Best History movies of 1970s

Actors : Mark Damon, Gary Wilson, Barbara O'Neil, Erna Schurer,
Directors : Mario Siciliano,

The story is about two rivals during the Russian Revolution.

Actors : Arati Das, Anjali Debi, Mita Chatterjee, Samar Kumar,
Directors : Shakti Chattopadhyay,

Meghnad Badh is a dramatic representation of a chapter from the Epic Mahabharata. It tells the story of the life and death of Ravan's son, great warrior Meghnad. The movie shows how Meghnad...

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 : 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 : Lee Henderson, Tony Haygarth, Roy Henderson, John Harvey,
Directors : Peter Ormrod,

Based on real life events which took place in Berkshire during the 1890s. It concerns the story of a young girl living in Sunninghill who was caught in the struggles between the drinking ...

Actors : Rajinder Bilas, Billo, B.S. Badal, Kulwant Chawla,
Directors : Surjit Singh Sethi,

After Lahore-based Mir Mannu passes away in 18th century India, his widow, Mughlani Begum rejoices, celebrates her freedom, has many affairs with a variety of males (Qasim Khan, Mahmud Khan...

Actors : Alessandro Haber, Elio Marconato, Stefano Satta Flores, Giulio Brogi,
Directors : Ennio Lorenzini,

Historical drama that deals with Carlo Pisacane's revolutionary campaign in southern Italy during the Risorgimento.

Actors : Fourouzan, Taghi Zohuri, Yasemin Alev, Ali Zandi,

Jacob chooses his beloved son Joseph as his successor. Joseph's 11 other brothers get jealous and throw Joseph in a well and tell their father that Joseph is dead. Jacob gets blind out of ...

Actors : Fong Pau, Ching Lee, Hee Ching Paw, Tseng Chang,

The tragedy of great Chinese ancient poet Qu Yuan in Warring States period.

Actors : Manher Desai, Nalin Dave, Dhinu, Rajni Bala,
Directors : Chandrakant,

Bhagwan Shri Narad approaches Bhagwan Shri Shivji with a proposal to get married to Devi Maa Sati. Initially Shivji refuses but when he is told that even Bhagwans Brahmaji and Vishnuji have...

Actors : Vandana Pandit, Rajani Chavan, Mohan Agashe, Om Puri,

This was the first movie made by this group (see Arvind Desai Ki Ajeeb Dastaan (1978), a collective effort in direction and cinematography. The story tells the tale of Nanasaheb Phadnavis, ...

Actors : Katia Dandoulaki, Hristos Politis, Stephanos Stratigos, Giannis Katranis,
Directors : Dimitris Papakonstadis,

Souliotes learn that Ali pasha is planning to attack. Photos Tzavellas and his men are ready to defend their freedom. They repel repeatedly Ali's army but after a prolonged siege the decide...

Actors : Domitila de Chungara, Eusebio Gironda, Federico Vallejo, Felicidad Coca García,
Directors : Jorge Sanjinés,

A documentary reenactment of the government-ordered massacre of striking tin miners and their families at the Siglo XX Mines in 1967 in Bolivia.

Actors : Tito Junco, Aarón Hernán, Bruno Rey, Juan Ángel Martínez,
Directors : Gabriel Retes,

A story of a priest set in the 16th century Mexico who converted the local pagan population to Christianity by making a statue of Virgin Mary resembling a native woman.

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 : Dusan Janicijevic, Slobodan 'Cica' Perovic, Slobodan Aligrudic, Ljerka Drazenovic,
Directors : Djordje Kadijevic,

Set just before the end of WWI on the abandoned farm in Vojvodina, the story follows the wife of an Austo-Hungarian colonel of a battered battalion who pays him a visit, only to experience ...

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

During the 18th century when Moldavian Prince Dimitrie Cantemir writes The History of the Rise and Fall of the Ottoman Empire the manuscript is stolen and offered to the highest bidder.

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 : Malnya Ahmed, Hamdy Ahmed, Abdel Rahman Ali, Samiha Ayyoub,
Directors : Salah Abouseif,

This is the story of young Hassem, the son of a powerful sheik, set at the beginning of Hegira. When the youngster's uncle is murdered, Hassem decides to go to Mecca with a view to finding ...

Actors : Wilfried Gronau, Robert Romat,
Directors : Georg Brintrup,

A political film about the policy of the anabaptists of Münster (1534) and about the 'enemies of constitution' in West Germany (1976).