Classic historical Movies
# Kingdom of Heaven
年: 2005 | 国: Germany, Spain, United Kingdom, United States of America
監督: Ridley Scott
キャスト: Orlando Bloom, Eva Green, Jeremy Irons, Marton Csokas, Brendan Gleeson
あらすじ
After his wife dies, a blacksmith named Balian is thrust into royalty, political intrigue and bloody holy wars during the Crusades.
# 300
年: 2007 | 国: GB
監督: Zack Snyder
キャスト: Gerard Butler, Lena Headey, Dominic West, David Wenham, Vincent Regan
あらすじ
Based on Frank Miller's graphic novel, "300" is very loosely based the 480 B.C. Battle of Thermopylae, where the King of Sparta led his army against the advancing Persians; the battle is said to have inspired all of Greece to band together against the Persians, and helped usher in the world's first democracy.
# Spartacus
年: 1960 | 国: US
監督: Stanley Kubrick
キャスト: Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons, Charles Laughton, Peter Ustinov
あらすじ
The rebellious Thracian Spartacus, born and raised a slave, is sold to Gladiator trainer Batiatus. After weeks of being trained to kill for the arena, Spartacus turns on his owners and leads the other slaves in rebellion. As the rebels move from town to town, their numbers swell as escaped slaves join their ranks. Under the leadership of Spartacus, they make their way to southern Italy, where they will cross the sea and return to their homes.
# Cleopatra
年: 1963 | 国: GB
監督: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
キャスト: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Rex Harrison, Pamela Brown, George Cole
あらすじ
Determined to hold on to the throne, Cleopatra seduces the Roman emperor Julius Caesar. When Caesar is murdered, she redirects her attentions to his general, Marc Antony, who vows to take power—but Caesar’s successor has other plans.
# Darkest Hour
年: 2017 | 国: GB
監督: Joe Wright
キャスト: Gary Oldman, Stephen Dillane, Lily James, Ronald Pickup, Ben Mendelsohn
あらすじ
In May 1940, the fate of World War II hangs on Winston Churchill, who must decide whether to negotiate with Adolf Hitler or fight on knowing that it could mean the end of the British Empire.
# Ben-Hur
年: 1959 | 国: US
監督: William Wyler
キャスト: Charlton Heston, Stephen Boyd, Hugh Griffith, Jack Hawkins, Haya Harareet
あらすじ
In 25 AD, Judah Ben-Hur, a Jew in ancient Judea, opposes the occupying Roman empire. Falsely accused by a Roman childhood friend-turned-overlord of trying to kill the Roman governor, he is put into slavery and his mother and sister are taken away as prisoners.
# Lawrence of Arabia
年: 1962 | 国: GB
監督: David Lean
キャスト: Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness, Omar Sharif, Anthony Quinn, Jack Hawkins
あらすじ
The story of British officer T.E. Lawrence's mission to aid the Arab tribes in their revolt against the Ottoman Empire during the First World War. Lawrence becomes a flamboyant, messianic figure in the cause of Arab unity but his psychological instability threatens to undermine his achievements.
# Hotel Rwanda
年: 2004 | 国: Italy, South Africa, United Kingdom, United States of America
監督: Terry George
キャスト: Don Cheadle, Sophie Okonedo, Nick Nolte, Fana Mokoena, Joaquin Phoenix
あらすじ
Inspired by true events, this film takes place in Rwanda in the 1990s when more than a million Tutsis were killed in a genocide that went mostly unnoticed by the rest of the world. Hotel owner Paul Ru
# Braveheart
年: 1995 | 国: US
監督: Mel Gibson
キャスト: Mel Gibson, Catherine McCormack, Sophie Marceau, Patrick McGoohan, Angus Macfadyen
あらすじ
Enraged at the slaughter of Murron, his new bride and childhood love, Scottish warrior William Wallace slays a platoon of the local English lord's soldiers. This leads the village to revolt and, eventually, the entire country to rise up against English rule.