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1. Babette's Feast (1987)
G | 103 min | Drama
During the late 19th century, a strict religious community in a Danish village takes in a French refugee from the Franco-Prussian War as a servant to the late pastor's daughters.
Director: Gabriel Axel | Stars: Stéphane Audran, Bodil Kjer, Birgitte Federspiel, Jarl Kulle
Votes: 22,033 | Gross: $4.40M
2. The Life of Emile Zola (1937)
Passed | 116 min | Biography, Drama
The biopic of the famous French muckraking writer and his involvement in fighting the injustice of the Dreyfus Affair.
Director: William Dieterle | Stars: Paul Muni, Gale Sondergaard, Joseph Schildkraut, Gloria Holden
Votes: 9,013
3. The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921)
Passed | 150 min | Drama, Romance, War
An extended family split up in France and Germany find themselves on opposing sides of the battlefield during World War I.
Director: Rex Ingram | Stars: Rudolph Valentino, Alice Terry, Pomeroy Cannon, Josef Swickard
Votes: 3,549 | Gross: $9.20M
4. 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: 878
5. La Commune (Paris, 1871) (2000)
345 min | Drama, History, War
In this war drama blurring the lines between documentary and fiction, the working class and the bourgeoisie of 19th century Paris are interviewed and covered on television, before and during a tragic workers' class revolt.
Director: Peter Watkins | Stars: Eliane Annie Adalto, Pierre Barbieux, Bernard Bombeau, Maylis Bouffartigue
Votes: 1,336
6. Another Man, Another Chance (1977)
Passed | 136 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
The story of gaining the West with dedication of the people that built it. All framed up in a photograph of a couple's legacy.
Director: Claude Lelouch | Stars: James Caan, Geneviève Bujold, Francis Huster, Susan Tyrrell
Votes: 636
7. The Passion of Bernadette (1990)
TV-G | 106 min | Biography, Drama, History
Bernadette knows she's been chosen to be the Bride of the Lord.
Director: Jean Delannoy | Stars: Sydney Penny, Emmanuelle Riva, Catherine de Seynes, Malka Ribowska
Votes: 155
8. The Green Mare (1959)
94 min | Comedy, Drama, History
A feud between families in 1870's rural France.
Director: Claude Autant-Lara | Stars: Bourvil, Francis Blanche, Sandra Milo, Yves Robert
Votes: 374
9. The New Babylon (1929)
120 min | Drama, History
In the beginning of the industrial revolution, the Paris Commune was established in 1871 against the rich and the powerful, and violently repressed by the army that remained faithful to a ... See full summary »
Directors: Grigoriy Kozintsev, Leonid Trauberg | Stars: David Gutman, Yelena Kuzmina, Andrei Kostrichkin, Sofiya Magarill
Votes: 933
10. Mademoiselle Fifi (1944)
Passed | 69 min | Drama, War
In occupied France during the Franco-Prussian War, a young French laundress shares a coach ride with several of her condescending social superiors. But when a Prussian officer holds the ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Wise | Stars: Simone Simon, John Emery, Kurt Kreuger, Alan Napier
Votes: 619
11. Les Alsaciens: ou les deux Mathilde (1996)
90 min | Drama, History
The history of four generations of a family in Alsace between 1870 and 1953. Over this time, the family and the villagers live through three wars between France and Germany and their ... See full summary »
Stars: Caroline Tresca, Catherine Aymerie, Hélène Schwaller, Aurore Clément
Votes: 84
12. Your Job in Germany (1945)
13 min | Documentary, Short, War
A propaganda piece about the occupation of post-Nazi Germany and what led to WWII.
Director: Frank Capra | Stars: Adolf Hitler, John Lund
Votes: 188
13. Real Time History (2021– )
Documentary, Short, History
Real Time History offers in-depth looks at various important episodes of Nineteenth and Twentieth Century conflicts, such as the War of 1812, the Franco-Prussian War and World War 2
Stars: Jesse Alexander, Jonathan Ferguson, Quentin Censier, Németh Balázs
14. Komunaris chibukhi (1929)
65 min | Action, Drama
A Russian telling of the 1871 "Paris Commune", the first proletariat government in history.
