Best History movies of 2012

Actors : Sebastian Koch, Olga Sutulova, Juan Diego Botto, Evgeniy Stychkin,
Directors : Yannis Smaragdis,

God Loves Caviar is the compelling story of IOANNIS VARVAKIS, and his journey from humble Greek pirate to international caviar millionaire, with the ear of Catherine the Great of Russia. ...

Actors : Nyncke Beekhuyzen, Katja Herbers, Jeroen Spitzenberger, Karl Markovics,
Directors : Rudolf van den Berg,

During WWII, a member of the Jewish Council of Amsterdam finds a way to spare children from deportation to the death camps.

Actors : Jonathan Bennett, Jackson Bond, James Cromwell, John Cromwell,
Directors : Samuel Fischer,

Memorial Day, 1993. When 13-year-old Kyle Vogel discovers the World War II footlocker belonging to his grandfather, Bud, everyone tells Kyle to put it back. Luckily, he ignores them. ...

Actors : Hiroshi Tamaki, Yifei Liu, Alec Su, Yun-Fat Chow,
Directors : Linshan Zhao,

Set in the Three Kingdoms period of Chinese history, the story focuses on Cao Cao in his old age, exploring the areas of military tactics, love, and the relationship between father and son.

Actors : Roos van Erkel, Jan Smit, Monic Hendrickx, Mike Weerts,
Directors : Ate de Jong,

In 1940, a struggling poor young man falls for a girl who must pay a terrible price to save her mentally disabled brother by marrying a powerful shrewd businessman. Then Rotterdam Blitz, a devastating German bombardment, begins.

Actors : Soraia Chaves, Nuno Lopes, John Malkovich, Marisa Paredes,
Directors : Valeria Sarmiento,

On September 27, 1810, the French troops commanded by Marshal Massena, were defeated in the Serra do Buçaco by the Anglo-Portuguese army of general Wellington. Despite the victory, ...

Actors : Inga Alsina, Janis Amanis, Marcis Manjakovs, Vilis Daudzins,
Directors : Aigars Grauba,

A story about the Latvian basketball team, which won the first-ever European Championships in 1935 and its enthusiastic head coach Valdemars Baumanis.

Actors : F. Murray Abraham, Enrico Lo Verso, Alicja Bachleda, Jerzy Skolimowski,
Directors : Renzo Martinelli,

In the summer of 1683, 300,000 warriors of the Ottoman Empire began the siege of Vienna. The fall of the city would have opened the way to conquer Europe. On September 11. was the main battle between the Polish cavalry and the Turks.

Actors : Nigel Barrett, Matthew Aubrey, Di Botcher, Jordan Bernarde,
Directors : Dave McKean,

This project is the film version of the Passion play that was performed throughout Port Talbot in Easter 2011.

Actors : Allan Corduner, Sven Nordin, Tom Burke, Jeanette Hain,
Directors : Peter Dalle,

A German expedition with a international crew is in the remote Arctic ice when the 2nd world war starts, and they are commanded to take active part in the war. Soon they find themselves in a fight of life and death.

Actors : Megumi Hayashibara, Tesshô Genda, Hiroaki Hirata, Yoshihiro Ike,
Directors : Kei'ichi Sato,

Abandoned in the barren wasteland of Kyoto, a savage, enraged orphan does whatever it takes to survive in the wild. When he crosses paths with civilization, he must learn to tame the beast within.

Actors : Dong-wook Kim, Ji-Young Park, Min-jun Kim, Yeo-jeong Jo,
Directors : Dae-seung Kim,

A tragic love triangle story between Hwa-Yeon, a daughter of a nobleman, her true love Kwon-Yoo, a servant and the man who will be King, Prince Sungwon.

Actors : Amr Waked, Salah Alhanafy, Farah Youssef, Moataz Mosallam,
Directors : Ibrahim El-Batout,

Set against the momentous backdrop of the whirlwind Tahrir Square protests, Winter of discontent poetically explores the anguish of a victim state terror in 2009, presaging and intertwining...

Actors : Ekaterina Klimova, Sergey Bezrukov, Stanislav Boklan, Elizaveta Boyarskaya,
Directors : Andrey Malyukov,

Goalkeeper Nikolay Ranevich and his Dinamo football team are about to play against the German footballers during the Nazi occupation of Kiev in 1942. The match is much more about honor and dignity than sport.

Actors : Aleksandr Yatsenko, Maksim Sukhanov, Innokenti Dakaiarov, Roza Khayrullina,
Directors : Andrey Proshkin,

It is the word "horde" that had meant, for many countries and nations, bloody raids and being under humilating contribution for centuries - a strange and scary world with its own rules and ...

Actors : Ye Liu, Lan Qin, Chen Chang, Daniel Wu,
Directors : Chuan Lu,

The story of two warring generals (Liu Bang and Xiang Yu) fighting for control of China at the end of the Qin Dynasty.

Actors : Khuong Ngoc, Midu, Huynh Dong, Minh Thuan,
Directors : Victor Vu,

Nguyen Vu is the sole survivor of his family who was executed by the empress of Vietnam. Upon discovering that his family may have been framed for crimes they did not commit, he sets out to bring justice and clear his family name.

Actors : Ryan Alosio, Bruce Marchiano, Robert Loggia, Laurence Fuller,
Directors : Gabriel Sabloff,

Three days before his execution, the elderly Apostle Peter tells his jailer about his time with Jesus.

Actors : Phebe Horschel, Pete Ammel,
Directors : Kevin Swigert,

Jack, an Alaska gold rush era miner, is abandoned by his partner and left to make his way through the wilderness alone. Starving and injured, he struggles physically and spiritually to come...

Actors : Tae-hyun Cha, Ji-ho Oh, Chae-yeong Lee, Hyo-rin Min,
Directors : Joo-ho Kim,

In late 18th century ice is a commodity more valuable than gold. When corrupt officials conspire to form a monopoly and fix its price, a gang of 11 professionals is formed to steal all the royal ice blocks in five storage for a night