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Today in 1708 Charles XII lost his life so to commemorate this and the fact that I am currently reading a really good biography here are a few scenes from a film about him. Someone should make a film about this now - an epic life. 1925 film wiki
Czech film classic presents: Stolen Battle (1972)https://youtu.be/S_X6gfCNaMEErwin Stranka, a native of Kadana in The Czech Republic, studied at FAMU in Prague, but he made his films mainly in what was then East Germany. In 1972 he became a screenwriter...
Given movies and television are the great American art form, the American Revolution has been poorly served by filmmakers. Though it was one of... The post Ranking American Revolution Films and Television appeared first on Journal of the American Revolution.
A clip from the 1975 film Winstanley. The rain brings back memories of ECW reenacting. And the singing.
ADMIRAL: COMMAND AND CONQUER is a Dutch historical drama about the 17th Century Admiral, Michiel de Ruyter, as he leads his navy in defence of his fledgling nation.
Fanny Lye (Maxine Peake) lives a quiet Puritan life with her husband John (Charles Dance) and young son Arthur (Zak Adams), but her simple world is shaken to its core by the unexpected arrival of a mysterious young couple (Freddie Fox and Tanya Reynolds)...
There have been a number of films and television dramas set against the background of the English Civil War, but are any of them historically accurate? Cromwell Museum Curator Stuart Orme looks at some of the best known and most interesting films and...
I don't normally do this but this trailer for a series for National Geographic looks good. Go to my Flintlock and Tomahawk blog to see it.
Steve Stanley was hosting a debate on Facebook about films you can stand repeat viewings of and Bruno Mugnai (who is a great military artist) recommended this one. So I checked it out and it looks great. He says 'the movie on the death of Giovanni de'...
I still haven't seen this film but people reckon it's good so I am going to watch it. I understand the plot is difficult if you haven't read the books (I haven't) so shall be watching for scenes like the above.
IMDBA young officer of Peter I's First Guard, Ivan Demarin, on the instructions of the tsar, is sent to the depths of Siberia - to border Tobolsk. Here Ivan meets his first love and, together with his regiment, finds himself drawn into a conspiracy by...
Released on July 23, 1935: A feisty British barmaid pretends to be a man so she can join the Duke of Marlborough to fight the French in Flanders.
I don't really watch TV but I might give this a go. Not everybody is loving it though - Russians don't seem to like it but we will see.
I don't watch much TV but I might watch this. Trailer here.
This is a clip from a 1941 movie about the pro-Danish irregulars during the Scanian War. Read about them here at the Wiki.
The four principals of the film: JRR Tolkien, Geoffrey Bache Smith, Robert Q Gilson, Christopher Wiseman — at leisure, sports and war Friends and readers, I thought I’d write a brief review of the biopic film about Tolkien’s life that...
Lily Collins as Fantine, holding Mailow Defoy as the child Cosette (Episode 2) Dominic West as the elusive mayor (Episode 2) Andrew Davies produces video masterpieces as regularly as other people simply go out to a movie, and in the last few years or...
Today is the anniversary of this battle so I thought I would post a clip from Alatriste as it's a Sunday.
IMDB While she fights a heroic battle against the Spanish besieger with her female army, Kenau, driven by hate and sorrow of the execution of her youngest daughter, is threatened to also lose her eldest daughter, because her fear and pain are covered...
Can you believe it? Been doing this blog for ten years and more and I haven't posted the Watkin's BBC documentary on Culloden. I saw this when it came out.
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