Best History movies of 1970s

Actors : David Lampson, Mako, Don Kenny, Tetsurô Tanba,
Directors : Masahiro Shinoda,

Two Jesuit priests encounter persecution when they travel to Japan in the 17th century to spread Christianity and to locate their mentor.

Actors : Gila Almagor, Assi Dayan, Klaus Kinski, Yehoram Gaon,
Directors : Menahem Golan,

In July 1976, an Air France flight from Tel-Aviv to Paris via Athens was hijacked and forced to land in Entebbe, Uganda. The Jewish passengers were separated and held hostage in demand to ...

Actors : Senta Berger, Hans Christian Blech, Yelena Samarina, Lou Castel,
Directors : Wim Wenders,

In 17th-century Salem, Hester Prynne must wear a scarlet A because she is an adulteress, with a child out of wedlock. For seven years, she has refused to name the father. A vigorous older ...

Actors : Marie-Françoise Audollent, Frédéric Ladonne, Philippe Caubère, Odile Cointepas,
Directors : Ariane Mnouchkine,

Who was Moliere? He is known everywhere as one of the world's greatest playwrights. But who was he? Born Jean-Baptiste Poquelin in 1622, the son of a prosperous tapestry maker. His mother ...

Actors : Teofil Vâlcu, Emanoil Petrut, Ernest Maftei, Stefan Sileanu,
Directors : Doru Nastase,

Vlad Tepes, otherwise known as Vlad the Impaler and Dracula, fights the Ottoman Turks on the battlefield and the Hungarian Boyars in his court.

Actors : Reha Yurdakul, Halit Akçatepe, Kartal Tibet, Hakki Kosar,
Directors : Mehmet Aslan,

Attila the Hun, to add power to power, assigns Tarkan to seize the Golden Sword in China land. In order to do that, he must defeat Wang Yu.

Actors : Sergiu Nicolaescu, Amza Pellea, Ilarion Ciobanu, Ion Besoiu,
Directors : Sergiu Nicolaescu,

It's the story of a few men that wonder across Europe trying to come home and rebuild what Mihai Viteazul called "romanian dream".

Actors : Marcello Mastroianni, Lea Massari, Mimsy Farmer, Laura Betti,

A anarchist leader (Fulvio) wishes to retire, as he is old and tired. He tries to hide himself, but his friends find him and insist he carries on helping them.

Actors : Viktor Kosykh, Mikhail Metyolkin, Vasiliy Vasilev, Valentina Kurdyukova,
Directors : Edmond Keosayan,

Third film in the Neulovimye mstiteli (1967) trilogy. This time the action is set in 1923/24 and the heroes Danya, Yasha, Ksanya and Valeri have joined the Cheka and take an active part ...

Actors : Jennifer O'Neill, Christopher Lee, Anthony Quinn, Michael Sarrazin,
Directors : James Fargo,

In 1948, at the U.S. embassy in Zadestan, a young diplomat is ordered to find the missing daughter of an influential American senator.

Actors : Louis Seigner, Michael Lonsdale, Roland Bertin, Ivo Garrani,
Directors : Costa-Gavras,

In occupied France during the WWII, a German officer is murdered. The collaborationist Vichy government decides to pin the murder on six petty criminals. Loyal judges are called in to convict them as quickly as possible.

Actors : Reha Yurdakul, Cüneyt Arkin, Bilal Inci, Meral Zeren,
Directors : Natuk Baytan,

Battal Gazi takes on the Byzantium to save his kidnapped wife and kid.

Actors : Wendy Hughes, Bill Hunter, Gerard Kennedy, Chris Haywood,
Directors : Phillip Noyce,

In post war Australia the men and women of Cinetone struggle to produce the weekly news reels for the movie going public.

Actors : Eric Porter, Hildegard Neil, John Castle, Charlton Heston,
Directors : Charlton Heston,

After the murder of her lover Caesar, Egypt's queen Cleopatra needs a new ally. She seduces his probable successor Mark Antony. This develops into real love and slowly leads to a war with the other possible successor: Octavius.

Actors : Kirill Lavrov, Leonid Markov, Galina Belyaeva, Oleg Yankovskiy,
Directors : Emil Loteanu,

You can't make a heart love somebody. This gospel is well known to the young Olenka. Born in a poor family, she has to marry a rich man to escape poverty. Three men fight for her heart, the...

Actors : Timothy Bottoms, Joanasie Salamonie, Louis Gossett Jr., Warren Oates,
Directors : Philip Kaufman,

In 1896, three whalers are stranded in the Arctic North Canada and seek refuge with an Eskimo tribe. Gradually they gain control with the Eskimo village and introduce gambling, booze, theft...

Actors : Hans Christian Blech, Renato Scarpa, Mathieu Carrière, Gian Maria Volontè,
Directors : Giuliano Montaldo,

Flying from his enemies in the Catholic Church, the free thinking philosopher, poet and scientist Giordano Bruno (1548-1600) has found some protection in Venice. But the Roman Inquisition, ...

Actors : Rod Steiger, Franco Nero, Lino Capolicchio, Lisa Gastoni,
Directors : Carlo Lizzani,

In 1945, the dictator of fascist Italy and Hitler's close ally Benito Mussolini faces defeat. In a desperate attempt to avoid capture, he tries to flee the country with his lover Claretta Petacci, but Italian partisans are on their tail.

Actors : Vito Cipolla, Daniele Dublino, Giulio Brogi, Renato Cestiè,

Sentenced to life imprisonment for illegal activities, Italian International member Giulio Manieri holds on to his political ideals while struggling against madness in the loneliness of his...

Actors : Hiroko Isayama, Kô Nishimura, Shima Iwashita, Tomisaburô Wakayama,
Directors : Masahiro Shinoda,

A mountain man captures a beautiful, but a manipulative city woman and goes to excessive lengths to please her every whim.