Best History movies of 1980s

Actors : Petar Kralj, Gojko Santic, Ljuba Tadic, Lazar Ristovski,
Directors : Eduard Galic,

A biopic of an influential Serbian political activist, literary critic and philosopher. Svetozar Markovic developed an activist anthropological philosophy with a definite program of social ...

Actors : Jian Fang, Narumi Lintai, Kang Chen, Yaping An,
Directors : Kangyu Zhou,

In 1864, the death of the emperor of China's Taiping rebellion gives the rival Ch'ings an opportunity to attack. They break into the Taiping capital; the emperor's son goes into hiding, ...

Actors : Kanchana, Anant Nag, Saritha, Rajkumar,
Directors : Vijay,

Prahlada is a devotee of Lord Vishnu unlike his father who is an atheist. With admonitions along his way, he must change the way his father thinks.

Actors : Daniel Olbrychski, Claude Brasseur, Etienne Chicot, Dominique Labourier,
Directors : Jacques Rouffio,

The Red Orchestra which was implanted right into the very heart of the nazi empire was considered the most important espionage net of World War II.

Actors : Christine Schorn, Peter Zimmermann, Joachim Lätsch, Kathrin Waligura,
Directors : Rainer Simon,

Karl and Richard, two German soldiers captured by the Russians in World War I, become very close friends-so close that Richard shares intimate stories about his wife, Anna. Through these ...

Actors : Margaret Atkinson, Michael Pate, David Robertson, Harold Berrett,
Directors : Robin Levinson,

On January 1 1915, two Muslim men from British India went on a murderous rampage near a place called Broken Hill in New South Wales, Australia.

Actors : Katerina Koutrouvida, Menelaos Daflos, Manos Katrakis, Mihalis Stamatakis,
Directors : Nikos Tzimas,

Two fighters, cut up in the mountains, after the defeat of the Democratic Army in 1949, are trying to return to their homes.

Actors : Christoph Engel, Kathrin Waligura, Carl-Martin Spengler, Fritz Marquardt,
Directors : Rainer Simon,

This film tells a story spanning three generations, from 1871 to 1945. After the farmer's son, Gustav Wengler, returns from the Franco-German war in 1871, he goes to work in a precision ...

Actors : Swetlana Schönfeld, Ulrich Mühe, Michael Gwisdek, Jenny Gröllmann,
Directors : Herrmann Zschoche,

Ten decisive years (1796 - 1806) in the life of the great German poet Friedrich Hölderlin. In order to earn money as a tutor "Hölder" moves in with the Gontards, a banker's family in ...

Actors : Christian Defleur, Catherine Reynet, Philippe Nahoun, Maurice Tuech,
Directors : Jean Baronnet,

When Antoine Combalat ,a peasant,reads the papers,he knows everything is brainwashing.But the church bells have rung:WW1 which was bound to end all wars has begun.

Actors : Constantin Codrescu, Cornel Ciupercescu, Vlad Radescu, Silviu Stanculescu,
Directors : Mircea Moldovan,

In 1848 during the tumultuous era of European revolutions shaking the continent out of its feudal-based empire-based system the Wallachian politician Nicolae Balcescu is trying to reach the same revolutionary goals at home.

Actors : Chris Sarandon, Josef Sommer, John Seitz, Renée Soutendijk,
Directors : Rick King,

Ben Kline is a successful television actor looking for a meaningful role to make him a movie star. When he sets out to play a hero who died in the Holocaust, he is forced to face the ...

Actors : Milan Strljic, Bekim Fehmiu, Olivera Jezina, Miodrag 'Miki' Krstovic,
Directors : Miroslav Mikuljan,

This film is the true story of the creation of Labin Republic 1921. When Italy 1921 annexed Istria, Labin area that is very rich in coal became strategically important for the new ...

Actors : Michal Bajor, Krzysztof Kolberger, Gustaw Holoubek, Krystyna Janda,
Directors : Edward Zebrowski,

Set in 1905. The story focuses on a young and inexperienced man in a revolutionary execution squad. He does his killing job out of idealism, and for the love of a woman. The young student ...

Actors : Mari Simm, Katri Horma, Tõnu Kilgas, Jüri Krjukov,
Directors : Peeter Simm,

A young Estonian voice actress' life from the turbulent 1930's to the devastating March deportation of 1949.

Actors : Ryszard Filipski, Andrzej Hrydzewicz, Jerzy Sagan, Ignacy Gogolewski,
Directors : Ryszard Filipski,

Reconstruction of dramatic events in Poland between years 1926 and 1933, when Marshall Pilsudski took the reins of power into his own hands.

Actors : Luc Merenda, Carlo Croccolo, Giancarlo Giannini, Ornella Muti,
Directors : Luigi Magni,

One of the key factors in Italian unification was the overthrow in 1860 of Francesco, the King of Naples and the two Sicilies, who went into elegant but impoverished exile in Rome with his ...

Actors : Doina Deleanu, Stefan Velniciuc, Serban Ionescu, Nae Caranfil,
Directors : Cornel Diaconu,

This mid-80s Romanian Communist propaganda film deals with the topic of young high-school graduates and members of the Romanian Communist Youth Union being sent to work at the Danube-Black Sea Canal mega-project.

Actors : Józef Fryzlewicz, Edmund Fetting, Krzysztof Chamiec, Ignacy Gogolewski,
Directors : Bohdan Poreba,

A historical reconstruction of dramatic events leading to creation of Polish state. Covers the First World War and the postwar period up to the Treaty of Versailles.

Actors : Henryk Bista, Maria Pakulnis, Grazyna Trela, Jan Frycz,
Directors : Mariusz Trelinski,

Decadence, homosexuality, excess wealth, infidelity, alcoholism and drugs all played a major role in the decline of aristocracy.