When writer – producer Bernd Eichinger read the galleys of historian Joachim Fest’s book “Der Untergang” (“The Downfall: Inside Hitler’s Bunker, The Last Days of the Third Reich”), he knew he had found the dramatic key to a film he had wanted to make for decades, but never thought possible due to its scope. Fess’…
Category: History Films
Good Night, And Good Luck. (2005)
Tagline: We will not walk in fear of one another. In the mid-1950’s Edward R. Murrow and his producer, Fred Friendly, help bring an end to the tyranny of the blacklist and the House Un-American Activities Committee’s anti-Communist hearings. With the platform provided by his CBS News program “See It Now,” Murrow challenges Joseph McCarthy…
The Kingdom of Heaven (2005)
Set in the 12th century, the film focuses on a young blacksmith who becomes a knight and helps defend Jerusalem against the Crusaders. There is also a love story, as the young knight falls in love with a princess. Orlando Bloom stars as Balian, a blacksmith who has lost his family and nearly lost his…
The Libertine (2005)
Tagline: He didn’t resist temptation. He pursued it. ‘The Libertine’ follows the adventures of John Wilmot, the second Earl of Rochester, in London of the 17th century. He has a passionate romance with a young actress, Elizabeth Barry, and he writes a scurrilous play which lampoons the monarch who commissioned it, Charles II, leading to…
The New World (2005)
Tagline: Once discovered, it was changed forever. The New World is an epic adventure set amid the encounter of European and Native American cultures following the founding of the Jamestown Settlement in 1607. Inspired by the legend of John Smith and Pocahontas, this classic story into a sweeping exploration of love, loss and discovery, both…