1944 Frontier Outlaws

Breaker Morant

1980

English translation

Kagemusha

1980

When a warlord dies, a peasant thief is called upon to impersonate him, and then finds himself haunted by the warlord’s spirit as well as his own ambitions. In his late color masterpiece Kagemusha, Akira Kurosawa returns to the samurai film and to a primary theme of his career—the play between illus

Paul Robeson, Tribute to an Artist

1979

Saul J. Turell's Academy Award-winning documentary short Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist, narrated by Sidney Poitier, traces his career through his activism and his socially charged performances of his signature song, "Ol' Man River."

Les Miserables

1978

Les Misérables is a 1978 British made-for-television film adaptation of the 1862 novel of the same name by Victor Hugo. The film was written by John Gay, produced by Lew Grade, and directed by Glenn Jordan. The film originally aired on US television on CBS on 27 December 1978. It follows Jean Valjea

A Bridge Too Far

1977

A Bridge Too Far is a war film that dramatizes the ambitious Allied operation known as Operation Market Garden during World War II. The operation, devised by British Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, aimed to quickly end the war by seizing key bridges in the Netherlands. The film is set in September

Galileo

1974

Cromwell

1970

Cromwell is a 1970 British historical drama film written and directed by Ken Hughes. It is based on the life of Oliver Cromwell, who rose to lead the Parliamentary forces during the later years of the English Civil War and, as Lord Protector, ruled Great Britain and Ireland in the 1650s. The film fo

Waterloo

1970

A large-scale historical war film directed by Sergey Bondarchuk that dramatizes Napoleon Bonaparte’s final campaign and the Battle of Waterloo (June 18, 1815). The film alternates between broad army movements and intimate portraits of commanders and soldiers. After escaping exile on Elba, Napoleon r