichingen, a knight who fights for God and his Emperor, is the bitter enemy of the Bishop of Bamberg, who has managed to persuade Gotz's old friend Adalbert of Weislingen to...

Actors : Alfredo Alcón, Gabriela Gili, José Slavin, Norma Aleandro,
Directors : Leopoldo Torre Nilsson,

The story of the wars of independence in Northern Argentina during the 19th Century.

Actors : Mieko Harada, Chikako Yuri, Yûko Kotegawa, Shinobu Ohtake,
Directors : Satsuo Yamamoto,

The story of the silk industry and the young girls who worked as silk spinners in the early 1900's in Japan. The silk mills were located in Okaya which lies just beyond the Nomugi Pass. The...

Actors : Kostas Karagiorgis, Ketty Papanika, Faidon Georgitsis, Thanasis Mylonas,
Directors : Giannis Hristodoulou,

It is telling the story of abduction of a German officer , General Heinrich Kreipe by British commandos and Greek resistance fighters in Crete during the Second World War. It was one of the greatest achievement in the second world war.

Actors : Kuman Tastanbekov, Anvar Moldabekov, Meruert Utekesheva, Asanali Ashimov,
Directors : Sultan Khodzhikov,

Kyz-Zhibek decides to commit suicide after she hears that her lover has been killed in a duel.

Actors : Dimitris Bislanis, Vera Krouska, Hristos Politis, Giannis Katranis,
Directors : Grigoris Grigoriou,

1941. Shortly before German attack in Macedonia, an officer and a soldier engaged in a spy operation within the Bulgarian borders. After returning to Greece, involved in the heroic defense of the fort Rupel, where their unit.

Actors : James Robertson Justice, David Orr, William Dysart, Andrew Crawford,
Directors : Austin Campbell,

The true story of the events leading up to the infamous massacre of the Macdonalds by the Campbells in February of 1692.

Actors : Saddam Kamel, Ibrahim Jalai, Nada Siham, Mohsin al-Azzawi,

In 1959 underground revolutionaries try to assassinate Prime Minister Abd al-Karim Kassem in Baghdad. News reports claim they have failed, and at first the revolutionaries lay low, but as ...

Actors : Gayle Bedall, Eric del Castillo, Guillermo Murray, Enrique Rambal,
Directors : Miguel Zacarías,

The founder of Christianity and his sacred family.

Actors : Virgílio Massinge, José Gomes,
Directors : Fernando Matos Silva,

A dialogue between History and a Guerrilla Movement, interlaced with live footage taken in Portugal and Guinea-Bissau, when this country was the colony of the first.