List of book-based war films (wars before 1775)
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A list of films that are based on war books.
Classical antiquity
Theban civil war (before 1200 BC)
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hercules Unchained Ercole e la regina di Lidia | 1959 | Pietro Francisci | Italy, France, Spain | Seven Against Thebes[1] | Aeschylus | 467 BC | Play | The film freely adapts the play as a Hercules adventure. |
| Antigone Αντιγόνη | 1961 | Yorgos Javellas | Greece | Antigone[2] | Sophocles | 442 BC | Play | Antigone (the play) was written as a sequel to Seven Against Thebes. |
Trojan War
- Note: The 1997 film, Trojan War, is not related to the Trojan War; it is referred to the condom brand of the same name.
c. 1200 BC
Frequently filmed: The Iliad
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Helen of Troy | 1956 | Robert Wise | US, Italy, France | Iliad | Homer | 8th century BC | Epic poem |
| The Trojan Horse | 1961 | Giorgio Ferroni | Italy & France | Iliad | Homer | 8th century BC | Epic poem |
| Troy | 2004 | Wolfgang Petersen | Malta, US, UK | Iliad | Homer | 8th century BC | Epic poem |
Frequently filmed: The Aeneid
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Last Glory of Troy | 1962 | Giorgio Rivalta | Yugoslavia, Italy, France | Aeneid | Virgil | 29–19 BC | Epic poem |
Frequently filmed: The Trojan Women
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Las troyanas | 1963 | Sergio Véjar | Mexico | The Trojan Women | Euripides | 415 BC | Play |
| The Trojan Women | 1971 | Michael Cacoyannis | UK, US, Greece | The Trojan Women | Euripides | 415 BC | Play |
Battle of the Valley of Elah
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David and Bathsheba | 1951 | Henry King | US | 1 Samuel | The Bible | ? | Scripture |
| King David | 1985 | Bruce Beresford | UK & US | 1 Samuel | The Bible | ? | Scripture |
Greco-Persian Wars
499 BC – 448 BC
Battle of Marathon
490 BC
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La battaglia di Maratona | 1959 | Jacques Tourneur & Mario Bava | Italy | The Histories (uncredited) | Herodotus (uncredited) | 440 BC | Non-fiction |
Battle of Thermopylae
August or September 480 BC
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The 300 Spartans ♣ | 1962 | Rudolph Maté | US | The Histories (uncredited) | Herodotus (uncredited) | 440 BC | Non-fiction |
| 300 | 2007 | Zack Snyder | US | 300 ♣ | Frank Miller | 1998 | Graphic Novel |
- ♣ His boyhood viewing of this film inspired Frank Miller to create his own graphic novel.
Battle of Salamis
September 480 BC
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Perses * | 1961 | Jean Prat | France | The Persians[3] | Aeschylus | 472 BC[4] | Play |
| Die Perser * | 2003 | Martin Wuttke | Germany | The Persians | Aeschylus | 472 BC | Play |
- * television film.
Chinese Warring States Period
476 BC – 221 BC
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Battle of Wits 墨攻 | 2006 | Jacob Cheung | Hong Kong | Bokko 墨攻 | Ken'ichi Sakemi | 1991 | Novel |
Frequently filmed: Lysistrata
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lysistrata ou La grève des baisers ♠ | 1910 | Louis Feuillade | France | Lysistrata [5] | Aristophanes | 411 BC | Play |
| Lysistrata ♦ | 1976 | Ludo Mich | Belgium | Lysistrata | Aristophanes | 411 BC | Play |
| Lysistrate * | 1982 | Inger Åby & Göran Järvefelt | Sweden | Lysistrata | Aristophanes | 411 BC | Play |
| Komediya o Lisistrate | 1989 | Valeri Rubinchik | USSR, UK, Greece | Lysistrata | Aristophanes | 411 BC | Play |
| Lisístrata | 2002 | Francesc Bellmunt | Spain | Lysistrata | Aristophanes | 411 BC | Play |
- ♠ The French title means Lysistrata, or The Kiss Strike.
- ♦ This production was performed by a naked cast in order to emphasize the anarchism of Aristophanes.[6]
- * television film.
Wars of Alexander
336 BC – 323 BC
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander | 2004 | Oliver Stone | Germany, US, Netherlands, France, UK, Italy | Alexander the Great[7][8][9] (uncredited) | Robin Lane Fox ♠ (uncredited) | 1974 | Non-fiction |
- ♠ Fox is credited as historical advisor, rather than author.[10]
Kalinga War
265 BC – 264 BC
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aŝoka | 2001 | Santosh Sivan | India | Edicts of Ashoka (uncredited) | Ashoka the Great (uncredited) | before 231 BC | Edicts |
Second Punic War
218 BC – 201 BC
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cabiria | 1914 | Giovanni Pastrone | Kingdom of Italy | Salammbô | Gustave Flaubert | 1862 | Novel |
| Scipione l'africano[11] | 1937 | Carmine Gallone | Kingdom of Italy | The Histories (uncredited) | Polybius (uncredited) | before 120 BC | Non-fiction |
| Hannibal the Conqueror | 201? | ? | ? | Hannibal | Ross Leckie | 200? | Novel |
Third Servile War
73 BC – 71 BC
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spartaco | 1913 | Giovanni Enrico Vidali | Italy | Spartaco | Raffaello Giovagnoli | 1873 | Novel |
| Spartacus | 1960 | Stanley Kubrick | US | Spartacus | Howard Fast[12] | 1951 | Novel |
| Spartacus | 2004 | Robert Dornhelm | US | Spartacus | Howard Fast | 1951 | Novel |
Gallic Wars
58 BC – 51 BC
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giulio Cesare, il conquistatore delle Gallie | 1962 | Tanio Boccia | Italy | Commentarii de Bello Gallico (uncredited) | Julius Caesar (uncredited) | after 51 BC | Memoir |
| Vercingétorix Druids | 2001 | Jacques Dorfmann | France, Canada, Belgium | Commentarii de Bello Gallico (uncredited) | Julius Caesar (uncredited) | after 51 BC | Memoir |
Great Roman Civil War
49 BC – 44 BC
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caesar and Cleopatra | 1945 | Gabriel Pascal | UK | Caesar and Cleopatra | George Bernard Shaw[13] | 1898 | Play |
| Cleopatra | 1963 | Joseph L. Mankiewicz | UK, US, Switzerland | Cleopatra (?) | Carlo Mario Franzero | 19?? | Novel |
| Cleopatra * | 1999 | Franc Roddam | Germany & U.S. | Memoirs of Cleopatra | Margaret George | 1998 | Novel |
- * television film.
Frequently filmed: Julius Caesar
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Julius Caesar | 1953 | Joseph L. Mankiewicz | U.S. | Julius Caesar | William Shakespeare | 1599 | Play |
| Julius Caesar | 1970 | Stuart Burge | UK | Julius Caesar | William Shakespeare | 1599 | Play |
Final Civil Wars of the Roman Republic
45 BC –
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antony and Cleopatra | 1972 | Charlton Heston | UK, Spain, Switzerland | Antony and Cleopatra | William Shakespeare | 1606–1607 | Play |
Battle of Actium
2 September 31 BC
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleopatra ♠ | 1963 | Joseph L. Mankiewicz | UK, US, Switzerland | Cleopatra (?) | Carlo Mario Franzero | 19?? | Novel |
- ♠ The 1963 film includes an admirable account of the battle.
