A Murder Beside Yanhe River is a 2014 Chinese historical film directed by Wang Fangfang, starring Cheng Taishen, Wang Kai, Ma Weiwei, Huang Haibing, Dai Jiang, and Mao Hai. It is based on the murder case of Huang Kegong, who was a general of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army. The film premiered in China at the Great Hall of the People on 1 December 2014.
Directed byPhilippe Laïk GenresWar, Historical ActorsJean-Michel Dupuis, Gérald Laroche, Bernard Blancan, Anne Coesens, Hubert Koundé Rating67% A la fin de la première guerre mondiale, les autorités belges demandent à la France de lui prêter une guillotine en vue d'exécuter un civil condamné à mort pour le meurtre de son épouse. Le gouvernement français charge l'armée de conduire cette guillotine à travers les lignes de front.
, 1h38 GenresDrama, War, Historical ThemesPolitical films ActorsPiet Römer, Kees Brusse, Riek Schagen, Lo van Hensbergen Rating68% Il est de 8 Décembre 1944. Dans la prison de Leeuwarden tout semble paisible, mais les apparences sont trompeuses. Un groupe de combattants de la résistance néerlandaise va 49 de leurs compagnons libérer spectaculaire.
, 1h25 Directed byFrank Beyer GenresDrama, Historical ThemesPolitical films ActorsArmin Mueller-Stahl, Annekathrin Bürger, Ulrich Thein, Manfred Krug Rating71% Magdalena and Michael are two children from working-class families in Berlin, who have sworn to marry each other. When they grow older, after the Nazis rose to power, Michael is arrested for being a member of the Communist Party of Germany. Magdalena joins the underground party to continue his work. Jürgen, a friend of the two who is now a storm trooper, tries to convince her not to become a communist. During the Second World War, Michael is sent a penal battalion on the Eastern Front, where he meets Jürgen again as a commanding officer. Michael overpowers him, defects to the Red Army and returns to the battalion once more to convince the soldiers to surrender, thus saving their lives. He reaches Moscow, where he sees Magdalena board a plane. He tries to call out for her, but she does not hear him. They will never meet again.
, 2h2 Directed byJ. Lee Thompson OriginUSA GenresDrama, War, Action, Adventure, Historical, Romance ActorsYul Brynner, Tony Curtis, Sam Wanamaker, Perry Lopez, Brad Dexter, George Macready Rating62% The film opens in the 16th century, when Russia and Eastern Europe were divided into small sections and principalities that fought each other or against one enemy: in this case, Turkey. It starts with a battle raging between the Turks and the Poles. The Poles are losing until the Cossacks arrive to save the day. However, it turns out that the Poles were merely holding back so that they could treacherously attack the Cossacks after they won the battle for them. As a result, the Poles become masters of Ukraine and the Cossacks are subjugated. Taras Bulba, one of the Cossack officers, returns home to raise his family but now it is under Polish dominion.
, 1h19 Directed byRoger Corman OriginUSA GenresDrama, Thriller, Horror, Historical ActorsVincent Price, Michael Pate, Robert Brown, Robert Brown, Joan Freeman, Morris Ankrum Rating62% Richard, the duke of Gloucester (Vincent Price), is dismayed when his dying brother King Edward IV names their brother George, Duke of Clarence as Protector to his young son and heir, Prince Edward. Richard wants the position himself, to become de facto ruler after his brother's death. He secretly stabs George to death with a dagger bearing the crest of the Woodville family, framing the dying king's in-laws. Richard is now named Protector. His wife Anne approves of his crime and encourages him to take the throne for himself.