Incredible feats, power struggles, palace intrigues, bloody battles and coups - sounds intriguing, doesn't it? Check out the full list of 2019's Best Released Historical Movies for Watching; new paintings will tell about bright events and will exactly recreate the times described in them.
Ford v Ferrari (Ford v Ferrari)
- USA, France
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 8.1, IMDb - 8.3
- During one of the scenes, you can see the famous Belgian race car driver Jacques Ickx.
The film is set in the 1960s, when the car company of Henry Ford II is on the verge of bankruptcy. To get out of the financial hole, Ford decides to create a sports car that could compete on an equal footing with the trendsetter on race tracks - the Ferrari team. American designer Carroll Gelby and professional racing driver Ken Miles lead the team of engineers and mechanics. Together they create the legendary Ford GT40. Day X is coming - the prestigious 24 Hours of Le Mans. And Ferrari wins again. Ford goes wild and is ready to fire Carroll ...
The Irishman
- USA
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 7.8, IMDb - 8.2
- The film is based on the work of the writer Charles Brandt "I heard you paint at home."
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Frank Sheeran, nicknamed The Irishman, is in a nursing home and recalls his life. In the 1950s, he worked as a simple truck driver and never thought that one day he would become a gangster. Once the guy met the crime boss Russell Bufalino. He took Frank under his wing and started giving him small errands. And so began the career of an unsurpassed hitman who posed a great threat to even the most influential mafiosi. Including for activist Jimmy Hoffa, who disappeared under very strange circumstances. In his old age, Frank makes a confession that he has killed more than 30 important members of the mafia.
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A Hidden Life
- Germany, USA
- Rating: IMDb - 7.6
- The film featured only European actors, mainly from Austria, Germany and Switzerland.
The Secret Life is a good evening movie with a high rating. At the center of the film is the real story of Franz Jägerstätter, a native of Austria. During World War II, he was the only one in his settlement who voted against the annexation of Austria to Germany. During the military draft, he did not take the oath of allegiance to the Wehrmacht for reasons of conscience. For stubborn resistance and refusal to obey, Franz was sent to the guillotine in 1943. And in 2007, Pope Benedict XVI canonized him. This is an amazing story of life, struggle and death.
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Apollo 11 (Apollo 11)
- USA
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 7.4, IMDb - 8.2
- The film grossed more than $ 8.9 million at the box office in the United States.
Apollo 11 is a well-reviewed movie and is recommended for watching. The plot of the film tells about the mission of the American manned spacecraft of the Apollo 11 series, which in 1969 made its first flight from Earth to the Moon. The film consists mainly of archival materials, the film crew got access to a unique 70-mm videotape, which had never been released before. The viewer has an excellent opportunity to witness the historic flight and witness the epoch-making expedition to the moon with his own eyes. The heroes of the film are not only astronauts, but also hundreds of NASA specialists.
Zakhar Berkut
- Ukraine, USA
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 7.1, IMDb - 7.9
- The slogan of the film is “Family. Freedom. Heritage".
1241 year. Khan Burundai, together with the Mongol horde, is heading west, destroying everything in its path and capturing prisoners. The legion stops for the night near the Carpathian Mountains, and early in the morning the hunters, the Berkut brothers, sneak into the camp and free the prisoners. Burunday, learning about this, becomes enraged and begins to destroy local settlements. Among the inhabitants, he finds a traitor who opens a secret passage for him in the mountains. But the mountain hunters led by Zakhar Berkut have their own sophisticated plan of how to stop the powerful enemy once and for all.
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Power (Vice)
- USA
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 7.0, IMDb - 7.2
- Actor Christian Bale and Dick Cheye were born on the same day, January 30th.