Director: Kote Marjanishvili | Stars: Ushangi Chkheidze, Sergei Zabozlayev, Veriko Anjaparidze, T. Menzon
Votes: 62
15. Champ d'honneur (1987)
PG | 87 min | Drama, History, War
The Dordogne, 1869. Pierre Naboulet, a poor tenant farmer, has drawn a lucky number in the French Army draft lottery. He will be exempt from a five-year period of military service. But he ... See full summary »
Director: Jean-Pierre Denis | Stars: Cris Campion, Pascale Rocard, Eric Wapler, Frédéric Mayer
Votes: 81
16. Kaiserspiel - Bismarcks Reichsgründung in Versailles (2021 TV Movie)
90 min | History
150 years ago, the German Empire was proclaimed in the Hall of Mirrors of the Palace of Versailles: a revenge on the defeat of Jena in 1806. From the battle of Sedan in September 1870, ... See full summary »
Director: Christian Twente | Stars: Thomas Thieme, Peter Meinhardt, Hubertus Hartmann, Anna Tenta
Votes: 26
17. Glory and Defeat - The Franco-Prussian War 1870/71 (2021 Video)
Documentary
Glory and Defeat is a documentary series chronicling the Franco-Prussian War of 1870/71 week by week - From the Ems Dispatch to the Paris Commune and the Treaty of Frankfurt. It covers not ... See full summary »
Director: Toni Steller | Star: Jesse Alexander
Votes: 7
18. The Universal Clock: The Resistance of Peter Watkins (2001)
77 min | Documentary, History
This film looks at Peter Watkins and his uncompromising devotion to his ideals.
Director: Geoff Bowie | Stars: Marie-Josephe Barrere, Renaud Bazin, Kamel Ikachamene, Sara Louis
Votes: 73
19. Young Man's Fancy (1939)
77 min | Comedy
An aristocratic Englishman is engaged to a brewery heiress. He's not happy though and, during a visit to a circus he meets and falls in love with a human cannonball.
Director: Robert Stevenson | Stars: Griffith Jones, Anna Lee, Seymour Hicks, Martita Hunt
Votes: 111
20. Les damnés de la Commune (2021 TV Movie)
87 min | Documentary, Animation, History
Animated movie, exclusively created with period engravings, about the Franco-Prussian War of 1870 and the ensuing Paris Commune revolution in 1871.
Director: Raphaël Meyssan | Stars: Yolande Moreau, Simon Abkarian, Mathieu Amalric, Fanny Ardant
Votes: 94
21. Die Gans von Sedan (1959)
90 min | Comedy, War
Summer 1870. Following the French defeat at Sedan. Léon, a soldier in a detachment isolated in the Ardennes forest, is sent in search of water. When he discovers the most peaceful of rivers... See full summary »
Director: Helmut Käutner | Stars: Hardy Krüger, Jean Richard, Dany Carrel, Françoise Rosay
Votes: 97
22. Die Pariser Kommune (1978 TV Movie)
55 min | History, Musical
Director: Peter Sämann | Stars: Beatrix Neundlinger, Georg Herrnstadt, Erich Meixner, Willi Resetarits
23. Gefangen in Frankreich: Theodor Fontane im Krieg 1870/71 (1979 TV Movie)
Adventure, War
Director: Theo Mezger | Stars: Hans Caninenberg, Karl-Heinz von Hassel, Werner Schumacher, Benno Sterzenbach
Votes: 7
24. Es braust ein Ruf wie Donnerhall - Ur-Opas dufter Krieg 70/71 (1971 TV Movie)
100 min | Music
Directors: Jürgen Neven-du-Mont, Fritz Umgelter | Stars: Marie Versini, Dagmar Heller, Jean-Pierre Bonnin, Michael Brennicke
25. Battles That Changed World: The Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871 (1998 Video)
Not Rated | 50 min | Documentary, History, War
This documentary is part of a series that describes wars, battles, and revolutions that were turning points in Western history.
26. 1870/71 Fotografien eines vergessenen Krieges (2020 TV Movie)
52 min | Documentary, History
Director: Grit Lederer | Stars: Sylvie Aubenas, Lauriane Bernat, Mina Christ, Éric Fournier
Votes: 11
27. 1870 (2018)
13 min | Short, History, War
Director: Fabien Drugeon | Stars: Julien Girard, Benjamin Hubert, Léopold Bara, Arthur Leforban
28.
The Wild Wild West (1965–1969)
Episode:
The Night of the Glowing Corpse
(1965)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Western
During the Franco-Prussian War, the French entrust their newest scientific breakthrough, Franconium, to the care of the United States to keep Prussian agents from it. Deadly in the smallest... See full summary »
Director: Irving J. Moore | Stars: Robert Conrad, Ross Martin, Kipp Hamilton, Marion Thompson
Votes: 239
29.
