History Movie Reviews

"The Captain" is a war drama directed by Robert Schwentke , starring Max Kubacher, Milan Pescher, Frederick Lau , etc. It was released at the Toronto Film Festival on September 7, 2017. Based on a true story, the film tells the story of Willie Herold, a nineteen-year-old rank-and-file defenseman who becomes the so-called "Eamesland Executioner" in the last two weeks of World War II   .

"Cold War" (foreign name: Cold War) is a film directed by Paweł Pawlikowski , starring Joanna Kulig and Tomasz Kot . It was screened at the Cannes Film Festival on May 10, 2018   . Set in Poland, Berlin, Yugoslavia and Paris during the Cold War in the 1950s, the film tells the love story of two men and women with different backgrounds and personalities who have gone through hardships. The film won the Best Director Award in the main competition of the 71st Cannes Film Festival.

"The White Ribbon" is a war story film produced by X-Filme Creative Pool. The film was directed by Slappy, starring Christian Friedel, Burghart Klaußner , Ulrich Tukur, etc., and was released in Germany on September 17, 2009. Based on the memories of a rural teacher, the film tells a series of bizarre stories that happened in a village in northern Germany on the eve of World War I. 

"Hidden Figures" is a feature film released by the American 20th Century Fox Film Company and directed by Theodore Melfi, starring Taraji P. Henson , Octavia Lenora Spencer and Janelle Monáe Robinson . The film was released in the United States on January 6, 2017   . The film tells that in the 1960s, several black women struggled with shocking racial prejudice and finally got a place in the US space program.

"Battleship Potemkin" is a feature film directed by Sergey Eisenstein and starring Alexander Antonov and others. The film is a tribute to the 20th anniversary of the Russian Revolution in 1905. The film tells the historical story of the Battleship uprising of the Odessa Navy Potemkin.

"13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi" is a political war movie directed by Michael Bay, written by Chuck Hogan , and starring John Burke Krasinski , Pablo Schreiber , Toby Stephens , James Badge Dale , Max Martini , Dominic Fumusa, etc.  The film mainly tells the story of a convoy of six soldiers stationed in front of the US Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, against the enemy.  The film was released in Northern America on January 15, 2016. 

"The Last Emperor" is jointly produced by Italian Yankee Film Company, British Dao Film Company, and China Film Co-Production Corporation , directed by Bernardo Bertolucci, starring John Lone , Joan Chen , Vivian Wu , Peter Seamus Lorcan O'Toole, etc. Biographical film. The film on October 23, 1987 release in Italy, its 3D restored version in China in June 2015 Shanghai International Film Festival screening   . The film tells the story of the 60-year ups and downs of Xuantong, the last emperor of China, from becoming an emperor to becoming an ordinary citizen   . In 1988, the film won the 60th Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Photography, Best Artist, Best Costume Design, Best Editing, Best Sound, Best Nine awards including original music   .

"Eddie the Eagle" is a feature film directed by Dexter Fletcher and starring Taron Egerton , Hugh Jackman , Christopher Walken , Ania Sowinski and others   . It premiered on December 12, 2015 at the BNAT Film Festival in the United States . The film was released in China on March 18, 2016   . The film tells the true story of the ski jumper in British history, Michael Edwards, known as "Eddie the Eagle", participated in the Olympic Games   .

"Suffragette" is directed by Sara Gavron, starring Carey Mulligan , Helena Bonham Carter , Anne-Marie Duff, Ann Marie Duff , Meryl Streep, etc., a feature film reflecting historical events. It was released in the UK on October 12, 2015. The film’s story takes place in the early twentieth century and is adapted from an exciting and vitally true historical event. It tells the story of British women 's unremitting struggle for women's suffrage . 

Triumph of the Will is a war documentary produced by UFA Films, directed by Leni Riefenstahl and starring A. Hitler , Hermann Göring , Paul Joseph Goebbels , Rehard Hedridge and others.  The film primarily chronicles the 1934 Reich Congress in Nürnberg , and was released in Germany on March 28, 1935.