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"Vlast" is a film for every day that you want to watch. Dick Cheney was always said to be a "bad guy." In his youth, he abused alcohol, worked as an ordinary electrician, and was even arrested. But all these events did not prevent Cheney from building a successful political career. He managed to get an internship at the White House, where he gradually ascends to the role of "gray cardinal". Dick rose to fame when George W. Bush offered him the vice president. Remaining in the shadows, the calculating politician played a cunning backstage game, the consequences of which cannot be overlooked ...
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Van Gogh. On the threshold of eternity (At Eternity's Gate)
- Ireland, Switzerland, UK, France, USA
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 7.0, IMDb - 6.9
- Actor Willem Dafoe, who played Van Gogh, received the Volpi Cup for Best Actor for this film.
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"Van Gogh. On the Threshold of Eternity ”is a cool movie worth watching. Vincent Van Gogh is obsessed with painting and dreams of changing the world. Not finding recognition in Paris, the lonely creator goes to the picturesque hinterland of Arles in the south of France. Rural landscapes fascinated the artist, and he created masterpiece after masterpiece, but almost no one, except his beloved brother Theo, understood their value. Day after day, Van Gogh spends in sadness: he abuses alcohol, swears with the local population, but worst of all, he quarrels with his best friend Paul Gauguin and in a fit of hatred cuts off his ear. Vincent is placed in a psychiatric hospital, where he continues to paint nature and people. Only after his death, the talented artist found public recognition.
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The King
- UK, Australia, Hungary
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 7.0, IMDb - 7.3
The film is partially based on the biography of King Henry V of England. In addition, the film is based on the play of the same name by William Shakespeare.
The King (2019) is a captivating historical film on the list; the main role in the foreign novelty was played by actor Timothy Chalamet. The film is set in England, at the height of the Hundred Years War. Prince Hel of Wales leads a dissolute life and does not think about claims to the throne. But when his father, King Henry IV, dies from a terrible illness, Helu has to try on the crown on himself. As Henry V, he proved himself to be the greatest military leader of his era. The young ruler cleverly deals with conspiracies and uprisings, and also decides that the French monarchs do not show him the respect he deserves.
Sin (Il Peccato)
- Russia, Italy
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 7.0, IMDb - 7.1
- The picture was shown at the Rome International Film Festival.
Florence, early 6th century. The film tells about the difficulties in the creative path of the artist and sculptor Michelangelo Buonarotti. The recognized genius finishes painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. When Pope Julius II dies, Michelangelo tries to find the best marble to create the tomb. At this time, the new Pope Leo X gives the sculptor another order, and he is forced to start work. The artist hopes to maintain a warm and trusting relationship between two influential families, but in the end he finds himself in a circle of lies, from which it is incredibly difficult to get out.
Judy
- United Kingdom
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 6.9, IMDb - 7.1
- Actress Renee Zellweger practiced with vocal coach Eric Vetro for a year before taking part in the filming of the film.
Judy (2019) is one of the best historical films in the entire list that has already been released; you can watch a new picture in a family or friendly circle. Thirty years have passed since Judy Garland starred in the legendary Wizard of Oz movie. The actress comes to London to perform at the Talk of the Town nightclub. If Judy's voice weakened, then character and will to live only strengthened. Garland charms fans and flirts with musicians. At 47 years old, the woman is exhausted, she is haunted by sad memories of childhood and lost Hollywood, she dreams of returning home to her children. Judy does not know if she will be able to move on, and does not suspect that the performance in England may be her last. Viewers will see Garland's most famous acts, including Somewhere Over the Rainbow.
Cry of silence
- Russia
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 6.8, IMDb - 7.9
- The film is based on Tamara Zinberg's story "The Seventh Symphony".
February 1942, besieged Leningrad. The worst and most severe winter is coming to an end. The front-line soldier's wife Zinaida was left alone with her little son Mitya. There is nothing to feed the child, as bread cards are stocked two days in advance. The last chance to escape is to evacuate through Lake Ladoga, but with small children they are not taken there. Then Nina decides to take a monstrous step: to run away and leave her son alone in the frozen apartment. During the raid, Mitya is saved by Katya Nikonorova. The girl tells everyone that the boy is supposedly her brother, and gives herself a word to do everything to save him.