Der Bruderkrieg - Deutsche und Franzosen 1870-71 (2020)
Episode:
Eine Pariserin: Geneviève Bréton
(2020)
53 min | Documentary, History
Directors: Hermann Pölking, Linn Sackarnd | Stars: Hans Henrik Wöhler, Julie d'Andurain, Daniel Schönpflug, Robert Tombs
Votes: 8
30.
Der Bruderkrieg - Deutsche und Franzosen 1870-71 (2020)
Episode:
Ein britischer Kriegsberichterstatter
(2020)
52 min | Documentary, History
Directors: Hermann Pölking, Linn Sackarnd | Stars: Hans Henrik Wöhler, Julie d'Andurain, Michael Epkenhans, Peter Kaempfe
Votes: 8
31.
Der Bruderkrieg - Deutsche und Franzosen 1870-71 (2020)
Episode:
Ein preußischer Generalstabsoffizier
(2020)
52 min | Documentary, History
Directors: Hermann Pölking, Linn Sackarnd | Stars: Hans Henrik Wöhler, Julie d'Andurain, Michael Epkenhans, Christine Krüger
Votes: 7
32.
Geheimnisvolle Orte (2004– )
Episode:
Schloss Versailles - Im Spiegelsaal der Geschichte
(2021)
Documentary
Director: Grit Lederer | Stars: Claire Bonnotte, Georges Clemenceau, Sabine Hahn, Ingrid
33.
Wagner (1983)
Episode:
Episode #1.9
(1983)
Biography, Drama, History
Wagner and Cosima are overjoyed by the birth of their son, Siegfried. Meanwhile, Germany continues its war with France, which finally ends months later in January 1871 with a victory for ... See full summary »
Director: Tony Palmer | Stars: Richard Burton, Vanessa Redgrave, Stephen Oliver, Ronald Pickup
Votes: 70
34.
Real Time History (2021– )
Episode:
The French "All-Out War" Against the German Army at Paria
(2021)
12 min | Documentary, Short, History
After capturing Sedan and its entire garrison, the German army presses on to Paris where the French government attempts to stem the tide by throwing untrained and poorly equipped soldiers against the invaders.
Director: Toni Steller | Star: Jesse Alexander
35.
Real Time History (2021– )
Episode:
German Soldiers March Through Paris - The End of the Franco-Prussian War
(2022)
14 min | Documentary, Short, History
The end of the Franco-Prussian War is marked by humiliation for France. German soldiers march into Paris and the French Army of the East under Bourbaki flees to neutral Switzerland to surrender there.
Director: Toni Steller | Star: Jesse Alexander
36.
Real Time History (2021– )
Episode:
Decision at the Burgundian Gate - The Battle of Belfort Gap
(2022)
13 min | Documentary, Short, History
In minus 20 degrees Centigrade the rag-tag French Armee L'Est still tries to relieve Belfort which is under siege by the Baden Corps under General von Werder. Belfort's resistance against ... See full summary »
Director: Toni Steller | Star: Jesse Alexander
37.
Real Time History (2021– )
Episode:
French Ragtag Army's Desperate Winter Battles 1871
(2022)
11 min | Documentary, Short, History
One of the last bastions of French resistance in the new year 1871 is Belfort. A ragtag army called "Army of the East" rushes to free the city near the Swiss border. Meanwhile the Germans prepare to announce their Empire in Versailles.
Director: Toni Steller | Star: Jesse Alexander
38.
Real Time History (2021– )
Episode:
German Artillery Shells Paris into Submission
(2021)
14 min | Documentary, Short, History
The new year 1871 is about to bring upon a new German Empire. German leadership, especially Bismarck, is exceedingly frustrated with the dragged-out Franco-Prussian War that the Germans ... See full summary »
Director: Toni Steller | Star: Jesse Alexander
39.
Real Time History (2021– )
Episode:
How Soldiers and Civilians Celebrated Christmas During the Franco-Prussian War 1870
(2021)
14 min | Documentary, Short, History
Christmas 1870 reminded the German and French alike that the Franco-Prussian War was going on for far too long. Soldiers and civilians on both sides tried to make the best of the situation ... See full summary »
Director: Toni Steller | Star: Jesse Alexander
40.
