Channels
History
2019

Popular History Movies

Going Attractions: The Definitive Story of the Movie Palace
Going Attractions: The Definitive Story of the Movie Palace
Celebrating the splendor and grandeur of the great cinemas of the United States, built when movies were the acme of entertainment and the stories were larger than life, as were the venues designed to show them. The film also tracks the eventual decline of the palaces, through to today’s current preservation efforts. A tribute to America’s great art form and the great monuments created for audiences to enjoy them in.
Going Attractions: The Definitive Story of the Movie Palace 2019
Catching the Flame
Catching the Flame
This docudrama takes us on a journey through Nikolai Astrup's life and the inspiration behind some of his most famous paintings until his early death in 1928.
Catching the Flame 2019
Forbidden School
Forbidden School
Mixing dramatizations and real-life interviews, this film tells the story of four Jewish children who endured the brutal anti-Semitism of fascist Italy.
Forbidden School 2019
Le Déserteur
Le Déserteur
Le Déserteur 2019
The Kazbat Soldiers
The Kazbat Soldiers
A film about the feat of 17 soldiers of the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan (now the National Guard), who died on April 7, 1995 on the Tajik-Afghan border while protecting the external borders of the CIS.
The Kazbat Soldiers 2019
Barabbas
Barabbas
The unique view on the well-known story of Christ's death and resurrection, which we see with the eyes of brigand Barabbas who got away from death on the cross.
Barabbas 2019
Noah
Noah
Travel with Noah as he fulfills God’s wish, even amidst seemingly impossible odds and the scrutiny of onlookers. The Bible comes to life in jaw-dropping scale as Noah leads live animals inside the Ark – with set design towers four stories above the stage!
Noah 2019
Shooting the Mafia
Shooting the Mafia
Sicilian photojournalist Letizia Battaglia began a long battle against the ruthless Cosa Nostra when she first photographed the sinister scene of a brutal murder. Documenting the barbaric rule of the Italian Mafia, she was an unwavering witness to its crimes. His art and courage helped end the horrific and bloody reign of the Corleonesi clan.
Shooting the Mafia 2019
Image Makers: The Adventures of America's Pioneer Cinematographers
Image Makers: The Adventures of America's Pioneer Cinematographers
Documentary following the history of America's first cinematographers.
Image Makers: The Adventures of America's Pioneer Cinematographers 2019
Fight Like Angels
Fight Like Angels
In a Fascist Milan, a group of boys decided to say no and founded the Aquile Randagie [stray eagles]: led by Andrea Ghetti, who continue clandestine scout activities, they keep their promise: to help others in all circumstances.
Fight Like Angels 2019
Shusenjo: The Main Battleground of the Comfort Women Issue
Shusenjo: The Main Battleground of the Comfort Women Issue
A Japanese-American director digs deep into the controversial 'comfort women' issue to settle the debate on whether the women were paid prostitutes or sex slaves, and reveals the motivations and intentions of the main actors pushing to revise history in Japan.
Shusenjo: The Main Battleground of the Comfort Women Issue 2019
Union Bound
Prime Video
Union Bound
The True Story of Sargent Joseph Hoover went to war to preserve the Union. After being captured and sent to a prisoner of war camp, he understood what it was to be kept against his will. Together with a friend he escaped and aided by slaves made it to freedom
Union Bound 2019
Hebe
Hebe
Hebe Camargo is one of the most emblematic entertainments in Brazil. At her 60s, she went on to control her own career and, despite the criticism, the dreadful husband and the powerful and sexist bosses, she revealed herself to the public as an extraordinary woman, capable of overcoming any personal or professional crisis.
Hebe 2019
Dorian Gray: A Portrait of Oscar Wilde
Dorian Gray: A Portrait of Oscar Wilde
The Picture of Dorian Gray, the seminal work of Irish writer Oscar Wilde (1854-1900), continues to find new readers and inspire artists and creators around the world more than a century after its publication in 1891, because it was endowed with all the elements necessary to make it an undisputed heritage of world literature.
Dorian Gray: A Portrait of Oscar Wilde 2019
Mamangam
Prime Video
Mamangam
Based on the medieval fair called Mamankam, which was celebrated every 12 years between 800 AD and 1755 AD, the story of the film is supposedly about a brave warrior of Malabar and his loyal soldiers.