The series Rome, for budgetary reasons, deals with the aftermath of Actium, not the battle directly.
Frequently filmed: I, Claudius and Claudius the God
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I, Claudius * | 1976 | Herbert Wise | UK | I, Claudius[14][15] | Robert Graves | 1934 | Novel |
| I, Claudius | 2010 | Jim Sheridan | UK | I, Claudius | Robert Graves | 1934 | Novel |
- * TV miniseries.
Jewish War
66–73
Siege of Masada
72–73
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masada ** | 1981 | Boris Sagal | U.S. | The Antagonists | Ernest K. Gann | 1971 | Novel |
| God on Trial ♠ * | 2008 | Andy de Emmony | UK & U.S. | The Trial of God Le procès de Shamgorod tel qu'il se déroula le 25 février 1649 (uncredited) | Elie Wiesel[16] (uncredited) | 1979 | Play |
- ♠ The trial of God conducted by inmates at Auschwitz includes Masada as evidence.
- ** TV miniseries.
- * television film.
Frequently filmed: Romance of the Three Kingdoms
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon | 2008 | Daniel Lee | China | Romance of the Three Kingdoms | Luo Guanzhong (attributed) | c. 1400 | Novel |
Battle of Red Cliffs
208–209
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red Cliff 赤壁 | 2008 | John Woo | China | Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms | Chen Shou | before 297 | Chronicle |
| Red Cliff, Part 2 | 2009 | John Woo | China | Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms | Chen Shou | before 297 | Chronicle |
Battle of Milvian Bridge
312 ♠
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fabiola | 1949 | Alessandro Blasetti | Italy | Fabiola ♦ | Cardinal Nicholas Patrick Wiseman | 1854 | Novel |
| Constantine and the Cross | 1962 | Lionello De Felice | Yugoslavia & Italy | De mortibus persecutorum (uncredited) | Lactantius (uncredited) | c. 320 | Non-fiction |
- ♠ The battle where Emperor Constantine's vision of☧, the chi rho, led to the adoption of his motto "In hoc signo vinces".
- ♦ There are other film versions of Fabiola, but the conflict between Constantine and Maxentius appears to be an addition specific to this film.
Campaigns of Attila
434–453
Frequently filmed: Attila
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Attila * | 2001 | Josée Dayan | France | Attila | Temistocle Solera & Francesco Maria Piave | 1846 | Libretto |
- * TV performance.
Frequently filmed: Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben-Hur[17] | 1925 | Fred Niblo | US | Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ | Gen. Lew Wallace | 1880 | Novel |
| Ben-Hur[18] | 1959 | William Wyler | US | Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ | Gen. Lew Wallace | 1880 | Novel |
- The pirates in Ben-Hur are Chersonesan and have travelled from the Euxine to the Ægean to face a Roman fleet sent by Sejanus.[19]
Dark Ages
c. 500 – c. 1000
Battle of Badon Hill
c. 500
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Last Legion | 2007 | Doug Lefler | UK, Italy, France | L'ultima legione | Valerio Massimo Manfredi | 2002 | Novel |
Gothic War
535–554
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Justinian and Theodora ♠ | 1910 | Otis Turner | U.S. | Justinian and Theodora: A Drama, Being a Chapter of History and the One Gleam of Light During the Dark Ages | Elbert Hubbard & Alice Hubbard | 1906 | Play |
| Théodora | 1912 | Henri Pouctal | France | Théodora | Victorien Sardou | 1884 | Play |
| Teodora | 1919 | Leopoldo Carlucci | Italy | Théodora | Victorien Sardou | 1884 | Play |
| Kampf um Rom I | 1968 | Robert Siodmak & Andrew Marton (uncredited) & Sergiu Nicolaescu (uncredited) | West Germany, Italy, Romania | A Struggle for Rome | Felix Dahn | 1876 | Novel |
| Kampf um Rom II – Der Verrat | 1969 | Robert Siodmak & Andrew Marton (uncredited) & Sergiu Nicolaescu (uncredited) | West Germany, Italy, Romania | A Struggle for Rome | Felix Dahn | 1876 | Novel |
- ♠ The IMDb lists a story by Bulwer-Lytton as the source for this film. But there appears to be no such work.
The 1906 play seems a more likely source.
Swedish–Geatish wars
Before 600
Frequently filmed: Beowulf
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grendel Grendel Grendel α | 1981 | Alexander Stitt | Australia | Grendel | John Gardner | 1971 | Novel |
| The 13th Warrior | 1999 | John McTiernan, Michael Crichton (uncredited) | U.S. | Eaters of the Dead | Michael Crichton | 1976 | Novel |
| Beowulf & Grendel | 2005 | Sturla Gunnarsson | Canada, UK, Iceland | Beowulf | Beowulf poet | c. 700– c. 1000 | Epic poem |
- α Animated film.
Frequently filmed: Das Nibelungenlied
Before 600
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Die Nibelungen: Siegfried | 1924 | Fritz Lang | Germany | Das Nibelungenlied (uncredited) | Nibelungenlied poet (uncredited) | c. 1200 | Epic poem |
| Die Nibelungen: Kriemhilds Rache | 1924 | Fritz Lang | Germany | Das Nibelungenlied (uncredited) | Nibelungenlied poet (uncredited) | c. 1200 | Epic poem |
Battle of Badr
17 March 624
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mohammad, Messenger of God | 1977 | Moustapha Akkad | Lebanon, Libya, Kuwait | Sirah Rasul Allah | Ibn Ishaq | before 767 | Non-fiction |
Battle of Uhud
19 March 625
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mohammad, Messenger of God | 1977 | Moustapha Akkad | Lebanon, Libya, Kuwait | Sirah Rasul Allah | Ibn Ishaq | before 767 | Non-fiction |
| Muhammad: The Last Prophet | 2004 | Richard Rich | U.S. | Sirah Rasul Allah | Ibn Ishaq | before 767 | Non-fiction |
Battle of Roncesvalles
778
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Song of Roland | 1978 | Frank Cassenti | France | La Chanson de Roland | Roland poet | 1040–1115 | Epic poem |
War of Wessex with the Danes
868–878
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alfred the Great | 1969 | Clive Donner | UK | Vita Ælfredi regis Angul Saxonum (uncredited) | Asser (uncredited) | 893 | Non-fiction |
Viking Raids
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Vikings | 1958 | Richard Fleischer | U.S. | The Viking | Edison Marshall | 1951[20] | Novel |
| The War Lord ♠ | 1965 | Franklin Schaffner | U.S. | The Lovers: a play in three acts | Leslie Stevens | 1956[20] | Play |
- ♠ Normans fend off Vikings in the Early Middle Ages.
Middle Ages
Norman Conquest
1066
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1066 and All That * | 1939 | ? | UK | 1066 and All That: A Memorable History of England, comprising all the parts you can remember, including 103 Good Things, 5 Bad Kings and 2 Genuine Dates | W. C. Sellar & R. J. Yeatman | before 1930 | Chronicle |
| Wilhelm Cuceritorul aka William the Conqueror | 1982 | Sergiu Nicolaescu | Romania & France | Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (uncredited) | Chronicle compilers | before 1154 | Chronicle |
| 1066: The Battle for Middle Earth ** | May 2009 | Justin Hardy | UK | Carmen de Hastingae Proelio[21] | Guy of Amiens | 1067 | Epic poem |
- * TV musical.
