List of Napoleonic Wars films
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Below is an incomplete list of feature films, television films or TV series which include events of the Napoleonic Wars. This list does not include documentaries, short films. This list of movies is not a list of Napoleon movies. This includes films about Napoleon's life after ≈1799. About Napoleon's life before ≈1799, see the List of films set during the French Revolution and French Revolutionary Wars.
1910s
[edit]Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
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1912 | Russian Empire | 1812 | 1812 год | Vasili Goncharov Kai Hansen Aleksandr Uralsky |
Drama, History. French invasion of Russia |
1912 | German Empire | Theodor Körner | Franz Porten Gerhard Dammann |
Biography, Drama. Theodor Körner | |
1913 | Italy | The Two Sergeants | I due sergenti | Eugenio Perego | Drama. Based on the play The Two Sergeants |
1913 | Austria-Hungary | Speckbacher | Pierre Paul Gilmans | Josef Speckbacher, Andreas Hofer, Tyrolean Rebellion | |
1914 | France Poland |
Countess Walewska | Bóg wojny | Aleksander Hertz | Marie Walewska |
1914 | German Empire | Colonel Chabert | Oberst Chabert | Rudolf Meinert | Drama. Based on a novel Colonel Chabert |
1914 | Italy | Napoleon's Hundred Days | I cento giorni di Napoleone | Roberto Danesi Archita Valente |
Hundred Days |
1914 | German Empire | Tyrol in arms | Tirol in Waffen | Carl Froelich | Drama, War. Andreas Hofer, Tyrolean Rebellion |
1914 | German Empire | Bergnacht | Curt A. Stark | Drama, Romance. Tyrolean Rebellion | |
1915 | Russian Empire | Natasza Rostowa | Наташа Ростова | Pyotr Chardynin | Based on a novel War and Peace |
1915 | United States | Vanity Fair | Eugene Nowland Charles Brabin |
Drama. Based on a novel Vanity Fair. | |
1915 | Austria-Hungary | The war godchild | Das Kriegspatenkind | Emil Leyde | Drama. Landsturm |
1915 | German Empire | The catwalk | Der Katzensteg | Max Mack | Based on a novel The Cats' Bridge. |
1915 | United Kingdom | Brigadier Gerard | Bert Haldane | Drama, History. Based on a stories Brigadier Gerard | |
1915 | Russian Empire | War and Peace | Война и мир | Vladimir Gardin | Drama, History. Based on a novel War and Peace |
1917 | Sweden | A Man There Was | Terje Vigen | Victor Sjöström | Drama, War. Based on a poem Terje Vigen |
1917 | German Empire | Skull Rider | Totenkopfreiter | Otto Lins-Morstadt | History. |
1917 | German Empire | East Prussia and its Hindenburg | Ostpreußen und sein Hindenburg | Gustav Trautschold Richard Schott |
Drama, War. |
1918 | Poland | Prince Józef Poniatowski | Książę Józef Poniatowski | Aleksander Hertz | |
1918 | United Kingdom | Nelson | Maurice Elvey | Biography, Drama, Romance, War. Horatio Nelson | |
1919 | United Kingdom | The Romance of Lady Hamilton | Bert Haldane | Drama, History. Horatio Nelson, Lady Hamilton |
1920s
[edit]Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
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1920 | Weimar Republic | Madame Récamier | Joseph Delmont | Juliette Récamier | |
1920 | Italy | Colonel Chabert | Il colonello Chabert | Carmine Gallone | Drama. Based on a novel Colonel Chabert |
1920 | Weimar Republic | Napoleon and the Little Washerwoman | Napoleon und die kleine Wäscherin | Adolf Gärtner | Comedy. Based on the play Madame Sans-Gêne. Catherine Hübscher |
1920 | Weimar Republic | Countess Walewska | Gräfin Walewska | Otto Rippert | History. Marie Walewska |
1920 | Weimar Republic | Colonel Chabert | Oberst Chabert | Eugen Burg | Drama. Based on a novel Colonel Chabert |
1920 | Weimar Republic | Johann Baptiste Lingg | Arthur Teuber | Johann Baptist Lingg von Linggenfeld | |
1921 | Weimar Republic | The Bull of Olivera | Der Stier von Olivera | Erich Schönfelder | Peninsular War |
1921 | France | A drama under Napoleon | Un drame sous Napoléon | Gérard Bourgeois | Based on a novel Oncle Bernac. |
1921 | Weimar Republic | Lady Hamilton | Richard Oswald | Drama, History. Based on the novels Liebe und Leben der Lady Hamilton and Lord Nelsons letzte Liebe. Horatio Nelson, Lady Hamilton | |
1922 | Italy | The Two Sergeants | I due sergenti | Guido Brignone | Based on the play The Two Sergeants |
1922 | Austria | The Marquis of Bolibar | Der Marquis von Bolibar | Friedrich Porges | Based on a novel Der Marquis von Bolibar |
1923 | United States | Vanity Fair | Hugo Ballin | Drama. Based on a novel Vanity Fair | |
1923 | Austria | Young Medardus | Der junge Medardus | Michael Curtiz | History. Based on the play Young Medardus |
1923 | United Kingdom | A Royal Divorce | Alexander Butler | Drama, History. Based on an unknown novel. | |
1924 | United Kingdom | Napoleon and Josephine | Alexander Butler | Biography, Drama. | |
1924 | Italy | Fra Diavolo | Emilio Zeppieri | ||