The Best of Enemies
- USA
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 6.8, IMDb - 7.0
- Bruce McGill and Sam Rockwell previously starred in The Magnificent Scam (2003).
The tape takes place in 1971, in North Carolina. Anne Atwater is a single mother who combines domestic responsibilities with an active civil rights struggle. Claiborne Ellis is a member of the Ku Klux Klan who meets a human rights activist during a fire at a school for black children. On the agenda is the question of transferring her students to a school for "whites". Ann and Claiborne were bitter opponents, but they soon realized that they had a lot in common. Heroes still remain loving parents, and it depends only on them what kind of world their children will live in.
Lev Yashin. The goalkeeper of my dreams
- Russia
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 6.8, IMDb - 6.3
- The slogan of the tape is “On the pedestal of people's love”.
“Lev Yashin. The goalkeeper of my dreams ”(2019) - a film based on real events, which has already been released; the novelty will especially appeal to football fans. For his flexibility and brilliant vision of the field, Lev Yashin was called the Black Spider and even the Black Octopus. The legendary goalkeeper was the rightful master in his own penalty area. He firmly holds the position number 1 at the gates of his native club, and then in the USSR national team. But fate sometimes throws up unpleasant surprises. The defeat in Chile causes a surge of hatred among fans towards Yashin. The "Gate King" will have to leave in order to return with triumph a little later and again become the best in the world. Lev Yashin is the only goalkeeper in the history of football to receive the Golden Ball.
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Nureyev. The White Crow
- UK, France, Serbia
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 6.8, IMDb - 6.5
- The slogan of the film is "Dance to Freedom".
The picture tells about the biography of the famous dancer Rudolf Nureyev. Touring in Paris in 1961 became the turning point in the artist's life. Nureyev comes to an indescribable enthusiasm for European life and every day more and more attracts to pop culture. Rudolph spends a lot of time with new friends, which the KGB agents don't like. The dancer understands that he can be permanently exiled to the USSR and makes a difficult decision - to stay in Europe. He will have to say goodbye to his homeland and family forever ...
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Brotherhood
- Russia
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 6.6, IMDb - 5.6
- The shooting took place in Dagestan. The locals took part in some of the scenes.
Lungin about "Brotherhood" on the channel "Caution Sobchak"
1988, the end of the Afghan military campaign. The motorized rifle division returns to its homeland along the road, which is under the control of a strong gang of mujahideen. Intelligence is trying to negotiate a truce, but the matter is complicated by the fact that the Soviet military pilot is captured by the enemy. The conflict is escalating, and while some are looking for a peaceful solution, others continue the war.
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The Current War
- USA
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 6.6, IMDb - 6.4
- Sienna Miller could play the main role in the film.
War of the Currents (2019) is an interesting historical film on the list; foreign novelty will delight you with an excellent cast and a fascinating plot. America, late 19th century. A fierce industrial war, the war of currents, is unfolding in the USA. Two ingenious inventors offer their own options for organizing energy supply. George Westinghouse sees a great advantage in the use of alternating current. Thomas Edison - for permanent. Westinghouse manages to attract the emigrant Nikola Tesla to his side, after Edison - the money of George Morgan. Everything must be decided at the World's Fair in Chicago. This is how the competition between the greatest inventors begins. Who will emerge victorious in the battle of the titans of the electrical revolution?
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The Aeronauts
- UK, USA
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 6.7, IMDb - 6.7
- Actors Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones previously starred in the melodrama Stephen Hawking Universe.
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London, 1862. James Glasher is a meteorological researcher who will go to great lengths to make a scientific breakthrough. Amalia Ren is a charming young lady who is passionate about hot air balloon travel. By their very fate, they were destined to fly higher than anyone else in history. A couple of pioneers are planning to embark on an exciting and desperate balloon journey through bad weather, strong winds, rain, storm and thunderstorms. Their chances of survival will be small, but what sacrifices you will not make for the sake of scientific discovery.