- ** TV miniseries.
Conquest of Valencia
1094–1102
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| El Cid | 1961 | Anthony Mann | Italy, US, UK | Cantar de Mio Cid | Cid poet | before 1207 | Epic poem |
First Crusade
1096–1099
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rytsarskiy roman * Рыцарский роман | 2000 | Aleksandr Inshakov | Russia | Count Robert of Paris | Sir Walter Scott | 1832 | Novel |
- * television film.
Frequently filmed: Gerusalemme liberata
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le tyran de Jérusalem | 1910 | Camille de Morlhon | France | La Jérusalem délivrée | Torquato Tasso | 1581 | Epic poem |
| Gerusalemme liberata | 1910 | Enrico Guazzoni ♠ | Italy | Gerusalemme liberata | Torquato Tasso | 1581 | Epic poem |
| La Gerusalemme liberata | 1958 | Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia | Italy & France | Gerusalemme liberata | Torquato Tasso | 1581 | Epic poem |
- ♠ Guazzoni released a version in 1913, and another in 1918. The 1918 version was reissued with sound in 1935.
11th century Scotland
1000–1099
Frequently filmed: Macbeth
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Macbeth | 1908 | J. Stuart Blackton | U.S. | Macbeth | William Shakespeare | 1605? | Play |
| Macbeth | 1909 | Mario Caserini | Italy | Macbeth | William Shakespeare | 1605? | Play |
| Macbeth | 1948 | Orson Welles | U.S. | Macbeth | William Shakespeare | 1605? | Play |
| Throne of Blood ♠ | 1957 | Akira Kurosawa | Japan | Macbeth | William Shakespeare | 1605? | Play |
| The Tragedy of Macbeth | 1971 | Roman Polanski | UK & U.S. | Macbeth | William Shakespeare | 1605? | Play |
| Macbeth horror suite di Carmelo Bene da William Shakespeare * | 1997 | Carmelo Bene | Italy | Macbeth | William Shakespeare | 1605? | Play |
- ♠ Feudal Japan is the setting in Kurosawa's version.
- * television film.
The Anarchy
1135–1154
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Pillars of the Earth * | 2010 | Sergio Mimica-Gezzan | Germany & Canada | The Pillars of the Earth | Ken Follett | 1989 | Novel |
- * television miniseries.
Siege of Shrewsbury Castle
1138
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| One Corpse Too Many * | 1994 | ? | UK | One Corpse Too Many | "Ellis Peters" | 1979 | Novel |
- * television film.
Campaigns of Frederick Barbarossa
1155–1177
Battle of Legnano
29 May 1176
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La battaglia di Legnano aka Barbarossa | 1910 | Mario Caserini | Italy | La battaglia di Legnano ♠ (unconfirmed) | Salvatore Cammarano (unconfirmed) | 1849 | Libretto |
- ♠ It is a reasonable supposition that Italian filmmakers based their story on Verdi's opera La battaglia di Legnano.
Genpei War
1180–1185
Battle of Dan-no-ura
25 April 1185
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kwaidan ♠ | 1964 | Masaki Kobayashi | Japan | Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things | Lafcadio Hearn | 1904 | Folk tales |
- ♠ One segment of this anthology film concerns the battle.
Rus–Cuman War
c. 1185
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prince Igor Князь Игорь | 1970 | Roman Tikhomirov | USSR | Prince Igor | Alexander Borodin | before 1887 | Libretto |
- ♠ The poem's Old East Slavic title is "Слово о плъку Игоревѣ", using the older pre-Russian Revolution orthography.
Third Crusade
1187–1192
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Nasser Salah Ad-Din الناصر صلاح الدين | 1963 | Youssef Chahine | Egypt | Al Nasser Salah Ad-Din An-Nāṣir Ṣalāḥ ad-Dīn | Naguib Mahfouz[22] | 195? | Novel |
Frequently filmed: The Talisman
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Il talismano | 1911 | Cinès | Italy | The Talisman | Sir Walter Scott | 1825 | Novel |
| Richard the Lion-Hearted | 1923 | Chester Withey | U.S. | The Talisman | Sir Walter Scott | 1825 | Novel |
| King Richard and the Crusaders | 1954 | David Butler | U.S. | The Talisman | Sir Walter Scott | 1825 | Novel |
| Richard lvinoye serdtse Ричард Львиное Сердце | 1992 | Yevgeni Gerasimov | Russia | The Talisman | Sir Walter Scott | 1825 | Novel |
| Rytsar Kennet Рыцарь Кеннет | 1993 | Yevgeni Gerasimov | Russia | The Talisman | Sir Walter Scott | 1825 | Novel |
Battle of Montgisard
25 November 1177
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arn: The Knight Templar | 2007 | Peter Flinth | Sweden, Denmark, Norway | Arn: The Knight Templar | Jan Guillou | 195? | Novel |
Mongol Invasions
1206–c. 1300
Campaigns of Genghis Khan
1206–1227
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genghis Khan: To the Ends of the Earth and Sea | 2007 | Shinichirō Sawai | Japan & Mongolia | Chi hate umi tsukiru made: shōsetsu Chingisu Hān | Seiichi Morimura | 198? | Novel |
| Mongol Монгол | 2007 | Sergei Bodrov | Kazakhstan, Russia, Mongolia, Germany | The Secret History of the Mongols (uncredited) | Mongol chronicler (uncredited) | after 1227 | Non-fiction |
Children's Crusade
1212
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gates to Paradise | 1968 | Andrzej Wajda | UK | The Gates of Paradise | Jerzy Andrzejewski | 1960 | Novel |
| Crusade in Jeans | 2006 | Ben Sombogaart | Netherlands | Crusade in Jeans | Thea Beckman | 1973 | Novel |
First Barons' War
1215–1217
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| King John | 1899 | Walter Pfeffer Dando & William K.L. Dickson | UK | King John | William Shakespeare | c. 1598 | Play |
Northern Crusades
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Seventh Seal Det sjunde inseglet | 1957 | Ingmar Bergman | Sweden | Wood Painting Trämålning | Ingmar Bergman | 1954 | Play |
| Malév | 2005 | Kaaren Kaer | Estonia | Chronicle of Henry of Livonia | Henry of Livonia | c. 1224 | Chronicle |
Battle of the Ice
5 April 1242
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander Nevsky Александр Невский | 1938 | Sergei Eisenstein & Dmitri Vasilyev[23] | USSR | ? | ? | ? | Non-fiction |
Second Barons' War
1264–1267
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Black Rose | 1950 | Henry Hathaway | U.S. | The Black Rose | Thomas B. Costain | 1945 | Novel |
War of the Sicilian Vespers
1282–1302
Sicilian Vespers
30 March 1282
Films based on this rebellion tend to be performances of Verdi's opera I vespri siciliani.
