Movies: Historical reenactment
- 2018
Theatre of War (2018)
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Theatre of War is an essay on how to represent war, performed by former enemies. British and Argentinian veterans of the Falklands war come together to discuss, rehearse and re-enact their memories 35 years after the conflict....
- 1919
The Lost Battalion (1919)
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World War I, October 1918. The more than 500 men of the 77th Infantry Division of the United States Army, who have been recruited in New York City and trained in Yaphank, are sent to France, to help break down the German defenses located in the Argon...
- 2022
Mária Kerényi, 41, July 1970 (2022)
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In this reenactment of a propaganda documentary, a woman is falling prey to the role assigned to her in slow motion. Upon her arrest, diplomat Mária Kerényi is interviewed by the state television. Her story in espionage confronts the mechanisms of au...
- 1897
La défense du drapeau (1897)
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As the only survivor of a battle, a cavalryman heroically defends his flag....
- 1987
First Journey, Fort William (1987)
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Set in 1815, this is the dramatic story of a child of the fur trade, son of a Native mother and a Scottish-Canadian fur trader. John Mackenzie's father is a wintering partner of the Montréal-based North West Company, which was for decades the wealthi...
- 1969
NZ WARS: Stories of Waitara (1969)
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Stories of Waitara combines oral histories, state of the art animations and powerful dramatic re-enactments to bring to life the narratives of Te Ātiawa in their epic battle against the military might of the British Empire. Created and presented by ...
- 2018
Panoramas of War (2018)
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The end of the Franco-Prussian war (1870-71) saw the birth of the panoramas of war, huge circular paintings depicting scenes of war, cruelty and desolation that were contemplated by thousands of spectators, a kind of inmersive static newsreels, a mas...
- 2023
Una Casa (2023)
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In an empty warehouse, four women remember the rooms of the house where they were tortured during the last dictatorship. After testifying about their experience, the women make a sketch, similar to the one used by Judge Rafecas in 2020 to identify th...
- 2019
Viva Matanzas (2019)
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A town in Aragon commemorates a battle in the Bay of Matanzas. No one wants to play Spanish admiral Benavides, who abandoned his ships and treasures without a fight. An absurd historical choreography of a battle with no casualties, with the eccentric...
- 1900
Naval Sham Battle at Newport (1900)
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Showing the attacking forces drawn up in line of battle. They immediately commence firing on the shore batteries. The batteries return the fire with telling effect, but are at last silenced by the overwhelming forces of the enemy. In the distance can...
- 1900
English Lancers Charging (1900)
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The stubborn resistance of the Boers is shown by the activity and persistency with which they fire the two large field pieces immediately in the foreground. It seems, indeed, a hopeless matter to attempt to capture and overthrow such an invulnerable ...