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1. Kingdom Come: Deliverance (2018 Video Game)
M | Adventure, Drama, History
Henry is thrust into a civil war, watching helplessly as invaders storm his village and slaughter his family. Narrowly escaping the brutal attack, he grabs his sword to fight back.
Director: Daniel Vávra | Stars: Tom McKay, Matthew Wolf, Michael Pitthan, Logan Hillier
Votes: 1,632
2. Season of the Witch (2011)
PG-13 | 95 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
14th-century knights transport a suspected witch to a monastery, where monks deduce that her powers could be the source of the Black Plague.
Director: Dominic Sena | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Ron Perlman, Claire Foy, Stephen Campbell Moore
Votes: 98,297 | Gross: $24.83M
3. The Name of the Rose (2019)
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, History, Mystery
In 1327, an enlightened friar and his young apprentice investigate a series of mysterious deaths at an abbey risking the wrath of a powerful Inquisitor. Television adaptation of Umberto Eco's novel 'The Name of the Rose'.
Stars: John Turturro, Rupert Everett, Damian Hardung, Fabrizio Bentivoglio
Votes: 4,461
4. Faust (1926)
Not Rated | 107 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
The demon Mephisto wagers with God that he can corrupt a mortal man's soul.
Director: F.W. Murnau | Stars: Gösta Ekman, Emil Jannings, Camilla Horn, Frida Richard
Votes: 16,633
5. Luther (2003)
PG-13 | 123 min | Biography, Drama, History
During the early sixteenth century, idealistic German monk Martin Luther, disgusted by the materialism in the Catholic Church, begins the dialogue that will lead to the Protestant Reformation.
Director: Eric Till | Stars: Joseph Fiennes, Bruno Ganz, Peter Ustinov, Alfred Molina
Votes: 16,005 | Gross: $5.79M
6. Maximilian (2017– )
TV-MA | 275 min | Drama, History
In 1477 Charles the Bolds dies, his only child is a girl which cannot rule w/o a husband. Meanwhile in Austria, Emperor Frederick III and his antagonist Louis XI France battle over said marriage prospects, battles ensue, tragedy falls.
Stars: Christa Théret, Jannis Niewöhner, Alix Poisson, Jean-Hugues Anglade
Votes: 1,121
7. Barbarossa (2009)
R | 139 min | Drama, History, War
German Emperor Barbarossa will stop at nothing to conquer and build his empire. But a young man from Milan, along with his army of 900 men known as the Company of Death, is prepared to challenge the Emperor.
Director: Renzo Martinelli | Stars: Rutger Hauer, Raz Degan, F. Murray Abraham, Christo Jivkov
Votes: 1,434
8. Pope Joan (2009)
149 min | Drama, History, Romance
A woman of English extraction born in the German city of Ingelheim in the ninth century disguises herself as a man and rises through the Vatican ranks.
Director: Sönke Wortmann | Stars: Johanna Wokalek, David Wenham, John Goodman, Iain Glen
Votes: 9,113
9. Pippin: His Life and Times (1982 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 112 min | Comedy, History, Musical
At the goading of the ominous and omnipresent Leading Player, Pippin, the eldest son of King Charlemagne, samples life's pleasures to discover his place in the world and the meaning of his life.
Director: David Sheehan | Stars: Ben Vereen, William Katt, Leslie Denniston, Benjamin Rayson
Votes: 605
10. The Whore (2010 TV Movie)
121 min | Drama, Romance
Director: Hansjörg Thurn | Stars: Alexandra Neldel, Bert Tischendorf, Julian Weigend, Nadja Becker
Votes: 852
11. The Pied Piper (1972)
G | 86 min | Drama, Fantasy, Musical
In 1349, while the Black Plague threatens Germany, the town of Hamelin hires a wandering pied piper (Donovan) to lure rats away with his magic pipe, but then refuses to pay for his services, causing him to lure the town's children away.
Director: Jacques Demy | Stars: Keith Buckley, Patsy Puttnam, Arthur Hewlett, Paul Hennen
Votes: 911
12. Paracelsus (1943)
104 min | Biography, Drama
Paracelsus is the story of the Renaissance era Swiss physician/alchemist/astrologer Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim.
