The best Leo Genn’s history movies

Leo Genn

Leo Genn

09/08/1905- 26/01/1978
Today we present the best Leo Genn’s movies. If you are a great movie fan, you will surely know most of them, but we hope to discover a movie that you have not yet seen … and that you love! Let’s go there with the best Leo Genn’s movies.
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Quo Vadis

Quo Vadis
7.1/10
Set against the back drop of Rome in crisis, General Marcus Vinicius returns to the city from the battle fields and falls in love with a Christian woman, Lygia. Caught in the grip of insanity, Nero's atrocities become more extreme and he burns Rome, laying the blame on the Christians. Vinicius races to save Lygia from the wrath of Nero as the empire of Rome collapses around them.

Khartoum

Khartoum
6.8/10
English General Charles George Gordon is appointed military governor of Anglo-Egyptian Sudan by the Prime Minister. Ordered to evacuate Egyptians from the Sudan, Gordon stays on to protect the people of Khartoum, who are under threat of being conquered by a Muslim army.

Caesar and Cleopatra

Caesar and Cleopatra
6.2/10
The aging Caesar finds himself intrigued by the young Egyptian queen. Adapted by George Bernard Shaw from his own play.

Henry V

Henry V
7/10
In the midst of the Hundred Years' War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France in 1415.

Plymouth Adventure

Plymouth Adventure
6.2/10
The story of the voyage of the "Mayflower" in its historic voyage across the Atlantic to the New World. The passenger list includes John Alden and Priscilla Mullins among those who made the 96-day storm-filled crossing. Along the way the Captain has an ill-starred romance with the wife of a religious fanatic that ends in a sudden, dramatic way off the coast of Cape Cod.

The Bloody Judge

The Bloody Judge
5.2/10
  • Genre: HistoryHorror
  • Release: 05/02/1970
  • Character: Lord Wessex
Horror icon Christopher Lee, who worked with Jess Franco on several occasions, plays Lord George Jeffreys, the infamous and merciless judge and Lord Chancellor in England torn by strife between the reigning King James II and William of Orange. Convincend of doing what's necessary, the cruel judge mercilessly persecutes 'traitors', who sympathize with the King's opponent William of Orange, as well as 'witches', who are accused of being in league with the devil...

I Accuse!

I Accuse!
7.2/10
  • Genre: DramaHistory
  • Release: 05/03/1958
  • Character: Maj. Picquart
Alfred Dreyfus, a German-Jewish captain serving in the French Army, is falsely accused of treason and made a scapegoat for military espionage in an act of institutional anti-Semitism. Sent to prison, he becomes a cause célèbre for the novelist Émile Zola, who dubs it the "Dreyfus Affair." Eventually, Dreyfus is pardoned when the military cover-up is made public, and he returns to France. But his name is forever tarnished by the accusations of treason.

The Young Mr. Pitt

The Young Mr. Pitt
6.8/10
  • Genre: DramaHistory
  • Release: 21/09/1942
  • Character: Danton (uncredited)
This biopic tells the story of the life of Pitt The Younger, who became Prime Minister of Great Britain at the age of 24.

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