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1950s historical drama films
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The list 1950s historical drama films includes
Lady Godiva of Coventry, The Iron Mistress, The Count of Monte Cristo, Sissi: The Fateful Years of an Empress and Raintree County.
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War and Peace
1956 historical drama film by King Vidor
Overview: War and Peace (Italian: Guerra e pace) is a 1956 epic historical drama film based on Leo Tolstoy's 1869 novel of the same name. It is directed and co-written by King Vidor and produced by Dino De Laurentiis ...
Genre: Drama, Romance, WarDirector: King VidorProducer: Dino De Laurentiis, Carlo PontiWriter: Lev Tolstoy, Bridget BolandNapoleon's tumultuous relations with Russia, including his disastrous 1812 invasion, serve as the backdrop for the tangled personal lives of two arist ...
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Raintree County
1957 film by Edward Dmytryk
Overview: Raintree County is a 1957 American epic historical romance western war film adapted from the 1948 novel of the same name by Ross Lockridge Jr. The film was directed by Edward Dmytryk and distributed by ...
Release date: 4 October 1957Genre: Drama, Romance, War, WesternDirector: Edward DmytrykProducer: Millard Kaufman, David LewisWriter: Millard Kaufman, Ross Lockridge Jr.A student falls in love with a Southern belle, but their relationship is complicated by her troubled past and the on-set of the Civil War. 0
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Lady Godiva of Coventry
1955 film by Arthur Lubin
Overview: Lady Godiva of Coventry is a 1955 American Technicolor historical drama film, directed by Arthur Lubin. It starred Maureen O'Hara in the title role. Alec Harford, the English actor who portrayed Tom the ...
Release date: 2 November 1955Genre: Drama, HistoryDirector: Arthur LubinProducer: Robert ArthurWriter: Oscar Brodney, Harry RuskinAn 11th-century noblewoman opens her Saxon husband's eyes by riding bareback through town. 0
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The Iron Mistress
1952 film by Gordon Douglas
Overview: The Iron Mistress is a 1952 American Western film directed by Gordon Douglas and starring Alan Ladd and Virginia Mayo. It ends with Bowie's marriage to Ursula de Veramendi and does not deal with his death ...Release date: 19 November 1952Genre: Western, Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, HistoryDirector: Gordon DouglasProducer: Henry BlankeWriter: James R. Webb, Paul WellmanBarely historical presentation of the life of Jim Bowie. Here he goes to New Orleans to sell lumber but falls in love with Judalon... 0
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The Count of Monte Cristo
1954 French film
Overview: The Count of Monte Cristo (French: Le Comte de Monte-Cristo) is a 1954 French-Italian historical drama film directed by Robert Vernay and starring Jean Marais, Lia Amanda and Roger Pigaut. It is based ...
Release date: 14 January 1954Genre: Adventure, Drama, RomanceDirector: Robert VernayProducer: Lucien Masson, Jacques RoitfeldWriter: Alexandre Dumas, Georges NeveuxEdmond Dantes is falsely accused by those jealous of his good fortune, and is sentenced to spend the rest of his life in the notorious island prison ... 0
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The Conqueror
1956 film by Dick Powell
Overview: The Conqueror is a 1956 American epic historical drama film, directed by Dick Powell and written by Oscar Millard. It stars John Wayne as the Mongol conqueror Genghis Khan and co-stars Susan Hayward, Agnes ...
Release date: 2 February 1956Genre: Action, Adventure, Biography, History, Romance, WarDirector: Dick PowellProducer: Howard Hughes, Dick PowellWriter: Oscar MillardMongol chief Temujin battles against Tartar armies and for the love of the Tartar princess Bortai. Temujin becomes the emperor Genghis Khan. 0
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Sissi: The Fateful Years of an Empress
1957 Austrian film
Overview: Sissi – Fateful Years of an Empress (German: Sissi – Schicksalsjahre einer Kaiserin) is a 1957 Austrian film directed by Ernst Marischka and starring Romy Schneider, Karlheinz Böhm, Magda Schneider, Gustav ...Release date: 19 December 1957Genre: Drama, Romance, HistoryDirector: Ernst MarischkaProducer: Ernst Marischka, Karl EhrlichThe Austrian empress enjoys traveling trough Hungary, where she ultimately finds the politically priceless... 0
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Moulin Rouge
Film by John Huston
Overview: Moulin Rouge is a 1952 British historical romantic drama film directed by John Huston from a screenplay he co-wrote with Anthony Veiller, based on the 1950 novel of the same name by Pierre La Mure, and ...
Release date: 23 December 1952Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, RomanceDirector: John HustonProducer: Jack Clayton, John HustonWriter: Pierre La Mure, Anthony VeillerFictional account of French artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. 0
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Les misérables
1958 film
Overview: Les Misérables is a 1958 film adaptation of the 1862 Victor Hugo novel. Written by René Barjavel, the film was directed by Jean-Paul Le Chanois and stars Jean Gabin as Jean Valjean.Release date: 12 March 1958Genre: DramaDirector: Jean-Paul Le ChanoisJean Valjean, convicted of a minor crime, spends the rest of his life being pursued by a cruel and unrelenting policeman, Javert. 0
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Throne of Blood
1957 Japanese film by Akira Kurosawa
Overview: Throne of Blood (Japanese: 蜘蛛巣城, Hepburn: Kumonosu-jō, lit. 'The Spider Web Castle') is a 1957 Japanese jidaigeki film co-written, produced, edited, and directed by Akira Kurosawa, with special ...Release date: 15 January 1957Genre: War, Thriller, Fantasy, Drama, ActionDirector: Akira KurosawaProducer: Akira Kurosawa, Sojiro MotokiWriter: Hideo Oguni, Shinobu HashimotoA ruthlessly ambitious lord, egged on by his wife, works to fulfill a prophecy that he would become Emperor. 0
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Julius Caesar
1953 Shakespearean film by Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Overview: Julius Caesar (billed on-screen as William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar) is a 1953 American film adaptation of the Shakespearean play, directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz and produced by John Houseman for ...
