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Blanche
6.5

Blanche

Jan. 26, 1972

Blanche

Blanche is the young, pure, beautiful wife of the Master of the castle, in a secluded land. Every man is in love with her, including the King and ...
The Birdmen
6.6

The Birdmen

Nov. 08, 1973

The Birdmen

During WWII an American soldier sent to Norway to help with the escape of a scientist working on the atomic bomb for the Germans. Before they can ...
Agnus Dei
6.4

Agnus Dei

Apr. 22, 1971

Agnus Dei

Allegory of the suppression of the 1919 revolution and the advent of fascism in Hungary; in the countryside, a unit of the revolutionary army ...
Woodstock
8.1

Woodstock

Mar. 26, 1970

Woodstock

An intimate look at the Woodstock Music & Art Festival held in Bethel, NY in 1969, from preparation through cleanup, with historic access to ...
Waterloo
7.3

Waterloo

Oct. 26, 1970

Waterloo

After defeating France and imprisoning Napoleon on Elba, ending two decades of war, Europe is shocked to find Napoleon has escaped and has caused ...
Tora! Tora! Tora!
7.5

Tora! Tora! Tora!

Jan. 26, 1970

Tora! Tora! Tora!

In the summer of 1941, the United States and Japan seem on the brink of war after constant embargos and failed diplomacy come to no end. ...
Start the Revolution Without Me
6.4

Start the Revolution Without Me

Two sets of identical twins are accidentally switched at birth. One pair, Phillipe and Pierre DeSisi, are aristocratic and haughty, while the ...
Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor
6.9

Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor

Near the end of the nineteenth century, as the balance of power shifts from Shogunate towards the Emperor, Japan restlessly awaits the dawning of ...
Ryan’s Daughter
7.4

Ryan’s Daughter

Mar. 19, 1970

Ryan’s Daughter

The wife of an Irish school teacher is branded a traitor when she falls for a British officer who is part of an occupying force in 1917 Ireland.
Patton
7.9

Patton

Jan. 25, 1970

Patton

“Patton” tells the tale of General George S. Patton, famous tank commander of World War II. The film begins with Patton’s ...
The Molly Maguires
6.8

The Molly Maguires

Feb. 08, 1970

The Molly Maguires

Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, 1876. A secret society of Irish coal miners, bond by a sacred oath, put pressure on the greedy and ruthless ...
The Last Valley
7

The Last Valley

Jan. 28, 1971

The Last Valley

People in a small German village in the last valley to remain untouched by the devastating Thirty Years’ War try to exist in peace with a ...
Julius Caesar
6.1

Julius Caesar

Jun. 04, 1970

Julius Caesar

All-star cast glamorizes this lavish 1970 remake of the classic William Shakespeare play, which portrays the assassination of Julius Caesar on ...
Josefine M.
5.6

Josefine M.

Aug. 21, 1970

Josefine M.

Josefine is a young streetwalker in Vienna at the turn of the 20th century. She manages to sleep her way to the top by marrying a British ...
The Decameron
7

The Decameron

Aug. 25, 1971

The Decameron

A young Sicilian is swindled twice, but ends up rich; a man poses as a deaf-mute in a convent of curious nuns; a woman must hide her lover when ...
Cromwell
7

Cromwell

Jul. 16, 1970

Cromwell

Disgusted with the policies of King Charles I, Oliver Cromwell plans to take his family to the New World. But on the eve of their departure, ...
A Walk with Love and Death
6.3

A Walk with Love and Death

During France’s Hundred Years’ War, a Parisian student seeks refuge by the sea and falls in love with an aristocrat. As they find shelter in a ...
The Bloody Judge
5.2

The Bloody Judge

Feb. 05, 1970

The Bloody Judge

Horror icon Christopher Lee, who worked with Jess Franco on several occasions, plays Lord George Jeffreys, the infamous and merciless judge and ...
Burn!
7.1

Burn!

Dec. 21, 1969

Burn!

The professional mercenary Sir William Walker instigates a slave revolt on the Caribbean island of Queimada in order to help improve the British ...
Mayerling
6.1

Mayerling

Oct. 31, 1968

Mayerling

Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria clashes with his father, Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria, over implementing progressive policies for their ...
Eagles Over London
5.6

Eagles Over London

Sep. 20, 1969

Eagles Over London

The British High Command finds itself in the thick of a huge dilemma when it is realized that they have long been infiltrated by spies from a ...
The Doll
6.9

The Doll

Nov. 07, 1968

The Doll

Set in the 19th century Warsaw. The indolence of aristocrats who, secure with their pensions, are too lazy to undertake new business risks, ...
The Wild Child
7.5

The Wild Child

Feb. 26, 1970

The Wild Child

In 1798, a feral boy is discovered outside the town of Aveyron, France. Diagnosed as mentally impaired, he is relegated to an asylum. A young ...
De Sade
4.3

