HISTORY - Renaissance (1450 to 1600)

Movies about Renaissance Ages. The period of these movies is between the 1450 AD to 1600 AD

Guide of contents: the following titles are in stock except the once with the Yellow highlight are wanted, Titles in the Grey Text are just for reference, we don't have them.

.

MOVIE TITLE

Credits

Format System Q Gender Notes
1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992) Director: Ridley Scott Star: Gerard Depardieu  DVD 2 A+ HISTORY  -

A

Aguirre, Wrath of God (1972) Director: Werner Herzog Star: Klaus Kinski, Helena Rojo DVD     HISTORY  WANTED
Affairs of Cellini (1934) Fredric March, Constance Bennett. The artist Cellini pursuing a Duchess. - -   HISTORY  -
Agony and the Ecstasy, The
 (1965)
Charlton Heston, Rex Harrison. DVD       WANTED
Anne of the Thousand Days (1969) Director : Charles Jarrott Star: Richard Burton, Genevieve Bujold, Anthony Quayle, Irene Papas - -   HISTORY  -
Arciere nero, L' (1959)

aka:
Black Archer, The (1959) (USA)

Directed by: Piero Pierotti / Cast:
Erno Crisa + Franco Fantasia + Fulvia Franco + Gérard Landry + Livio Lorenzon + Nino Marchesini + Federica Ranchi + Isarco Ravaioli + Carlo Strober /
VHS NTSC   HISTORY  15th century AD

B

Black Adder II (Video)
Rowan Atkinson. - - - Pseudo

-Historical

-
Blood on Satan's Claw           16 C horror
Beloved Rogue, The (1927) Director: Alan Crosland Star: John Barrymore, Conrad Veidt, - - -   -
The Borgias       early 1500's Italy

C

Captain from Castille (1947). Director: Henry King Star: Tyrone Power, VHS NTSC - HISTORY  -
THE CASTILIAN (1963) Director: Javier Seto Star: Cesar Romero VHS - - HISTORY  -
Chanson de Roland, La (1978)

aka: Song of Roland, The (1978) (USA)

french/italian mediaeval saga!!knights, warlords, maidens, bloodshed, heroism etc!! a mustsee!! all, in a totally stylish, original, poetic, relentless point of view!! with klaus kinski, pierre clementi,monique mercure and dominique sanda ! ! dir. by FRANK CASSENTI. Roland des Roncesvalles is a legendary knight from the age of chivalry in France. In the 11th-century epic La Chanson de Roland, he is depicted as a key figure in halting the advance of the Arabs into France. In this story, the 10th-century legend is staged by a group of 12th-century pilgrims using the 11th-century poem. Their acting is interrupted by a violent peasant uprising, which kills many of their number. However, one of the survivors, who was playing Roland (Klaus Kinski), is converted to the peasant cause and later speaks out in favor of more just treatment for the downtrodden. info av, Release Year: 1978 Cast: Klaus Kinski, Dominique Sanda, Alain Cuny . Director: Frank Cassenti Categories: Historical Film Rated: R Running Time: 110 minutes
Crossed Swords (1954) Errol Flynn, Gina Lollabrigida
- - - Historical  -
Christopher Columbus (1949) Director: David MacDonald Star: Fredric March, Florence Eldridge VHS - - HISTORY  -
Christopher Columbus - The Discovery (1992) Director: John Glen Star: Marlon Brando, LD -

NTSC

- HISTORY  -
Christopher Columbus (1985) Director: Alberto Lattuada Star: Gabriel Byrne, Faye Dunaway, Oliver Reed, VHS   - HISTORY  -
Cry of Banshee - -       16th C Horror

D

Doctor Fautus           LAte 1500's Germany
Diane (1956) Director:David Miller Star: Lana Turner, Pedro Armendariz, Roger Moore, Marisa Pavan VHS NTSC - HISTORY -

E

Elizabeth (1998) Director: Shekhar Kapur Star: Cate Blanchett DVD NTSC - HISTORY -

F

Flesh & Blood ((1985)
Director: Paul Verhoeven Star: Rutger Hauer, Jennifer Jason Leigh, VHS NTSC- - Historical 

renamed: The Rose and the Sword)

G

Goha wa Abu Nawas (1933)

Also Known As:
Jiha and Abu Nawas (1933) (International: English title)

-Directed by: Manuel Vimance / Credited cast overview: Khaled Chawki / Ismail Zaki
 
- - - - Country: Egypt
Language: Arabic
Color: Black and White
-
Goha wa el saba banat (1948)

Also Known As:
Goha and the Seven Girls (1948) (International: English title)

Directed by: Fouad El Jazairly         Country: Egypt
Language: Arabic
Color: Black and White

