Best History movies of 1960s

Actors : Maximilian Schell, Valentina Cortese, Dominique Sanda, John Moulder-Brown,
Directors : Maximilian Schell,

Based on Ivan Turgeyev's novella, Erste Liebe is about two young lovers in czarist Russia. One is a 21-year-old woman, the other a young man of sixteen. Things take a tragic turn as the ...

Actors : Dolores Hart, Hugh Griffith, Stephen Boyd, Leo McKern,
Directors : Philip Dunne,

At the end of WW2, a compassionate Dutch policeman helps smuggle a Jewish woman into British Palestine.

Actors : Grigore Vasiliu-Birlic, Alexandru Giugaru, Nicky Atanasiu, Carmen Stanescu,

Actors : Jaroslav Rozsíval, Frantisek Kuchta, Magdalena Lokvencová, Karol L. Zachar,
Directors : Palo Bielik,

The story of the Slovak highwayman and folk hero Juraj Janosik.

Actors : Philippe Noiret, Dany Robin, Palau, Jean-Paul Belmondo,
Directors : Michel Boisrond,

Anthology of four love stories that have some historical basis.

Actors : Jussi Jurkka, Kapo Manto, Joel Rinne, Tamara Lund,
Directors : Matti Kassila,

June 1944. The attention of the world is focused on Normandy, but the change of the tide can be felt in Finland also. Rumours of preparations of a massive Soviet attack in the Karelian ...

Actors : Georges Descrières, Jacques Toja, Bernard Woringer, Gérard Barray,
Directors : Bernard Borderie,

D'Artagnan is back from England with a message for the queen. Buckingham has declared that he was ready to attack France to deliver Anne of Austria. D'Artagnan ends up arrested and thrown ...

Actors : Stefan Ciubotarasu, George Calboreanu, Colea Rautu, Dina Cocea,
Directors : Mircea Dragan,

Vying for Principality of Moldavia's throne the descendants of Prince Stephen the Great start a bloody civil war in 1612.

Actors : Claudio Gora, Jacques Sernas, Gianna Maria Canale, Steve Reeves,
Directors : Sergio Corbucci,

The decurion Randus holds himself so well in the command of his troops, that Caesar promotes him to centurion. He is subsequently sent to Egypt, to keep Caesar informed on the actions and ...

Actors : Tina Hedström, Bibi Andersson, Jarl Kulle, Per Oscarsson,
Directors : Vilgot Sjöman,

Sweden in 1782. A young nobleman, named Jacob (Per Oscarsson) returns from France to his home and cherished sister Charlotte (Bibi Andersson) who is engaged to Baron Alsameden (Jarl Kulle)....

Actors : Yûnosuke Itô, Hideko Takamine, Raizô Ichikawa, Ayako Wakao,
Directors : Yasuzô Masumura,

The Wife of Seishû Hanaoka is set in feudal Japan. Its two central characters are based on the wife and mother of Japanese physician Seishû Hanaoka (1760-1835). Hanaoka developed a herbal ...

Actors : Miroslav Mindov, Georgi Kaloyanchev, Cyril Cusack, Nikolay Doychev,
Directors : Liliana Cavani,

A humble scientist from Padua proves that the Earth revolves and that it is not the center of the universe. He has few supporters and many enemies. When Giordano Bruno dies a martyr's death...

Actors : Nebahat Çehre, Cüneyt Arkin, Birsen Ayda, Tanju Gürsu,

Malkocoglu acts to stop the cruelty and torture of the Inquisition and Black Pirate.

Actors : Robert Ryan, Richard Burton, Jim Backus, Martha Hyer,
Directors : Vincent Sherman,

After WW1, Zeb and Thor start a cannery business in Alaska but eventually they drift apart with Zeb becoming unscrupulous and Thor becoming involved in Alaskan politics.

Actors : Hideko Takamine, Takahiro Tamura, Shima Iwashita, Kôshirô Matsumoto,
Directors : Keisuke Kinoshita,

A young man decides to become a warrior, causing trouble for his clan.

Actors : Lex Barker, Alessandra Panaro, Mario Petri, Guy Madison,
Directors : Luigi Capuano,

In Venice,during the Inquisition,Sandrigo Bembo,the son of the Doge Giovanni Bembo,is falsely accused of treason out of pure malice by the Grand Inquisitor Rodrigo Zeno.

Actors : Vasiliy Shukshin, Lyudmila Chursina, Rufina Nifontova, Vasiliy Lanovoy,
Directors : Vladimir Fetin,

This film is set in the time of the Russian Civil War, after the October revolution of 1917. The communist forces are losing a battle over town. They must blow up the strategic bridge, but ...

Actors : Gordon Mitchell, Jacques Bergerac, Cristina Gaioni, Ennio Girolami,
Directors : Marino Girolami,

In the tenth year of the Trojan War, tensions between Achilles and Agamemnon divide the Greek camp while giving hope to the Trojans.

Actors : Lionella Pyryeva, Nikolay Grinko, Yefim Kopelyan, Vladimir Vysotskiy,
Directors : Georgi Yungvald-Khilkevich,

Actors : Bruno Cremer, Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Jacques Brel, Annie Girardot,
Directors : Philippe Fourastié,

The story of a notorious French criminal gang of the 1910s.