Archive for the ‘History’ Category
Friday, February 12th, 2010
All Genres:
Action, Adventure, Drama, History, Thriller, War See »
Release Year: 2010
Country: UK
Runtime: 97 min | Finland:130 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: Fight or die.
Cast: Michael Fassbender … Quintus Dias
Dominic West … Virilus
Olga Kurylenko … Etain
Noel Clarke … Macros
David Morrissey … Bothos
JJ Feild … Thax
Axelle Carolyn … Aeron
Riz Ahmed
Dave Legeno … Vortix
Ulrich Thomsen … Gorlacon rest of cast listed alphabetically:
James Currie … Maximus
Dhaffer L'Abidine … Vigo
Hamish Moir … Pictish Warrior
Imogen Poots … Arian
Rachael Stirling … Drusilla
Plot: A splinter group of Roman soldiers fight for their lives behind enemy lines after their legion is decimated in a devastating guerrilla attack. Full summary » Add synopsis »
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Thursday, December 3rd, 2009
All Genres:
Biography, Drama, History, Sport
Release Year: 2009
Country: USA
Runtime: 133 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: His people needed a leader. He gave them a champion.
Cast: Morgan Freeman … Nelson Mandela
Matt Damon … Francois Pienaar
Tony Kgoroge … Jason Tshabalala
Patrick Mofokeng … Linga Moonsamy
Matt Stern … Hendrick Booyens
Julian Lewis Jones … Etienne Feyder
Adjoa Andoh … Brenda Mazibuko
Marguerite Wheatley … Nerine
Leleti Khumalo … Mary
Patrick Lyster … Mr. Pienaar
Penny Downie … Mrs. Pinnear
Sibongile Nojila … Eunice
Bonnie Henna … Zindzi
Shakes Myeko … Minister of Sport
Louis Minnaar … Springbok Coach
Plot: Nelson Mandela, in his first term as the South African President, initiates a unique venture to unite the apartheid-torn land: enlist the national rugby team on a mission to win the 1995 Rugby World Cup. add synopsis
Awards: Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 3 wins & 17 nominations
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Friday, September 4th, 2009
All Genres:
Biography, Drama, History
Release Year: 2009
Country: Germany | Russia | UK
Runtime: 112 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: Intoxicating. Infuriating. Impossible. Love.
Cast: James McAvoy … Valentin Bulgakov
Christopher Plummer … Leo Tolstoy
Helen Mirren … Sofya Tolstoy
Anne-Marie Duff … Sasha Tolstoy
Paul Giamatti … Vladimir Chertkov
Kerry Condon … Masha
Patrick Kennedy … Sergeyenko
John Sessions … Dushan
David Masterson … Reporter
Nenad Lucic … Vanja
Tomas Spencer … Andrey Tolstoy
Maximilian Gärtner … Kind
Plot: A historical drama that illustrates Russian author Leo Tolstoy’s struggle to balance fame and wealth with his commitment to a life devoid of material things. add synopsis
Awards: Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 2 wins & 11 nominations
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Thursday, June 18th, 2009
All Genres:
Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Release Year: 2009
Country: USA
Runtime: 140 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: America's Most Wanted
Cast: James Russo … Walter Dietrich
David Wenham … Harry 'Pete' Pierpont
Christian Stolte … Charles Makley
Jason Clarke … John 'Red' Hamilton
Johnny Depp … John Dillinger
John Judd … Turnkey
Stephen Dorff … Homer Van Meter
Michael Vieau … Ed Shouse
John Kishline … Guard Dainard
Wesley Walker … Jim Leslie
John Scherp … Earl Adams
Elena Kenney … Viola Norris
William Nero Jr. … Farm Boy
Channing Tatum … Pretty Boy Floyd
Christian Bale … Melvin Purvis
Plot: The Feds try to take down notorious American gangsters John Dillinger, Baby Face Nelson and Pretty Boy Floyd during a booming crime wave in the 1930s.
