Best History movies of 2009

Unter Bauern(2009)

Actors : Armin Rohde, Veronica Ferres, Lia Hoensbroech, Martin Horn,
Directors : Ludi Boeken,

Based on the memories of Marga Spiegel. In her narrative, published in 1965, she describes how courageous farmers in southern Munsterland hid her, her husband Siegfried and their little ...

Carol I(2009)

Actors : Sergiu Nicolaescu, Cristian Motiu, Razvan Vasilescu, Andreea Macelaru,
Directors : Sergiu Nicolaescu,

Albert Schweitzer(2009)

Actors : Judith Godrèche, Barbara Hershey, Samuel West, Jeroen Krabbé,
Directors : Gavin Millar,

For generations the name Albert Schweitzer has been synonymous with hands-on compassion and the power of Christ-like sacrifice. Now director Gavin Miller presents a landmark drama about the...

Pour toujours, les Canadiens!(2009)

Actors : Christian Bégin, Dhanaé Audet-Beaulieu, Antoine L'Écuyer, Céline Bonnier,
Directors : Sylvain Archambault,

William Langlois, 17, is the star player of his hockey team at the French College of Longueuil. At the end of the season, a few weeks before Christmas, he goes through a slump, demoralized ...

Lucky Country(2009)

Actors : Hanna Mangan Lawrence, Aden Young, Toby Wallace, Pip Miller,
Directors : Kriv Stenders,

1902....the Australian Federation is a year old. Twelve year-old Tom's beloved father, Nat, has dragged him and his sister, Sarah, to an isolated farm at the edge of the woods. But Nat's ...

Prey(2009)

Actors : Natalie Walker, Ben Knight, Jesse Johnson, Natalie Bassingthwaighte,
Directors : Oscar D'Roccster,

Three Australian couples stumble across an ancient curse in the Outback, and their dream holiday turns into a nightmare that may kill them all.

Felicitas(2009)

Actors : Alejandro Awada, Sabrina Garciarena, Gonzalo Heredia, Ana Celentano,
Directors : María Teresa Costantini,

Film about Felicitas Guerrero de Álzaga's life.

Black Field(2009)

Actors : Sara Canning, Mathieu Bourguet, Ferron Guerreiro, Jefferson Bruyere,
Directors : Danishka Esterhazy,

A dark historical drama about two sisters, the man that comes between them, and the tragedy that results. Set in the 1870s.

Christine Cristina(2009)

Actors : Amanda Sandrelli, Alessandro Haber, Paola Tiziana Cruciani, Alessio Boni,
Directors : Stefania Sandrelli,

The life of medieval author Christine de Pizan (Amanda Sandrelli).

Penelopa(2009)

Actors : Natalie Finderle, Frano Maskovic, Petar Atanasoski, Dijana Babic,
Directors : Ben Ferris,

This Australian-Croatian co-production appropriates Homer's tale of Penelope, which follows a woman's psychological struggle as she waits twenty years for her husband to return from the Trojan War.

Kissed by Lightning(2009)

Actors : Sean Baek, Justin Craig, Kateri Walker, Rachelle White Wind Arbez,
Directors : Shelley Niro,

Mavis Dogblood is a Mohawk painter who keeps the memory of her dead husband Jessie Lightning alive through the recreation of stories he would tell her. Jessie was a musician whose ...

Danny Greene: The Rise and Fall of the Irishman(2009)

Actors : Shondor Birns, Barbara Eppich, Danny Greene, John DiMaggio,
Directors : Tommy Reid,

Exclusive interviews with Danny Greene's family, Federal Government Officials, Mafia associates and Cleveland Police Enforcement, with never seen before photos.