1925 | Italy | Fra Diavolo | Mario Gargiulo Roberto Roberti |
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1925 | Weimar Republic | What the Stones Tell | Was Steine erzählen | Rolf Randolf | Lützow Free Corps |
1925 | Weimar Republic France |
Zigano | Gérard Bourgeois Harry Piel |
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1925 | United States | Madame Sans-Gêne | Léonce Perret | Comedy. Based on the play Madame Sans-Gêne. Catherine Hübscher | |
1926 | Weimar Republic | The Eleven Schill Officers | Die elf Schill'schen Offiziere | Rudolf Meinert | History. Ferdinand von Schill, Battle of Stralsund |
1926 | United Kingdom | Nelson | Walter Summers | Biography, Drama, Romance, War. Horatio Nelson | |
1927 | United States | Quality Street | Sidney Franklin | Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance. Based on the play Quality Street | |
1927 | Weimar Republic Switzerland |
Petronella | Petronella - Das Geheimnis der Berge | Hanns Schwarz | Drama. |
1927 | Weimar Republic | Lützow's Wild Hunt | Lützows wilde verwegene Jagd | Richard Oswald | Ludwig Adolf Wilhelm von Lützow, Lützow Free Corps |
1927 | Weimar Republic | The Catwalk | Der Katzensteg | Gerhard Lamprecht | History. Based on a novel The Cats' Bridge |
1927 | Weimar Republic | Prinz Louis Ferdinand | Hans Behrendt | Drama. Louis Ferdinand | |
1927 | United States | The Fighting Eagle | Donald Crisp | Romance, Drama. Based on a novel The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard. | |
1927 | Spain | The second of May | El dos de mayo | José Buchs Fernando Roldán |
Drama, History. Dos de Mayo Uprising, Peninsular War, Francisco Goya |
1927-8 | Weimar Republic | Queen Louise | Königin Luise | Karl Grune | Drama, History. Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz |
1928 | France | Madame Récamier | Tony Lekain Gaston Ravel |
Biography, Drama, History. Juliette Récamier | |
1928 | Weimar Republic | The Prince of Rogues | Schinderhannes | Curtis Bernhardt | Based on the play Schinderhannes. Schinderhannes |
1928 | Poland | Pan Tadeusz | Ryszard Ordyński | Drama, History, Romance. Based on a poem Pan Tadeusz. | |
1928 | United Kingdom | Bolibar | Walter Summers | Drama, War. Based on a novel The Marquis of Bolibar. | |
1929 | United States | Devil-May-Care | Sidney Franklin | Music, Romance, War. Based on the play La Bataille de dames, ou un duel en amour. | |
1929 | Weimar Republic | Waterloo | Karl Grune | Drama, History, War. Battle of Waterloo | |
1929 | Weimar Republic | Andreas Hofer | Hans Prechtl | Adventure, History. Andreas Hofer, Tyrolean Rebellion | |
1929 | Spain | Agustina of Aragon | Agustina de Aragón | Florián Rey | Agustina de Aragón, Peninsular War |
1929 | United States | The Divine Lady | Frank Lloyd | Drama, History, Romance, War. Based on a novel The Divine Lady: A Romance of Nelson and Emma Hamilton. Horatio Nelson, Lady Hamilton | |
1929 | United States | Eternal Love | Ernst Lubitsch | Drama, Romance. Based on a novel Der Koenig der Bernina. | |
1929 | Weimar Republic | Roses Bloom on the Moorland | Rosen blühen auf dem Heidegrab | Kurt Blachy | History, War. |
1929 | Weimar Republic | Diane | Diane – Die Geschichte einer Pariserin | Erich Waschneck | French invasion of Russia |
1930s
[edit]Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
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1930 | Weimar Republic | The Last Company | Die letzte Kompagnie | Curtis Bernhardt | Drama. Battle of Jena–Auerstedt |
1931 | France | Fra Diavolo | Mario Bonnard | Adventure. Fra Diavolo | |
1931 | Weimar Republic | The Congress Dances | Der Kongreß tanzt | Erik Charell | Comedy, History, Musical. Congress of Vienna |
1931 | Weimar Republic | Louise, Queen of Prussia | Luise, Königin von Preußen | Carl Froelich | Drama. Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz |
1931 | Weimar Republic | Yorck | Gustav Ucicky | Biography, Drama, War. Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg | |
1932 | Weimar Republic | Theodor Körner | Carl Boese | Drama. Theodor Körner, Lützow Free Corps | |
1932 | Weimar Republic | Marshal Forwards | Marschall Vorwärts | Heinz Paul | Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher |
1932 | Weimar Republic | The Rebel | Der Rebell | Curtis Bernhardt Edwin H. Knopf Luis Trenker |
Drama. Andreas Hofer, Tyrolean Rebellion |
1932 | Weimar Republic | The Eleven Schill Officers | Die elf Schillschen Offiziere | Rudolf Meinert | Ferdinand von Schill, Battle of Stralsund |
1932 | Weimar Republic | The Black Hussar | Der schwarze Husar | Gerhard Lamprecht | Comedy, Drama. Freikorps, Black Brunswickers, Frederick William |
1933 | Nazi Germany | The Judas of Tyrol | Der Judas von Tirol | Franz Osten | Drama. Andreas Hofer, Tyrolean Rebellion |
1934 | Nazi Germany | So Ended a Great Love | So endete eine Liebe | Karl Hartl | Romance. |
