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1920s Historical Movies

Public list by WPS with 109 movies or TV shows/series

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Battleship Potemkin(1925)

NR
| 1h 15min | Drama, History
3.8/5 (with 494 votes)

A dramatized account of a great Russian naval mutiny and a resultant public demonstration, showing support, which brought on a police massacre. The film had an incredible impact on the development of cinema and is a masterful example of montage editing.

The Four Feathers(1929)

1h 21min | Drama, Adventure
2.1/5 (with 3 votes)

An Englishman (Richard Arlen) fights in the Sudan after receiving white feathers of cowardice from his fiancee (Fay Wray) and friends.

Pan Tadeusz(1928)

2.7/5 (with 3 votes)

Pan Tadeusz (film 1928) is a Polish historical film directed by Ryszard Ordynski based on the national epic of Poland, an 1834 poem by Adam Mickiewicz.

Directed by Ryszard Ordyński - With Wojciech Brydziński, Ludwik Fritsche, Stefan Jaracz, Jerzy Marr, Henryk Rzętkowski, Izabela Bellina, ...

The Last Night(1928)

1h 40min | Drama

A film by A. W. Sandberg.

Anna Boleyn(1920)

1h 58min | History, Drama
3.5/5 (with 11 votes)

The story of the ill-fated second wife of the English king Henry VIII, whose marriage to the Henry led to momentous political and religious turmoil in England.

The Divine Lady(1929)

2.8/5 (with 6 votes)

Lady Hamilton's love affair with Admiral Horatio Nelson rocks the British Empire.

Kean(1922)

The actor Edmund Kean, adored by his fans and critics, makes another brilliant performance. The young Anna Danby clings to his lips. But Kean has a liaison with a married woman.

Directed by Rudolf Biebrach

Danton(1921)

1h | History
2.9/5 (with 2 votes)

At the height of Reign of Terror Maximilien Robespierre orchestrates the trial and execution of several of his fellow leading French revolutionaries including Georges Danton.

Auf Befehl der Pompadour(1924)

- No description / details available yet. -

The Loves of Pharaoh(1922)

1h 40min | History, Drama
3.5/5 (with 4 votes)

The Ethiopian King offers his daughter to a powerful Pharaoh to secure peace between the two countries.

Serpent(1925)

1h 14min | Drama, Action
3.7/5 (with 9 votes)

This is the story of a samurai who falls on hard times due to misunderstandings and and follows the plots of his enemies.

La valse de l'adieu(1928)

- No description / details available yet. -

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Cagliostro(1929)

59min | Drama, Adventure
3.1/5 (with 2 votes)

Paris, France, 1784. After living many tribulations, Joseph Balsamo, known as Count Cagliostro, an infamous adventurer, enigmatic magician and necromancer, experienced physician and ruthless swordsman, triumphs among the members of the decadent French aristocracy. But a bold foretelling about a very prominent noblewoman causes his fall in disgrace… (Partially lost film.)

The Black Tulip Festival(1920)

1h 22min | Drama

Based on the novel The Black Tulip by Alexandre Dumas.

Wallenstein, 1. Teil - Wallensteins Macht(1925)

Historical drama about the life of Albrecht von Wallenstein.

The Woman House of Brescia(1920)

"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.

Directed by Hubert Moest - With Gertrude Welcker, Ernst Deutsch, Eduard von Winterstein, Hedda Vernon, Olga Limburg, Josef Peterhans, ...

Die Königsloge(1929)

1h 25min | Drama

- No description / details available yet. -

Directed by Bryan Foy

The Ship(1921)

11min | Drama, History
2.1/5 (with 3 votes)

The newly-settled city of Venice in the Sixth Century AD: A wandering people struggle to establish Christian Theocracy. Basiliola Faledro, an exotic dancer, wicked and cunning, arrives from faraway lands seeking to avenge her pagan lineage; Her father and brothers blinded and humilated by frenzied zealots. Her primary targets are the brothers Gràtico, both newly-elected to positions of power: One, Marco, an arbiter and tribune, the other, Sergio, a bishop. The title refers to a bold pronouncement made by Deaconess Ema Gràtico to her subjects the Venetians, a seafaring and desperate tribe-- That their native homeland is aboard a ship.

Die lachende Grille(1926)

- No description / details available yet. -

Directed by Frederic Zelnik - With Lya Mara

Miracle of the Wolves(1924)

NR
| 2h 12min | History, Drama
2.6/5 (with 2 votes)

King Louis XI tries to unify France by all means fair or foul, which does not please his powerful rival Charles the Bold. It is against this troubled backdrop that the loves of the daughter of a wealthy bourgeois and the king's god-daughter Jeanne Fouquet and knight Robert Cottereau unfurl in spite of all the obstacles in their way. One of these being a pack of hungry wolves trying to stop Jeanne from carrying out an important mission assigned to her by the king himself.

With Buffalo Bill on the U. P. Trail(1926)

54min
1.5/5 (with 1 vote)

When Buffalo Bill Cody learns that the Union Pacific railroad is making its way through Kansas, he and other heroes of the Wild West join forces to build a town along the route.

Directed by Frank S. Mattison - With Roy Stewart

Under the Red Robe(1923)

NR
| 1h 40min | History, Drama
2.5/5 (with 1 vote)

Under the Red Robe is a 1923 silent historical drama directed by Alan Crosland based upon the Stanley Weyman novel Under the Red Robe. The film marks the last motion picture appearance by stage actor Robert B. Mantell who plays Cardinal Richelieu and the only silent screen performance of opera singer John Charles Thomas.

Directed by Alan Crosland - With Robert B. Mantell, Otto Kruger, William Powell, Genevieve Hamper, Gustav von Seyffertitz, Arthur Housman, ...

The Fighting Eagle(1927)

2.5/5 (with 3 votes)

The exploits of Brigadier Gerard who helps expose Foreign Minister Talleyrand as a traitor to Napoleon.

Directed by Donald Crisp

Prinz Louis Ferdinand(1927)

- No description / details available yet. -

Ferragus(1923)

1h 36min

An adaptation of the first part of Balzac's History of the Thirteen, centered on the secret society of the Thirteen and helmed by René Navarre in the titular role of the former convict who became a sublime father.

Der Favorit der Königin(1922)

1h 49min | Drama

German film by Franz Seitz.

Lorna Doone(1922)

NR
| 1h 27min | Drama
3.2/5 (with 3 votes)

In 17th-century England, an outlaw clan kidnaps a young girl, who grows up among them. The farm boy who met her just before the kidnapping eventually rescues her, and they fall in love.

Samson und Delila(1922)

1h 28min | Drama
2.5/5 (with 1 vote)

- No description / details available yet. -

Henry, King of Navarre(1924)

In France the Queen poisons the Huguenot Queen and weds her son to the King's sister as part of an assassination plan.

Die Buddenbrooks(1923)

1h 24min | Drama

Four-generation story-saga dealing with the decline of a middle-class Lübeck family. The first adaptation of a Thomas Mann book was also Gerhard Lamprecht’s first major film.

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