17th Century
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1. Der Cornet - Die Weise von Liebe und Tod (1955)
109 min | History, Romance, War
Director: Walter Reisch | Stars: Götz von Langheim, Anita Björk, Wolfgang Preiss, Peter van Eyck
Votes: 16
2. Psohlavci (1955)
97 min | Drama, History
When the ancient privileges of Chodové were threatened by Wolf Maximilian Laminger von Albenreuth, "Lomikar", Jan Sladký Kozina defended their rights. He was arrested and executed in 1695.
Director: Martin Fric | Stars: Vladimír Ráz, Jana Dítetová, Jarmila Kurandová, Zdenek Stepánek
Votes: 46
3. Trista let tomu... (1956)
100 min | Drama, History
A Soviet propaganda film on the subject of mockery of Ukrainians, the film distorts the history of the Hetmanate, and elements of Ukrainophobia are present.
Director: Vladimir Petrov | Stars: Viktor Dobrovolsky, Yulian Panich, Evgeniy Samoylov, Artem Tarsky
Votes: 21
4. The Last Valley (1971)
PG | 128 min | Adventure, Drama, War
During the Thirty Years' War of 1600s, a band of Protestant mercenaries peacefully coexist with German Catholic villagers in a hidden idyllic mountain valley untouched by war.
Director: James Clavell | Stars: Michael Caine, Omar Sharif, Florinda Bolkan, Nigel Davenport
Votes: 3,583 | Gross: $0.25M
5. Witchfinder General (1968)
Unrated | 86 min | Drama, Horror
A young soldier seeks to put an end to the evils caused by a vicious witch-hunter when the latter terrorizes his fiancée and kills her uncle.
Director: Michael Reeves | Stars: Vincent Price, Ian Ogilvy, Rupert Davies, Patrick Wymark
Votes: 12,227
6. Witchhammer (1970)
107 min | Drama, History, Horror
In the 1600s, an overzealous clergy hauls innocent women in front of tribunals, forces them to confess to imaginary witchery, and engages in brutal torture and persecution of their subjects.
Director: Otakar Vávra | Stars: Vladimír Smeral, Elo Romancik, Josef Kemr, Sona Valentová
Votes: 2,839
7. The Admiral (2015)
TV-PG | 151 min | Action, Biography, Drama
When the young republic of The Netherlands is attacked by England, France, and Germany, and the country is on the brink of civil war, only one man can lead the country's strongest weapon, the Dutch fleet: Michiel de Ruyter.
Director: Roel Reiné | Stars: Frank Lammers, Sanne Langelaar, Barry Atsma, Lieke van Lexmond
Votes: 10,427
8. Die eiserne Zeit - Lieben und Töten im Dreißigjährigen Krieg (2018)
52 min | Documentary, Drama, History
This documentary drama series tells the story of the Thirty Years War from the perspective of the people who experienced it: like the soldier Peter Hagendorf, the "Winter Queen" Elisabeth ... See full summary »
Stars: Dominique Reymond, Bo Eriksson, Jan Hasenfuß, Arianne Borbach
Votes: 71
9. Winstanley (1975)
Not Rated | 95 min | Biography, Drama, War
Winstanley explores the attempt by Gerrard Winstanley who formed 'The Diggers' and with a group of followers attempted to form a small farming community in one of the first proto-Communist attempts at collective agriculture.
Director: Kevin Brownlow | Stars: Miles Halliwell, Jerome Willis, Terry Higgins, Phil Oliver
Votes: 386
10. Michael the Brave (1971)
203 min | Action, Biography, Drama
At the end of the 16th century Wallachian ruler Prince Michael the Brave overcame the adversity of the Ottoman and Austrian Empires to unite Wallachia, Moldavia and Transylvania into one country.
Director: Sergiu Nicolaescu | Stars: Amza Pellea, Ion Besoiu, Olga Tudorache, Irina Gardescu
Votes: 6,566
11. Colonel Wolodyjowski (1969)
160 min | Adventure, History, War
In 1668 Polish colonel Michael Wolodyjowski, who recently retired to a monastery, is recalled to active duty and takes charge of Poland's eastern frontier defenses against invading Tatar hordes and Ottoman armies.
Director: Jerzy Hoffman | Stars: Tadeusz Lomnicki, Magdalena Zawadzka, Mieczyslaw Pawlikowski, Hanka Bielicka
Votes: 1,784
12. Wallenstein (1987– )
165 min | Drama
"Wallenstein" is about the late career and assassination of Albrecht von Wallenstein, who was the commander-in-chief of the armies of the Holy Roman Emperor, Ferdinand II, during the 30-... See full summary »
Stars: Thomas Holtzmann, Krista Stadler, Irina Wanka, Rolf Becker
Votes: 10
13. Mother Joan of the Angels (1961)
110 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A priest is sent to a small parish in the Polish countryside which is believed to be under demonic possession and there he finds his own temptations awaiting.