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vespro siciliano | 1949 | Giorgio Pàstina | Italy | Cronica di lu rebellamentu di Sichilia contra re Carlu | Atanasiu di Iaci (attributed) | c. 1290 | Chronicle |
Battle of the Field of Blackbirds
15 June 1389
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battle of Kosovo Бој на Косову | 1989 | Zdravko Šotra | Yugoslavia | Boj na Kosovu | Ljubomir Simović | 19?? | Play |
Polish–Teutonic War
1409–1411
Battle of Grunwald
15 July 1410
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Krzyżacy | 1960 | Aleksander Ford | Poland | The Teutonic Knights | Henryk Sienkiewicz[24] | 1900 | Novel |
Hundred Years' War
1337–1453
Battle of Poitiers
19 September 1356
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Knight's Tale | 2001 | Brian Helgeland | U.S. | The Canterbury Tales (uncredited) | Geoffrey Chaucer (uncredited) | before 1400 | Poem |
Battle of Shrewsbury
21 July 1403
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chimes at Midnight | 1965 | Orson Welles | France, Spain, Switzerland | Five Kings | Orson Welles | 1939 | Play |
Battle of Agincourt
25 October 1415
Frequently filmed: Henry V
Also, Siege of Harfleur
1415
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Chronicle History of King Henry the Fift with His Battell Fought at Agincourt in France | 1944 | Laurence Olivier | UK | Henry V | William Shakespeare | 1599 | Play |
| Henry V | 1989 | Kenneth Branagh | UK | Henry V | William Shakespeare | 1599 | Play |
Siege of Orléans
1428–1429
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joan of Arc | 1948 | Victor Fleming | UK | Joan of Lorraine | Maxwell Anderson | 1946 | Play |
| Jeanne oder Die Lerche * | 1956 | Franz Peter Wirth | West Germany | L'Alouette | Jean Anouilh | 1953 | Play |
| Saint Joan | 1957 | Otto Preminger | U.S. | Saint Joan[25] | George Bernard Shaw[13] | 1923 | Play |
- * television film.
What if ...
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The High Crusade Δ High Crusade – Frikassee im Weltraum | 1994 | Klaus Knoesel & Holger Neuhäuser | Germany | The High Crusade | Poul Anderson | 1960 | Novel |
| Timeline | 2003 | Richard Donner | U.S. | Timeline | Michael Crichton | 1999 | Novel |
- Δ The film preserves the story's date but shifts the context to (a period resembling) the Third Crusade.
Ottoman–Hungarian Wars
1366–15??
Siege of Eger
1552
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egri csillagok | 1923 | Paul Fejos Fejős Pál | Hungary | Eclipse of the Crescent Moon Egri csillagok | Géza Gárdonyi | 1899 | Novel |
| Egri csillagok | 1968 | Zoltán Várkonyi | Hungary | Eclipse of the Crescent Moon Egri csillagok | Géza Gárdonyi | 1899 | Novel |
What if ...
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| János vitéz | 1924 | Alfréd Deésy | Hungary | János Vitéz | Sándor Petőfi | 1845 | Poem |
Ox War of 1421
1421–1422 (not to be confused with the Ox War of 1611)
Frequently filmed: Der Ochsenkrieg
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Der Ochsenkrieg | 1920 | Franz Osten | Germany | Der Ochsenkrieg | Ludwig Ganghofer | 1914 | Novel |
| Der Ochsenkrieg | 1943 | Hans Deppe | Nazi Germany | Der Ochsenkrieg | Ludwig Ganghofer | 1914 | Novel |
| Der Ochsenkrieg ** | 1987 | Sigi Rothemund | West Germany & Czechoslovakia | Der Ochsenkrieg | Ludwig Ganghofer | 1914 | Novel |
- ** TV miniseries.
Ottoman-Albanian War
1443–14??
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Great Warrior Skanderbeg aka Великий воин Албании Скандербег | 1953 | Sergei Yutkevich | USSR & Albania | Historia de vita et gestis Scanderbegi, Epirotarum Principis | Marin Barleti | c. 1510 | Non-fiction |
Wars of the Roses
1453–1487
Frequently filmed: The Black Arrow
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Black Arrow | 1948 | Gordon Douglas | U.S. | The Black Arrow: A Tale of the Two Roses | Robert Louis Stevenson | 1888 | Novel | The Black Arrow | 1958 | UK |
| Chyornaya strela Чёрная стрела | 1985 | Sergei Tarasov | USSR | The Black Arrow: A Tale of the Two Roses | Robert Louis Stevenson | 1888 | Novel | |||
| Black Arrow * | 1985 | John Hough | U.S. & Spain | The Black Arrow: A Tale of the Two Roses | Robert Louis Stevenson | 1888 | Novel | |||
| La freccia nera ♠ * | 2006 | Fabrizio Costa | Italy | The Black Arrow: A Tale of the Two Roses | Robert Louis Stevenson | 1888 | Novel | La freccia nera | 1968–1969 | Italy |
- ♠ Inspired by Stevenson, this Italian version is set in the Tyrol, rather than England.
- * television film.
Battle of Bosworth Field
22 August 1485
Frequently filmed: Richard III
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard III | 1912 | André Calmettes & James Keane | France & U.S. | Richard III | William Shakespeare | 1591 | Play |
| Richard III | 1955 | Laurence Olivier | UK | Richard III | William Shakespeare | 1591 | Play |
| Richard III ♠ | 1995 | Richard Loncraine | UK & U.S. | Richard III | William Shakespeare | 1591 | Play |
- ♠ This version is set in a Fascist Britain.
Burgundian Wars
1474–1477
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles the Bold La fin de Charles le Téméraire | 1910 | Georges Denola | France | Anne of Geierstein, or The Maiden of the Mist | Sir Walter Scott | 1829 | Novel |
16th century
Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire
1519–1521
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Fall of Montezuma | 1912 | Harry McRae Webster | U.S. | Historia verdadera de la conquista de la Nueva España (uncredited) | Bernal Díaz del Castillo (uncredited) | 1576 | Memoir |
| Captain from Castile | 1947 | Henry King | U.S. | Captain From Castile | Samuel Shellabarger | 1945 | Novel |
| La Controverse de Valladolid ♦ * | 1992 | Jean-Daniel Verhaeghe | France | La Controverse de Valladolid | Jean-Claude Carrière | 1992 | Novel |
| Fray Bartolomé de las Casas | 1993 | Sergio Olhovich | Mexico | Bonfire at Dawn: an historical tableau in four acts based on the life and passion of Fray Bartolomé de las Casas Las Casas, una hoguera en el amanecer | Jaime Salom | 1986[20] | Play |
- ♦ The film is about the Valladolid debate between Bartolomé de Las Casas and Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda.
- * television film.
Battle of Mactan
27 April 1521
(This skirmish resulted in the death of Magellan before he had completed his circumnavigation of the globe.)
German Peasants' War
1524–1525
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luther | 1973 | Guy Green | U.S. | Luther[26][27] | John Osborne | 1961 | Play |
Russo-Kazan Wars
1467–1552
Fall of Kazan
1552
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boris Godunov ♠ | 1954 | Vera Stroyeva | USSR | Boris Godunov | Modest Mussorgsky | 1874 | Libretto | - | - | - |
- ♠ A song about Ivan the Terrible and the Fall of Kazan is sung by Varlaam, a drunken vagabond monk, at an inn on the Lithuanian border.
Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire
1526–1572
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Royal Hunt of the Sun | 1969 | Irving Lerner | UK | The Royal Hunt of the Sun | Peter Shaffer | 1964 | Play |
Spanish conquest of Chile
1541–1598
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Araucana | 1971 | Julio Coll | Chile, Italy, Spain, Peru | La Araucana La Araucana | Alonso de Ercilla | 1569/ 1578/ 1589 | Epic poem |
Arauco War
1536–1883
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cautiverio Feliz Cautiverio Feliz | 1998 | Cristián Sánchez | Chile | Cautiverio feliz Cautiverio feliz | Francisco Núñez de Pineda y Bascuñán | 1673/ 1863 | Memoir |
Great Italian Wars
1494–1559
Italian War of 1551–1559
1551–1559
Battle of St. Quentin
1557
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Return of Martin Guerre | 1982 | Daniel Vigne | France | Arrest Memorable (uncredited) | Jean de Coras (uncredited) | 1565 | Memoir |
Russo-Swedish War of 1554
1554–1557 (followed by the Livonian War [q.v.])
