Best History movies of 1970s

Actors : Jack Hawkins, Claudia Cardinale, Eli Wallach, Peter McEnery,
Directors : Jerzy Skolimowski,

Based on satirical short stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle about a vain, egotistical Etienne Gerard, a French brigadier serving during the Napoleonic Wars. He thinks he's the best soldier and lover that ever lived and intends to prove it.

Actors : Ossi Aronen, Asser Fagerström, Lauri Arajuuri, Olavi Ahonen,
Directors : Rauni Mollberg,

Rhapsodic story from a small Finnish town in the 1920s. The wounds of the civil war in 1918 are not yet fully healed. The current ban legislation on alcohol triggers a diligently moon-shining.

Actors : Nikolay Eryomenko, Natalya Bondarchuk, Dmitriy Zolotukhin, Tamara Makarova,
Directors : Sergey Gerasimov,

Part one of a pair of historical films about the life of Peter the Great.

Actors : Károly Kovács, Lucyna Winnicka, András Bálint, Margit Makay,
Directors : István Szabó,

Hungary's postwar history told through the dreams, nightmares, and memories of the inhabitants of an old house on the eve of it's destruction.

Actors : Kirill Lavrov, Ada Rogovtseva, Andrei Popov, Igor Gorbachyov,
Directors : Daniil Khrabrovitsky,

About Russian space program and missile industry, and it's founder Sergei P. Korolev, from the 1920s to the first man in space in 1961.

Actors : Pavle Vuisic, Sergio Mimica-Gezzan, Fabijan Sovagovic, Velimir 'Bata' Zivojinovic,
Directors : Vatroslav Mimica,

Europe in second half of 16th century was very rough place to live. Peasants of Slovenia and Croatia had even rougher times because of the constant threat of Turk raids and being taxed to ...

Actors : Giancarlo Giannini, Tina Aumont, Fernando Rey, Catherine Deneuve,
Directors : Mauro Bolognini,

Based on a true incident, this tells the story of a troubled young man who kills his sister's reactionary, violent and abusive husband and is eventually arrested for the murder. However, ...

Actors : Luis Iriondo, Xabier Elorriaga, Marta Angelat, Montserrat Carulla,
Directors : Josep Maria Forn,

1939: The remains of the Spanish Republican Army crossed the French border. Among the exiles are Lluís Companys, President of the Generalitat de Catalunya, and also Aguirre, President of ...

Actors : Renato Pozzetto, Maurizio Arena, Stanley Baker, Marisa Allasio,
Directors : Mario Morra,

Anthological movie with some of the most famous movie sequences in Italian cinema produced by glorious Titanus Film from 1947 to 1962.

Actors : Ilija Dzuvalekovski, Mariano Rigillo, Ivo Garrani, Rudolf Kukic,
Directors : Florestano Vancini,

The revolt of the people of a Sicilian village further to the Expedition of the Thousand which, in 1860, enables Garibaldi to liberate Sicily.

Actors : Abhi Bhattacharya, Jeevan, Mohan Choti, Bharat Bhushan,
Directors : Satish Kumar,

Devrishi Narad informs Bhagwan Shri Vishnu of atrocities committed by Mahaant on low caste untouchables. Narad is told that a devotee by the name of Eknath has already been born in Paithan,...

Actors : Piotr Garlicki, Piotr Fronczewski, Tadeusz Plucinski, Tadeusz Borowski,
Directors : Roman Wionczek,

Three Polish mathematicians are the first to crack the sophisticated Enigma code used by the Germans just before the Second World War. They build replicas of the Enigma machines and manage ...

Actors : Georgina Spelvin, Bo White, Caprice Couselle, John Horn,
Directors : Wakefield Poole,

A softcore, adult-oriented version of the tales from the Bible.

Actors : Helena Rojo, Mario Almada, Jorge Martínez de Hoyos, Julián Pastor,

Benito Juárez' fight during the 'National Decade' (1857-1867) against conservatives and French Intervention.

Actors : Petre Arsovski, Dusan Kostovski, Sisman Angelovski, Nenad Milosavljevic,
Directors : Branko Gapo,

A Macedonian village has always struggled to find ways to bring water to its arid land - a struggle that may be won when a native son returns from America with the idea of setting up a ...

Actors : Robin Majumdar, Krish Bose, Shipra Mitra, Asit Baran,
Directors : Bhupen Roy,

Mahatirtha Kalighat is a devotional and historic representation of the institutionalizing of the Temple of Kalight in West Bengal, for the Mother Goddess Kali. It shows the story of two ...

Actors : Rakesh Roshan, Rajesh Khanna, Ashok Kumar, Sanjeev Kumar,
Directors : J. Om Prakash,

Ajay Verma is a major in the Indian army, and is principled, dedicated, and honest. His family has arranged his marriage with beautiful Sheetal, and both are to be married soon. Shortly ...

Actors : Halina Buyno-Loza, Janusz Bylczynski, Edward Apa, Andrzej Bielski,
Directors : Andrzej Piotrowski,

Set in 1943, the film deals with the battle of Lenino, even though not openly stated. Central to the story are three recruits to the 2nd Polish Army: Pawel, who is listed as Soviet soldier ...

Actors : Giorgos Tzortzis, Hristos Politis, Giota Soimoiri, Stephanos Stratigos,
Directors : Vasilis Georgiadis,

In May 1941, after the fall of the mainland of Greece just before the Germans entered Athens, a bold cadet, Nikiforos Kallergis leaves with his classmates from the cadet school, and ...

Actors : Carmen Roldán, Carles Velat, Amparo Soler Leal, Manuel Galiana,
Directors : Fernando Fernán Gómez,

Based in the novel Aurora de Sangre (Eduardo de Guzman) and in the real events happened during the II Spanish Republic. Aurora Rodriguez goes to police to assume the death of her daughter ...