1934 | United States | The House of Rothschild | Alfred L. Werker Maude T. Howell |
Biography, Drama, History, War. Based on an unknown play. Rothschild family | |
1934 | Nazi Germany | Black Hunter Johanna | Schwarzer Jäger Johanna | Johannes Meyer | Drama. Based on a novel Schwarzer Jäger Johanna. Frederick William, Black Brunswickers, Battle of Ölper |
1934 | United Kingdom | The Iron Duke | Victor Saville | Biography, Drama. Arthur Wellesley, Hundred Days | |
1935 | United Kingdom | Invitation to the Waltz | Paul Merzbach | Musical. Based on an unknown play. | |
1935 | Italy | May field | Campo di maggio | Giovacchino Forzano | Biography, Drama, History. Based on an unknown play. Hundred Days |
1935 | United States | Becky Sharp | Rouben Mamoulian | Drama, Romance, War. Based on a novel Vanity Fair | |
1935 | Italy Nazi Germany |
Hundred days | Hundert Tage | Franz Wenzler | Drama. Hundred Days |
1935 | Nazi Germany | The Higher Command | Der höhere Befehl | Gerhard Lamprecht | Drama. |
1935 | United Kingdom | Midshipman Easy | Carol Reed | Adventure. Based on a novel Mr Midshipman Easy. | |
1936 | Italy | The Two Sergeants | I due sergenti | Enrico Guazzoni | Drama. Based on the play The Two Sergeants |
1936 | United States | Hearts Divided | Frank Borzage | Drama, Romance. Based on the play Glorious Betsy. | |
1936 | United States | Lloyd's of London | Henry King | Drama, History, Romance, War. Lloyd's of London | |
1937 | Nazi Germany | The catwalk | Der Katzensteg | Fritz Peter Buch | Drama. Based on a novel The Cats' Bridge |
1937 | Poland | Prince Joseph's Lancer | Ułan Księcia Józefa | Konrad Tom | Romance, War. |
1937 | United States | Quality Street | George Stevens | Comedy, Drama, Romance. Based on the play Quality Street. | |
1937 | United States | Conquest | Clarence Brown Gustav Machatý |
Drama, History, Music, Mystery, Romance. Marie Walewska | |
1937 | United States | The Firefly | Robert Z. Leonard | History, Musical, Romance. | |
1938 | Italy | The bride of kings | La sposa dei Re | Duilio Coletti | Comedy, History. Based on the play La sposa dei re. Désirée Clary |
1938 | United Kingdom | A Royal Divorce | Jack Raymond | Drama, History. | |
1939 | Nazi Germany | Wibbel the Tailor | Schneider Wibbel | Viktor de Kowa | Comedy. Based on the play Wibbel the Tailor. |
1940s
[edit]Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1940 | Nazi Germany | The Rothschilds | Die Rothschilds | Erich Waschneck | Biography, Drama. Rothschild family |
1940 | Nazi Germany | The Fire Devil | Der Feuerteufel | Luis Trenker | Action, War. Tyrolean Rebellion |
1941 | United Kingdom | This England | David MacDonald | Drama, History, Romance, War. | |
1941 | Hungary | Háry János | Frigyes Bán | Based on folk opera Háry János. | |
1941 | France | Madame Sans-Gêne | Roger Richebé | Comedy, Drama, History. Based on the play Madame Sans-Gêne. Catherine Hübscher | |
1941 | United States | That Hamilton Woman | Alexander Korda | Drama, History, Romance, War. Lady Hamilton, William Hamilton, Horatio Nelson | |
1942 | Sweden | General von Döbeln | Olof Molander | Drama, History, War. Georg Carl von Döbeln | |
1942 | Nazi Germany Austria |
Vienna Blood | Wiener Blut | Willi Forst | Comedy, Music. Based on an operetta Wiener Blut. Congress of Vienna |
1942 | United Kingdom | The Young Mr. Pitt | Carol Reed | Biography, Drama, Romance, War. William Pitt the Younger | |
1942 | France | The Fabulous Destiny of Désirée Clary | Le Destin fabuleux de Désirée Clary | Sacha Guitry René Le Hénaff |
Comedy, Drama, History. Désirée Clary |
1942 | Italy | The Adventures of Fra Diavolo | Fra' Diavolo | Luigi Zampa | Drama. Fra Diavolo |
1943 | United States | Forever and a Day | René Clair Edmund Goulding Cedric Hardwicke Frank Lloyd Victor Saville Robert Stevenson Herbert Wilcox. |
Drama, History. | |
1943 | France | Colonel Chabert | Le colonel Chabert | René Le Hénaff | Drama. Based on a novel Colonel Chabert |
1943 | Spain | The standard bearer | El abanderado | Eusebio Fernández Ardavín | History. Luis Daoíz y Torres, Pedro Velarde y Santillán, Dos de Mayo Uprising, Peninsular War |
1943 | Soviet Union | Kutuzov | Кутузов | Vladimir Petrov | Drama. Mikhail Kutuzov, French invasion of Russia |
1945 | Nazi Germany | Kolberg | Veit Harlan | Drama, History, Romance, War. Based on the play Colberg and autobiography of Joachim Nettelbeck. Siege of Kolberg (1807) | |
1945 | Argentina | Madame Sans Gene | Luis César Amadori | Comedy. Based on the play Madame Sans-Gêne. Catherine Hübscher | |
1947 | Soviet Union | Vintage vaudeville | Старинный водевиль | Igor Savchenko | Comedy, History, Musical. Based on vaudeville Az and Firth, or Wedding with monograms. French invasion of Russia |
1948 | France | Colonel Durand | Le colonel Durand | René Chanas | Drama. Based on a novel Le colonel Durand. |
