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Ludwig – Requiem for a Virgin King
1972 · History
The Dawns Here Are Quiet
1972 · Drama
St. Michael Had a Rooster
1972 · History
Dauria
1972 · History
Taming of the Fire
1972 · Drama
Antony and Cleopatra
1972 · Drama
Brother Sun, Sister Moon
1972 · Drama
The New Land
1972 · Western
Mary, Queen of Scots
1971 · Biography
Nicholas and Alexandra
1971 · Biography
Delusions of Grandeur
1971 · Comedy
Battal Gazi Destanı
1971 · History
Silence
1971 · Drama
The Birdmen
1971 · Drama
Goya: Or the Hard Way to Enlightenment
1971 · Drama
A Season in Hell
1971 · Drama
The Devils
1971 · Biography
The Decameron
1971 · Drama
Socrates
1971 · History
Carry On Henry
1971 · Adventure
The Married Couple of the Year Two
1971 · Comedy
The Emigrants
1971 · Drama
The New One-Armed Swordsman
1971 · History
The Flight
1971 · History
Little Big Man
1970 · Adventure
The Garden of the Finzi-Continis
1970 · Drama
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
1970 · Comedy
Waterloo
1970 · Drama
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970 · Action
My Seven Sons
1970 · History
Tchaikovsky
1970 · Music
Cromwell
1970 · War
Woodstock
1970 · History
Ryan’s Daughter
1970 · Drama
Sunset and Sunrise
1970 · Romance
Jibon Theke Neya
1970 · Drama
Mark of the Devil
1970 · Thriller
The Molly Maguires
1970 · Drama
Cleopatra
1963 · Biography
Mutiny on the Bounty
1962 · Adventure
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