Filmography of World History
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Global in scope and a practical tool for students and teachers of history, Deanne Schultz's "Filmography of World History: A Select, Critical Guide To Feature Films That Engage The Past" includes description and analysis of over 300 historical films. A companion to Grant Tracey's "Filmography of American History," this critical reference book selects movies that represent aspects of world history from the middle ages through the twentieth century. These films adopt as their subject a wide range of historical events, people and societies of Africa, Asia-Pacific, Europe and Canada, and Latin America. Over half of the entries provide extended analysis of the historical interpretation the film brings to the screen. "Filmography of World History" argues for the potential of feature films to teach us about the past and its reconstruction in academe and popular culture.
The book provides several listings of the films, the one shown here is the cross referenced list by time periods. These are divided as followed on this ICM list:
1 - 19 Medieval (c. 600-1500)
20 - 50 Early Modern (c. 1500 - 1800)
51 - 95 Nineteenth Century (1801 - 1900)
96 - 286 Twentieth Century (1901 - 2000)
287 - 292 Contemporary
Note: I have ordered the list chronologically by the years the films deal with within these groups using the years the author has provided. In cases such as WW2 films that deal with the same years, these are ordered alphabetically within these years.
For more detail about the specific years and regions of each movie, check out the book and/or download this excel file I made: http://we.tl/vO29n6ik2d
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Jigokumon
1953 — a.k.a. Gate of Hell, in 9 top lists Check -
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Aleksandr Nevskiy
1938 — a.k.a. Alexander Nevsky, in 10 top lists Check -
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Gibel Otrara
1991 — a.k.a. The Fall of Otrar, in 2 top lists Check -
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Le moine et la sorcière
1987 — a.k.a. Sorceress, in 0 top lists Check -
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Braveheart
1995, in 19 top lists Check -
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Krzyzacy
1960 — a.k.a. Black Cross, in 3 top lists Check -
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La passion de Jeanne d'Arc
1928 — a.k.a. The Passion of Joan of Arc, in 27 top lists Check -
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A Man for All Seasons
1966, in 14 top lists Check -
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Luther
2003, in 0 top lists Check -
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Cabeza de Vaca
1991, in 1 top list Check -
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Anne of the Thousand Days
1969 — a.k.a. Anne of a Thousand Days, in 2 top lists Check -
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Ivan Groznyy
1944 — a.k.a. Ivan the Terrible, Part I, in 19 top lists Check -
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Elizabeth
1998, in 5 top lists Check -
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Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes
1972 — a.k.a. Aguirre, the Wrath of God, in 18 top lists Check -
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Ivan Groznyy. Skaz vtoroy: Boyarskiy zagovor
1958 — a.k.a. Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot, in 15 top lists Check -
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Black Robe
1991, in 3 top lists Check -
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Cromwell
1970, in 0 top lists Check -
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Napoléon vu par Abel Gance
1927 — a.k.a. Napoleon, in 24 top lists Check -
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Russkiy kovcheg
2002 — a.k.a. Russian Ark, in 9 top lists Check -
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The Mission
1986, in 6 top lists Check -
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La prise de pouvoir par Louis XIV
1966 — a.k.a. The Taking of Power by Louis XIV, in 6 top lists Check -
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La Marseillaise
1938, in 3 top lists Check -
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La nuit de Varennes
1982 — a.k.a. That Night in Varennes, in 1 top list Check -
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Danton
1983, in 4 top lists Check -
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Le colonel Chabert
1994 — a.k.a. Colonel Chabert, in 0 top lists Check -
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Pan Tadeusz
1999 — a.k.a. Pan Tadeusz: The Last Foray in Lithuania, in 0 top lists Check -
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Lin zexu
1959 — a.k.a. The Opium Wars, in 2 top lists Check -
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Yapian zhanzheng
1997 — a.k.a. The Opium War, in 0 top lists Check -
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Shatranj Ke Khilari
1977 — a.k.a. The Chess Players, in 4 top lists Check -
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Il gattopardo
1963 — a.k.a. The Leopard, in 18 top lists Check -
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Utu
1983, in 2 top lists Check -
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San Michele aveva un gallo
1972 — a.k.a. St. Michael Had a Rooster, in 2 top lists Check -
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Zulu
1964, in 8 top lists Check -
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Guerra de Canudos
1997 — a.k.a. The Battle of Canudos, in 0 top lists Check -
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Daens
1992, in 2 top lists Check -
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Gandhi
1982, in 15 top lists Check -
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José Rizal
1998, in 1 top list Check -
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Sarraounia
1986, in 1 top list Check -
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Viva Zapata!
1952, in 2 top lists Check -
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Sunshine
1999, in 0 top lists Check -
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55 Days at Peking
1963, in 0 top lists Check -
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Hong he gu
1997 — a.k.a. Red River Valley, in 0 top lists Check -
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L'albero degli zoccoli
1978 — a.k.a. The Tree of Wooden Clogs, in 13 top lists Check -
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Rosa Luxemburg
1986, in 1 top list Check -
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'Breaker' Morant
1980 — a.k.a. Breaker Morant, in 5 top lists Check -
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Bronenosets Potemkin
1925 — a.k.a. Battleship Potemkin, in 27 top lists Check -
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Goraczka (Dzieje jednego pocisku)
1981 — a.k.a. Fever, in 2 top lists Check -
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Actas de Marusia
1975 — a.k.a. Letters from Marusia, in 2 top lists Check -
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The Last Emperor
1987, in 14 top lists Check -
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Sibiriada
1979 — a.k.a. Siberiade, in 2 top lists Check
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