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gustav Vasa * | 1965 | Henrik Dyfverman | Sweden | Gustav Vasa | August Strindberg | 1899 | Play |
| Kustaa Vaasa * | 1969 | Mirjam Himberg | Finland | Gustav Vasa | August Strindberg | 1899 | Play |
- * television film.
Livonian War
1558–1582 (coincident with the Northern Seven Years' War)
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erik XIV * | 1965 | Mirjam Himberg | Finland | Erik XIV | August Strindberg | 1899 | Play |
| Viimne reliikvia | 1969 | Grigori Kromanov | USSR (Estonian SSR) | Furst Gabriel or Last Days of the Pirita Monastery | Eduard Bornhöhe | 1893 | Novel |
| Kolme katku vahel * | 1970 | Virve Aruoja | USSR (Estonian SSR) | Kolme katku vahel | Jaan Kross | 1970 | Novel |
| Erik XIV * | 1974 | Kurt-Olof Sundström | Sweden | Erik XIV | August Strindberg | 1899 | Play |
- * television film.
Fourth Battle of Kawanakajima
1561
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samurai Banners Fūrin Kazan | 1969 | Hiroshi Inagaki | Japan | The Samurai Banner of Furin Kazan ♠ Fūrin Kazan 風林火山 | Yasushi Inoue | 1955 | Novel |
| Fūrin Kazan *** Fūrin Kazan | 2007 | Kazuhiko Shimizu | Japan | The Samurai Banner of Furin Kazan ♠ Fūrin Kazan 風林火山 | Yasushi Inoue | 1955 | Novel |
- ♠ In addition, Japanese Wikipedia lists 3 radio adaptations of Inoue's novel between 1969 and 2006.
- *** TV series.
French Wars of Religion
1562–1598
St. Bartholomew's Day massacre
1572
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Queen Margot | 1994 | Patrice Chéreau | France | La Reine Margot | Alexandre Dumas, père | 1845 | Novel |
Northern Seven Years' War
1563–1570
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erik XIV * | 1965 | Mirjam Himberg | Finland | Erik XIV | August Strindberg | 1899 | Play |
| Erik XIV * | 1974 | Kurt-Olof Sundström | Sweden | Erik XIV | August Strindberg | 1899 | Play |
- * television film.
Japanese Warring States Period
1467–1600
Battle of Nagashino
1575
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kagemusha | 1980 | Akira Kurosawa | Japan | Kōyō Gunkan (uncredited) | Kōsaka Masanobu (attributed) | 1616 | Non-fiction |
Eighty Years' War
1568–1648
(The Dutch Revolt merges into the Thirty Years' War.)
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alatriste | 2006 | Agustín Díaz Yanes | Spain | The Adventures of Captain Alatriste | Arturo Pérez-Reverte | 1996 | Novels | - | - | - |
Occupation of the Spanish Netherlands
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carnival in Flanders[28] La Kermesse héroïque | 1935 | Jacques Feyder | France & Nazi Germany | "La Kermesse héroïque" (?) | Charles Spaak | 1929 | Story |
Anglo–Spanish War of 1585
1585–1604
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Sea Hawk ♠ | 1924 | Frank Lloyd | U.S. | The Sea Hawk | Rafael Sabatini | 1915 | Novel |
| Young Bess | 1953 | George Sidney | U.S. | Young Bess | Margaret Irwin | 1944 | Novel |
- ♠ A Cornishman joins Barbary Coast corsairs and fights the Spanish. The better-known 1940 Errol Flynn film does not follow the novel.
Battle of Gravelines
1588
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fire Over England | 1937 | William K. Howard | UK | Fire Over England | A. E. W. Mason | 1936 | Novel |
17th century
The Time of Troubles
1598–1613
Polish–Muscovite War (1605–1618)
1605–1618
Polish Invasion of 1605
1605
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boris Godunov | 1954 | Vera Stroyeva | USSR | Boris Godunov | Modest Mussorgsky | 1874 | Libretto | - | - | - |
Retaking of Moscow
1612
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minin and Pozharsky Минин и Пожарский | 1939 | Vsevolod Pudovkin & Mikhail Doller | USSR | Russians at the Beginning of the XVII Century Русские в начале XVII века | Viktor Shklovsky | 193? | Novel |
Thirty Years' War
1618–1648
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Last Valley | 1971 | James Clavell | UK & U.S. | The Fat Valley | J.B. Pick | 1959 | Novel |
Frequently filmed: Wallenstein
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wallenstein, 1. Teil – Wallensteins Macht | 1925 | Rolf Randolf | Germany | Wallenstein Part 1 | Friedrich Schiller (uncredited)(unconfirmed) | 1799 | Play |
| Wallenstein, 2. Teil – Wallensteins Tod | 1925 | Rolf Randolf | Germany | Wallenstein Part 2 | Friedrich Schiller (uncredited)(unconfirmed) | 1799 | Play |
- * television film.
Frequently filmed: Simplicius Simplicissimus
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simplicius Simplicissimus * | 1961 | Hans Hartleb | West Germany | Simplicius Simplicissimus | Christoffel von Grimmelshausen | 1668 | Novel |
| Abenteuerlicher Simplizissimus * | 1975 | Fritz Umgelter | West Germany & France | Simplicius Simplicissimus | Christoffel von Grimmelshausen | 1668 | Novel |
| Simplicius * | 1999 | Thomas Grimm | Switzerland | Simplicius Simplicissimus | Christoffel von Grimmelshausen | 1668 | Novel |
- * television film.
Siege of Arras
1640
Frequently filmed: Cyrano de Bergerac
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cyrano de Bergerac | 1950 | Michael Gordon | U.S. | Cyrano de Bergerac[29] | Edmond Rostand | 1897 | Play |
| Cyrano de Bergerac | 1990 | Jean-Paul Rappeneau | France | Cyrano de Bergerac | Edmond Rostand | 1897 | Play |
Battle of Rocroi
19 May 1643
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alatriste | 2006 | Agustín Díaz Yanes | Spain | The Adventures of Captain Alatriste | Arturo Pérez-Reverte | 1996 | Novels | - | - | - |
Pictorials
| # | Artist | Work | Date | Type | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacques Callot | Les Grandes Misères de la guerre | 1633 | Etchings | Lorraine | |
Siege of La Rochelle
1627–1628[30]
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under the Red Robe | 1923 | Alan Crosland | U.S. | Under the Red Robe | Stanley J. Weyman | 1894 | Novel |
| Under the Red Robe | 1937 | Victor Sjöström | UK & U.S. | Under the Red Robe | Stanley J. Weyman | 1894 | Novel |
Frequently filmed: The Three Musketeers
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Four Musketeers ♠ | 1974 | Richard Lester | Spain & Panama | The Three Musketeers | Alexandre Dumas, père | 1844 | Novel |
- ♠ These versions of the story mention La Rochelle.
