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Films with theme "Histoire de France", sorted by revenue
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The Emperor's New Clothes (2001)
, 1h47Directed by Alan Taylor
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Histoire de France, Napoleonic Wars films
Actors Ian Holm, Iben Hjejle, Tim McInnerny, Nigel Terry, Hugh Bonneville, Trevor Cooper
In 1821, Napoleon Bonaparte (Holm), after six years in exile on the isle of St. Helena, has a plan to escape. Switching places with lowly French deckhand Eugene Lenormand (Holm again), Napoleon will make his way to Paris, at which time Eugene will announce the switch, allowing Napoleon to reclaim his throne.
Female Agents (2008)
, 1h55Directed by Jean-Paul Salomé
Origin France
Genres War, Thriller, Action, Historical
Themes French war films, Political films, Histoire de France, L'Occupation allemande en France
Actors Sophie Marceau, Julie Depardieu, Marie Gillain, Déborah François, Moritz Bleibtreu, Maya Sansa
In May 1944 Louise Desfontaines (Sophie Marceau), a member of the French Resistance, flees to Spain after her husband is killed, where she is captured and later expatriated to London. She is recruited by the Special Operations Executive (SOE), the secret spy and sabotage service initiated by Winston Churchill. Louise is given an urgent first mission: to extricate a British agent who has fallen into German hands while preparing the Invasion of Normandy. The agent has not yet revealed anything but time is pressing.
I Loved So Much... (2008)
, 50minutesDirected by Dalila Ennadre
Origin France
Genres Documentary
Themes French war films, La colonisation française, Politique, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Documentary films about prostitution, La guerre d'Indochine, Political films, Erotic thriller films, Histoire de France
The documentary describes the life of a Moroccan woman employed as a prostitute in a military brothel by the French Colonial Army who took part in the Indochina War. Past 70, Fadma says she agreed to do the documentary so that France would recognize her as they do their veterans: "I too took part in the war".
Stranded (2010)
, 1h40Origin France
Genres Drama, Science fiction, War, Thriller, Fantastic, Action, Horror
Themes Films set in Africa, French war films, La colonisation française, Algerian War films, Histoire de France
Actors Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet, Thierry Frémont, Aurélien Wiik, Saïd Taghmaoui, Cyril Raffaelli, Stéphane Debac
A group of French military is attacked during a rescue mission in Algeria by jinn.
Intimate Enemies (2007)
, 1h51Directed by Florent-Emilio Siri
Origin France
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Themes Films set in Africa, French war films, La colonisation française, Films about terrorism, Algerian War films, Political films, Histoire de France
Actors Benoît Magimel, Albert Dupontel, Aurélien Recoing, Mohamed Fellag, Marc Barbé, Abdelhafid Metalsi
The film is set in 1959 during the Algerian War. Lieutenant Terrien (Benoît Magimel), an inexperienced and naïve junior French Army officer, has volunteered for active service, rather than a safe staff post in Algiers. He is posted to Kabylie, a remote and mountainous region of Algeria, as a replacement for Lieutenant Constantin (Hicham Hlimi) who was killed during a ‘friendly fire’ incident commanding a counter-insurgency ambush operation – i.e. he was accidentally killed by his own side during a confused fire-fight. The war in Algeria is much more complicated than Lieutenant Terrien anticipated as he takes over command of his new platoon at the outpost "Mazel". Within hours of taking over his new command Terrien is ordered to lead a ‘locate and destroy’ mission into the zone interdite (the 'Forbidden Zone') to find a World War II French Army veteran named Slimane, now a local commander of Algerian rebels trying to win the independence of their homeland. Slimane is never seen in person during the film.
Henri 4 (2010)
, 2h35Origin German
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Themes Histoire de France
Actors Julien Boisselier, Joachim Król, Roger Casamajor, Armelle Deutsch, Sandra Hüller, Hannelore Hoger
France, 1563. Protestants et catholiques se livrent une lutte sans merci pour la terre et le pouvoir. Henri IV a pris la tête des protestants et marche sur Paris, prêt à en découdre avec les catholiques et notamment avec la rivale de sa mère : la puissante Catherine de Médicis. La réconciliation entre les deux clans semble à portée de main, lorsque la Reine offre sa fille Margot en mariage. Les noces tournent au bain de sang... Henri ne survit au massacre de la Saint-Barthélémy que pour être fait prisonnier. Incarcéré au Louvre, il y passe 4 ans avant de pouvoir s'échapper. Il passera le reste de sa vie à s'opposer par tous les moyens dont il dispose à ceux qui n'ont ni sens moral ni humanisme. Pour y parvenir, il n'hésitera pas à changer de religion. Les épreuves qui jalonnent son accession au trône façonneront le monarque qu'il devint : le premier vrai humaniste.
, 1h11Origin Bénin
Genres War, Documentary
Themes French war films, La colonisation française, Politique, La guerre d'Indochine, Political films, Histoire de France
Between 1946 and 1954, more than 60,000 African soldiers were sent to the Far East to fight against the Viet Minh. Many unions between Vietnamese women and African soldiers took place, and children were born, Some stayed with their mothers, but others were taken back to Africa. Through the story of Christophe, a 58-year-old Afro-Asian, Idrissou Mora-Kpai not only tells the story of these children of mixed heritage, but also the unnatural fight in which colonized Africans stood against the Vietnamese who were fighting for their independence.
