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Ben-Hur
1959 · Adventure
Spartacus
1960 · Adventure
The Robe
1953 · History
For Whom the Bell Tolls
1943 · Adventure
Tobruk
1967 · History
The Brothers Karamazov
1958 · Drama
Sword of the Conqueror
1961 · Adventure
The Story of Louis Pasteur
1936 · History
The Avenger
1962 · History
Kolberg
1945 · Drama
Jan Žižka
1956 · War
Pather Panchali
1955 · Drama
Stanley and Livingstone
1939 · Adventure
Houdini
1953 · Romance
Barabbas
1961 · Drama
Kappalottiya Thamizhan
1961 · History
St. Louis Blues
1958 · Drama
Yankee Buccaneer
1952 · History
Rembrandt
1936 · Drama
The Conspirator
1961 · Drama
Alexander the Great
1956 · Drama
Against All
1957 · War
Here Is Your Life
1966 · Drama
The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre
1967 · Crime
The Colossus of Rhodes
1961 · Adventure
David and Bathsheba
1951 · Romance
If I Were King
1938 · History
Marie Antoinette
1938 · History
The Night Riders
1939 · History
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
1939 · History
War and Peace
1956 · Romance
The Black Rose
1950 · History
Clive of India
1935 · Adventure
Army of Shadows
1969 · History
Alfred the Great
1969 · History
Viva Zapata!
1952 · Drama
Knight Without Armour
1937 · Adventure
King and Country
1964 · Drama
The Virgin Spring
1960 · Drama
Hawaii
1966 · Drama
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