Shimabara Rebellion
1637–1638
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silence | 2015 | Martin Scorsese | US? | Silence 沈黙[31] | Shusaku Endo | 1966 | Novel |
English Civil War
1642–1651 (followed by the Commonwealth, the Protectorate and the Restoration)
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Witchfinder General | 1968 | Michael Reeves | UK | Witchfinder General | Ronald Bassett | 1966 | Novel | |||
| Winstanley | 1975 | Kevin Brownlow | UK | Comrade Jacob | David Caute | 1962 | Novel | |||
| The Devil's Whore * | 2008 | Marc Munden | UK | Wicked Women in the 17th Century | Martine Brant | 200? | Thesis | - | - | - |
- * television film.
Battle of Naseby
14 June 1645
Frequently filmed: The Children of the New Forest
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Children of the New Forest | 1998 | Andrew Morgan | UK | The Children of the New Forest | Captain Marryat | 1847 | Novel |
Third English Civil War
1649–1651
Battle of Worcester
3 September 1651
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Royal Oak | 1923 | Maurice Elvey | UK | The Royal Oak | Henry Hamilton & Augustus Harris | 188? | Play |
| The Moonraker | 1958 | David MacDonald | UK | The Moonraker | Arthur Watkyn | 19?? | Play |
Frequently filmed: The Children of the New Forest
| (See above) |
English Restoration
1660
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forever Amber | 1947 | Otto Preminger | U.S. | Forever Amber | Kathleen Winsor | 1944 | Novel | |||
| The First Churchills ** | 1969 | David Giles | UK | Marlborough: His Life and Times | Winston Churchill[32] | 1933–1938 | Biography | - | - | - |
| Restoration | 1995 | Michael Hoffman | U.S. & UK | Restoration | Rose Tremain | 1989 | Novel | |||
| Charles II: The Power and the Passion ** | 2003 | Joe Wright | UK | King Charles II (uncredited) | Lady Antonia Fraser (uncredited) | 1979 | Biography | - | - | - |
| Stage Beauty | 2004 | Sir Richard Eyre | UK & U.S. | Compleat Female Stage Beauty | Jeffrey Hatcher | 200? | Play | |||
| The Libertine | 2004 | Laurence Dunmore | UK | The Libertine | Stephen Jeffreys | 1994 | Play | |||
- ** TV miniseries.
Masaniello's Revolt
1647[33]
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Dumb Girl of Portici | 1916 | Lois Weber & Phillips Smalley | U.S. | La muette de Portici ♠ | Germain Delavigne & Eugène Scribe | 1828 | Libretto | - | - | - |
- ♠ A silent film based on the libretto to Auber's opera.
Khmelnytsky Uprising
1648–1654
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le procès de Shamgorod * | 1982 | Yves-André Hubert | France | The Trial of God Le procès de Shamgorod tel qu'il se déroula le 25 février 1649 | Elie Wiesel[16] | 1979 | Play |
| With Fire and Sword | 1999 | Jerzy Hoffman | Poland | With Fire and Sword | Henryk Sienkiewicz[24] | 1884 | Novel |
- * television film.
Frequently filmed: Taras Bulba
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taras Bulba | 1938 | Vladimir Strizhevsky & Joseph N. Ermolieff | Nazi Germany | Taras Bulba | Nikolai Gogol | 1835 | Novel |
| Tarass Boulba | 1936 | Alexis Granowsky | France & UK | Taras Bulba | Nikolai Gogol | 1835 | Novel |
| The Rebel Son | 1938 | Adrian Brunel, Albert de Courville, Alexis Granowsky | UK | Taras Bulba | Nikolai Gogol | 1835 | Novel |
| Taras Bulba | 1962 | J. Lee Thompson | Yugoslavia & U.S. | Taras Bulba | Nikolai Gogol | 1835 | Novel |
The Deluge
1655–1660
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colonel Wolodyjowski | 1969 | Jerzy Hoffman | Poland | Fire in the Steppe | Henryk Sienkiewicz[24] | 1888 | Novel |
| The Deluge | 1974 | Jerzy Hoffman | Poland | The Deluge | Henryk Sienkiewicz[24] | 1886 | Novel |
Ottoman-Habsburg War of 1663
1663–1664 (Türkenkrieg 1663–1664)
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Der Cornet – Die Weise von Liebe und Tod | 1955 | Walter Reisch | West Germany | "The Lay of the Love and Death of Cornet Christoph Rilke" "Die Weise von Liebe und Tod des Cornets Christoph Rilke" | Rainer Maria Rilke | 1906 | Story |
Second Dutch War
1665–1667
Capture of New Amsterdam
(now New York City)
27 August 1664
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Stuyvesant ♠ | 1924 | Frank Tuttle | U.S. | Dutch and English on the Hudson: a chronicle of colonial New York | Maud W. Goodwin | 1919 | Non-fiction |
- ♠ Under Dutch governor Stuyvesant's harsh rule, Englishman George Baxter revolts. He fails, but appeals to King Charles. The smuggling of goods duty-free into New England is an issue. English ships arrive in harbor. Townsfolk petition for surrender. Stuyvesant complies.[34]
Third Dutch War
1672–1674
Frequently filmed: The Black Tulip
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Das Fest der schwarzen Tulpe | 1920 | Marie Luise Droop & Muhsin Ertuğrul | Germany | La Tulipe noire | Alexandre Dumas, père | 1850 | Novel |
| The Black Tulip De Zwarte Tulp | 1921 | Maurits Binger & Frank Richardson | Netherlands & UK | La Tulipe noire | Alexandre Dumas, père | 1850 | Novel |
Franco-Dutch War
1672–1678
Scanian War
1675–1679
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snapphanar aka Scanian Guerrilla | 1941 | Åke Ohberg | Sweden | Snapphanar | Karl Ragnar Gierow | 194? | Novel |
Palmares War
(Guerra dos escravos)
1675–1677
1679–1695
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ganga Zumba | 1963 | Cacá Diegues | Brazil | Ganga Zumba | João Felício dos Santos | 196? | Non-fiction? | - | - | - |
| Quilombo | 1984 | Cacá Diegues | Brazil & France | Ganga Zumba | João Felício dos Santos | 196? | Non-fiction? | |||
Monmouth Rebellion
1685
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The First Churchills * | 1969 | David Giles | UK | Marlborough: His Life and Times | Winston Churchill[32] | 1933–1938 | Biography |
- * TV miniseries.
Frequently filmed: Lorna Doone
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lorna Doone | 1922 | Maurice Tourneur | U.S. | Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor | R.D. Blackmore | 1869 | Novel |
| Lorna Doone | 1934 | Basil Dean | UK | Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor | R.D. Blackmore | 1869 | Novel |
| Lorna Doone | 2001 | Mike Barker | UK | Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor | R.D. Blackmore | 1869 | Novel |
Frequently filmed: Captain Blood
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Captain Blood | 1935 | Michael Curtiz | U.S. | Captain Blood: His Odyssey | Rafael Sabatini | 1922 | Novel |
Glorious Revolution
1688–1689
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The First Churchills * | 1969 | David Giles | UK | Marlborough: His Life and Times | Winston Churchill[32] | 1933–1938 | Biography | - | - | - |
- * TV miniseries.
Frequently filmed: The Man Who Laughs
The novel concerns the cruelties of King James II.