Director: Jerzy Kawalerowicz | Stars: Lucyna Winnicka, Mieczyslaw Voit, Anna Ciepielewska, Maria Chwalibóg
Votes: 4,314
14. Des Christoffel von Grimmelshausen abenteuerlicher Simplicissimus (1975– )
384 min | Adventure, Drama, History
The idyllic life of the simple-minded Simplicius Simplizissimus is destroyed with the outbreak of the Thirty Years War, leading him on an adventurous journey.
Stars: Matthias Habich, Herbert Tiede, Christian Quadflieg, Herbert Stass
Votes: 95
15. Wallenstein (1978– )
340 min | Biography, History
The rise of Albrecht von Wallenstein from minor Moravian nobleman to imperialist generalissimo in the Thirty Years-War, and his fall once the emperor begins to doubt his loyalty.
Stars: Rolf Boysen, Romuald Pekny, Werner Kreindl, Karl Schwetter
Votes: 101
16. Richelieu (1977– )
52 min | Biography, History, War
Stars: Pierre Vernier, René Clermont, Maria Wimmer, Bernard Lavalette
Votes: 45
17. The Queen and the Cardinal (2009 TV Movie)
197 min | History
With France's prime minister Cardinal Richelieu and King Louis XIII dead, the Italian-born Cardinal Mazarin and the Spanish-born Queen Anne struggle to establish a regency to rule France in the name of the five-year-old Louis XIV.
Director: Marc Rivière | Stars: Philippe Torreton, Alessandra Martines, Marc Citti, Cyril Descours
Votes: 112
18. The Devils (1971)
R | 111 min | Biography, Drama, History
In 17th-century France, Father Urbain Grandier's protection of the city of Loudun from the corrupt Cardinal Richelieu is undermined by a sexually repressed nun's accusation of witchcraft.
Director: Ken Russell | Stars: Vanessa Redgrave, Oliver Reed, Dudley Sutton, Max Adrian
Votes: 18,677 | Gross: $1.13M
19. A Field in England (2013)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, History, Horror
Amid the Civil War in 17th-century England, a group of deserters flee from battle through an overgrown field. Captured by an alchemist, the men are forced to help him search to find a hidden treasure that he believes is buried in the field.
Director: Ben Wheatley | Stars: Julian Barratt, Peter Ferdinando, Richard Glover, Ryan Pope
Votes: 13,999 | Gross: $0.03M
20. Boris Godunov (1986)
130 min | Drama, History
Based on the Alexander Pushkin's play, epic story about Tsar Boris Godunov, who reigned over Russia between 1598 and 1605.
Director: Sergey Bondarchuk | Stars: Sergey Bondarchuk, Alyona Bondarchuk, Gennadi Mitrofanov, Valeriy Storozhik
Votes: 288
21. Dorogi Anny Firling (1985 TV Movie)
Drama, History
Spring of 1624. The period of the Thirty Years' War. Drama based on the play "Mother Courage and her children".
Director: Sergey Kolosov | Stars: Zhanna Balashova, Armen Dzhigarkhanyan, Lyudmila Kasatkina, Ermengeld Konovalov
Votes: 28
22. Bláznova kronika (1964)
82 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Karel Zeman's brilliant animation, cowritten with Jurácek: ironic, surreal, following the adventures of a plowboy and a mercenary to the battlefields of the Thirty Years War.
Director: Karel Zeman | Stars: Petr Kostka, Emília Vásáryová, Miroslav Holub, Karel Effa
Votes: 531
23. 1612: Khroniki smutnogo vremeni (2007)
Not Rated | 144 min | Adventure, Drama, History
The czar of Russia has died and a power vacuum has developed. This period in late 16th and early 17th century has been called "The Time of Troubles.
Director: Vladimir Khotinenko | Stars: Pyotr Kislov, Michal Zebrowski, Artur Smolyaninov, Violetta Davydovskaya
Votes: 2,296
24. Cromwell (1970)
G | 139 min | Biography, Drama, History
Puritan statesman Oliver Cromwell leads England in a civil war against the absolutist and Catholic-sympathetic King Charles I.
Director: Ken Hughes | Stars: Richard Harris, Alec Guinness, Robert Morley, Dorothy Tutin
Votes: 6,966 | Gross: $1.37M
25. To Kill a King (2003)
Not Rated | 102 min | Biography, Drama, History
A recounting of the relationship between General Fairfax and Oliver Cromwell, as they try to cope with the consequences of deposing King Charles I.