H

Halcَn de Castilla, El (1965)

aka: Hawk of the castile

Directed by: José María Elorrieta. Hawk of Castile, starring Jerry Cobb and Mari Real. "They killed his family...another wore his crown...he was still alive...and theHawk was back! God Help Em!" VHS NTSC      
Hearts and Armour (1982). Director: Giacomo Battiato Star: Tanya Roberts, Zeudi Araya, Barbara De Rossi VHS NTSC   Period  Literature -
Hamlet (1948) Laurence Olivier
VHS -     -
Hamlet (1969) Nichol Williamson, Gordon Jackson, Anthony Hopkins VHS -     -
Hamlet (1990). Franco Zefferelli, dir.; Mel Gibson VHS NTSC     -
Henry VIII and His Six Wives (1973) Keith Mitchell
Adapted from the BBC series.
VHS NTSC   HISTORY -

I

If I were King (1938) Director: Frank Lloyd Star: Ronald Colman, Basil Rathbone, VHS - - HISTORY  -
Ivan the Terrible, Part 1 (1943) Director: Sergei Eisenstein Star: Nikolai Cherkassov, Ludmila Tselikovskaya DVD     HISTORY  -WANTED
Ivan the Terrible, Part 2 (1946) Director: Sergei Eisenstein Star: Nikolai Cherkassov, Ludmila Tselikovskaya DVD     HISTORY WANTED

J

- - - - - - -

K

The Knight of 100 Faces

aka: Cavaliere dei cento volti, Il (1960)

aka: Der Kavalier mit den 100 Gesichtern

Directed by: Pino Mercanti / Lex Barker, Liana Orfei / After being framed for a murder, an exiled knight struggles to clear his name and marry the woman he loves. / Two knights, the honorful Riccardo and the sinister Fosco, are rivalling for damsel Zuela. - - - - -

L

Lady Jane (1986) Director: Trevor Nunn Star: Helena Bonham Carter, Cary Elwes, Michael Hordern, John Wood - - - HISTORY  -
Lucrèce Borgia (1953)

Also Known As:
Lucretia Borgia (1953)
Lucrezia Borgia (1954) (Italy)
Sins of the Borgias (1953)

Directed by: Christian-Jaque  /  Martine Carol .... Lucrèce Borgia / In the early 16th century, Italy is ruled by the powerful Borgia family, led by Cesare Borgia (Pedro Armendariz) and his sister Lucretia (Martine Carol). In a ruthless power play, Cesare plots to have his sister's husband murdered. But without her brother's knowledge, Lucretia has taken a strong lover who will challenge the Borgias. Runtime: 120 / color /French   HISTORY  WANTED/ ps + info av / vhs av set in 16th century Italy / Italy:97

M

Man for All Seasons, A (1966) Director: Fred Zinnemann Star: Paul Scofield, Wendy Hiller, VHS NTSC - HISTORY -Set During the region of Henry VIII
Man for All Seasons, A (1988)  Director: Charlton Heston Star: John Gielgud, Charlton Heston, Vanessa Redgrave VHS NTSC - HISTORY  -
THE MAN WHO LAUGHS (1966)

Also Known As:
Homme qui rit, L' (1966) (France)
Uomo che ride, L' (1966)
Original title

Lisa Gastoni and Edmund Purdom star in this story of the notorious Borgias, the decadent Italian Renaissance rulers who turned politics and poisoning into a lethal art form (1966).

Starring: Lisa Gastoni, Edmund Purdom. Director: Sergio Corbucci. 98 mins, 15, Country: France / Italy
VHS PAL A+ Period Literature full screen, set in the 16th century Italy. info +ps (av)
Mary, Queen of Scots (1971) Directed by: Charles Jarrott VHS -NTSC - HISTORY  mid 1500's

Mary, Queen of Scots (1998)

  VHS NTSC - HISTORY  mid 1500's-
Mary of Scotland (1936) Director: John Ford Star: Katharine Hepburn, VHS NTSC - HISTORY  -mid 1500's
Martin Luther  -

VHS

      HISTORY  Early 1500s
Mismar Goha (1952)

Also Known As:
Goha's Nail (1952) (International: English title)

Directed by; Ibrahim Emara / Starring: Abbas Faris as Goha + Kamal Al shinnawe + Ismaeel Yaseen VHS NTSC A Period Literature Country: Egypt / Language: Arabic with English subtitles/ Color: Black and White
The Mission - VHS     HISTORY   Late 1500s South America
"Mughai-E-Azam (1960)
 
Directed by K. Asif. A historical Indian masterpiece, considered one of the mega-productions of the Indian screen. The powerful love story portrays a prince who is willing to leave his throne for the woman he loves. With music and songs. Stars Prithviraj Kapoor, Dilip Kumar, Durka Khote. Music by Nashad. Hindi and Urdu with VHS NTSC   HISTORY  English subtitles. 182 minutes.
Mughal-E-Azam (1960)