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Man Who Laughs | 1928 | Paul Leni | U.S. | The Man Who Laughs L'Homme qui rit | Victor Hugo | 1869 | Novel |
Nine Years' War
1688–1697
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The First Churchills ** | 1969 | David Giles | UK | Marlborough: His Life and Times | Winston Churchill[32] | 1933–1938 | Biography | - | - | - |
| The King's Whore La putain du roi | 1990 | Axel Corti | UK, Austria, France, Italy | Jeanne de Luynes, comtesse de Verue | Jacques Tournier | 19?? | Novel | |||
- ** TV miniseries.
Piracy and privateering
17th century
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frenchman's Creek | 1944 | Mitchell Leisen | U.S. | Frenchman's Creek | Daphne du Maurier | 1942 | Novel |
| Frenchman's Creek * | 1998 | Ferdinand Fairfax | UK | Frenchman's Creek | Daphne du Maurier | 1942 | Novel |
- * television film.
Blockade of Callao
May 1624
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pirates in Callao α | 2005 | Eduardo Schuldt | Peru | Piratas en el Callao | Hernán Garrido Lecca | 199? | Children's book | - | - | - |
- α Animated film.
18th century
Great Northern War
1700–1721
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter the First, Part Two | 1938 | Vladimir Petrov | USSR | Peter I[35] | Alexei Tolstoy | 1929–1934 | Novel |
| Hrabina Cosel | 1968 | Jerzy Antczak | Poland | Hrabina Cosel ♠ | Józef Ignacy Kraszewski | 1873 | Novel |
| Epitaph für einen König * | 1969 | Fritz Umgelter | West Germany | Carl XII | August Strindberg | 1901 | Play |
| Karl XII * | 1974 | Keve Hjelm | Sweden | Carl XII | August Strindberg | 1901 | Play |
| Sachsens Glanz und Preußens Gloria: Gräfin Cosel * | 1985 | Hans-Joachim Kasprzik | East Germany | Hrabina Cosel ♠ | Józef Ignacy Kraszewski | 1873 | Novel |
| Peter the Great * | 1986 | Marvin J. Chomsky & Lawrence Schiller | U.S. | Peter the Great: His Life and World[36] | Robert K. Massie | 1980 | Non-fiction |
- ♠ Part 1 of the Saxon Trilogy, about Countess Cosel, Augustus II the Strong, and Charles XII of Sweden.
- * television film.
War of the Spanish Succession
1701–1714
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The First Churchills * | 1969 | David Giles | UK | Marlborough: His Life and Times | Winston Churchill[32] | 1933–1938 | Biography | - | - | - |
- * TV miniseries.
War of the Austrian Succession
1740–1748
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sachsens Glanz und Preußens Gloria: Brühl * | 1985 | Hans-Joachim Kasprzik | East Germany | Bruehl ♠ | Józef Ignacy Kraszewski | 1874 | Novel |
- ♠ Part 2 of the Saxon Trilogy, about Heinrich von Brühl, Frederick Augustus Rutowsky, and Friedrich August II.
- * television film.
Jacobite rising of 1745
(aka The '45)
1745–1746
The rebellion broke out as Great Britain was heavily involved in the War of the Austrian Succession, just as the Easter Rebellion broke out as Britain was heavily involved in World War I.
Frequently filmed: Redgauntlet
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Battle of Culloden
1746
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Culloden[37] * | 1964 | Peter Watkins | UK | Culloden | John Prebble | 1962 | Non-fiction |
- * television film.
Seven Years' War
1754–1763
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fridericus | 1937 | Johannes Meyer | Nazi Germany | Fridericus | Walter von Molo | 1918 | Novel |
| Barry Lyndon | 1975 | Stanley Kubrick | UK | The Luck of Barry Lyndon | William Makepeace Thackeray | 1844 | Novel |
| Sachsens Glanz und Preußens Gloria: Brühl * | 1985 | Hans-Joachim Kasprzik | East Germany | Bruehl ♠ | Józef Ignacy Kraszewski | 1874 | Novel |
| Sachsens Glanz und Preußens Gloria – Aus dem siebenjährigen Krieg * | 1987 | Hans-Joachim Kasprzik | East Germany | Z siedmioletniej wojny ♦ | Józef Ignacy Kraszewski | 1875 | Novel |
- ♠ Part 2 of the Saxon Trilogy, about Heinrich von Brühl, Frederick Augustus Rutowsky, and Friedrich August II.
- ♦ Part 3 of the Saxon Trilogy, about Heinrich von Brühl, Augustus III of Poland, and Frederick II of Prussia.
- * television film.
French and Indian War
(Known in the U.S. as the French and Indian War. Known in Canada as the Seven Years' War.)
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northwest Passage | 1940 | King Vidor | U.S. | Northwest Passage | Kenneth Roberts[38] | 1937 | Novel |
| Northwest Passage | 1958–1959 | Otto Lang | U.S. | Northwest Passage | Kenneth Roberts[38] | 1937 | Novel |
Frequently filmed: The Pathfinder
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Pathfinder | 1952 | Sidney Salkow | U.S. | The Pathfinder | James Fenimore Cooper | 1840 | Novel |
Battle of Fort Necessity
3 July 1754
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Washington * | 1984 | Buzz Kulik | U.S. | George Washington: The Forge of Experience | James Thomas Flexner | 1965 | Biography |
- * television film.
Battle of the Monongahela
9 July 1755
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Washington * | 1984 | Buzz Kulik | U.S. | George Washington: The Forge of Experience | James Thomas Flexner | 1965 | Biography |
- * television film.
Siege of Fort William Henry
3–9 August 1757
Frequently filmed: The Last of the Mohicans
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Last of the Mohicans[39] | 1920 | Clarence Brown & Maurice Tourneur | U.S. | The Last of the Mohicans | James Fenimore Cooper | 1826 | Novel |
| The Last of the Mohicans | 1932 | Ford Beebe & B. Reeves Eason | U.S. | The Last of the Mohicans | James Fenimore Cooper | 1826 | Novel |
| The Last of the Mohicans | 1936 | George B. Seitz | U.S. | The Last of the Mohicans | James Fenimore Cooper | 1826 | Novel |
| Der letzte Mohikaner | 1965 | Harald Reinl | West Germany, Italy, Spain | The Last of the Mohicans | James Fenimore Cooper | 1826 | Novel |
| Uncas, el fin de una raza | 1965 | Mateo Cano | Spain, Italy | The Last of the Mohicans | James Fenimore Cooper | 1826 | Novel |
| Ultimul Mohican | 1968 | Sergiu Nicolaescu, Jean Dréville, Pierre Gaspard-Huit | Romania, France, West Germany | The Last of the Mohicans | James Fenimore Cooper | 1826 | Novel |
| The Last of the Mohicans ** | 1971 | David Maloney | UK | The Last of the Mohicans | James Fenimore Cooper | 1826 | Novel |
| The Last of the Mohicans | 1992 | Michael Mann | U.S. | The Last of the Mohicans | James Fenimore Cooper | 1826 | Novel |
- ** TV miniseries.