Awards: 8 nominations
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Thursday, February 5th, 2009
All Genres:
Drama, History, Romance
Release Year: 2009
Country: UK | USA
Runtime: USA:105 min | Germany:100 min (European Film Market)
Languages: English | German
Director:
Tagline: Love rules all
Cast: Emily Blunt … Young Victoria
Rupert Friend … Prince Albert
Paul Bettany … Lord Melbourne
Miranda Richardson … Duchess of Kent
Jim Broadbent … King William
Thomas Kretschmann … King Leopold of Belgium
Mark Strong … Sir John Conroy
Jesper Christensen … Baron Stockmar
Harriet Walter … Queen Adelaide
Jeanette Hain … Baroness Lehzen
Julian Glover … Duke of Wellington
Michael Maloney … Sir Robert Peel
Michiel Huisman … Ernest
Genevieve O'Reilly … Lady Flora Hastings
Rachael Stirling … Duchess of Sutherland
Plot: A dramatization of the turbulent first years of Queen Victoria’s rule, and her enduring romance with Prince Albert. add synopsis
Awards: Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 5 wins & 10 nominations
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Thursday, December 25th, 2008
All Genres:
Drama, History, Thriller, War
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA | Germany
Runtime: 115 min
Languages: English | German
Director:
Tagline: Many saw evil. They dared to stop it.
Cast: Tom Cruise … Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg
Kenneth Branagh … Major-General Henning von Tresckow
Bill Nighy … General Friedrich Olbricht
Tom Wilkinson … General Friedrich Fromm
Carice van Houten … Nina von Stauffenberg
Thomas Kretschmann … Major Otto Ernst Remer
Terence Stamp … Ludwig Beck
Eddie Izzard … General Erich Fellgiebel
Kevin McNally … Dr. Carl Goerdeler (as Kevin R. McNally)
Christian Berkel … Colonel Mertz von Quirnheim
Jamie Parker … Lieutenant Werner von Haeften
David Bamber … Adolf Hitler
Tom Hollander … Colonel Heinz Brandt
David Schofield … Erwin von Witzleben
Kenneth Cranham … Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel
Plot: Based on actual events, a plot to assassinate Hitler is unfurled during the height of WWII.
Awards: 1 win & 8 nominations
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Friday, December 5th, 2008
All Genres:
Biography, Drama, History, Music, Romance
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: 109 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: If you take the ride, you must pay the price.
Cast: Adrien Brody … Leonard Chess
Jeffrey Wright … Muddy Waters
Gabrielle Union … Geneva Wade
Columbus Short … Little Walter
Cedric the Entertainer … Willie Dixon
Emmanuelle Chriqui … Revetta Chess
Eamonn Walker … Howlin' Wolf
Mos Def … Chuck Berry
Beyoncé Knowles … Etta James rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Joshua Alscher … Mick Jagger
Tim Bellow … Man in the Caddy
Tony Bentley … Lomax
Lawrence P. Beron … Overseer
Tammy Blanchard … Isabelle Allen
Eric Bogosian … Alan Freed
Marc Bonan … Keith Richards
Wayne Cobham … Piano – Ettas Recording Recording Group
Ryan Curtis … Picnic Boyfriend
Veronika Dash … Blonde
Eshaya Draper … Charles Waters – 7 Years Old
John Farrer … Violinist – Ettas Recording group
Shiloh Fernandez … Phil Chess
Jill Flint … Shirley Feder
Doug W. Goldman … Trumpet – Ettas Recording group
Gano Grills … Slick Pimp
Suzette Gunn … Minnie
Evan Hart … Young lover
Osas Ighodaro … Vicky – Maid
Kevin Jackson … Mysterious Black Man
Albert Jones … Hubert Sumlin
Nate Jones … Etta's Recording Group
Rayan Lawrence … Harmonica Player
Chyna Layne … Juanita
Malikha Mallette … Little Walter's girlfriend
Kevin Mambo … Jimmy Rogers
Aaron Munoz … Manager
Anthony Del Negro … Bandstand Dancer
Natasha Ononogbo … Muddy Waters' Girlfriend
Ginnie Randall … Muddy Waters Grandmother
Norman Reedus … Chess
Jake Robards … Robert
Jay O. Sanders … Mr. Feder
Stephen Seidel … Officer Brown
Derrick Simmons … Dice Player
Valence Thomas … James Cotton
Isiah Whitlock Jr. … Black mississippi dj
Dwan Dink Young … Drums – Ettas Recording group
Plot: Chronicles the rise of Chess Records and its recording artists.