Director: Georg Wilhelm Pabst | Stars: Werner Krauss, Harry Langewisch, Annelies Reinhold, Mathias Wieman
Votes: 243
13. The Day of the Siege: September Eleven 1683 (2012)
R | 114 min | Drama, History, War
In the summer of 1683, 300,000 warriors of the Ottoman Empire began the siege of Vienna. The fall of the city would have opened the way to conquer Europe. On September 11. was the main battle between the Polish cavalry and the Turks.
Director: Renzo Martinelli | Stars: F. Murray Abraham, Andrea Iaia, Enrico Lo Verso, Jerzy Skolimowski
Votes: 2,224
14. Vision - Aus dem Leben der Hildegard von Bingen (2009)
Unrated | 110 min | Biography, Drama, History
The life story of the multi-talented German nun Hildegard von Bingen. The film portrays an original woman - best known as a composer and religious visionary - whose grand claims often run ... See full summary »
Director: Margarethe von Trotta | Stars: Barbara Sukowa, Heino Ferch, Hannah Herzsprung, Lena Stolze
Votes: 1,305 | Gross: $0.43M
15. Man on Horseback (1969)
M/PG | 98 min | Drama
It's medieval times. Kohlhaas merchants with horses. When going to the local fair to sell his horses, is forced by a noble to leave him part of the merchandise as payment for traveling ... See full summary »
Director: Volker Schlöndorff | Stars: David Warner, Anna Karina, Thomas Holtzmann, Michael Gothard
Votes: 236
16. Pope Joan (1972)
PG | 132 min | Biography, Drama, History
In medieval Europe, a pious young woman becomes a scholar of theology, disguises herself as a man, rises through the Catholic Church hierarchy and is elected Pope.
Director: Michael Anderson | Stars: Liv Ullmann, Jeremy Kemp, Natasa Nicolescu, Sharon Winter
Votes: 396
17. 1 1/2 Ritter - Auf der Suche nach der hinreißenden Herzelinde (2008)
115 min | Adventure, Comedy
The story of Lanze who is in love with the princess. One day the princess is kidnapped by the Dark Knight and Lanze starts his journey to rescue her. But he is not alone because Erdal, a Turk, joins him on his journey.
Directors: Til Schweiger, Torsten Künstler, Christof Wahl | Stars: Til Schweiger, Rick Kavanian, Julia Dietze, Udo Kier
Votes: 2,555
18. Age of Empires IV (2021 Video Game)
T | Adventure, History, War
Age of Empires IV takes players on a journey through the ages as they command influential leaders, build expansive kingdoms, and fight some of the most critical battles of the Middle Ages.
Director: Stuart Elliott | Stars: Victoria Gay, Joseph Millson, David Annen, Joseph Radcliffe
Votes: 212
19. The Habsburg Empire (2008)
48 min | Documentary, Biography, History
The rise and fall of the Habsburg Empire, one of the most powerful European empires in history, which lasted throughout the second millennium and had a major impact on Europe's cultural boom and ethnic cohesion.
Votes: 13
20. The Emperor and the Golem (1952)
110 min | Comedy, Fantasy
Emperors baker and Bakers emperor - it refers to the fact that in movie just a regular young baker gets switched with real old Emperor which leaves everyone thinking that emperor did get younger by drinking the potion of youth.
Director: Martin Fric | Stars: Jan Werich, Marie Vásová, Natasa Gollová, Bohus Záhorský
Votes: 1,469
21. The Pied Piper of Hamelin (1957 TV Movie)
Unrated | 89 min | Musical, Family, Fantasy
Overwhelmed by rats, a medieval town hires a magical piper who can rid the town of the pest in exchange for gold but the crooked mayor has no intention of honoring the deal.
Director: Bretaigne Windust | Stars: Van Johnson, Claude Rains, Lori Nelson, Jim Backus
Votes: 559
22. General Crack (1929)
Passed | 97 min | Action, Drama, History
A nobleman marries a gypsy woman, but while at court he falls in love with a princess.
