Best History movies of 1968

Actors : Claudia Cardinale, Jason Robards, Charles Bronson, Henry Fonda,
Directors : Sergio Leone,

A mysterious stranger with a harmonica joins forces with a notorious desperado to protect a beautiful widow from a ruthless assassin working for the railroad.

Actors : Peter O'Toole, Anthony Hopkins, Katharine Hepburn, John Castle,
Directors : Anthony Harvey,

1183 A.D.: King Henry II's three sons all want to inherit the throne, but he won't commit to a choice. They and his wife variously plot to force him.

Actors : Robert Ryan, Robert Mitchum, Peter Falk, Earl Holliman,

One of WWII's bloodiest battles as the Allies smash through the German lines which have enclosed the Anzio beachhead. Four months and 30,000 casualties before the Allies finally march to Rome.

Actors : Vanessa Redgrave, John Gielgud, Harry Andrews, Trevor Howard,
Directors : Tony Richardson,

A chronicle of events that led to the British involvement in the Crimean War against Russia and which led to the siege of Sevastopol and the fierce Battle of Balaclava on October 25, 1854 ...

Actors : Ernst Castelli, Gustav Leonhardt, Paolo Carlini, Christiane Lang,

The life and music of Johann Sebastian Bach as presented by his wife, Anna.

Actors : István Kovács, Vera Venczel, György Korga, Imre Sinkovits,
Directors : Zoltán Várkonyi,

1552, the great Turkish Empire wants to conquer Europe, and the world. The last stand is Hungarian Kingdom, and the castle of Eger. The brave soldiers decides they will fight till the end of their lifes.

Actors : Ava Gardner, James Mason, Omar Sharif, Catherine Deneuve,
Directors : Terence Young,

Based on real life events that led to tragic deaths of Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria and his lover Baroness Mary Vetsera.

Actors : Zdenek Kryzánek, Vera Galatíková, Jan Kacer, Petr Cepek,
Directors : Frantisek Vlácil,

Ondrej, a young boy who loves bees and bats, is introduced to his new mother, a woman much younger than his father. He brings her a basketful of flowers which she starts to throw in the air...

Actors : Maximilian Schell, Barbara Werle, Diane Baker, Brian Keith,
Directors : Bernard L. Kowalski,

In 1883, ship captain Hanson plans a shipwreck salvage mission in The Dutch East Indies to retrieve a cargo of pearls but an unexpected volcano eruption and a state-ordered transport of convicts upset his plans.

Actors : Titta Karakorpi, Risto Taulo, Anja Pohjola, Aarno Sulkanen,
Directors : Edvin Laine,

Täällä Pohjantähden alla is based on the book with the same title. It is a story of the little village. The movie starts in the 1890's and it ends to the Finnish civil war in 1918. Story ...

Actors : Antonella Lualdi, Ilarion Ciobanu, Richard Johnson, Amedeo Nazzari,
Directors : Mircea Dragan,

The Roman Emperor Trajan has just murdered all the local men of Dacia and holds a military stronghold in what will later become Rumania... See full synopsis »

Actors : Reha Yurdakul, Cüneyt Arkin, Fatma Girik, Hayati Hamzaoglu,
Directors : Atif Yilmaz,

Story about Turkish legend named "Köroglu".When Bolu's rules decides to make his father blind.He gets name "Köroglu".It means son of a blind man.And after Bolu's ruler kills his father he decides to take his father's revenge.

Actors : Alfredo Alcón, María Aurelia Bisutti, Lautaro Murúa, Graciela Borges,
Directors : Leopoldo Torre Nilsson,

The story of rebel gaucho Martin Fierro and his people, and their life in the Argentine Pampas some centuries ago.

Actors : Bruno Cremer, Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Jacques Brel, Annie Girardot,
Directors : Philippe Fourastié,

The story of a notorious French criminal gang of the 1910s.

Actors : Miroslav Mindov, Georgi Kaloyanchev, Nikolay Doychev, Cyril Cusack,
Directors : Liliana Cavani,

A humble scientist from Padua proves that the Earth revolves and that it is not the center of the universe. He has few supporters and many enemies. When Giordano Bruno dies a martyr's death...

Actors : Nebahat Çehre, Cüneyt Arkin, Birsen Ayda, Tanju Gürsu,

Malkocoglu acts to stop the cruelty and torture of the Inquisition and Black Pirate.

Actors : Regina Paliukaityte, Juozas Budraitis, Bronius Babkauskas, Regimantas Adomaitis,

The Second World War is ending. Widower Kasparas moves in with his brother Andrius, who lives on the other side of the bay where the German occupation has already ended. Andrius' wife Egne ...

Actors : Marga Barbu, Emanoil Petrut, Toma Caragiu, George Constantin,
Directors : Dinu Cocea,

Actors : John Mills, Harald Leipnitz, Michèle Mercier, Richard Johnson,
Directors : Christian-Jaque,

Noticed by George Romney, an artist, Emma, a young shepherdess, leaves her sheep behind to settle down in London with Romney, who employs her as a model. In return, the painter transforms ...

Actors : Bernard Blier, France Anglade, Karin Dor, Vittorio De Sica,
Directors : Denys de La Patellière,

France, July, 1789. Whilst a party of aristocrats are enjoying themselves in the Bois de Vincennes, the French Revolution is beginning to get underway. At the insistence of her father, 16 ...