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Brexit: The Uncivil War
- United Kingdom
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 6.6, IMDb - 7.0
- Previously, actors Benedict Cumberbatch and Kyle Soller starred in The Fifth Estate (2013).
In the 2016 British referendum, it was decided to leave the UK from the European Union. Strategist Dominic Cummings was one of the main propagandists who influenced the opinion of voters. A subtle manipulator, despising politicians, accustomed to always remain unnoticed, has achieved an ambitious goal - he managed to change the country. The whole world is deeply impressed by his victory. But what will Dominic himself say after a few years?
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Midway
- USA, China
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 6.6, IMDb - 6.9
- The release date of the film "Midway" in the United States is timed to coincide with the federal holiday of the United States - Veterans Day.
The historical picture tells about a strategically important naval battle. The Battle of Midway is a pivotal battle between the US Navy and the Joint Japanese Fleet during World War II in the Pacific. In 1942, the US Navy, under the command of Admiral Chester Nimitz, defeated the Japanese, who suffered catastrophic losses. This was a turning point in the Pacific War.
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Harriet
- USA
- Rating: IMDb - 6.5
- The slogan of the film is "Be Free or Die".
In the center of the picture is the real story of the slave Harriet Tubman, who managed to escape from her masters and became one of the most prominent fighters against slavery in the United States in the early 19th century. The woman made regular trips to the south, from where she took out slaves. Risking herself every day, she fought for freedom for her family and her people. Harriet was an active participant in the Underground Railroad mission, ferrying fugitive slaves from the southern states to the North or to Canada.
Kingdom
- Japan
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 6.2, IMDb - 6.9
- At the end of the film you can hear the song Wasted Nights by One Ok Rock.
Reign is a good movie on the list to watch. China, the times of the Warring States.States wage bloody wars among themselves in order to become masters of territories. Somewhere in the backyard of one of these realms, the orphan Li Xin is training hard, perfecting his martial arts. The guy dreams of becoming a great general, and one day fate presents him with a unique chance. The hero meets the future emperor of the Qin Dynasty Ying Zheng. The young men set themselves an impossible task - to unite all the Kingdoms under one banner and return the throne of Zheng at any cost.
The Red Sea Diving Resort
- Canada
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 6.2, IMDb - 6.5
- Director Gideon Ruff directed the Spy miniseries (2019).
The film tells the story of the mission of the Mossad intelligence service, which transported several thousand Jews from Ethiopia to Israel in the 1980s. Ari Kidron's young agent, along with his team, creates a secret port off the coast of the Red Sea. The guy carries out the transfer of refugees through the established air and sea bridges.
Amundsen
- Norway
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 6.1, IMDb - 6.3
- The filming process took place in Iceland, Norway and the Czech Republic.
Roald Amundsen dreamed of long journeys since childhood. He wanted to visit hard-to-reach corners of the Earth, where no man's foot had yet set foot. Inspired by the idea, in pursuit of his dream, Roald sacrifices everything: family ties, friendship and love of his whole life. Not sparing himself, the desperate hero prepared himself for survival in harsh natural conditions. Amundsen conquered the Northwest Passage, reached the South Pole, and drifted along the Northeast Passage on the schooner Maud. Amundsen passed through icy deserts, bottomless cracks, permafrost and piercing cold, but he achieved his dream and became a famous discoverer.
Fifteen minutes of war (L'Intervention)
- France, Belgium
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 6.1, IMDb - 6.2
- Fred Grivois directed Air Resistance.
In the winter of 1976, more than twenty elementary school students took a school bus to class. At the same time, Somali rebels entered, put a pistol to the driver's temple and ordered him to drive to the border with Somalia. At this time, the teacher Jane sits alone in the class and waits for the students, not yet knowing that they will not come to class. French captain André Gerval must lead a team of snipers to quickly rescue the hostages. The mission is very risky, because just one misfire can lead to a huge tragedy. And the negotiations still fail ...