1948 | France Italy |
The Charterhouse of Parma | La Chartreuse de Parme La Certosa di Parma |
Christian-Jaque | Drama, Romance. Based on a novel The Charterhouse of Parma. |
1948 | Spain | The Drummer of Bruch | El tambor del Bruch | Ignacio F. Iquino | Drummer of El Bruc, Battles of El Bruch, Peninsular War |
1949 | Spain | Adventures of Juan Lucas | Aventuras de Juan Lucas | Rafael Gil | Adventure. Based on a novel Aventuras de Juan Lucas. |
1949 | United States | The Secret of St. Ives | Phil Rosen | Action, Adventure, History, Romance, War. Based on a novel St. Ives. |
1950s
[edit]Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
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1950 | Spain | Blood in castile | Sangre en Castilla | Benito Perojo | Drama. Peninsular War |
1950 | Italy France |
Women and Brigands | Donne e briganti | Mario Soldati | Adventure, Drama. Fra Diavolo |
1950 | Spain | Agustina of Aragon | Agustina de Aragón | Juan de Orduña | Drama, History, War. Agustina de Aragón, Peninsular War |
1950 | United Kingdom | The Reluctant Widow | Bernard Knowles | Drama. Based on a novel The Reluctant Widow. | |
1950 | United States | Tyrant of the Sea | Lew Landers | Adventure, War. | |
1951 | Italy | The Two Sergeants | I Due sergenti | Carlo Alberto Chiesa | Comedy. Based on the play The Two Sergeants |
1951 | Italy | Napoleon | Napoleone | Carlo Borghesio | Comedy. Napoleon |
1951 | Spain | The King's Mail | Correo del rey | Ricardo Gascón | Adventure, History. |
1951 | United Kingdom United States France |
Captain Horatio Hornblower | Raoul Walsh | Action, Adventure, Drama, War. Based on a C. S. Forester novels. | |
1952 | United States | The Brigand | Phil Karlson | Adventure, Romance. Based on a novel The Brigand. | |
1952 | Spain | Lola the Coalgirl | Lola, la piconera | Luis Lucia | Drama. Based on the play Cuando las Cortes de Cádiz. Siege of Cádiz |
1953 | Austria | The Last Reserves | Das letzte Aufgebot | Alfred Lehner | Biography, Drama, History. Andreas Hofer, Tyrolean Rebellion |
1953 | Austria | Daughter of the Regiment | Die Regimentstochter | Georg C. Klaren | Drama, Romance. Based on an opera La fille du régiment. |
1954 | United States | Désirée | Henry Koster | Biography, Drama, History, Romance. Based on a novel Désirée. Désirée Clary | |
1955 | France | Caroline and the Rebels | Le Fils de Caroline chérie | Jean Devaivre | Adventure, History. Peninsular War |
1955 | United States | The Purple Mask | H. Bruce Humberstone | Adventure, History. | |
1955 | France Italy |
Napoléon | Sacha Guitry | Biography, Drama, War. Napoleon | |
1956 | Italy United States |
War and Peace | Guerra e pace | King Vidor | Drama, Romance, War. Based on a novel War and Peace |
1957 | West Germany | Queen Louise | Königin Luise | Wolfgang Liebeneiner | Drama. Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz |
1957 | Austria Switzerland |
The King of Bernina | Der König der Bernina | Alfred Lehner | Drama. Based on a novel Der Koenig der Bernina. |
1957 | United States | The Pride and the Passion | Stanley Kramer | Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, War. Peninsular War | |
1958 | Finland | Sven Tuuva the Hero | Sven Tuuva | Edvin Laine | Adventure, Drama. Based on the poem "Sven Dufva" which is part of The Tales of Ensign Stål, written by Johan Ludvig Runeberg, the national poet of Finland.. |
1958 | Italy France United States |
The Naked Maja | Henry Koster | Adventure, Biography, Drama, Romance. Francisco Goya, María Cayetana de Silva | |
1958 | West Germany | Der Schinderhannes | Helmut Käutner | Crime, Drama, History, Romance. Based on the play Schinderhannes. Schinderhannes | |
1958 | France Italy |
If the king knew that | Si le roi savait ça Al servizio dell'imperatore |
Caro Canaille Edoardo Anton |
Comedy, Drama. Based on a novel Le Trompette de la Bérésina. |
1959 | Spain Italy France |
The French arrived | Llegaron los franceses | León Klimovsky | Dos de Mayo Uprising, Peninsular War |
1959 | Sweden Poland Finland |
Wedding night | Noc poslubna | Erik Blomberg | Drama, History, Romance. Based on a story Attaque du Moulin. |
1959 | Spain | A Girl Against Napoleon | Carmen, la de Ronda | Tulio Demicheli | Drama. Based on a novel Carmen. Peninsular War |
1959 | Spain | Sale of Vargas | Venta de Vargas | Enrique Cahen Salaberry | Adventure, Musical. Peninsular War |
1959 | United States | The Miracle | Irving Rapper | Drama, Music, Romance. Peninsular War | |
1959 | West Germany France |
The beautiful liar | Die schöne Lügnerin | Axel von Ambesser | Comedy. Congress of Vienna |
1960s
[edit]Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
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1960 | Italy France |
