Best History movies of 1970s

Actors : Helena Rojo, Mario Almada, Jorge Martínez de Hoyos, Julián Pastor,

Benito Juárez' fight during the 'National Decade' (1857-1867) against conservatives and French Intervention.

Actors : Fahimeh Rastegar, Parviz Kimiavi, Aqa Seyyed, Ali Mirza,
Directors : Parviz Kimiavi,

A director of a television series on the history of cinema, who has been grappling with the screenplay of his first feature film, receives an assignment to oversee the installation of a ...

Actors : Jaroslav Radimecky, Bohus Pastorek, Jirí Pleskot, Gunnar Möller,
Directors : Otakar Vávra,

This feature film based on the events of 1938 is a chronicle of the futile efforts of the Czechoslovak president Edvard Benes (Jirí Pleskot), politicians and ordinary citizens, to save the ...

Actors : Nikos Apergis, Lakis Komninos, Ketty Papanika, Giannis Argyris,
Directors : Filippos Fylaktos,

The military action of a Greek officer, Pavlos Melas, for the liberation of Macedonia from the Turks and Bulgarians. A story stick to the facts for the heroism and sacrifice of the Greeks. ...

Actors : Aynur Aydan, Tugay Toksöz, Fatma Girik, Ramazan Akboga,
Directors : Osman F. Seden,

Based on the life of female Muslim saint Rabia Basri.

Actors : Iurie Darie, Irina Gardescu, Alexandru Repan, Ioana Bulca,
Directors : Gheorghe Vitanidis,

After 20 years in Ottoman Constantinople, Moldavian Prince Dimitrie Cantemir completes the written history of the Ottoman Empire and is crowned King of Moldavia in 1710 but his valuable manuscript is stolen by foreign agents.

Actors : Kazim Kartal, Serdar Gökhan, Nazan Adali, Meral Zeren,
Directors : Yücel Uçanoglu,

A Turkish Bey's daughter is in love with an adventurous young man, but her father is forced to arrange a marriage of convenience with Lima, Prince of Tibet - to prevent an invasion by the Mongols. She has to fight hard for her love.

Actors : Carmen Ghiman, Vladimir Gaitan, Amza Pellea, Ion Besoiu,
Directors : Aurel Miheles,

In 1462 the Ottoman turks displeased with Wallachian Prince Vlad the Impaler plot to overthrow and replace him with puppet ruler Prince Radu the Handsome.

Actors : Dagi Angervo, Asta Backman, Pekka Autiovuori, Olavi Ahonen,
Directors : Edvin Laine,

A combination of Täällä Pohjantähden alla (1968) and Akseli ja Elina (1970), edited together by István Szintai for foreign markets.

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

The last day of Alfred Kordelin.

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

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

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 : 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 : 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 : Halina Buyno-Loza, Janusz Bylczynski, Edward Apa, Andrzej Bielski,
Directors : Andrzej Piotrowski,

Set in 1943, the film deals with the battle of Lenino, even though not openly stated. Central to the story are three recruits to the 2nd Polish Army: Pawel, who is listed as Soviet soldier ...

Actors : Georgina Spelvin, Bo White, Caprice Couselle, John Horn,
Directors : Wakefield Poole,

A softcore, adult-oriented version of the tales from the Bible.

Actors : Jorge Luke, Ana Mérida, Diana Bracho, Claudio Brook,
Directors : Arturo Ripstein,

Gaspar de Carvajal, a Dominican, has not seen his family since the age of 10 when he was sent away to pursue the religious life. He attends the funeral of his father, where he notices that ...

Actors : Helmut Käutner, Käthe Gold, Attila Hörbiger, Kristina Söderbaum,
Directors : Hans-Jürgen Syberberg,

This ethereal, three-hour biopic is the middle film in Hans-Jürgen Syberberg's "German Trilogy" on the mythological foundations of the Third Reich.

Actors : Renji Ishibashi, Rie Nakagawa, Yoshio Harada, Yûsaku Matsuda,
Directors : Kazuo Kuroki,

The last three days in the life of Ryoma Sakamoto, an imperial loyalist who tried to unite the warring Choshu and Satsuma clans in order to overthrow the Shogunate.

Actors : Arthur Dignam, Judy Morris, Günter Meisner, Corin Redgrave,
Directors : Michael Thornhill,

This film traces the career of Dr Edward Trenbow (Corin Redgrave), who becomes a well-respected Sydney psychiatrist. In the 1920s, he takes up residence at Callan Park Asylum. The film ...