Immortality corridor
- Russia
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 6.1, IMDb - 5.7
- The heroine Masha Yablochkina is the prototype of Maria Ivanovna Yablontseva, who worked as a conductor on the Shlisselburg Mainline.
The Great Patriotic War. In the center of the plot is Masha Yablochkina, who has just graduated from school, who is sent to the construction of the Shlisselburg highway, which connects the city with the mainland. The railway is in line of sight of the German artillery. Being on the line of fire and exposing themselves to danger, young girls are baptized with hard male labor in order to pave the road of salvation to Leningrad as soon as possible.
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Barabbas
- Russia
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 6.0, IMDb - 6.3
- At the Amur Autumn Festival, the film received a prize for the best camera work.
According to the biblical story, Barrabas was supposed to go to crucifixion on the same day as Jesus of Nazareth, accused of blasphemy and treason. The Roman prefect Pontius Pilate did not want the blood of Jesus on his hands, so he asked the people whom they wanted to release on the occasion of the holiday, as custom dictated. And the people, agreed by the priests, cried out the name of Barrabas. The murderer gets freedom, and the righteous one takes death. Once free, the criminal tries to understand who this Christ was. Asking people about the Son of God, Barrabas is gradually rethinking his life ...
Tobol
- Russia
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 5.8, IMDb - 5.0
- The picture is based on the novel by the writer and screenwriter Alexei Ivanov “Tobol. Many are called. "
Ivan Demarin is a young guard officer who, on the instructions of Peter I, goes to the depths of Siberia - to the border Tobolsk. Together with the regiment, he arrives in the city, where he meets the famous cartographer and architect Remezov. A young man falls in love with his young daughter Masha. Initially, the expedition was conceived as a peaceful event, but in the end, Ivan and his retinue find themselves drawn into a conspiracy of local princes hunting for the gold of Yarkand. The Russian detachment will have to fight to the death with a horde of Dzungars ...
Curiosa
- France
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 5.7, IMDb - 5.4
- Curiosa is the first feature film directed by Lou Genet.
Paris, XIX century. Since childhood, the daughter of the famous poet Marie was in love with one of Pierre's father's wards, but for the sake of money she married another, more wealthy and influential student of Henri de Rainier. Despite Henri's erudition, he cannot prove to the young wife the advantages of marriage. Pierre is a completely different matter - an elegant and clever guy who knows the value of female beauty and sensuality. After an exotic trip to the East, Maria becomes Pierre's mistress, despite his many years of friendship with Henri. Gradually, she is captured by his passion for an erotic perception of the world, and she plunges headlong into new love adventures for herself.
Save Leningrad
- Russia
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 5.3, IMDb - 6.8
- Before filming the picture, several smaller models of barge 752 were built.
September 1941. Nastya and Kostya live in Leningrad, occupied by German troops. By the will of circumstances, young lovers find themselves on a barge, which is supposed to take people out of besieged Leningrad. The situation escalates sharply when the heroes on board face an NKVD officer, through whose efforts the girl's father was repressed under the article "enemy of the people." But that's not the worst part. At night, the barge gets into a strong storm and suffers a disaster, and enemy aircraft are the first to be at the crash site ...
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Rzhev
- Russia
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 5.3
- The plot is based on the story of the writer Vyacheslav Kondratyev "Redeem with blood".
1942, the Great Patriotic War. After a large-scale battle near the village of Ovsyannikovo, only a third of the company of Soviet soldiers remained. The soldiers are trying to hold out until the arrival of reinforcements, but a tough order comes from the headquarters - to keep the village at any cost. Resigned to the fact that they most likely will not survive, the soldiers are doing everything to protect their homeland. Soon a junior lieutenant arrives in the village - the head of a special department, who must find a "rat" among his own. The officer is sure that by calculating the traitor, victory can be brought closer.