De Sade

Aug. 27, 1969

De Sade

The 18th-century French marquis recalls his sadomasochistic experiments and goes to jail for lewd behavior.
The Ancines Woods
6.3

The Ancines Woods

Apr. 19, 1970

The Ancines Woods

Benito Freire, a pedlar in a small village in northern Spain suffers from epileptic seizures and rumours start to spread that he may be a ...
The Damned
7.4

The Damned

Oct. 30, 1969

The Damned

In the early days of Nazi Germany, a powerful noble family must adjust to life under the new dictatorship regime.
Battle of Britain
6.9

Battle of Britain

Sep. 15, 1969

Battle of Britain

In 1940, the Royal Air Force fights a desperate battle against the might of the Luftwaffe for control of the skies over Britain, thus preventing ...
Army of Shadows
8.1

Army of Shadows

Sep. 10, 1969

Army of Shadows

Betrayed by an informant, Philippe Gerbier finds himself trapped in a torturous Nazi prison camp. Though Gerbier escapes to rejoin the Resistance ...
Anne of the Thousand Days
7.4

Anne of the Thousand Days

Henry VIII of England discards his wife, Katharine of Aragon, who has failed to produce a male heir, in favor of the young and beautiful Anne Boleyn.
Gatling Gun
5.6

Gatling Gun

Dec. 13, 1968

Gatling Gun

This dramatization of the origin of Dr. Gatling’s self-named invention stands tall in the annals of the Old West. As cavalry transported ...
Alfred the Great
6.2

Alfred the Great

Oct. 08, 1969

Alfred the Great

While Old England is being ransacked by roving Danes in the 9th century, Alfred is planning to join the priesthood. But observing the rape of his ...
War and Peace
8.3

War and Peace

Apr. 28, 1968

War and Peace

A seven-hour epic adaptation of the novel by Leo Tolstoy. The love story of young Countess Natasha Rostova and Count Pierre Bezukhov is ...
All My Good Countrymen
7.5

All My Good Countrymen

The lives of 7 friends in a small Czech town from 1945 to some time after 1958.
The Color of Pomegranates
7.6

The Color of Pomegranates

The life of the revered 18th-century Armenian poet and musician Sayat-Nova. Portraying events in the life of the artist from childhood up to his ...
Witchfinder General
6.7

Witchfinder General

May. 17, 1968

Witchfinder General

England, 1645. The cruel civil war between Royalists and Parliamentarians that is ravaging the country causes an era of chaos and legal ...
Marketa Lazarová
7.9

Marketa Lazarová

Nov. 24, 1967

Marketa Lazarová

Mikolás and his brother Adam end up with a young German hostage of noble blood during a robbery. While their clan prepares for the wrath of the ...
The Lion in Winter
7.8

The Lion in Winter

Aug. 20, 1968

The Lion in Winter

Henry II and his estranged queen battle over the choice of an heir.
Isadora
6.8

Isadora

Sep. 14, 1968

Isadora

A biography of the dancer Isadora Duncan, the 1920s dancer who forever changed people’s ideas of ballet. Her nude, semi-nude, and ...
The Charge of the Light Brigade
6.6

The Charge of the Light Brigade

During the Crimean War between Britain and Russia in the 1850s, a British cavalry division, led by the overbearing Lord Cardigan, engages in an ...
Tobruk
6.4

Tobruk

Feb. 07, 1967

Tobruk

In September 1942, the German Afrika Korps under Rommel have successfully pushed the Allies back into Egypt. A counter-attack is planned, for ...
War and Peace, Part IV: Pierre Bezukhov
8.1

War and Peace, Part IV: Pierre Bezukhov

As Moscow is set ablaze by the retreating Russians, the Rostovs flee their estate, taking wounded soldiers with them, and unbeknownst to them, ...
War and Peace, Part III: The Year 1812
8.3

War and Peace, Part III: The Year 1812

In 1812, Napoleon’s Army invades Russia. Kutuzov asks Bolkonsky to join him as a staff officer, yet the prince requests a command in the ...
The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre
6.6

The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre

Chicago February 14th 1929. Al Capone finally establishes himself as the city’s boss of organised crime. In a north-side garage his hoods, ...
Japan’s Longest Day
7.7

Japan’s Longest Day

Aug. 03, 1967

Japan’s Longest Day

Following the detonation of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Japanese military and the government clash over the demand from the ...
Samurai Rebellion
8.3

Samurai Rebellion

May. 27, 1967

Samurai Rebellion

The mother of a feudal lord’s only heir is kidnapped away from her husband by the lord. The husband and his samurai father must decide ...
In Cold Blood
7.9

In Cold Blood

Dec. 15, 1967

In Cold Blood

After a botched robbery results in the brutal murder of a rural family, two drifters elude police, in the end coming to terms with their own ...
Far from the Madding Crowd
7.2

Far from the Madding Crowd

Bathsheba Everdine, a willful, flirtatious, young woman, unexpectedly inherits a large farm and becomes romantically involved with three widely ...