Real Time History (2021– )
Episode:
German States Vote for Unity - Battle of Nuits-St. Georges 1870
(2021)
14 min | Documentary, Short, History
While the German delegations arrive in Versailles to set in motion the unification of the German states into a German Reich, the people in nearby Paris are starving and their army is still fighting in the countryside.
Director: Toni Steller | Star: Jesse Alexander
41.
Real Time History (2021– )
Episode:
The Frozen Battlefields of France - Battle of Beaugency 1870
(2021)
11 min | Documentary, Short, History
On the frozen battlefields of France, the exhausted German and French armies are still fighting. The Battle of Beaugency sees a desperate struggle in which soldiers on both sides suffer ... See full summary »
Director: Toni Steller | Star: Jesse Alexander
42.
Real Time History (2021– )
Episode:
French Breakout Attempt During the Siege of Paris 1870 - Battle of Villiers-Champigny
(2021)
13 min | Documentary, Short, History
he Siege of Paris has been going on for months in November 1870 and the population is starving. The French Army has previously tried and failed to break out but this week they are starting ... See full summary »
Director: Toni Steller | Star: Jesse Alexander
43.
Real Time History (2021– )
Episode:
The Battles of Amiens and Beaune-La-Rolande 1870 - Bismarck Wants His Kaiser
(2021)
13 min | Documentary, Short, History
After a brief break in the fighting, the Franco-Prussian War continues in late November with the Battles of Amiens and Beaune-La-Rolande. Both sides are exhausted and the casualties are ... See full summary »
Director: Toni Steller | Star: Jesse Alexander
44.
Real Time History (2021– )
Episode:
Bismarck Gets Closer to German Unification - A New Spanish King
(2021)
14 min | Documentary, Short, History
While the Franco-Prussian War is continuing its messy guerrilla phase, the German leaders are negotiating towards a united Germany. Hesse and Baden join the promptly renamed German ... See full summary »
Director: Toni Steller | Star: Jesse Alexander
45.
Real Time History (2021– )
Episode:
The Weird and Only Naval Battle of the Franco-Prussian War
(2021)
13 min | Documentary, Short, History
While the fighting on land continued during the Franco-Prussian War in November 1870, the bizarre and only naval battle of the war took place off the coast of Cuba when the German Meteor and the French Bouvet met in the port of Havana.
Director: Toni Steller | Star: Jesse Alexander
46.
Real Time History (2021– )
Episode:
The 1st (Failed) Paris Commune Uprising During the Franco-Prussian War 1870
(2021)
14 min | Documentary, Short, History
The Siege of Paris during the Franco-Prussian War 1870 and the downfall of the French Empire after the Battle of Sedan created a volatile social situation in the French capital. And in ... See full summary »
Director: Toni Steller | Star: Jesse Alexander
47.
Real Time History (2021– )
Episode:
The Last Imperial Army Surrenders at Metz - Battle of Le Bourget 1870
(2021)
12 min | Documentary, Short, History
Much of the remaining French hope to stem the tide against the German Armies comes from the more than 200.000 professional troops trapped in Metz since August. French Marshal Bazaine tries ... See full summary »
Director: Toni Steller
48.
Real Time History (2021– )
Episode:
French Guerrilla War & German Retaliation during the Franco-Prussian War 1870
(2021)
21 min | Documentary, Short, History
The French increasing reliance on franc-tireurs, guerrilla style fighters, is causing brutal German retaliation and a spiral of violence in the fall phase of the Franco-Prussian War.
Director: Toni Steller | Stars: Jesse Alexander, Quentin Censier
49.
Real Time History (2021– )
Episode:
The Battle of Orléans 1870 - French Raw Recruits vs. Experienced German Soldiers
(2021)
18 min | Documentary, Short, History
All across the country French Armies have been raised from any available troops using everyone from international volunteers to raw teenage recruits. How these sub-par soldiers fare against... See full summary »
Director: Toni Steller | Stars: Jesse Alexander, Jonathan Ferguson
50.
Real Time History (2021– )
Episode:
Rise of Guerrilla Warfare & Daring Balloon Escapes - The Franco-Prussian War Early October 1870
(2021)
15 min | Documentary, Short, History
In early October 1870, the German states are still confident the Franco-Prussian War is as good as over. But two events might cross their plans: One of the leaders of the new French ... See full summary »
Director: Toni Steller | Star: Jesse Alexander