Three Etc.'s and the Colonel | Le tre "eccetera" del colonnello | Claude Boissol | Comedy. Peninsular War |
1960 | France Italy Yugoslavia Liechtenstein |
Austerlitz | Abel Gance | Drama, History, War. Napoleon, Battle of Austerlitz | |
1961 | Italy France Spain |
Madame | Madame Sans-Gêne | Christian-Jaque | Comedy, Drama, Romance, War. Based on the play Madame Sans-Gêne. Catherine Hübscher |
1962 | United Kingdom | The Piper's Tune | Muriel Box | Drama, Family. | |
1962 | Italy | The legend of Fra Diavolo | La leggenda di Fra Diavolo | Leopoldo Savona | Action, Adventure, Drama. Fra Diavolo |
1962 | Italy Spain |
Fra' Diavolo's trombones | I tromboni di Fra' Diavolo | Giorgio Simonelli | Adventure, Comedy. Fra Diavolo |
1962 | France Italy |
Imperial Venus | Vénus impériale Venere Imperiale |
Jean Delannoy | Drama, History, Romance. Pauline Bonaparte |
1962 | Soviet Union | Hussar Ballad | Гусарская баллада | Eldar Ryazanov | Comedy, Musical, War. Based on the play A Long Time Ago. Nadezhda Durova |
1963 | Spain | The guerrillas | Los Guerrilleros | Pedro Luis Ramírez | Drama, History. Peninsular War |
1964 | Italy | The last charge | L'ultima carica | Leopoldo Savona | Adventure, History. |
1964 | United Kingdom | Carry On Jack | Gerald Thomas | Adventure, Comedy, Romance. | |
1965 | Poland | The Ashes | Popioły | Andrzej Wajda | Drama, History, War. Based on a novel Popioły |
1965 | Hungary | Háry János | Miklós Szinetár | Comedy, Musical. Based on folk opera Háry János. | |
1966 | Poland | Mary and Napoleon | Marysia i Napoleon | Leonard Buczkowski | Comedy, History, Romance. Marie Walewska |
1966 | Spain Italy France |
The Sea Pirate | Surcouf, le tigre des sept mers Surcouf, l'eroe dei sette mari El tigre de los siete mares |
Sergio Bergonzelli Roy Rowland |
Adventure. Robert Surcouf |
1967 | West Germany Italy |
A Handful of Heroes | Eine Handvoll Helden | Fritz Umgelter | Drama, War. Battle of Jena–Auerstedt |
1968 | France Austria West Germany Hungary Italy |
Sexy Susan Sins Again | Frau Wirtin hat auch einen Grafen Susanna... ed i suoi dolci vizi alla corte del re |
Franz Antel | Adventure, Comedy, Drama. |
1968 | East Germany | Captain Florian from the mill | Hauptmann Florian von der Mühle | Werner W. Wallroth | Comedy. Based on a novel Die Winternachtsabenteuer. |
1968 | Italy West Germany France United States |
Emma Hamilton | Christian-Jaque | Drama, History, Romance. Horatio Nelson, Lady Hamilton | |
1969 | Italy | Zorro Marquis of Navarre | Zorro marchese di Navarra | Franco Montemurro | Adventure, Comedy, History, Romance, Western. Peninsular War |
1970s
[edit]Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
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1970 | Italy Soviet Union |
Waterloo | Ватерлоо | Sergei Bondarchuk | Action, Biography, Drama, History, War. Battle of Waterloo |
1970 | United Kingdom Switzerland |
The Adventures of Gerard | Jerzy Skolimowski | Adventure, Comedy, History, War. Based on a short stories Brigadier Gerard. | |
1971 | Spain | Goya, a Story of Solitude | Goya, historia de una soledad | Nino Quevedo | Biography, Drama. Francisco Goya, Peninsular War |
1971 | East Germany Soviet Union Bulgaria Yugoslavia |
Goya or the Hard Way to Enlightenment | Goya – oder der arge Weg der Erkenntnis | Konrad Wolf | Drama. Francisco Goya, Peninsular War |
1972 | East Germany | Lützower | Werner W. Wallroth | Drama. Based on the play Lützower. | |
1973 | Spain France |
The Guerrilla | La guerrilla | Rafael Gil | Drama. Peninsular War |
1973 | United Kingdom | Bequest to the Nation | James Cellan Jones | Drama, History. Based on the play A Bequest to the Nation. Horatio Nelson, Lady Hamilton | |
1974 | East Germany | Elective Affinities | Die Wahlverwandtschaften | Siegfried Kühn | Drama. Based on a novel Elective Affinities. |
1975 | France United States |
Love and Death | Woody Allen | Comedy, War. | |
1976 | West Germany France |
The Marquise of O | Die Marquise von O... La Marquise d'O... |
Éric Rohmer | Drama, History. Based on a novel The Marquise of O. |
1976 | Italy West Germany Yugoslavia |
The Loves and Times of Scaramouche | Le avventure e gli amori di Scaramouche | Enzo G. Castellari | Comedy. |
1977 | United Kingdom | The Duellists[1] | Ridley Scott | Drama, War. Based on a short story The Duel. | |
1978 | West Germany | The Tailor from Ulm | Der Schneider von Ulm | Edgar Reitz | Drama, History. Albrecht Berblinger |
1980s
[edit]Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
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1980 | Soviet Union | Squadron of Flying Hussars | Эскадрон гусар летучих | Nikita Khubov Stanislav Rostotsky |
War. French invasion of Russia, Denis Davydov |
1981 | Italy France |
The Marquis of Grillo | Il Marchese del Grillo | Mario Monicelli | Comedy, History. Onofrio del Grillo, Pope Pius VII |