Director: Mike Barker | Stars: Tim Roth, Dougray Scott, Olivia Williams, James Bolam
Votes: 3,413
26. By the Sword Divided (1983–1985)
50 min | Drama, History, War
Story of the English Civil War as seen through the eyes of two families; the Laceys, loyal to King Charles I, and the Fletchers, loyal to Oliver Cromwell.
Stars: Sharon Maughan, Andrew MacLachlan, Rob Edwards, Lucy Aston
Votes: 235
27. Putování Jana Amose (1983)
147 min | Biography, Drama, History
The dramatic story of Jan Amos Comenius, a 17th century Christian hero and a testimony of the persistence of Christian courage.
Director: Otakar Vávra | Stars: Ladislav Chudík, Jana Brezinová, Marta Vancurová, Zuzana Cigánová
Votes: 31
28. Blaise Pascal (1972 TV Movie)
135 min | Biography, History
Blaise Pascal struggles to understand the natural world around him, in addition to an inner quest for religious faith.
Director: Roberto Rossellini | Stars: Pierre Arditi, Rita Forzano, Giuseppe Addobbati, Christian De Sica
Votes: 636
29. Black Robe (1991)
R | 101 min | Adventure, Drama, War
In the 17th century, a Jesuit missionary nicknamed Black Robe by the natives and his small party of companions try reaching the Huron tribe in Canada all while facing mistrust, Iroquois warring parties and harsh winter conditions.
Director: Bruce Beresford | Stars: Lothaire Bluteau, Aden Young, Sandrine Holt, August Schellenberg
Votes: 7,667 | Gross: $8.21M
30. To Kill a King (2003)
Not Rated | 102 min | Biography, Drama, History
A recounting of the relationship between General Fairfax and Oliver Cromwell, as they try to cope with the consequences of deposing King Charles I.
Director: Mike Barker | Stars: Tim Roth, Dougray Scott, Olivia Williams, James Bolam
Votes: 3,413
31. The Last King (2003)
TV-14 | 188 min | Biography, Drama, History
The chronicle of Charles II's time on the throne, his ten-year exile from Oliver Cromwell's England, and his triumphant return.
Stars: Rufus Sewell, Rupert Graves, Charlie Creed-Miles, Christian Coulson
Votes: 1,814
32. Cromwell in Ireland (2008)
60 min | Drama, History
From Tile Films comes a compelling HD docudrama 'Cromwell in Ireland'. Directed by two time IFTA Award winning director Maurice Sweeney and starring Owen Roe as 'Oliver Cromwell' this is a ... See full summary »
Stars: Lemuel Black, Owen Roe, Ronald Hutton, Declan Conlon
Votes: 10
33. Besieged (2015–2019)
60 min | Drama, History
For three years, 500 Spaniards endured the attack of the indigenous natives in the south of Chile. Only 22 survived. This is the story of those brave men and women and their incredible journey to freedom.
Stars: Benjamín Vicuña, Andrés Parra, Marimar Vega, Ricardo Abarca
Votes: 139
34. Gustav Adolfs Page (1960)
93 min | Drama, Romance, War
Gustl Leubelfing, daughter of the mayor of Nuremberg adores the king of the Swedes. So she happily substitutes for her brother as Gustav Adolf's page instead of marrying her fiancé Roland. ... See full summary »
Director: Rolf Hansen | Stars: Liselotte Pulver, Curd Jürgens, Ellen Schwiers, Walther Reyer
Votes: 115
35. Wallenstein (1962 TV Movie)
245 min | Drama
Director: Franz Peter Wirth | Stars: Wilhelm Borchert, Ernst Fritz Fürbringer, Karl Michael Vogler, Wolfgang Kieling
Votes: 14
36. Moeder Courage en haar kinderen (1969 TV Movie)
Drama
Directors: Jo Dua, Bert Struys | Stars: Rik Andries, Herman Bruggen, Alex Cassiers, Leo Haelterman
37. Mother Courage and Her Children (1961)
151 min | Drama, War
In 17th-century Europe, a sutler struggles to keep her children alive as she follows various armies selling goods and her body to the soldiers.
Directors: Peter Palitzsch, Manfred Wekwerth | Stars: Helene Weigel, Angelika Hurwicz, Ekkehard Schall, Heinz Schubert
Votes: 55
38. Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder (1955)
21 min | Short
Director: Wolfgang Staudte | Stars: Helene Weigel, Simone Signoret, Bernard Blier, Erwin Geschonneck
Votes: 13
39. Witchhammer (1970)
107 min | Drama, History, Horror
In the 1600s, an overzealous clergy hauls innocent women in front of tribunals, forces them to confess to imaginary witchery, and engages in brutal torture and persecution of their subjects.
Director: Otakar Vávra | Stars: Vladimír Smeral, Elo Romancik, Josef Kemr, Sona Valentová
Votes: 2,839
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