The Birth of a Nation
Released in 1915, The Birth of a Nation is a historical epic aiming to present the history of America from the Civil War to the rise of the Ku Klux […]
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Doctor Zhivago
Doctor Zhivago is a whistle-stop history of Russia in the first half of the 20th Century. A work camp guard (Alec Guinness) finds a woman he believes to be his niece. To fit jigsaw pieces […]
Ben-Hur
In this remake of the 1925 classic, Charlton Heston plays Judah Ben-Hur, a Jewish Prince who’s screwed over by his childhood friend (and former lover?), the Roman Sextus (André Morell). […]
Zulu
Set in Africa in 1872, Zulu is the story of a small battalion of British soldiers defending their outpost from an onslaught of thousands of local tribesmen. The most apparent […]
The Great Dictator
Silent legend Charlie Chaplin takes satirical aim at Hitler and the Nazis in a dual role as Hynkl, dictator of Tomania, and a Jewish barber. The barber has suffered memory […]
Spartacus
Based on true events, this is the story of a Roman slave who became a gladiator then led a slave rebellion against the Romans. Like swords? Like sandals? Then this […]
Girl With a Pearl Earring
Set in Holland in 1655, this is the story behind the famous painting. Scarlett Johansson plays a maid who works for the painter Johannes Vermeer (Colin Firth), inadvertently becoming his […]
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