Regular Lovers (2005), Elle s'appelait Sarah (2010), Camille Claudel (1989), Sarah's Key (2010), The King Is Dancing (2000), A Tale of Two Cities (1958), The Beloved Rogue (1927), Madame Du Barry (1934) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best French History movies.
Storyline: In 1968 a young Parisian (Louis Garrel) embraces revolutionary ideals and begins a romance with an art student (Clotilde Hesme).
Plot Keywords: poet, sculptor, friend, love interest, passionate, tense, emotional ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: One of the darkest moments in French history occurred in 1942 Paris when French officials rounded up over 10,000 Jews and placed them in local camps. Eventually over 8,000 were sent off to German concentration camps. As 10-year old Sarah and her family are being arrested, she hides her younger brother in a closet. After realizing she will not be allowed to go home, Sarah does whatever she can to get back to her brother. In 2009, a journalist named Julia is on assignment to write a story on the deported Jews in 1942. When she moves into her father-in-law's childhood apartment, she realizes it once belonged to the Strazynski family, and their daughter Sarah.
Plot Keywords: reporter, journalist, girl, emotional, event, closet, french history ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Biography of Camille Claudel. Sister of writer Paul Claudel, her enthusiasm impresses already-famous sculptor Auguste Rodin. He hires her as an assistant, but soon Camille begins to sculpt for herself and for Rodin. She also becomes his mistress. But after a while, she would like to get out of his shadow...—Yepok
Plot Keywords: sculptor, assistant, beautiful woman, dark, passionate, france, french history ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: An account of research by a journalist (Kristin Scott Thomas) into a shameful incident in French history intertwines with a story of a 10-year-old Jewish girl (Mélusine Mayance) from that time period.
Plot Keywords: reporter, journalist, girl, emotional, event, closet, french history ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: A documentary on the life and career of Yiddish actor Pesach Burstein and his family.
Plot Keywords: king, composer, dancer, spectacular, passionate, versailles, france, palace ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: During the French Revolution, French national Lucie Manette (Dorothy Tutin) meets and falls in love with Englishman Charles Darnay (Paul Guers). He is, however, hiding his true identity as a member of the French aristocratic Evrémonde family, whom he has denounced in private. The Marquis St. Evrémonde (Sir Christopher Lee) in particular was a cruel man. Those he wronged have vowed to see the end of the family line at any cost. Lucie's father Dr. Alexandre Manette (Stephen Murray) was imprisoned in the Bastille for eighteen years because of actions of the Marquis. Into their lives comes English barrister Sydney Carton (Sir Dirk Bogarde), who enjoys his alcohol to excess. Carton earlier defended Darnay in a trial on trumped up charges of treason. Carton doesn't really like Darnay in part because Carton also loves Lucie, he realizing that that love is unrequited. But Carton does eventually learn of Darnay's true heritage at a critical time. Carton takes extraordinary measures to ensure Lucie's happiness during this time, which has the potential to be explosive if others also found out about Darnay's true identity.—Huggo
Plot Keywords: aristocrat, soldier, duchess, marquis, doctor, attorney, chilling ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: In 1432, while François Villon is still an infant, his father dies as a martyr to his devotion to France. François grows up to be a renowned poet, an ardent patriot, and a notorious carouser who is not above criminal acts. During the revels of All Fools Day, he insults Duke Charles of Burgundy, for which King Louis XI, who is afraid of Charles, banishes Villon from Paris. In exile outside the city walls, François looks for ways to protect France from Burgundy's plots. When Charles plans to have one of his associates marry the king's ward Charlotte, Villon successfully disrupts the engagement, but for so doing is sentenced to death. But Villon finds a way to exploit Louis's superstitious nature long enough to give him another chance to serve France, while at the same time seeking the hand of Charlotte.—Snow Leopard
Plot Keywords: duke of burgundy, poet, love interest, peasant, cheeky, witty, gutsy ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Madame DuBarry is a 1934 American historical film directed by William Dieterle and starring Dolores del Rio, Reginald Owen, Victor Jory and Osgood Perkins. The film portrays the life of Madame Du Barry, the last mistress of King Louis XV of France.[1] While this film does not serve accuracy to Madame Du Barry, it does feature antiques and jewelry that came from the actual days when Madame Du Barry lived. This film was released just as the Hays Code was taking full swing, and faced many problems with censors of the time. Scenes of this film had to be removed before its release or else it would have not been approved for release.
Plot Keywords: louis xv, courtesan, king, countess, adviser, marie antoinette, cheeky ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Writer and philosopher Voltaire, loyal to his king, Louis XV of France, nonetheless writes scathingly of the king's disdain for the rights and needs of his people. Louis admires Voltaire but is increasingly influenced against him by his minister, the Count de Sarnac. Louis's mistress, the courtesan Madame de Pompadour, is Voltaire's protector and advocate, but even she has difficulty preserving his welfare when Voltaire publicly excoriates the king for the wrongful execution of one of his subjects, Calas. Voltaire gives refuge to Calas's daughter and endeavors to show the king the error of his ways. But the Count de Sarnac, with an agenda of intrigue and disloyalty, determines to do away with the troublesome Voltaire.—Jim Beaver <jumblejim@prodigy.net>
Plot Keywords: writer, louis xv, daughter, mistress, philosopher, engaging, suspenseful ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: In Sunshine, Nevada, the middle-aged housewife Melanie Leroy sees her husband Ralston Leroy shagging her neighbor and she freaks out. Then she poisons Ralston, who is allergic to seafood, in the dinner. Melanie travels to the California to the apartment building that she has inherited from her aunt and when she meets her tenant Patrick Forman, she believes that he would be a perfect husband for her. She uses her maiden name, Melanie Leroy, and becomes obsessed for him, killing anyone that might interpose between Patrick and her.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Plot Keywords: president, biographer, wife, in-law, doctor, engaging, powerful ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Leaving his country village, D'Artagnan (Douglas Fairbanks) heads to Paris in hopes of becoming a musketeer. Soon after, he meets three of them -- Athos (Leon Barry), Porthos (George Siegmann) and Aramis (Eugene Pallette) -- and joins their struggle to defend Queen Anne (Mary MacLaren) against the devious Cardinal Richelieu (Nigel De Brulier). The cardinal's been scheming to expose Anne's infidelity by stealing a brooch she gave her lover (Thomas Holding), and the musketeers vow to get it first.
Plot Keywords: king, queen, musketeer, duke, assassin, servant, fiery ...
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