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The Song of Bernadette is a 1943 American biographical drama film based on the 1941 novel of the same name by Franz Werfel. It stars Jennifer Jones in the title role, which portrays the story of Bernadette ...
Release date: 21 December 1943
Genre:
Biography, Drama
14-year-old Bernadette Soubirous, living in a small town in the south of 1850s France, claims to have seen a divine vision, prompting extreme skepticism ...
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The Sword of Monte Cristo is a 1951 American adventure film written and directed by Maurice Geraghty. The film stars George Montgomery, Rita Corday, Berry Kroeger, William Conrad, Rhys Williams and Steve ...
Release date: 1 March 1951
Genre:
Adventure, Romance
In 1858 France, Emperor Louis Napoleon sends Captain Renault of the Royal Dragoons, Minister La Roche...
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Edward the Seventh is a 1975 British historical drama series, made by ATV in 13 episodes.
Release date: 1 April 1975
Genre:
Drama, Biography, History, War
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The Story of Louis Pasteur is a 1936 American black-and-white biographical film from Warner Bros., produced by Henry Blanke, directed by William Dieterle, that stars Paul Muni as the renowned scientist ...
Release date: 22 February 1936
Genre:
Drama, Biography, History
Biography of the man who invented pasteurization and made the first vaccine against rabies.
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Suez
1938 American film directed by Allan Dwan
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Suez is an American romantic drama film released on October 28, 1938, by 20th Century Fox, with Darryl F. Zanuck in charge of production, directed by Allan Dwan and starring Tyrone Power, Loretta Young ...
Release date: 14 October 1938
Genre:
Drama, Romance, History, Adventure
Ferdinand de Lesseps, disappointed in love, is sent as a junior diplomat to the Isthmus of Suez, and realizes it's just the place for a canal.
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Maytime
1937 film by Robert Zigler Leonard
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Maytime is a 1937 American musical and romantic-drama film produced by MGM. It was directed by Robert Z. Leonard, and stars Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy. The screenplay was rewritten from the book ...
Release date: 26 March 1937
Genre:
Drama, Musical, Romance
An aging opera singer looks back on her long life, including her relationships with her vocal teacher and a student.
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Juarez
1939 film by William Dieterle
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Juarez is a 1939 American historical drama film directed by William Dieterle. The screenplay by Aeneas MacKenzie, John Huston, and Wolfgang Reinhardt is based on the 1934 biography The Phantom Crown by ...
Release date: 24 April 1939
Genre:
Romance, Drama, Biography, History
Louis Napoleon III (Claude Rains) takes advantage of the American Civil War to circumvent the Monroe Doctrine and expand his power by helping Emperor ...
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A Dispatch from Reuters is a 1940 biographical film about Paul Reuter, the man who built the famous news service that bears his name. The film was directed by William Dieterle and stars Edward G. Robinson ...
Release date: 19 October 1940
Genre:
Drama, Biography
Starting with a small flock of carrier pigeons, nineteenth-century entrepreneur Julius Reuter turns his small company into Europe's most respected news ...
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April and the Extraordinary World (French: Avril et le Monde truqué, 'April and the Deceptive World') is a 2015 animated alternate history film co-directed by Christian Desmares and Franck Ekinci, co- ...
Genre:
Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Mystery, Thriller
It's 1941 but France is trapped in the nineteenth century, governed by steam and Napoleon V, where scientists vanish mysteriously. Avril (Marion Cotillard) ...
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Ludwig II is a 2012 German-Austrian historical film directed by Peter Sehr [de] and Marie Noëlle [fr], starring Sabin Tambrea as the younger Bavarian King Ludwig II and Sebastian Schipper ...
Genre:
Biography, Drama, History
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Sisi
2009 Austrian-Italian-German TV miniseries
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Sisi (Italian: Sissi) is a 2009 Austrian-Italian-German biographical drama television miniseries directed by Xaver Schwarzenberger and starring Cristiana Capotondi in the title role. It was produced by ...
Genre:
Drama, History, Romance, War
The Austrian Emperor Franz Joseph falls in love with the young Elisabeth. It's love at first sight but Franz Joseph's mother Sophie doesn't ...
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Idol of Paris is a 1948 British film directed by Leslie Arliss and starring Beryl Baxter, Michael Rennie, Christine Norden and Andrew Cruickshank. It was written by Stafford Dickens, Norman Lee and Harry ...
Release date: 1 February 1948
Genre:
Drama
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Mademoiselle Midnight is a 1924 American silent drama film starring Mae Murray and directed by Murray's then husband, Robert Z. Leonard. The film was written by Carl Harbaugh and John Russell. The film ...
Release date: 14 April 1924
Genre:
Comedy
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Imperial Violets (French: Violettes impériales, Spanish: Violetas imperiales) is a 1952 French-Spanish historical musical film directed by Richard Pottier and starring Luis Mariano, Carmen Sevilla and ...
Release date: 12 December 1952
Genre:
Musical, Comedy
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Spy of Napoleon is a 1936 British historical drama film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Richard Barthelmess, Dolly Haas, Frank Vosper, Henry Oscar and James Carew. It is based on the 1934 novel ...
Release date: 9 September 1936
Genre:
Drama, History, Action
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Admiral Nakhimov (Russian: Адмирал Нахимов) is a 1947 Soviet biopic film directed by Vsevolod Pudovkin, based on the life of Russian Admiral Pavel Nakhimov (1802-1855). In 1946 Pudovkin, Golovnya, Lukovsky ...
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1871 is a 1990 period film about the rise and fall of the Paris Commune in 1871. It was directed by Ken McMullen and produced by Stewart Richards. The writers were McMullen, James Leahy and Terry James ...
Release date: 10 September 1990
Genre:
Romance, History, Drama
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The Pearls of the Crown (French: Les Perles de la couronne) is a 1937 French comedy film of historically based fiction by Sacha Guitry who plays four roles in it (many of the other performers play multiple ...
Release date: 12 May 1937
Genre:
Comedy, History
Three narrators (French writer Jean Martin, an English royal equerry, and a papal chamberlain) tell the story of seven matched pearls...
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Bismarck
1940 film by Wolfgang Liebeneiner
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Bismarck is a 1940 German historical film directed by Wolfgang Liebeneiner and starring Paul Hartmann, Friedrich Kayßler, and Lil Dagover.
Release date: 6 December 1940
Genre:
Drama, Biography
A biographical film of Otto von Bismarck, the Prime Minister of Prussia, and how he and his policies - including aggressive war - helped to unite Germany ...
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Imperial Violets (French:Violettes impériales; German:Die Veilchen der Kaiserin) is a 1932 French historical film directed by Henry Roussel and starring Raquel Meller, Suzanne Bianchetti and Georges Péclet ...
Release date: 16 December 1932
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