Mamangam 2019
Fatteshikast
Fatteshikast
The film depicts India's first historical surgical strike from the period of Shivaji.
Fatteshikast 2019
Their Way: A Film About the Sex Pistols
Their Way: A Film About the Sex Pistols
A erratic and spontaneous documentary chronicling the Sex Pistols's short reign on London, made completely of footage from the 1970s.
Their Way: A Film About the Sex Pistols 2019
The Great Darkened Days
The Great Darkened Days
While a world war rages, Philippe, a draft-dodger from Quebec, takes refuge in the American West, surviving by competing in Charlie Chaplin impersonation contests. As Philippe makes his long journey home, he encounters various characters under the sway of a destructive madness borne of the chaotic times. His voyage, both violent and fascinating, is a hallucinatory initiation to the darker side of the American dream.
The Great Darkened Days 2019
To Paris!
To Paris!
An amazing story of tank crewmen who had gone through the war hand in hand and decided to celebrate the great victory in Paris. The friends, who had survived the dreadful experience of war, reached Berlin and set their eyes on a new course in life involving love, breath-taking adventures and their dream town Paris. The movie is based on real events.
To Paris! 2019
De sable et de feu
De sable et de feu
Set between 1802 and 1818, it is the epic true story of a Spanish army officer and genius conspirator. Missioned by Spain, Domingo Badia, alias Ali Bey El Abbassi will meet Lady Hester Stanhope, an English aristocrat, better known under the name of Meleki, and they will live together an extraordinary destiny which will upset the Middle East.
De sable et de feu 2019
Dearest Anita
Dearest Anita
In the wake of her passing, fans of the late Hong Kong icon Anita Mui strive to save and return a collection of fan-given gifts that are destined for the landfill. As the items find they way back to the original senders, personal stories of friendship and fandom with the superstar begin to emerge.
Dearest Anita 2019
I Remember Piazza Fontana
I Remember Piazza Fontana
A documentary-fiction that reconstructs the complex procedural path followed by the 1969 massacre through the point of view of Francesca Dendena, daughter of one of the victims and President of the Family Association of the victims of the Piazza Fontana massacre.
I Remember Piazza Fontana 2019
Narušitel
Narušitel
Narušitel 2019
Onyx: Kings of the Grail
Onyx: Kings of the Grail
Egypt, 11th century. When a famine ravages the country, the prosperous Andalusian kingdom of Denia comes to the aid of the sultan, who, in gratitude, gives Denia the most sought-after and coveted object in all of Christendom.
Onyx: Kings of the Grail 2019
Killing Patient Zero
AMC+
Killing Patient Zero
After the Stonewall riots and at the height of the gay liberation movement in America, an entire generation were busy celebrating their newfound emancipation, unaware of an impending epidemic. A disease that seemed determined to wipe out an entire generation of gay men, was largely ignored by politicians and the mainstream media. Gaetan Dugas was a French-Canadian flight attendant, who offered to help early scientific research into the origins of AIDS. An unfortunate series of events followed and he would be vilified as Patient Zero, the man who gave us AIDS.
Killing Patient Zero 2019
Lucy Worsley's Christmas Carol Odyssey
Lucy Worsley's Christmas Carol Odyssey
Lucy Worsley reveals the surprising stories behind our favourite Christmas carols. From pagan rituals to religious conflicts, French dances and the First World War, carols reflect our history.
Lucy Worsley's Christmas Carol Odyssey 2019
Viking Warrior Women
Viking Warrior Women
Using original excavation data combined with cutting edge computer graphics, we recreate the grave of a mighty viking warrior woman as never seen before.
Viking Warrior Women 2019
RaRepublic
RaRepublic
A well-known publisher - Melchior Wańkowicz asks famous writer Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz to create a reportage about "success a la Polonaise". Tadeusz goes with his assistant Diana on a journey to do a series of interviews and meet historical, distinguished personalities. The initial antipathy between Tadeusz and Diana turns into friendship first, and then into... Who will the pair of our heroes meet? How will their relationship develop? What successes and achievements of the young Polish state will they learn about? We invite you to watch Niepospolita (The Unique)!