Also Known As: Emperor of the Mughals, The (1960) Great Mughal, The (1960)

Set in the 16th century AD, the movie brings to life the tale of the doomed love affair between the Mughal Crown Prince Saleem and the beautiful, ill-fated court dancer, whose fervor and intensity perpetrates a war between the prince and his father the great Mughal Emperor Akbar, and threatens to bring an empire to its knees.  VHS       HISTORY  Country: India Language: Urdu Color: Black and White / Color
Much Ado About Nothing (1993) Kenneth Branagh, Emma Thompson - - - - -

N

Nine Days a Queen   - -   HISTORY about Lady Jane Grey, Mid 1550s Endland
Nostradamus (1994)
Film about the famed astrologer-physician who lived 1503-1566 - - - HISTORY -
Nostradamus (1998) A look at the mysterious French astrologer and physician born in 1503 who would make predictions some believe accurately portrayed events 500 years in the future - - - HISTORY -
O

Otello (1955)

aka:
Othello (1956) (USA)

Directed by Sergei Yutkevich/ Russian actor/director Sergei Bondarchuk (War and Peace) stars as the Moor of Venice in this very unusual and compelling Russian adaptation of Shakespeare's play. The film was awarded the Best Director at the Cannes Film Festival. Features Irina Skobtseva as Desdemona and Andrei Popov as Iago.

VHS NTSC - Period 
Literature
Russian/ Dubbed in English. 108 minutes.
Othello (1965) Laurence Olivier, Frank Finlay VHS NTSC - Period 
Literature

-mid 1500's

Othello (1952) Orson Welles.
VHS NTSC - Period 
Literature

-

Orlando (1993)
Only the first part, which is set in the reign of Elizabeth VHS - - HISTORY  -
P

Prince of Foxes (1949)

Orson Welles, Tyrone Power,(Cesare Borgia and a Renaissance adventurer. )

VHS NTSC A HISTORY B&W from Bob
VHS NTSC A HISTORY B&W from Ebay

PRIVATE LIFE OF HENRY THE VIII (1933)

Director: Alexander Korda Star: Charles Laughton,

- - - HISTORY -

Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex, The (Elizabeth the Queen) (1939)

Bette Davis, Errol Flynn.

VHS PAL A HISTORY  -

Potop (1974)

aka:  
Deluge, The (1974) (USA)

Directed by Jerzy Hoffman: The action takes place in the 17th century, the turbulent period of the Polish-Swedish War. The plot is woven around the love story of the main character in the film, Andrezj Kmicic (played by Daniel Olbrychski), for a young gentlewoman named Olenka. Based on the novel by Nobel Prize winning author Henryk Sienkiewicz, much of this exciting and romantic film was shot in authentic, ancient Polish castles. Nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar in 1974.

VHS NTSC     Polish with English subtitles, 185 minutes. info av
Q

Queen Margot 

- -     Late 1500s France
R
Richard III (1955)  Director: Laurence Olivier
Star: Laurence Olivier
VHS NTSC A+ HISTORY -

Reine Margot, La (1994)

 

aka:
Bartholomنusnacht, Die (1994) (Germany)
Queen Margot (1994) (USA)
Regina Margot, La (1994) (Italy)

Directed by: Patrice Chéreau / The night of August 24, 1572, is known as the Massacre of St. Bartholomew. In France a religious war is raging. In order to impose peace a forced wedding is arranged between Margot de Valois, sister of the immature Catholic King Charles IX, and the Hugenot King Henri of Navarre. Catherine of Medici maintains her behind-the-scenes power by ordering assaults, poisonings, and instigations to incest - -     Runtime: 162 / France:159 / USA:144 / info av + ps
Return of Martin Guerre, The (1982) Director: Daniel Vigne Star: Nathalie Baye, Gerard Depardieu - - - - -
Rosenkrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (1990)
Gary Oldman, Tim Roth, Richard Dreyfuss NA - - Pseudo

-Historical

-
Romeo and Juliet (1936) George Cukor, dir.; Norma Shearer, Leslie Howard, John Barrymore. VHS - - - -
Romeo and Juliet (1954)
Renato Castellani, dir.; Laurence Harvey.
VHS - - - -
Romeo and Juliet (1968)
Franco Zefferelli, dir.; Leonard Whiting, Olivia Hussey.
VHS - - - -
Romeo and Juliet (1996)
Jenny Agutter NA - - - -

