The best Ian Richardson’s war movies

Ian Richardson

Ian Richardson

07/04/1934- 09/02/2007
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Joyeux Noel

Joyeux Noel
7.7/10
France, 1914, during World War I. On Christmas Eve, an extraordinary event takes place in the bloody no man's land that the French and the Scots dispute with the Germans…

Nero

Nero
5.6/10
  • Genre: DramaWar
  • Release: 23/05/2004
  • Character: Septimus
As a young boy, future emperor Nero witnesses the mad Emperor Caligula kill his father and exile his mother. While in exile in the pontine islands, Agrippina, his mother, sees a vision telling her that her son can become emperor, but she will have to die first. She accepts the proposal. Back in Rome, Nero, now being raised by emperor Claudius after Caligula's death, Agrippina returns. She poisons Claudius' food and Nero becomes emperor. At first, Nero cuts taxes and introduces successful programs and invades Brittania. Soon he meets a beautiful slave named Claudia Acte, and marries her, throwing off his engagement with Claudius' daughter, Claudia Octavia, telling her she can marry someone she will be happy with. Heartbroken, she arrives at an island and kills herself. Nero enjoys being married to Claudia Acte, but soon he gradually goes mad with power and sets fire to Rome.

An Ungentlemanly Act

An Ungentlemanly Act
7.1/10
Based on actual accounts, this film portrays the days and hours before and during the invasion of the Falkland Islands by Argentina, which eventually lead to the Falklands War. As the Argentine forces land on the main island and make their way towards Government House, the handful of British defenders batten down the hatches and prepare to defend the Governor Rex Hunt, his family and their fellow islanders from the invaders.

The Plot to Kill Hitler

The Plot to Kill Hitler
6.2/10
  • Genre: DramaWar
  • Release: 30/01/1990
  • Character: Ludwig Beck
A historical recreation of the 1944 attempt by several German High Command Officers to assassinate Adolf Hitler and take control of the German government.

Churchill and the Generals

Churchill and the Generals
7.6/10
The complicated relationship between Winston Churchill and the leaders of the British army during World War II.

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