RaRepublic 2019
A March to Remember
A March to Remember
Vitoria, Basque Country, Spain, March 3rd, 1976. After several months of protests demanding decent working conditions, representatives of struggling workers call for a general strike. In the church of San Francisco, in the working class neighborhood of Zaramaga, thousands of workers fill the temple in assembly. Outside, many more people gather and, in the middle, about a hundred heavily armed police officers wait to act.
A March to Remember 2019
The Haunting of Borley Rectory
Prime Video
The Haunting of Borley Rectory
The story of Borley Rectory, said to be the most haunted building in the world before it was mysteriously destroyed by fire just before WWII.
The Haunting of Borley Rectory 2019
The Irish Revolution
The Irish Revolution
The extraordinary story of the Irish War of Independence (1919-22): from the failed insurrection of 1916, the detailed account of how pro-independence Ireland rebuilt a movement whose efforts would eventually lead to the creation of a new nation. (Documentary film based on the miniseries of the same title.)
The Irish Revolution 2019
Peplum: la folle histoire du mariage de Cléopâtre
Peplum: la folle histoire du mariage de Cléopâtre
Peplum: la folle histoire du mariage de Cléopâtre 2019
Ella Fitzgerald: Just One of Those Things
Ella Fitzgerald: Just One of Those Things
Ella Fitzgerald was a 15-year-old street kid when she won a talent contest in 1934 at the Apollo Theatre in Harlem. Within months she was a star. Over the next six decades, her sublime voice would transform the tragedies of her own life and the troubles of her times into joy. JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS retraces this extraordinary journey.
Ella Fitzgerald: Just One of Those Things 2019
Petra: Secrets of the Ancient Builders
Petra: Secrets of the Ancient Builders
In the heart of the Jordanian desert, the ancient city of Petra is full of mysteries. How was this architectural wonder created over 2,000 years ago? The technical prowess of Petra, an ancient city in southern Jordan, which was a wonder in the middle of the desert.
Petra: Secrets of the Ancient Builders 2019
The Diary of Diana B.
The Diary of Diana B.
Firmly believing her own life is no more precious than the lives of the innocent people being persecuted, with the help of a few friends, Diana embarks on a perilous campaign of rescuing more than 10,000 children from the Ustasha camps in Nazi-occupied Croatia.
The Diary of Diana B. 2019
Narco Wars: In Their Own Words
Narco Wars: In Their Own Words
Narco Wars: In Their Own Words presents the inside story of how DEA agents and the Colombian National Police brought down the most vicious drug cartel in the world. This program combines never-before-broadcast recordings with rare archival footage, photos and interpretive re-enactments to tell the story of how Pablo Escobar’s massive billion-dollar drug empire was taken out.
Narco Wars: In Their Own Words 2019
Guedelon II: Rebuilding the Past
Guedelon II: Rebuilding the Past
For the past twenty years, in the Burgundy region of France, archaeologists and craftsmen have been working on the reconstruction of the fortified castle of Guedelon using the same techniques and materials available in medieval times; a fascinating project that brings to the present a vivid image of the past.
Guedelon II: Rebuilding the Past 2019
The Lenin Factor
The Lenin Factor
Having dedicated his life to the preparation of the revolution in the Russian Empire, Vladimir Lenin, living in exile in Switzerland, desperately seeks a way back to Russia to take control. Options are few when Lenin receives an offer from Alexander Parvus, the most infamous of political opportunists, who has made a deal with Germany to sponsor the revolution under Lenin’s command and smuggle Lenin and his comrades into Russia. Aware that making a deal with 2 devils could cost him everything, Lenin knows he must outsmart and outmaneuver Parvus and the Germans at any cost...
The Lenin Factor 2019
Thackeray
Netflix
Thackeray
Based on the life of Keshav Thackeray, an Indian politician who is also known as Balasaheb Thackeray.
Thackeray 2019
Defiant Souls
Defiant Souls
Santiago de Cuba, January 19th, 1819. Coming from Lausanne, Enrique Faber, a Swiss doctor and surgeon, arrives on the island, a Spanish province, hoping to find his son, who has been kidnapped…
Defiant Souls 2019