Best History movies of 1997

Actors : Philippe Noiret, Laura Morante, Bernard Giraudeau, Emmanuelle Laborit,
Directors : Roberto Faenza,

Sicily 18th century, Marianna Ucria is a 12-year-old deaf-mute from an aristocratic family of Palermo. Aged 13, she is married to a middle-aged uncle, Duca Pietro. She is repulsed by him, ...

Actors : Jesús Albornoz, Marcio Almeida, Emilia Mazer, Jorge Abalo,
Directors : Aníbal Di Salvo,

Actors : Paul Kersey, Bing Shao, Jing Ning, Zhen Ying,
Directors : Xiaoning Feng,

At the turn of the century, a young Chinese girl escapes from a religious sacrifice, and is rescued by an honorable Tibetan herdsman. The two fall in love, but problems arise when she is ...

Actors : Toni Bertorelli, Andrea Di Stefano, Barbora Bobulova, Anita Laurenzi,
Directors : Marco Bellocchio,

The Prince of Homburg, disobeys orders and leads a cavalry charge in battle against the Swedes, which leads to victory. He is court martialled however for disobeying orders and sentenced to...

Actors : Oliver Windross, Stuart Laing, Werner De Smedt, Mapi Galán,
Directors : Robbe De Hert,

A true story about a Flemish resistance warrior.

Actors : Djimon Hounsou, Akosua Busia, De'aundre Bonds, Eartha Kitt,
Directors : Joel B. Marsden,

WEST AFRICA 1869 - Slave trade is illegal. There is a revolt on a slave ship - twenty four men fight for their lives. Out-gunned, the revolt fails but a second uprising is planned.

Actors : Daniel Olbrychski, Ádám Rajhona, Zoltán Rátóti, Artur Zmijewski,
Directors : Lívia Gyarmathy,

Five years after Word War II Hungarian people are secretly arrested and taken to a labour camp without any judicial sentence. During the early 1950's the very existence of the camp for ...

Actors : Cristina Homem de Mello, Heitor Lourenço, Carlos Cabral, Afonso Melo,
Directors : José Carlos de Oliveira,

The consuming passion between Pedro I of Portugal and Ines de Castro is brutally interrupted when Ines is executed, as a consequence of political intrigue and in the name of the kingdom's ...

Actors : Mary Galde, Etha Gray, Carry Farley, Gail Fisher,

A Time to be Remembered is a documentary film about slavery in America and the people and events that led to slavery's abolition. Included in the film is the history of famous real people ...

Actors : Sigal Harari, Yarmi Kadoshi, Sima Even-Haim, Dani Hadad,
Directors : Yamin Messika,

Based on the Yemenite Children Affair.

Actors : Gastone Moschin, Gabriele Ferzetti, Gianni Cavina, Lorenzo Crespi,
Directors : Renzo Martinelli,

Italy 1945: the war is ending and the iron curtain is falling down. In the north eastern part of the country partisans of different political orientation begin to question about the future ...

Actors : Ron Small, Wayne Wheeler, Deena Lyle,
Directors : Deena Lyle,

Travel with us as we visit the sandy shoals and craggy cliffs of America's seafaring monuments - Lighthouses. From the weathered outcropping that is Pemaquid Point, Maine to the ...