Awards: Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 4 wins & 16 nominations
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Tuesday, November 18th, 2008
All Genres:
Adventure, Drama, History, Romance, War, Western
Release Year: 2008
Country: Australia | USA
Runtime: 165 min
Languages: English | Aboriginal
Director:
Tagline:
Writers: Stuart Beattie (screenplay) and Baz Luhrmann (screenplay) …
Cast: Shea Adams … Carney Boy #3
Eddie Baroo … Bull
Ray Barrett … Ramsden
Tony Barry … Sergeant Callahan
Jamal Bednarz-Metallah … Mission Boy
Damian Bradford … Constable #1
Bryan Brown … King Carney
Nathin Butler … Carney Boy #1
Tara Carpenter … Essential Services Woman
Rebecca Chatfield … Magarri's Niece
Lillian Crombie … Bandy Legs
Max Cullen … Old Drunk
Essie Davis … Cath Carney
Arthur Dignam … Father Benedict
Michelle Dyzla … Hairdresser
Plot: Set in northern Australia before World War II, an English aristocrat who inherits a sprawling ranch reluctantly pacts with a stock-man in order to protect her new property from a takeover plot. As the pair drive 2,000 head of cattle over unforgiving landscape, they experience the bombing of Darwin, Australia, by Japanese forces firsthand.
Awards: Nominated for Oscar. Another 7 wins & 19 nominations
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Tuesday, October 28th, 2008
All Genres:
Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: 128 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: His life changed history. His courage changed lives.
Cast: Sean Penn … Harvey Milk
Emile Hirsch … Cleve Jones
Josh Brolin … Dan White
Diego Luna … Jack Lira
James Franco … Scott Smith
Alison Pill … Anne Kronenberg
Victor Garber … Mayor George Moscone
Denis O'Hare … State Senator John Briggs
Joseph Cross … Dick Pabich
Stephen Spinella … Rick Stokes
Lucas Grabeel … Danny Nicoletta
Brandon Boyce … Jim Rivaldo
Howard Rosenman … David Goodstein
Kelvin Yu … Michael Wong
Jeff Koons … Art Agnos
Plot: The story of Harvey Milk, and his struggles as an American gay activist who fought for gay rights and became California’s first openly gay elected official.
Awards: Won 2 Oscars. Another 34 wins & 48 nominations
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Wednesday, October 15th, 2008
All Genres:
Drama, History
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA | UK | France
Runtime: 122 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: 400 million people were waiting for the truth.
Writers: Peter Morgan (screenplay) Peter Morgan (play)
Cast: Frank Langella … Richard Nixon
Michael Sheen … David Frost
Sam Rockwell … James Reston, Jr.
Kevin Bacon … Jack Brennan
Matthew Macfadyen … John Birt
Oliver Platt … Bob Zelnick
Rebecca Hall … Caroline Cushing
Toby Jones … Swifty Lazar
Andy Milder … Frank Gannon
Kate Jennings Grant … Diane Sawyer
Gabriel Jarret … Ken Khachigian
Jim Meskimen … Ray Price
Patty McCormack … Pat Nixon
Geoffrey Blake … Interview Director
Clint Howard … Lloyd Davis
Plot: A dramatic retelling of the post-Watergate television interviews between British talk-show host David Frost and former president Richard Nixon.
Awards: Nominated for 5 Oscars. Another 11 wins & 37 nominations
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Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008
All Genres:
Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Release Year: 2008
Country: UK | Italy | France
Runtime: 110 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: There were three people in her marriage
Cast: Keira Knightley … Georgiana
Ralph Fiennes … The Duke
Charlotte Rampling … Lady Spencer
Dominic Cooper … Charles Grey
Hayley Atwell … Bess Foster
Simon McBurney … Charles Fox
Aidan McArdle … Richard Sheridan
John Shrapnel … General Grey
Alistair Petrie … Heaton
Patrick Godfrey … Dr. Neville
Michael Medwin … Speechmaker
Justin Edwards … Macaroni
Richard McCabe … Sir James Hare
Calvin Dean … Devonshire House Servant
Hannah Stokely … Devonshire House Maid
Plot: A chronicle of the life of 18th century aristocrat Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, who was reviled for her extravagant political and personal life.
Awards: Won Oscar. Another 4 wins & 14 nominations
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Saturday, August 9th, 2008
All Genres:
Adventure, Drama, History, Sport
Release Year: 2008
Country: Germany | Austria | Switzerland
Runtime: 126 min
Languages: German | Swiss German | French | Italian
Director:
Tagline:
Writers: Christoph Silber (writer) and Philipp Stölzl (writer) …
Cast: Benno Fürmann … Toni Kurz
Florian Lukas … Andreas Hinterstoisser
Johanna Wokalek … Luise Fellner
Georg Friedrich … Edi Rainer
Simon Schwarz … Willy Angerer
Ulrich Tukur … Henry Arau
Erwin Steinhauer … Emil Landauer
Branko Samarovski … Albert von Allmen
Petra Morzé … Elisabeth Landauer
Hanspeter Müller … Schlunegger
Peter Zumstein … Adolf Rubi
Martin Schick … Christian Rubi
Erni Mangold … Großmutter Kurz
Johannes Thanheiser … Großvater Kurz
Arnd Schimkat … Hotelbesitzer
Plot:
Awards: 4 wins & 1 nomination
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Monday, June 30th, 2008
All Genres:
Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War
Release Year: 2008
Country: China
Runtime: Singapore:150 min (PG version) | China:146 min | South Korea:134 min | UK:148 min
Languages: Mandarin
Director:
Tagline: The future will be decided.
