Best History movies of 1971

Actors : Jon Finch, Martin Shaw, Terence Bayler, Francesca Annis,
Directors : Roman Polanski,

A ruthlessly ambitious Scottish lord seizes the throne with the help of his scheming wife and a trio of witches.

Actors : Vanessa Redgrave, Dudley Sutton, Max Adrian, Oliver Reed,
Directors : Ken Russell,

In 17th-century France, Father Urbain Grandier seeks to protect the city of Loudun from the corrupt establishment of Cardinal Richelieu. Hysteria occurs within the city when he is accused of witchcraft by a sexually repressed nun.

Actors : Liv Ullmann, Sven-Olof Bern, Max von Sydow, Eddie Axberg,
Directors : Jan Troell,

In the middle of the 19th century, Kristina and Karl-Oskar live in a small rural village in Smaaland (southern Sweden). They get married and try to make a living on a small spot of land. ...

Actors : Jovan Jovanovic, Ninetto Davoli, Vincenzo Amato, Franco Citti,
Directors : Pier Paolo Pasolini,

An adaptation of nine stories from Boccaccio's "Decameron".

Actors : Alice Sapritch, Karin Schubert, Louis de Funès, Yves Montand,
Directors : Gérard Oury,

Don Salluste, a petty tyrant in his own home and minister of the King of Spain, falls from grace. Wanting revenge, he tries to compromize the Queen with his valet Blaze, introduced as his ...

Actors : Janet Suzman, Roderic Noble, Michael Jayston, Ania Marson,
Directors : Franklin J. Schaffner,

Tsar Nicholas II, the inept monarch of Russia, insensitive to the needs of his people, is overthrown and exiled to Siberia with his family.

Actors : Vanessa Redgrave, Patrick McGoohan, Glenda Jackson, Timothy Dalton,
Directors : Charles Jarrott,

During the sixteenth century, the Catholic Mary, Queen of Scots engages in over two decades of religious and political conflict with her cousin, the Protestant Queen Elizabeth I of England, amidst political intrigue in her native land.

Actors : Evert Anderson, Anja Schmidt, Kelvin Malave, Thommy Berggren,
Directors : Bo Widerberg,

About the life and death of the legendary Swedish/American agitator Joe Hill.

Actors : Alina Pokrovskaya, Andrei Anisimov, Georgiy Yumatov, Vasiliy Lanovoy,
Directors : Vladimir Rogovoy,

Epic Soviet era masterpiece depicting the unshakable bonds of love, friendship & duty amid the horror of war. Two friends-both officers-are in love with the same woman. Through the Russian ...

Actors : Reha Yurdakul, Fikret Hakan, Cüneyt Arkin, Meral Zeren,
Directors : Atif Yilmaz,

Depiction of the life of the legendary Muslim Serdar of Malatya, Battal Gazi.

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 : Mikhail Ulyanov, Aleksey Batalov, Tatyana Tkach, Lyudmila Saveleva,

The defeat of the "White Army" in the Russian Civil War of 1918-21, causing massive emigration of the upper classes and nobility, called "White Russians". Set in Crimea, Constantinopol and ...

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 : Georges Wilson, Ligia Branice, Michel Simon, Jacques Perrin,
Directors : Walerian Borowczyk,

Blanche is the young, pure, beautiful wife of the Master of the castle, in a secluded land. Every man is in love with her, including the King and his servant Bartolomeo, visiting the Master.

Actors : Katia Dandoulaki, Angelos Antonopoulos, Dimitris Papamichael, Alekos Alexandrakis,
Directors : Erricos Andreou,

The life and work of the hero of 1821 Papaflessas that during the liberation struggle of the Greeks against the Turks, revolutionizing the elders and the world to declare war!!! Up to the ...

Actors : Yul Brynner, Eli Wallach, Lainie Kazan, Jane Birkin,
Directors : Abraham Polonsky,

In 1905, Polish horse thieves living near the Russian border find their livelihoods threatened by the new Russo-Japanese conflict because the Russian army requisitions all horses and forcibly conscripts all men for the war.

Actors : Tatsuya Nakadai, Keiju Kobayashi, Tetsurô Tanba, Yûzô Kayama,
Directors : Kihachi Okamoto,

Actors : Romolo Valli, Adriano Celentano, Claudia Mori, Vittorio Caprioli,
Directors : Sergio Corbucci,

Actors : Marcello Mastroianni, Ruggero Mastroianni, Silvana Mangano, Vittorio Gassman,
Directors : Luigi Magni,

Years after the Second Punic War, Scipio Africanus finds himself generally unliked, despite his defeat of Hannibal Barca. He and his brother, Scipio Asiaticus, are accused by Marcus Porcius...

Actors : Marga Barbu, Florin Piersic, Colea Rautu, Toma Caragiu,
Directors : Dinu Cocea,