Movies: Historical reenactment

  • 2018
    Theatre of War

    Theatre of War (2018)

    Theatre of War

    7.22018HD

    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....

    Theatre of War
  • 1919
    The Lost Battalion

    The Lost Battalion (1919)

    The Lost Battalion

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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...

    The Lost Battalion
  • 2022
    Mária Kerényi, 41, July 1970

    Mária Kerényi, 41, July 1970 (2022)

    Mária Kerényi, 41, July 1970

    02022HD

    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...

    Mária Kerényi, 41, July 1970
  • 1897
    La défense du drapeau

    La défense du drapeau (1897)

    La défense du drapeau

    4.51897HD

    As the only survivor of a battle, a cavalryman heroically defends his flag....

    La défense du drapeau
  • 1987
    First Journey, Fort William

    First Journey, Fort William (1987)

    First Journey, Fort William

    01987HD

    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...

    First Journey, Fort William
  • 1969
    NZ WARS: Stories of Waitara

    NZ WARS: Stories of Waitara (1969)

    NZ WARS: Stories of Waitara

    01969HD

    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 ...

    NZ WARS: Stories of Waitara
  • 2018
    Panoramas of War

    Panoramas of War (2018)

    Panoramas of War

    6.32018HD

    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...

    Panoramas of War
  • 2023
    Una Casa

    Una Casa (2023)

    Una Casa

    02023HD

    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...

    Una Casa
  • 2019
    Viva Matanzas

    Viva Matanzas (2019)

    Viva Matanzas

    02019HD

    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...

    Viva Matanzas
  • 1900
    Naval Sham Battle at Newport

    Naval Sham Battle at Newport (1900)

    Naval Sham Battle at Newport

    2.71900HD

    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...

    Naval Sham Battle at Newport
  • 1900
    English Lancers Charging

    English Lancers Charging (1900)

    English Lancers Charging

    3.41900HD

    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 ...

    English Lancers Charging