Writers: John Woo (screenplay) & Khan Chan (screenplay) …
Cast: Tony Leung Chiu Wai … Zhou Yu (as Tony Leung)
Takeshi Kaneshiro … Zhuge Liang
Fengyi Zhang … Cao Cao
Chen Chang … Sun Quan
Wei Zhao … Sun Shangxiang
Jun Hu … Zhao Yun
Shido Nakamura … Gan Xing (as Shidou Nakamura)
Chiling Lin … Xiao Qiao (as Chi-Ling Lin)
Yong You … Liu Bei
Yong Hou … Lu Su
Dawei Tong … Sun Shucai
Jia Song … Li Ji
Ba Sen Zha Bu … Guan Yu
Jinsheng Zang … Zhang Fei
Shan Zhang … Huang Gai
Plot: The first chapter of a two-part story centered on a battle fought in China’s Three Kingdoms period (220-280 A.D.).
Awards: 11 wins & 17 nominations
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Tuesday, May 20th, 2008
All Genres:
Drama, History, Mystery, Thriller
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: 141 min
Languages: Portuguese | English
Director:
Tagline: To find her son, she did what no one else dared.
Cast: Angelina Jolie … Christine Collins
Gattlin Griffith … Walter Collins
Michelle Gunn … Sandy
Michael Kelly … Detective Lester Ybarra
Jan Devereaux … Operator
Erica Grant … Operator
Antonia Bennett … Operator
Kerri Randles … Operator
Frank Wood … Ben Harris
Morgan Eastwood … Girl on Tricycle
Madison Hodges … Neighborhood Girl
John Malkovich … Rev. Gustav Briegleb
Colm Feore … Chief James E. Davis
Devon Conti … Arthur Hutchins
Ric Sarabia … Man at Diner
Plot: A grief-stricken mother takes on the LAPD to her own detriment when it stubbornly tries to pass off an obvious impostor as her missing child, while also refusing to give up hope that she will find him one day. add synopsis
Awards: Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 4 wins & 31 nominations
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Friday, February 15th, 2008
All Genres:
Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Release Year: 2008
Country: UK | USA
Runtime: 115 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: The only thing that could come between these sisters… is a kingdom.
Writers: Peter Morgan (screenplay) Philippa Gregory (novel)
Cast: Natalie Portman … Anne Boleyn
Scarlett Johansson … Mary Boleyn
Eric Bana … Henry Tudor
Jim Sturgess … George Boleyn
Mark Rylance … Sir Thomas Boleyn
Kristin Scott Thomas … Lady Elizabeth Boleyn
David Morrissey … The Duke of Norfolk
Benedict Cumberbatch … William Carey
Oliver Coleman … Henry Percy
Ana Torrent … Katherine of Aragon
Eddie Redmayne … William Stafford
Tom Cox … Rider
Michael Smiley … Physician
Montserrat Roig de Puig … Lady in Waiting
Juno Temple … Jane Parker
Plot: Two sisters contend for the affection of King Henry VIII.
