Movies and History

Seven Samurai, by Akira Kurosawa, 1954 – Japan, 16th century.

Mutiny on the Bounty, 1962 – After leaving Tahiti, Englishmen mutiny against their ship's captain, William Bligh.

Danton, 1983 – The French Revolution's Reign of Terror, Georges Danton versus Maximilien Robespierre.

Gone with the Wind, 1939 – U.S. Civil War and Reconstruction.

Judgment at Nuremberg, 1961 – trial of a leading German jurist who compromised with Hitler's fascist regime.

The Maltese Falcon, 1941 – the Huston and Bogart detective movie and its representations.

Lion of the Desert, 1981 – Anthony Quinn as Omar Mukhtar, Libya's independence martyr.

Thirty Seconds over Tokyo, 1944 – Spencer Tracy, Van Johnson, Robert Walker, Robert Mitchum, Phylis Thaxter