15 Lads (2011)
, 1h26Directed by Romain Cogitore
Origin France
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Themes Histoire de France, L'Occupation allemande en France
Actors Grégoire Colin, Michel Vuillermoz, Jules Sitruk, Christopher Buchholz, François Civil, Grégory Gatignol
L'aventure d'un secouriste de dix-neuf ans, plus intéressé par son amoureuse que par la guerre. Il monte au maquis pour impressionner la jeune fille, mais se retrouve rattrapé par les évènements. Au milieu d'un groupe de jeunes maquisards, il passe de l'adolescence à l'âge adulte, découvrant de plein fouet l'amour et la survie.
The Silence of Joan (2011)
, 1h32Directed by Philippe Ramos
Origin France
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Films about religion, Jeanne d'Arc, Political films, Histoire de France
Actors Clémence Poésy, Thierry Frémont, Liam Cunningham, Mathieu Amalric, Louis-Do de Lencquesaing, Jean-François Stévenin
The film depicts the period between Joan of Arc's capture and her execution in 1431.
What the Day Owes the Night (2012)
, 2h39Directed by Alexandre Arcady
Origin France
Genres Drama, Historical, Romance
Themes French war films, La colonisation française, Algerian War films, Histoire de France
Actors Fu'ad Aït Aattou, Nora Arnezeder, Anne Parillaud, Vincent Pérez, Mohamed Fellag, Anne Consigny
Inspiré de faits réels. L'histoire parcourt l'Algérie des années 1930 aux années 1960, racontant le destin de Younes, jeune Algérien élevé comme un pied-noir par son oncle. Il traverse les tragédies vécues par son pays, dont l'attaque de Mers el-Kébir et la guerre d'Algérie, sur un fond d'histoire d'amour impossible.
, 10minutesDirected by Georges Méliès
Origin France
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Films about religion, Jeanne d'Arc, Political films, Histoire de France
Actors Georges Méliès, Jehanne d'Alcy
In the village of Domrémy, the young Joan is visited by Saint Michael, Saint Catherine, and Saint Margaret, who exhort her to fight for her country. Her father Jacques d'Arc, mother Isabelle Romée, and uncle beg her to stay at home, but she leaves them and travels to Vaucouleurs, where she meets with the governor, Captain Robert de Baudricourt. The dissipated Baudricourt initially scorns Joan's ideals, but her zeal eventually wins him over, and he gives her authority to lead French soldiers. Joan and her army lead a triumphal procession into Orléans, followed by a large crowd. Then, in Reims Cathedral, Charles VII is crowned King of France.
Leaves from Satan's Book (1920)
, 2h47Directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer
Origin Danemark
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Historical
Themes Films about religion, Demons in film, Films based on the Bible, Portrayals of Jesus in film, Histoire de France, French Revolution films
Actors Halvard Hoff, Johannes Meyer, Viggo Wiehe, Elith Pio, Clara Pontoppidan, Carlo Wieth
Satan has been cast out from hell and banished to Earth under decree of heaven. He can return, only through a series of temptations. However, for every soul who gives in to his tempting, one hundred years are added to his sentence. For every soul who resists, one thousand years are removed from his sentence. The film follows Satan throughout much of recorded history.
The Eleven Schill Officers (1926)
Origin German
Genres Drama
Themes Political films, Histoire de France, Napoleonic Wars films, French Revolution films
Actors Gustav Adolf Semler, Grete Reinwald, Leopold von Ledebur, Werner Pittschau, Fritz Greiner, Albert Steinrück
Le film décrit le soulèvement raté de soldats prussiens menés par Ferdinand von Schill contre l'armée d'occupation napoléonienne et se focalise essentiellement sur les officiers de Ferdinand von Schill qui furent exécutés à Wesel.
Lines of Wellington (2012)
, 2h31Directed by Raoul Ruiz, Valeria Sarmiento
Origin France
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Themes Political films, Histoire de France, Napoleonic Wars films, French Revolution films
Actors Soraia Chaves, Vincent Pérez, Marisa Paredes, Carloto Cotta, John Malkovich, Nuno Lopes
An epic set in the time starting with the Battle of Bussaco till the retreat of French Marshal Masséna from the Lines of Torres Vedras constructed by the order of the Duke of Wellington in the Peninsular War (1810).
, 18minutesDirected by André Calmettes
Origin France
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Histoire de France
Actors Albert Lambert, Gabrielle Robinne, Berthe Bovy, Albert Dieudonné, Raphaël Duflos, Charles Lorrain
Lasting longer than was then usual, about 15 minutes, the film more or less accurately depicts the events of the day in 1588 when King Henri III (played by co-director Le Bargy) summoned his powerful rival, Duke Henri de Guise, to his chambers at the Château de Blois and had him brutally murdered. The film has its share of lurid thrills, and the pacing is quick throughout, with better acting than most films of the time, and staged in a somewhat theatrical manner.