1981 | Belgium | Up to men's height | À hauteur d'homme | Jean-Marie Piquint | History. Louis-Joseph Seutin |
1982 | Spain Mexico |
The legend of the drum | La leyenda del tambor | Jorge Grau | Adventure, Drama, War. Drummer of El Bruc, Battles of El Bruch, Peninsular War |
1982 | France Italy Spain |
The Guerrilla | La Guérilléra | Pierre Kast | War. Peninsular War |
1984 | Austria | Raffl | Christian Berger | Drama, History. Andreas Hofer, Tyrolean Rebellion | |
1985 | Soviet Union | Bagration | Багратион | Giuli Chokhonelidze Guguli Mgeladze |
Biography, Drama, War. Pyotr Bagration, French invasion of Russia |
1986 | Hungary Czechoslovakia |
Akli Miklós | György Révész | Comedy, History. Based on an unknown novel. | |
1987 | Soviet Union | Destiny's Chosen One | Избранник судьбы | Vsevolod Shilovsky | Comedy, Music. |
1989 | France | La Soule | Michel Sibra | Drama, History. Battle of Vitoria, Peninsular War |
1990s
[edit]Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
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1992 | France | The Supper | Le Souper | Édouard Molinaro | Drama, History. Based on the play Le Souper |
1994 | France | Colonel Chabert | Le Colonel Chabert | Yves Angelo | Drama, History, Romance, War. Based on a novel Colonel Chabert |
1995 | United Kingdom United States France |
Persuasion | Roger Michell | Drama. Based on the novel Persuasion | |
1999 | Spain Italy |
Goya in Bordeaux | Goya en Burdeos | Carlos Saura | Biography, Drama, War. Francisco Goya, María Cayetana de Silva |
1999 | Poland France |
Pan Tadeusz | Andrzej Wajda | Drama, History, Romance, War. Based on the poem Pan Tadeusz. | |
1999 | Germany Austria |
The Bride | Die Braut | Egon Günther | Biography, Drama. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Christiane Vulpius |
2000s
[edit]Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2000 | United Kingdom Germany |
Quills | Philip Kaufman | Biography, Drama. Based on the play Quills. Marquis de Sade | |
2000 | Spain France United Kingdom |
Sabotage! | Esteban Ibarretxe Jose Miguel Ibarretxe |
Battle of Waterloo | |
2002 | Czech Republic | Waterloo in Czech | Waterloo po česku | Vít Olmer | Comedy. |
2003 | Russia | Golden age | Золотой век | Ilya Khotinenko | History, Romance. |
2003 | United States | Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World | Peter Weir | Action, Adventure, Drama, War. Based on the novels of the Aubrey–Maturin series. | |
2004 | United States United Kingdom India |
Vanity Fair | Mira Nair | Drama. Based on a novel Vanity Fair | |
2005 | France | 1805 | Jan Belletti | ||
2006 | Italy | Fire on me | Fuoco su di me | Lamberto Lambertini | History. Joachim Murat |
2006 | United States Spain |
Goya's Ghosts | Miloš Forman | Biography, Drama, History. Francisco Goya, Peninsular War | |
2008 | Spain | Blood in May | Sangre de mayo | José Luis Garci | History. Based on a novels La corte de Carlos IV, El 19 de marzo y el 2 de mayo. Dos de Mayo Uprising, Peninsular War |
2010s
[edit]Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2010 | Germany Italy |
The Holy Land of Tyrol | Bergblut | Philipp J. Pamer | Drama, History, War. Tyrolean Rebellion |
2010 | Spain | Bruc, the challenge | Bruc | Daniel Benmayor | Drama, History, War. Drummer of El Bruc, Battles of El Bruch, Peninsular War |
2012 | Portugal France |
Lines of Wellington | Linhas de Wellington | Valeria Sarmiento | Drama, History, War. Battle of Bussaco, Lines of Torres Vedras, André Masséna, Arthur Wellesley, Peninsular War |
2012 | Russia | The Ballad of Uhlans | Уланская баллада | Oleg Fesenko | Adventure, Drama, History. French invasion of Russia |
2012 | Ukraine United States Russia |
Rzhevsky Versus Napoleon | Ржевский против Наполеона | Maryus Vaysberg | Comedy. French invasion of Russia |
2014 | Russia | Vasilisa | Василиса | Anton Sivers | History, Romance. Vasilisa Kozhina, French invasion of Russia |
2016 | Russia | What the French Don't Talk About | О чем молчат французы | Vladimir Shevelkov | Comedy, Drama, History, Mystery, Romance, Thriller. Based on a novel What the French Don't Talk About. |
2018 | France Belgium |
Return of the Hero | Le retour du héros | Laurent Tirard | Comedy, History. |
2018 | France | The Emperor of Paris | L'Empereur de Paris | Jean-François Richet | Adventure, Crime, History, Thriller. Eugène François Vidocq |
2019 | Russia | Union of Salvation | Союз спасения | Andrei Kravchuk | Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War. |
2020s
[edit]Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2022 | Portugal | Burnt Earth | Terra Queimada | Paulo César Fajardo | Drama, History, War. Battle of Bussaco |
2023 | United States United Kingdom |
Napoleon | Ridley Scott | Action, Biography, Drama, History, War. Napoleon |
Upcoming films
