Best History movies of 1970s

Actors : Gloria Carlin, Stacy Keach, Chris Wiggins, Jean-Pierre Aumont,
Directors : Lionel Chetwynd,

The story of the problems caused by what became known as the Conscripton Crisis in 1917 Canada, which threatened to divide the country.

Actors : Arthur Dignam, Judy Morris, Günter Meisner, Corin Redgrave,
Directors : Michael Thornhill,

This film traces the career of Dr Edward Trenbow (Corin Redgrave), who becomes a well-respected Sydney psychiatrist. In the 1920s, he takes up residence at Callan Park Asylum. The film ...

Actors : Alfredo Alcón, Lautaro Murúa, Evangelina Salazar, Ana María Picchio,
Directors : Leopoldo Torre Nilsson,

The life story of Argentine independence hero Jose de San Martin.

Actors : Andrew McFarlane, Sara Kestelman, John Bell, Ingrid Mason,
Directors : Ken Hannam,

Tom Cooper, a married man recently returned from WWI, falls in love with an artist visiting his country town, but he has misgivings after meeting her city friends.

Actors : Dara Singh, Satish Kaul, Komilla Wirk, Bharat Bhushan,
Directors : Dara Singh,

Abandoned at birth, Dhyanu Bhagat performs miracles but faces challenges from Mughal Emperor Akbar.

Actors : Micha Gabay, Lasse Kolstad, Frits Helmuth, Ingerid Vardund,
Directors : Sverre Udnæs,

This historical drama is based on a play by Henrik Ibsen and set in the year 1528. The central figure in the low-keyed story is a Norwegian noblewoman who is seeking to bring independence ...

Actors : Horst Drinda, Horst Schulze, Barbara Adolph, Irma Münch,
Directors : Horst E. Brandt,

East German film about the history of Red Orchestra, a real life German pro-Soviet spy ring created after the rise of Hitler that turned into a resistance movement led by a leftist Nazi officer, Harro Schulze-Boysen, and Arvid Harnack.

Actors : Igli Villani, Ira von Fürstenberg, Sydney Chaplin, Fred Robsahm,
Directors : Bruno Corbucci,

Margherita nicknamed Fornarina is Raphael's mistress. Beatrice, a noblewoman who is also in love with the famous painter tries to get her out of the way, by having her wrongly accused of ...

Actors : Fong Pau, Ching Lee, Hee Ching Paw, Tseng Chang,

The tragedy of great Chinese ancient poet Qu Yuan in Warring States period.

Actors : Iurie Darie, Irina Gardescu, Alexandru Repan, Ioana Bulca,
Directors : Gheorghe Vitanidis,

After 20 years in Ottoman Constantinople, Moldavian Prince Dimitrie Cantemir completes the written history of the Ottoman Empire and is crowned King of Moldavia in 1710 but his valuable manuscript is stolen by foreign agents.

Actors : Farooq, Bobita, Khalil, Rosy Samad,
Directors : Narayan Ghosh Mita,

A story of betrayal and love of a family during the dark time of Bangladesh . It's also a story of love to motherland .

Actors : Taraka Rama Rao Nandamuri, Vanisri,
Directors : Rao C.S.R.,

When a Hindu Hermit complains to Bhagwan Shri Kishan that his prayers have been interrupted and he has been humiliated, the later decides to use his Sudarshan Chakra to behead the culprit, ...

Actors : Manher Desai, Nalin Dave, Dhinu, Rajni Bala,
Directors : Chandrakant,

Bhagwan Shri Narad approaches Bhagwan Shri Shivji with a proposal to get married to Devi Maa Sati. Initially Shivji refuses but when he is told that even Bhagwans Brahmaji and Vishnuji have...

Actors : Renji Ishibashi, Rie Nakagawa, Yoshio Harada, Yûsaku Matsuda,
Directors : Kazuo Kuroki,

The last three days in the life of Ryoma Sakamoto, an imperial loyalist who tried to unite the warring Choshu and Satsuma clans in order to overthrow the Shogunate.

Actors : Nikos Apergis, Lakis Komninos, Ketty Papanika, Giannis Argyris,
Directors : Filippos Fylaktos,

The military action of a Greek officer, Pavlos Melas, for the liberation of Macedonia from the Turks and Bulgarians. A story stick to the facts for the heroism and sacrifice of the Greeks. ...

Actors : Zygmunt Bielawski, Daniel Olbrychski, Jerzy Stuhr, Tadeusz Lomnicki,
Directors : Filip Bajon,

The story deals with the famous incident that occurred in schoolroom of Wrzesnia, near Prussian-Russian border of partitioned Poland, in 1901. The issue is the teaching of religion in ...

Actors : Vandana Pandit, Rajani Chavan, Mohan Agashe, Om Puri,

This was the first movie made by this group (see Arvind Desai Ki Ajeeb Dastaan (1978), a collective effort in direction and cinematography. The story tells the tale of Nanasaheb Phadnavis, ...

Actors : Ion Caramitru, Mircea Diaconu, Dan Nutu, Ion Besoiu,
Directors : Mircea Muresan,

During 1947 Romania's Communist Security Forces hunt down the last anti-Communist resistance fighters in the remote mountain villages of Transylvania.

Actors : Aynur Aydan, Tugay Toksöz, Fatma Girik, Ramazan Akboga,
Directors : Osman F. Seden,

Based on the life of female Muslim saint Rabia Basri.

Actors : Katia Dandoulaki, Dimitris Papamichael, Alekos Alexandrakis, Mairi Hronopoulou,
Directors : Dimis Dadiras,

The father of medical in Kos, Hippocrates, believes that illnesses can be treated with medicines and herbs instead of prayers and comes into conflict with the medical establishment of the ...