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Lenin. Inevitability
- Russia
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 5.1
- Most of the filming took place in Budapest.
The First World War has been going on for the third year. At this time, the revolutionary Vladimir Lenin is in Zurich. While in immigration, he cannot control his life's work. To take the situation into his own hands, he needs to return to Russia, but the political situation in the world is too tense, it is almost impossible to do this. Lenin is looking for any way of return and decides to take a desperate act - to cross the territory of Germany at war with Russia by train.
Casanova's last love (Dernier amour)
- France
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 4.8, IMDb - 4.6
- "Casanova Federico Fellini" (1976) is one of the most famous film adaptations about a historical character.
Casanova is an irresistible seducer and adventurer. Arriving in London, the hero meets a young courtesan, Marianne de Charpillon, who attracts him so much that he vows to forget about other women. To achieve her location, Casanova is ready to do anything, but the extravagant and eccentric beauty runs away from him all the time under various pretexts. During the next meeting, Marianne claims that she will become him as soon as he stops wanting her ...
1917 (1917)
- USA, UK
- The slogan of the film is “Time is our main enemy”.
The height of the First World War, 1917. The British Army is planning an offensive on the Hindenburg Line. Upon learning of a possible ambush, the commander instructs Blake and Scofield to deliver an order to the battalion to cancel the offensive. Young people have only 24 hours before an attack starts. The lives of 1,600 fighters depend on the courage and luck of two inexperienced young men. Will the heroes manage to cross enemy territory and deliver the message on time?
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Union of Salvation
- Russia
- The slogan of the film is “We're out. We will not return. "
Several weeks have passed since the war of 1812 ended. Young people have gone through all of Europe and gained invaluable experience that made them look differently at the fate of Russia. The heroes believe that they can overcome both the backwardness of their native country and the inertia of its autocracy. For this they are ready to sacrifice everything - position in society, wealth, love and even their own life.
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Red ghost
- Russia
- The Red Ghost is a collective image of the Unknown Soldier, created from hundreds of stories of various people about the war.
On December 30, 1941, a small detachment of Soviet soldiers engages in a bloody battle with a special unit of the Wehrmacht. The Red Army men are ready to do anything to defend the Motherland. And there was among them a half-man, half-ghost, who inspired everyone in the area with animal, chilling fear. He was invisible, and left behind only a mountain of corpses. During the Great Patriotic War, he was nicknamed the Red Ghost. Many talked about him, but it was almost impossible to see him.
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The sky is measured in miles
- Russia
- The film is based on the autobiography of the Soviet helicopter designer Mikhail Leontyevich Mil.
Mikhail Leontyevich Mil is a legendary designer who managed to create the MI-8 helicopter. An intellectual scientist went through a very difficult path and invested a lot in the formation of Soviet aviation. At the height of World War II, almost all technical industrial facilities of the USSR were evacuated to the Ural Aviation Plant, where Mil worked. The scientist was tasked with destroying them all, but he could not do this. Miles secretly took out secret documentation and later used the developments to create a popular aircraft.
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Blizzard of souls (Dveselu putenis)
- Latvia
- The premiere of the film took place in Riga at the Kino Citadele cinema.
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Blizzard of Souls (2019) - one of the best historical films in the full list, already released; you can watch the new tape with your family or with close friends. The story centers on the love story of 16-year-old Arthur and 17-year-old daughter of the doctor Mirdza. With the onset of the First World War, terrible things begin. Arthur lost his mother, home and went to the front to find solace in the military events. The guy imagined that war is glory, valor and justice, but the reality turned out to be much worse. After a while, Arthur's father and brother die at the front, and then the young man dreams of being at home as soon as possible, because he realized that his homeland is an ordinary "carousel" for political games. Will he have enough strength to reach the end and return home?