[edit]Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Temeraire | Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi. | ||||
Napoleon, the Musical Film | David Serero | ||||
United States | Napoleon | History, War |
Science fiction, fantasy and horror
[edit]Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1940 | United States | The Blue Bird | Walter Lang | Adventure, Family, Fantasy. Based on the play The Blue Bird. | |
1946 | United Kingdom | The Curse of the Wraydons | Victor M. Gover | Drama, Horror. Based on the play Spring-Heeled Jack. Spring-heeled Jack | |
1963 | United States | The Terror | Roger Corman Francis Ford Coppola Dennis Jakob Monte Hellman Jack Hill Jack Nicholson |
Horror, Thriller. | |
1964 | Italy France |
Castle of the Living Dead | Il Castello dei Morti Vivi Le Chateau des Morts Vivants |
Warren Kiefer | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller. |
1965 | Poland | The Saragossa Manuscript | Rękopis znaleziony w Saragossie | Wojciech Jerzy Has | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy. Based on a novel The Manuscript Found in Saragossa. |
2005 | United States Czech Republic United Kingdom |
The Brothers Grimm | Terry Gilliam | Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller. Brothers Grimm | |
2010 | Austria | Tartarus | Stefan Müller | Adventure, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi. | |
2018 | United Kingdom | The Necromancer | Stuart Brennan | Horror. |
Television films
[edit]Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1956 | West Germany | Colonel Chabert | Oberst Chabert | Volker von Collande | Drama. Based on a novel Colonel Chabert |
1958 | United Kingdom | Victory | Rex Tucker | Drama, Family. | |
1960 | West Germany | Madame Sans-Gêne | John Olden | Drama, History. Based on the play Madame Sans-Gêne. Catherine Hübscher | |
1963 | France | Madame Sans Gêne | Claude Barma | Comedy, Drama, Romance, War. Based on the play Madame Sans-Gêne. Catherine Hübscher | |
1964 | Finland | Colonel Chabert | Eversti Chabert | Mauno Hyvönen | Drama. Based on a novel Colonel Chabert |
1966 | West Germany | Colonel Chabert | Oberst Chabert | Ludwig Cremer | Drama. Based on a novel Colonel Chabert |
1967 | Czechoslovakia | Waterloo | Jiří Bělka | Biography, Drama, History. Battle of Waterloo | |
1969 | West Germany | Waterloo | Jiří Weiss | Battle of Waterloo | |
1971 | Czechoslovakia | Madame Sans-Géne | František Laurin | Comedy. Catherine Hübscher | |
1975 | West Germany | The cats' bridge | Der Katzensteg | Peter Meincke | Drama. Based on a novel The Cats' Bridge |
1978 | Soviet Union | Colonel Chabert | Полковник Шабер | Irina Sorokina | Drama, History. Based on a novel Colonel Chabert |
1980 | East Germany | Clausewitz - Portrait of a Prussian General | Clausewitz - Lebensbild eines preußischen Generals | Wolf-Dieter Panse | History. Carl von Clausewitz |
1989 | Soviet Union | Either a man or a woman | То мужчина, то женщина | Aleksandr Nagovitsyn | Drama, History, Romance. Nadezhda Durova |
1989 | Hungary | Napóleon | András Sólyom | Drama. | |
1991 | Germany | The martial adventures of a peacemaker | Die kriegerischen Abenteuer eines Friedfertigen | Peter Hill | Action, Adventure, Comedy, History. Based on an unknown novel. |
1998 | France Germany Ireland United Kingdom |
St. Ives | Harry Hook | Drama, Romance. Based on a novel St. Ives. | |
2002 | Austria Germany Italy |
Andreas Hofer - The freedom of the eagle | Andreas Hofer – Die Freiheit des Adlers | Xaver Schwarzenberger | Drama, History, War. Andreas Hofer, Tyrolean Rebellion |
2002 | France | Madame Sans-Gêne | Philippe de Broca | Comedy, Romance. Based on the play Madame Sans-Gêne. Catherine Hübscher | |
2005 | United Kingdom | Trafalgar Battle Surgeon | Justin Hardy | Biography, Drama. Battle of Trafalgar | |
2006 | Germany | The Judas of Tyrol | Der Judas von Tirol | Werner Asam | Drama. Andreas Hofer, Tyrolean Rebellion |
2006 | France | Joséphine | Jean-Marc Vervoort | History. |
TV Series
[edit]Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1955 | United Kingdom | St. Ives | Rex Tucker | Adventure. Based on a novel St. Ives. | |
1956 | United Kingdom | Vanity Fair | Campbell Logan | Drama. Based on a novel Vanity Fair | |
1957 | United Kingdom | The Adventures of Peter Simple | Naomi Capon | Drama, Family. Based on a novel Peter Simple | |
1960–61 | France | History exceeds fiction | L'histoire dépasse la fiction | Jean Kerchbron | History. Based on the play Lorenzaccio. |
1961 | United Kingdom | Triton | Rex Tucker | Adventure. | |
1966–67 | Spain | Diego de Acevedo | Ricardo Blasco | Peninsular War | |
1966–67 | Soviet Union | War and Peace | Война и мир | Sergei Bondarchuk | Drama, Romance, War. Based on a novel War and Peace |
1967 | United Kingdom | St. Ives | Christopher Barry | Adventure. Based on a novel St. Ives. | |
