Search results for | Historical Drama

Kagemusha
(1980) [PG]

Shingen, a powerful warlord, has become as legendary as the motto emblazoned on his war banners: "Swift as the wind. Silent as the forest. Fierce as the fire. Immovable as the mountain." As he lies dying from his battle wounds, Shingen orders his clan to find a double to replace him - to keep his...  More

Henry VIII and His Six Wives
(1973) [PG]

Featuring a wealth of stars, this powerful period drama follows the illustrious life of King Henry VIII and his six wives. From his death bed Henry (Keith Michell) reminisces over his life and loves...  More

The Leopard: Director's Suite (2 disc set)
(1963) [PG]

Luchino Visconti’s The Leopard (Il Gattopardo) is an epic on the grandest possible scale. The film recreates, with nostalgia, drama, and opulence, the tumultuous years of Italy's Risorgimento—when the aristocracy lost its grip and the middle classes rose and formed a unified, democratic...  More

Ivan The Terrible: Part 2 (New digital restoration) (2 disc set)
(1946) [PG]

The second part of Sergei Eisenstein's baroque chronicle of the legendary Russian czar was originally planned as a three-part epic. But Eisenstein had battles with Russian censors over the second part of his trilogy, ostensibly because of a negative depiction of Ivan's secret police force (Stalin...  More

The End Of St. Petersburg
(1927) [PG]

Filmed to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the 1917 Russian revolution, End of St. Petersburg was the second feature-length effort of director V. I. Pudovkin. Utilizing many of the montage techniques popularized by his contemporary Sergei Eisenstein, Pudovkin details the fall of St....  More

The Official Story
(1985) [M]

An intelligent political film about the 'disappeared' in Argentina. Buenos Aires schoolteacher Aleandro (Norma Aleandro, in a rivetting performance) lives in middle-class comfort with her husband and their adopted daughter. But she starts on a moral and political reawakening when she suspects her...  More

1492 Conquest Of Paradise
(1992) [M]

The greatest adventure of all time - the tale of a humble mariner who set sail from Spain one August morning in 1492. He went in search of the orient but found himself instead a place beyond even his wildest dreams. His name was Christopher Columbus and his discovery was the New World. This is a...  More

Danton
(1982)

It's 1794 and France is in the grip of a revolution. Within the struggle two leaders fight, one for peace and one for outright victory at any cost. French dialogue with subtitles.  More

Farewell My Concubine
(1993)

Nominated for Best Foreign Film Oscar, this film, based on the novel by Lilian Lee, spans fifty years of Chinese art, passion and revolution, seen through the eyes of two male stars of the Peking Opera and the prostitute who comes between them. Mandarin dialogue with English subtitles.  More

Schindler's List (2 Disc Set)
(1993) [M]

"Schindler's List" is the based-on-truth story of Nazi Czech business man Oskar Schindler, who uses Jewish labor to start a factory in occupied Poland. As World War II progresses, and the fate of the Jews becomes more and more clear, Schindler's motivations switch from profit to human sympathy...  More