Director: Alan Crosland | Stars: John Barrymore, Lowell Sherman, Marian Nixon, Armida
Votes: 75
23. Io, Don Giovanni (2009)
127 min | Drama, History, Music
A drama based on the life of 18th century Italian lyricist Lorenzo da Ponte, who collaborated with Mozart on his "Don Giovanni" opera.
Director: Carlos Saura | Stars: Tobias Moretti, Eulàlia Ramon, Sergi Roca, Anna Saura Ramón
Votes: 628
24. The Golem: The Legend of Prague (1936)
83 min | Fantasy, Horror
The Golem, a giant creature created out of clay by a rabbi, comes to life in a time of trouble to protect the Jews of Prague from persecution.
Director: Julien Duvivier | Stars: Harry Baur, Roger Karl, Charles Dorat, Roger Duchesne
Votes: 267
25. Karl der Grosse (2013– )
Biography, Drama, History
'Charlemagne' recounts the dramatic, violent and bawdy lie of the Middle Ages' most important emperor: His life as a political strategist, a passionate lover, a man that conquered most of ... See full summary »
Stars: Alexander Wüst, Peter Matic, Regina Fritsch, Alma Hasun
Votes: 94
26. The Puppeteers (2017)
178 min | Adventure, Drama, History
Jakob Fugger's scheming to become as rich as Croesus from copper and silver mining as banker of the mighty in Catholic Christianity requires seeing the papacy to organize a European ... See full summary »
Stars: Samuel Schneider, Herbert Knaup, Sascha Alexander Gersak, Helen Woigk
Votes: 139
27. Faust (1960)
128 min | Drama, Fantasy
The aging scientist Faust is desperately in search of knowledge and insight, but without success. To escape from this ignorance, he dares the extreme: He joins forces with The Devil. ... See full summary »
Directors: Peter Gorski, Gustaf Gründgens | Stars: Will Quadflieg, Gustaf Gründgens, Ella Büchi, Elisabeth Flickenschildt
Votes: 684
28. Knights Templar: Rise and Fall (2017 Video)
Not Rated | 67 min | History
Eons ago, an enigmatic group of warrior monks made history. In the 21st Century we are still looking back upon their history and mystery with wonder and speculation. They are linked to the ... See full summary »
Director: Philip Gardiner | Stars: Philip Gardiner, Paul Hughes, O.H. Krill
Votes: 67
29. 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
30. 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
31. The Tribulations of Balthazar Kober (1988)
115 min | Drama, Fantasy
A dream-like odyssey of a young man across plague-ridden 16th century Germany.
Director: Wojciech Has | Stars: Rafal Wieczynski, Michael Lonsdale, Adrianna Biedrzynska, Gabriela Kownacka
Votes: 279
32. Götz von Berlichingen mit der eisernen Hand (1979)
102 min | Adventure, Drama, History
Sir Gotz von Berlichingen, a knight who fights for God and his Emperor, is the bitter enemy of the Bishop of Bamberg, who has managed to persuade Gotz's old friend Adalbert of Weislingen to... See full summary »
Director: Wolfgang Liebeneiner | Stars: Raimund Harmstorf, Ulli Bauer, Sky du Mont, Detlev Eckstein
Votes: 59
33. Zwischen Himmel und Hölle (2017)
180 min | Drama, History
Two-part drama about how, 500 years ago, a revolutionary priest named Martin Luther changed the face of Christendom and the path of European civilization forever.
Stars: Maximilian Brückner, Jan Krauter, Johannes Klaußner, Joachim Król
Votes: 158
34. Duel in the Forest (1958)
115 min | Crime, Drama, History
The movie reports the historical story of Schinderhannes, based on a play by Carl Zuckmayr. Johannes Bückler, this his real name, led a band of brigands in the Hunsrück mountains during Napoleonic times.