1967 | United Kingdom | Vanity Fair | David Giles | Drama. Based on a novel Vanity Fair | |
1968 | United Kingdom | Triton | Michael Ferguson | Drama. | |
1969 | United Kingdom | Pegasus | Michael Ferguson | Drama. | |
1972–73 | United Kingdom | War and Peace | John Davies | Drama, History, War. Based on a novel War and Peace | |
1976–78 | Spain | Curro Jiménez | Antonio Drove Mario Camus Joaquín Romero Marchenet |
Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, History, Mystery. Andrés López, Peninsular War | |
1978 | East Germany | Scharnhorst | Wolf-Dieter Panse | Drama, War. Gerhard von Scharnhorst | |
1979-80 | France | Joséphine or the comedy of ambitions | Joséphine ou la Comédie des ambitions | Robert Mazoyer | Biography, Drama, History. |
1981 | United Kingdom Canada |
Smuggler | Dennis Abey Jim Goddard Charles Crichton |
Adventure, History. | |
1981 | Hungary | The nameless castle | A névtelen vár | Éva Zsurzs | Drama |
1981 | France | Brides of the Empire | Les Fiancées de l'Empire | Jacques Doniol-Valcroze | History, Romance. |
1982 | Italy France West Germany |
Charterhouse of Parma | La Certosa di Parma | Mauro Bolognini | Drama, History. Based on a novel The Charterhouse of Parma. |
1982 | Spain | The black mask | La máscara negra | Antonio Giménez-Rico Emilio Martínez-Lázaro José Antonio Páramo |
Adventure. Peninsular War |
1982 | United Kingdom | I Remember Nelson | Simon Langton | Adventure, Biography, Drama, History, Romance, War. Horatio Nelson, Lady Hamilton | |
1983 | Spain | The disasters of war | Los desastres de la guerra | Mario Camus | Action, Drama, History. Peninsular War |
1983 | France | Marianne, a star for Napoleon | Marianne, une étoile pour Napoléon | Marion Sarraut | Drama, History. Based on a novels Marianne |
1984 | West Germany | Before the storm | Vor dem Sturm | Franz Peter Wirth | Based on a novel Vor dem Sturm. Landsturm |
1985 | Spain Italy |
Goya | José Ramón Larraz | Biography, Drama. Francisco Goya, Peninsular War | |
1987 | United States France |
Napoleon and Josephine: A Love Story | Richard T. Heffron | History, Romance, War. | |
1987 | United Kingdom | Vanity Fair | Diarmuid Lawrence Michael Owen Morris |
Based on a novel Vanity Fair | |
1991 | Belgium France Canada |
Napoleon and Europe | Napoléon et l'Europe | José Fonseca e Costa Eberhard Itzenplitz Pierre Lary Janusz Majewski Francis Megahy Krzysztof Zanussi |
Drama, History. |
1993 | Russia | Curse Duran | Проклятие Дюран | Viktor Titov | Based on a novel Les Exploits de Rocambole |
1993-2008 | United Kingdom | Sharpe | Tom Clegg | Based on a novels Sharpe | |
1995 | Spain | Curro Jiménez: The return of a legend | Curro Jiménez: El regreso de una leyenda | Benito Rabal José Antonio Páramo Joaquín Luis Romero Marchent Julio Sánchez Valdés |
Action, Adventure, Drama, History. Andrés López, Peninsular War |
1998 | United Kingdom United States |
Vanity Fair | Marc Munden | Drama, Romance. Based on a novel Vanity Fair | |
1998-2003 | United Kingdom | Hornblower | Andrew Grieve | Adventure, Drama, War. Based on a C. S. Forester novels. | |
2000 | United States New Zealand |
Jack of All Trades | Eric A. Morris | Adventure, Action, Comedy, Fantasy. | |
2002 | France Germany Italy Canada United States United Kingdom Hungary Spain Czech Republic |
Napoléon | Yves Simoneau | Adventure, Biography, Drama, History, Romance, War. | |
2003 | Russia | The Northern Sphinx | Северный сфинкс | Arkadi Sirenko | Based on a novel The Northern Sphinx. |
2005 | Russia | Adjutants of Love | Адъютанты любви | Dmitriy Magonov | Drama, Romance. |
2007 | Italy France Germany Russia Poland |
War and Peace | Guerre et Paix Guerra e pace |
Robert Dornhelm | Drama, History, Romance, War. Based on a novel War and Peace |
2012 | Italy France |
The Charterhouse of Parma | La Certosa di Parma | Cinzia TH Torrini | Drama, History. Based on a novel The Charterhouse of Parma. |
2012 | Portugal France |
The Lines of Torres Vedras | As Linhas de Torres Vedras | Valeria Sarmiento | War. |
2015 | United Kingdom | Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell | Toby Haynes | Fantasy, War. Based on a novel Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell | |
2016 | United Kingdom | War & Peace | Tom Harper | Drama, History, Romance, War. Based on a novel War and Peace | |
2018 | United Kingdom United States |
Vanity Fair | James Strong | Drama. Based on a novel Vanity Fair | |
2020 | United Kingdom United States |
Belgravia | John Alexander | Drama, Romance. Based on a novel Belgravia. Duchess of Richmond's ball | |
2022 | Russia | Union of Salvation. Time for anger | Союз Спасения. Время гнева | Nikita Vysotskiy Ilya Lebedev |
Biography, Drama, History. |
References
[edit]- ^ Canby, Vincent (January 14, 1978). "New Movie, 'The Duellists,' Is Set During Napoleonic Wars". The New York Times. p. 10.