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1. Salome, Where She Danced (1945)

Approved | 90 min | Adventure, Drama, Music

A famous Viennese ballerina flees Europe during the Austro-Prussian War and falls in love with an American bandit who looks like her deceased royal lover.

Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: Yvonne De Carlo, Rod Cameron, David Bruce, Walter Slezak

Votes: 373

2. Ludwig II (2012)

130 min | Biography, Drama, History

A dramatic retelling of the life of Ludwig II, King of Bavaria, one of the most fascinating monarchs of modern times. From his accession to the throne at age 18 to his passionate support of... See full summary »

Directors: Marie Noëlle, Peter Sehr | Stars: Sabin Tambrea, Sebastian Schipper, Hannah Herzsprung, Edgar Selge

Votes: 879

3. Bismarck (1940)

118 min | Biography, Drama

A biographical film of Otto von Bismarck, the Prime Minister of Prussia, and how he and his policies - including aggressive war - helped to unite Germany.

Director: Wolfgang Liebeneiner | Stars: Paul Hartmann, Friedrich Kayßler, Lil Dagover, Käthe Haack

Votes: 244

4. Die Entlassung (1942)

110 min | Drama, History

A sequel to 1940's "Bismarck", Bismarck is dismissed by an under-pressure Wilhelm II. Then the treaty with Russia is in peril as the leader is left with the dilemma of who could complete Bismarck's work.

Director: Wolfgang Liebeneiner | Stars: Emil Jannings, Margarete Schön, Christian Kayßler, Theodor Loos

Votes: 106

5. Spy of Napoleon (1936)

77 min | Drama, History

Exiled French patriot helps to find the men who want to betray emperor Napoleon III by selling military secrets to the German government.

Director: Maurice Elvey | Stars: Richard Barthelmess, Dolly Haas, Frank Vosper, Francis L. Sullivan

Votes: 27

6. Fortreich: Slave the World (2019)

Documentary, Short

Totalitarian Paths and the Philosophy of Freedom.

Director: Reicher Yapelli | Star: Reicher Yapelli

7. Disraeli: Portrait of a Romantic (1978)
Episode: The Chief 1872-1881 (1978)

Biography, Drama, History

Disreali leads Britain as Prime minister and favorite of the Queen as he protects British interests in the Suez Canal and the Balkans.

Director: Claude Whatham | Stars: Ian McShane, Rosemary Leach, Brewster Mason, David de Keyser

Votes: 14

8. Real Time History (2021– )
Episode: The German Wars of Unification - Bismarck's Rise (2021)

13 min | Documentary, Short, History

After the failed revolution of 1848, the German states within the German confederation were still moving towards unification. This movement would come from the citizens this time though but... See full summary »

Director: Toni Steller | Star: Jesse Alexander

9. Real Time History (2021– )
Episode: How the Franco-Prussian War Broke out in 1870 (Ems Dispatch Crisis) (2021)

12 min | Documentary, Short, History

French and Prussian animosity have been swelling in the background since the German Wars of Unification started in the 1860s. The French Duc de Gramont hopes that a victory over Prussia ... See full summary »

Director: Toni Steller | Star: Jesse Alexander

10. The Armchair Historian (2017– )
Episode: Franco-Prussian War (2018)

7 min | Documentary, Animation

The Armchair Historian discusses the European geo-political situation that led to the Franco-Prussian War and how the new German Confederation was able to destroy France's Second Empire so quickly.

Director: Griffin Johnsen

11. 37 Days (2014)
Episode: One Month in Summer (2014)

52 min | History

June 28, 1914:- Young Foreign Office clerk Alec recounts his delivering a telegram to his German-born boss, assistant under secretary Eyre Crowe, informing that the Austrian archduke Franz ... See full summary »

Director: Justin Hardy | Stars: Ian McDiarmid, Nicholas Farrell, Tim Pigott-Smith, Sinéad Cusack

Votes: 89