S

Sword and the Rose, The (1953) Director: Ken Annakin Star: Richard Todd, Glynis Johns, James Robertson Justice,  VHS NTSC A+ HISTORY  -
LD NTSC
Seven Seas to Calais (1962)  Rod Taylor Sir Francis Drake swashbuckler VHS PAL B HISTORY  -
Shakespearean series (Video)
The Royal Shakespearean Company and the BCC
The late historical plays including Richard III & Henry VIII
NA - - HISTORY  NA
Shakespearean series (Video)
John Cleese of Monty Python fame stars in the Taming of the Shrew. Many of the plays do not belong to any particular period, but are placed here because this is Shakespeare's period NA NA - - Royal Shakespearean Company and the BCC
Six Wives of Henry VIII, The (Video)
BBC Television
The life and loves of Henry VIII, King of England
NA - - - -

T

Il Terrore della Maschera Rossa

aka: Terror of the Red Mask (1959)

Cast: Chelo Alonso, Lex Barker, Massimo Serato (more) / Director: Piero Pierotti /          
Tower of London (1939) Director: Rowland V. Lee
Star: Basil Rathbone, Boris Karloff, Barbara O'Neil,
VHS - - HISTORY  -
Tower of London (1962)
Roger Corman, D.; Vincent Price
Flat Richard III melodrama remake.
VHS - - HISTORY -
The Tower of London (1989) Featured: Alec McCowen VHS - - HISTORY -
Tudor Rose (1936) Star: Cedric Hardwicke, John Mills, Nova Pilbeam VHS - - HISTORY  -
Taming of the Shrew, The (1929)
Sam Taylor, dir.; Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks.
VHS - - -- -
Taming of the Shrew, The (1967) Franco Zefferelli, dir.; Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton DVD - - - -

U

 Uomo che ride, L' (1966)

Also Known As:
Homme qui rit, L' (1966) (France)
THE MAN WHO LAUGHS (1966) Original title

Directed by: Sergio Corbucci / Lisa Gastoni and Edmund Purdom star in this story of the notorious Borgias, the decadent Italian Renaissance rulers who turned politics and poisoning into a lethal art form (1966).

Starring: Lisa Gastoni, Edmund Purdom. Director: Sergio Corbucci. 98 mins, 15, Country: France / Italy
VHS PAL A+ Period Literature full screen, set in the 16th century Italy. info +ps (av)

V

Virgin Queen, The (1923)

  VHS - - HISTORY  -
Virgin Queen, The (1955) Director: Henry Koster Star: Bette Davis, Richard Todd, Joan Collins, VHS - - HISTORY  -

W

Y

Young Bess (1953) Director: George Sidney
Star: Jean Simmons, Stewart Granger,
- - - - -

The Historical collection is divided into Time Periods

TIME PERIODS Division

TIME PERIOD

DESCRIPTION

EXAMPLES OF MOVIES

PRE-Medieval to 500 AD Movies about ancient times and civilizations, the period of these movies is between the Pre-Midieval tines to 500 AD. "Alexander The Great, Cleopatra, Attila, Spartacus...etc"
Early Medieval Period (500 to 1066 AD) Movies about Early Medieval times. The period of these movies is between the 500 AD to 1066 AD Christopher Columbus, Captain from Castille, Black Adder, Elizabeth, Hamlet, Ivan the Terrible, Othello, Richard III, Romeo and Juliet..etc

Central Middle Ages (1066 to 1450 AD)

Movies about Central Middle Ages. The period of these movies is between the 1066 AD to 1450AD Alexander Nevsky, Braveheart, The Conqueror, Henry V, Joan of Arc, Shakespearean series, Camelot, KHAN ASPAROUK... etc

Renaissance (1450 to 1600 AD)

Movies about Renaissance Ages. The period of these movies is between the 1450 AD to late 1600's AD Christopher Columbus, Castillians, Henry VIII, Ivan, Jane,  Mary of Scotland, Nostradamus, Richard III, Tower of London, Tudor Rose...etc
Post Renaissance (1700-1800's AD) Movies of Musketeers, Spanish, English, French  colonization's...etc The period of these movies is between the 1700 AD to late 1800's AD Zullu, Slave Ship, Pirates, Sandokan, Baghdad, KIM, Mary Antoinette, Napoleon, Louis Pastor, Madam Koori, Zarak Khan...etc 

 

Genres Name DESCRIPTION EXAMPLES OF MOVIES
HISTORY  Films about actual historical incidents or persons Cleopatra, Attila, Alexandar The Great, Hannibal, Henry V..etc
Period Literature Films based on period literature, plays, sagas, etc. Viking Sagas, ROBIN HOOD
Historical  Films not based (except in the loosest sense) on any period source, but set within period.  
Pseudo-Historical Films, mostly comedies, with period elements, but usually with obvious anachronisms, often deliberate)
 

Home | Browse by Genre | Remote | Search | Forum | Contact | Links | Store | About | F.A.Q

Copyright ©1998-2006 aFlam Website®. All Rights Reserved

www.aFlam.ws