Awards: 3 nominations
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Wednesday, December 12th, 2007
All Genres:
Action, Drama, History, War See »
Release Year: 2007
Country: China | Hong Kong
Runtime: 126 min | 110 min (international version)
Languages: Mandarin
Director: Peter Chan
Wai Man Yip (co-director)
Tagline:
Writers: Tin Nam Chun (screenplay) Junli Guo (screenplay) See »
Cast: Jet Li … General Pang Qingyun (as Lianjie Li)
Andy Lau … Zhao Er-Hu (as Dehua Liu)
Takeshi Kaneshiro … Zhang Wen-Xiang (as Wu Jincheng)
Jinglei Xu … Lian rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Bao-ming Gu
Xiaodong Guo
Zhaoqi Shi … He Kui
Dong Dong Wang … Zhang Shan
Kuirong Wang … Jiang Da Ren
Yachao Wang … Young soldier
Zongwan Wei … Cheng Da Ren
Bo Zhou
Plot: It’s a heroic tale of three blood brothers and their struggle in the midst of war and political upheaval… See » Full synopsis »
Awards: 15 wins & 10 nominations See »
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Friday, September 7th, 2007
All Genres:
Documentary, Drama, History
Release Year: 2007
Country: Canada
Runtime: Argentina:80 min | Canada:80 min (Toronto International Film Festival)
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline:
Writers: Guy Maddin (written by) and George Toles (dialogue writer)
Cast: Ann Savage … Mother
Louis Negin … Mayor Cornish
Amy Stewart … Janet Maddin
Darcy Fehr … Guy Maddin
Brendan Cade … Cameron Maddin
Wesley Cade … Ross Maddin
Lou Profeta … Himself
Fred Dunsmore … Himself
Kate Yacula … Citizen Girl
Jacelyn Lobay … Gwenyth Lloyd
Eric Nipp … Viscount Gort
Jennifer Palichuk … Althea Cornish
Deborah Carlson
Kevin Harris
Scott Hamel
Plot: A personal portrait of filmmaker Guy Maddin’s hometown of Winnipeg, Manitoba. add synopsis
Awards: 3 wins & 1 nomination
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Sunday, September 2nd, 2007
All Genres:
Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Western
Release Year: 2007
Country: USA | Canada
Runtime: 160 min
Languages: English | Danish
Director:
Tagline: Beyond the myth lies America's greatest betrayal.
Cast: Brad Pitt … Jesse James
Mary-Louise Parker … Zee James
Brooklynn Proulx … Mary James
Dustin Bollinger … Tim James
Casey Affleck … Robert Ford
Sam Rockwell … Charley Ford
Jeremy Renner … Wood Hite
Sam Shepard … Frank James
Garret Dillahunt … Ed Miller
Paul Schneider … Dick Liddil
Joel McNichol … Express Messenger
James Defelice … Baggagemaster (as James DeFelice)
J.C. Roberts … Engineer
Darrell Orydzuk … Ukranian Train Passenger
Jonathan Erich Drachenberg … Young Train Passenger
Plot: Robert Ford, who’s idolized Jesse James since childhood, tries hard to join the reforming gang of the Missouri outlaw, but gradually becomes resentful of the bandit leader.
Awards: Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 12 wins & 19 nominations
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Thursday, January 18th, 2007
All Genres:
Documentary, Animation, History
Release Year: 2007
Country: USA
Runtime: USA:110 min | Argentina:110 min (Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente)
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: The convention was drama. The trial was comedy.
Cast: Hank Azaria … Abbie Hoffman / Allen Ginsberg (voice)
Dylan Baker … David Dellinger / David Stahl (voice)
Nick Nolte … Thomas Foran (voice)
Mark Ruffalo … Jerry Rubin (voice)
Roy Scheider … Judge Julius Hoffman (voice)
Liev Schreiber … William Kunstler (voice)
Jeffrey Wright … Bobby Seale (voice)
Debra Eisenstadt … Mary Ellen Dahl / Waitress (voice)
Lloyd Floyd … Robert Pierson / Arthur Aznavoorian / Police Officer (voice)
Ebon Moss-Bachrach … Paul Krassner (voice)
James Urbaniak … Rennie Davis / Richard Schultz (voice)
Leonard Weinglass … Himself (voice)
David Boat … Norman Mailer / Marshal 1 (voice)
Catherine Curtin … Barbara Callender (voice)
Julian Dean … Reporter 2 (voice)
Plot: Archival footage, animation, and music are used to look back at the eight anti-war protesters who were put on trial following the 1968 Democratic National Convention.
Awards: 1 win & 2 nominations
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Saturday, March 27th, 2004
All Genres:
Drama, History, War, Western
Release Year: 2004
Country: USA
Runtime: 137 min
Languages: English | Spanish
Director:
Tagline: You will never forget
Cast: Dennis Quaid … Sam Houston
Billy Bob Thornton … Davy Crockett
Jason Patric … James Bowie
Patrick Wilson … William Travis
Emilio Echevarría … Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana
Jordi Mollà … Juan Seguin
Leon Rippy … Sgt. William Ward
Tom Davidson … Colonel Green Jameson
Marc Blucas … James Bonham
Robert Prentiss … Albert Grimes
Kevin Page … Micajah Autry
Joe Stevens … Mial Scurlock
Stephen Bruton … Captain Almeron Dickinson
Laura Clifton … Susanna Dickinson
Ricardo Chavira … Private Gregorio Esparza (as Ricardo S. Chavira)
Plot: Based on the 1836 standoff between a group of Texan and Tejano men, led by Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie, and Mexican dictator Santa Anna’s forces at the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas. add synopsis
Awards: 1 nomination
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