Genre: Drama, HistoryDirector: Joseph L. MankiewiczProducer: John Houseman, Jud KinbergWriter: William Shakespeare, Joseph L. MankiewiczThe growing ambition of Julius Caesar is a source of major concern to his close friend Brutus. Cassius persuades him to participate in his plot to ass ... 0
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Diane
1956 film by David Miller
Overview: Diane is a 1956 American historical drama film about the life of Diane de Poitiers, produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, directed by David Miller, and produced by Edwin H. Knopf from a screenplay by Christopher ...Release date: 12 January 1956Genre: Drama, History, RomanceDirector: David MillerProducer: John Erskine, Christopher Isherwood 0
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Désirée
1954 film by Henry Koster
Overview: Désirée is a 1954 American historical romance film directed by Henry Koster and produced by Julian Blaustein from a screenplay by Daniel Taradash, based on the best-selling novel Désirée by Annemarie ...
Release date: 16 November 1954Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance, HistoryDirector: Henry KosterCast: Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, Merle Oberon, Michael Rennie, Cameron Mitchell, Elizabeth SellarsProducer: Julian BlausteinWriter: Annemarie Selinko, Daniel TaradashThe rise and fall of Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor of France. 0
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Attila
1954 film
Overview: Attila (Italian: Attila, il flagello di Dio; French: Attila fléau de Dieu) is a 1954 Italian-French co-production, directed by Pietro Francisci and produced by Dino De Laurentiis and Carlo Ponti for Lux ...
Release date: 27 December 1954Genre: Drama, Biography, History, WarDirector: Pietro FrancisciProducer: Antonio Altoviti, Dino De LaurentiisWriter: Ennio De Concini, Frank GervasiAttila, the leader of the barbarian Huns and called by the Romans "The Scourge of God", sweeps onto the Italian peninsula, defeating all of the ... 0
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Quiet Flows the Don
1958 film
Overview: And Quiet Flows the Don (Russian: Тихий Дон, translit. Tikhiy Don) is a three-part Soviet epic film directed by Sergei Gerasimov based on the novel of the same title by Mikhail Sholokhov. The first two ...Release date: 26 October 1957Genre: Drama, WarDirector: Sergei GerasimovCast: Pyotr Glebov, Elina Bystritskaya, Zinaida Kirienko, Daniil Ilchenko, A. Filippova, Nikolai SmirnovWriter: Sergei Gerasimov, Mikhail SholokhovAn epic story of shattered lives of the Don Cossacks through chaos of World War I, the Russian Revolution, and the following Civil War. 0
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Alexander the Great
1956 film by Robert Rossen
Overview: Alexander the Great is a CinemaScope and Technicolor 1956 epic historical drama film about the life of Macedonian general and king Alexander the Great written, produced and directed by Robert Rossen. Filmed ...Release date: 22 March 1956Genre: Biography, Drama, History, WarDirector: Robert RossenProducer: Gordon Griffith, Robert RossenWriter: Robert RossenThe life and military conquests of Alexander III of Macedon (July 20/21, 356 - June 10/11, 323 B.C.), commonly known as Alexander the Great. 0
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Veerapandiya Kattabomman
1959 film by B. R. Panthulu
Overview: Veerapandiya Kattabomman (transl. Kattabomman, the Brave Warrior) is a 1959 Indian Tamil-language historical war film produced and directed by B. R. Panthulu. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan, Gemini ...Director: B. Ramakrishnaiah PanthuluProducer: B. Ramakrishnaiah PanthuluWhen the British East India Company forces polygar Kattabomman to pay taxes, levies and be their subsidiary ruler, he openly defies their policy and battles ... 0
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The Nights of Lucretia Borgia
1959 film by Sergio Grieco
Overview: The Nights of Lucretia Borgia is a 1959 Italian historical drama film. It was also known as Le notti di Lucrezia Borgia and Nights of Temptation. It was one of a series of sexually aggressive characters ...
Release date: 8 January 1960Genre: History, DramaDirector: Sergio GriecoWriter: Carlo Caiano, Sergio Grieco 0
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Puccini
1953 film
Overview: Puccini is a 1953 Italian biographical musical melodrama film directed by Carmine Gallone. It stars actor Gabriele Ferzetti in the role of Giacomo Puccini.Release date: 29 April 1953Genre: Drama, Music, BiographyDirector: Carmine GalloneProducer: Antonio Muso, Angelo RizzoliWriter: Leonardo Benvenuti, Carmine Gallone 0
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Lucrèce Borgia
1953 film by Christian-Jaque
Overview: Lucrèce Borgia (also known as Lucretia Borgia or Sins of the Borgias) is a 1953 French drama film starring Martine Carol and Pedro Armendáriz. The film was directed by Christian-Jaque, who co-wrote sc ...
Release date: 23 October 1953Genre: Drama, HistoryDirector: Christian-JaqueProducer: Robert Chabert, Francis CosneWriter: Alfred Schirokauer, Christian-JaqueIn the early 16th century, Italy is ruled by the powerful Borgia family, led by C?r Borgia and his sister Lucr?... 0
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