Director: Helmut Käutner | Stars: Curd Jürgens, Maria Schell, Christian Wolff, Fritz Tillmann
Votes: 207
35. Martin Luther (1983– )
90 min | Biography, Drama
Stars: Ulrich Thein, Otto Mellies, Ralf Kober, Hartmut Puls
Votes: 33
36. 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
37. Thomas Müntzer (1956)
134 min | Drama, War
Director: Martin Hellberg | Stars: Wolfgang Stumpf, Margarete Taudte, Wolf Kaiser, Martin Flörchinger
Votes: 40
38. Le jugement de Dieu (1952)
98 min | Drama
Bavaria, 1433. Reason of state rules that Prince Albert is to marry Princess Bertha of Wurtemberg. But the fine-looking young man is loath to become the husband of a woman with pimples,flat... See full summary »
Director: Raymond Bernard | Stars: Andrée Debar, Jean-Claude Pascal, Gabrielle Dorziat, Pierre Renoir
Votes: 43
39. Das Frauenhaus von Brescia (1920)
Alternative name - "The House of Pillory" - a place where the enemy women captured during wartime were imprisoned so that the people could exploit them as they wished.
Director: Hubert Moest | Stars: Fritz Delius, Ernst Deutsch, Maria Forescu, Fritz Jessner
40. The Great Cattle War (1920)
86 min | Drama
A power struggle between mountain peasants who have been raising milk cows on common land and a village bailiff trying to gain power driving them off the land. Both have a ducal documents that states the opposite.
Director: Franz Osten | Stars: Thea Steinbrecher, Viktor Gehring, Ernst Rückert, Fritz Greiner
Votes: 77
41. 1648: Der lange Weg zum Frieden (2018 TV Movie)
89 min | Drama
October 2018 is the four-hundredth anniversary of the outbreak of the Thirty Years' War. The documentary traces the story of how it was finally brought to an end with the peace of Munster ... See full summary »
Director: Holger Preuße | Stars: Anna Císarovská, Jan Konecny, Arlette Lastovickova, Manfred Möck
Votes: 25
42. Lieutenant Rakoczy (1954)
114 min | Adventure, History, Romance
Historical drama about the Austrian occupation at the beginning of the 18th century.
Director: Frigyes Bán | Stars: Tibor Bitskey, Éva Vass, Endre Gyárfás, Ferenc Zenthe
Votes: 119
43. Der Schneider von Ulm (1978)
120 min | Drama, History
Albrecht Ludwig Berblinger dreams of flying. By chance he gets to know the airship designer Jakob Degen and sees his flying objects in action.
Director: Edgar Reitz | Stars: Tilo Prückner, Vadim Glowna, Hannelore Elsner, Harald Kuhlmann
Votes: 101
44. Jörg Ratgeb - Maler (1978)
101 min | Drama, History
On the eve of the Peasants' War, painter Jörg Ratgeb is in search of a Christ figure. He can't find anyone who can fulfill this longing. Cast into self-doubt, he leaves his wife and ... See full summary »
Director: Bernhard Stephan | Stars: Alois Svehlík, Margrit Tenner, Olgierd Lukaszewicz, Günter Naumann
Votes: 11
45. Der Ochsenkrieg (1943)
95 min
Director: Hans Deppe | Stars: Elfriede Datzig, Paul Richter, Wastl Lichtmanegger, Willy Rösner
Votes: 15
46. The Immortal Heart (1939)
107 min | Drama, History
Biography of Paul Henlein, the man who invented the pocket watch.
Director: Veit Harlan | Stars: Heinrich George, Kristina Söderbaum, Paul Wegener, Raimund Schelcher
Votes: 73
47. The Triumph of the West (1985)
TV-PG | 50 min | History
Historian John Roberts uncovers the roots of Western civilization in order to come to the understanding of the present. The series looks at the origins of Western civilization and its ... See full summary »
Star: John Roberts
Votes: 7
48. Die Martinsklause (1951)
96 min | Drama
Director: Richard Häussler | Stars: Willy Rösner, Gisela Fackeldey, Heinz Engelmann, Paul Richter
Votes: 20
50. The Protestant Revolution (2007 TV Movie)
Documentary
Four-part documentary series in which historian Tristram Hunt explores the scientific, cultural, economic and political aspects of Protestantism. In this opening part, he uncovers how a ... See full synopsis »
Director: Joseph Maxwell | Stars: Shanna Forrestall, Margaret Maye, Norman McIsaac, Matthew Mease
Votes: 25