Battle of Fort Duquesne
15 September 1758
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gateway to the West ♠ | 1924 | Webster Campbell | U.S. | The Conquest of New France | George M. Wrong | 1910 | Non-fiction |
- ♠ Prime Minister Newcastle asks Dinwiddie of Virginia to oust the French. Dinwiddie settles on Washington (Arthur Vinton). But the defeat of the French at Fort Le Boeuf is followed by Washington's defeat at Fort Duquesne, then his retreat to Broad Meadows and surrender.[40]
Battle of the Plains of Abraham
13 September 1759
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wolfe and Montcalm ♠ | 1924 | Kenneth S. Webb | U.S. | The Conquest of New France | George M. Wrong | 1910 | Non-fiction |
- ♠ De facto[41] William Pitt is determined to oust the French. Wolfe (Arthur Hohl) takes the outpost at Beauport, then lands at the "Faloun" (Wolfe's Cove). Outside Quebec, French and Indians face the British. Wolfe and Montcalm perish.[42][43]
Pontiac's War
1763–1766
Siege of Fort Pitt
June – August 1763
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unconquered | 1947 | Cecil B. DeMille | U.S. | Unconquered, a Novel of the Pontiac Conspiracy[44] | Neil H. Swanson | 1947[20]¤ | Novel |
Black Boys Uprising
1769
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allegheny Uprising | 1939 | William A. Seiter | U.S. | The First Rebel: Being a lost chapter of our history and a true narrative of America's first uprising against English military authority | Neil H. Swanson | 1937 | Novel |
Mysore Wars
1766–1799[45]
Third Mysore War
1789–1792
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Sword of Tipu Sultan * | 1990 | Akbar Khan & Sanjay Khan | India | The Sword of Tipu Sultan | Bhagwan Gidwani | 198? | Novel |
- * television film.
Russo-Turkish War of 1768
1768–1774
Frequently filmed: Baron Munchausen
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Münchhausen | 1943 | Josef von Báky | Nazi Germany | The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen | Rudolf Erich Raspe ♠ | 1785 | Stories |
| Baron Prášil | 1961 | Karel Zeman | Czechoslovakia | The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen | Rudolf Erich Raspe ♠ | 1785 | Stories |
| The Adventures of Baron Munchausen | 1988 | Terry Gilliam | UK & West Germany | The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen | Rudolf Erich Raspe ♠ | 1785 | Stories |
- ♠ The Munchausen stories were published in English by Raspe, then translated back into German by Bürger. The historical Baron von Münchhausen († 1797), a German in Russian service at a somewhat earlier period, had been a notable teller of tall tales.
Pugachev's Rebellion
1774–1775
Frequently filmed: The Captain's Daughter
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La figlia del capitano La figlia del capitano | 1947 | Mario Camerini | Italy | The Captain's Daughter Капитанская дочка | Alexander Pushkin | 1836 | Novel |
| Kapitanskaya Dochka Капитанская дочка | 1959 | Vladimir Kaplunovsky | USSR | The Captain's Daughter Капитанская дочка | Alexander Pushkin | 1836 | Novel |
| Russkiy Bunt Русский бунт | 1999 | Aleksandr Proshkin | Russia | The Captain's Daughter Капитанская дочка | Alexander Pushkin | 1836 | Novel |
For later conflicts, see the List of films based on war books — 1775–1898.
See also
References
- Recipient of the ivy wreath for best tragedy at the Athenian Dionysia in 467 BC.
- Recipient of the ivy wreath for best tragedy at the Athenian Dionysia in 442 BC.
- Recipient of the ivy wreath for best tragedy at the Athenian Dionysia in 472 BC.
- Πέρσαι is the oldest surviving play in the history of theatre.
- A similar comic theme was used in the Korean War series M*A*S*H, specifically, the Season 1 episode entitled "Edwina".
- Source: IMDb main section.
- Recipient of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize in 1973. Note: This date has the book winning an award before its publication.
- Source: Lavington (q.v.), p. 269–270.
- Source: DVD documentary. Oliver Stone refers to "Fox" and his "book".
- On the other hand, Fox is credited by the DVD documentary as "historical consultant / author".
- Recipient of the highly coveted Mussolini Cup for Best Italian Film of 1937 at the Venice Film Festival.
- Fast was awarded the Lenin Peace Prize in 1953.
- Shaw was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1925.
- Joint recipients of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize in 1934. Note: This date has the sequel winning an award prior to its publication.
- Recipient of the Hawthornden Prize in 1935.
- Wiesel was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1986.
- Inducted into the U.S. National Film Registry in 1997.
- Inducted into the U.S. National Film Registry in 2004.
- Ben-Hur, Book Third, Chapter 1.
- Publication details for this title have been confirmed by the catalogue of the U.S. Library of Congress.
Source: Library of Congress Online Catalog. - Source: 1066: Behind the Story, researcher Greg Jenner, 17 April 2009.
- Mahfouz was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1988.
- Dmitri Ivanovich Vasilyev, Дмитрий Иванович Васильев, († 1984) has no page (as of June 2009) at Russian Wikipedia. He appears only on a disambiguation page, described as a советский кинорежиссёр or Soviet film director. Linguists may note that the Russian word for film director is a combination of the German Kino (cinema) and the French régisseur (manager, director).
- Sienkiewicz was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1905.
- Nominated for the Tony Award for Best Revival in 1993.
- Recipient of the Tony Award in 1964.
- Recipient of the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best Play in 1964.
- According to French Wikipédia, the film is discussed by Tuesday Weld and Steve McQueen in Le Kid de Cincinnati (The Cincinnati Kid).
- Nominated for the Tony Award for Best Revival in 1985.
- The final Nazi war epic, Kolberg, premiered at the besieged naval base in La Rochelle in 1945.
- Recipient of the Tanizaki Prize in 1966.
- Churchill was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1953.
- Does this event have a conventional name in English? (The editor has coined "Masaniello's Revolt".) Italian Wikipedia does not give it a name either, calling it "la rivolta popolare animata da Masaniello e Giulio Genoino contro il regime vicereale spagnolo". Accurate, but not helpful.
- Source: Hartley (q.v.), p. 78. The information on this film at the IMDb is incomplete.
- The novel was awarded the Stalin Prize in 1941.
- Recipient of the Pulitzer Prize in 1981.
- Recipient of the BAFTA Award for Specialised Programmes in 1965.
- Roberts was awarded a Pulitzer Prize Special Citation in 1957 for his historical novels.
- Inducted into the U.S. National Film Registry in 1995.
- Source: Hartley (q.v.), p. 160. The information on this film at the IMDb is incomplete and incorrect.
- At the time, Newcastle was nominally in charge, but only with the understanding that Pitt would be running the war.
Source: Encyclopædia Britannica, Micropædia, Vol. 9, p. 478. 2007. - "The battle [shows] gruesome scenes of agony as Wolfe and Montcalm die...There is a real question...as to the appropriateness of the [final] reel to classroom use. There is a definite and gory glorification of war. The long scenes of the death agonies of Wolfe and Montcalm seem unnecessary." (Hartley)
- Source: Hartley (q.v.), p. 161. The information on this film at the IMDb is incomplete.
- The IMDb lists The Judas Tree (1933, 360 pp.) as the title of the source novel. Unconquered, the novel (1947, 440 pp.), appeared in the same year as the film. Could that be a retitled reprint? The 1948 edition of Unconquered had only 376 pages.
- The traditional name Mysore Wars is still in use.
Bibliography
- Clarke, James. Virgin Film: War Films, Virgin Books, London, 2006.
- Faulks, Sebastian and Jörg Hensgen. The Vintage Book of War Stories, Vintage, London, 1999.
- Hartley, William H., Ed.D. Selected Films for American History and Problems, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, 1940.
- Lavington, Stephen. Virgin Film: Oliver Stone, Virgin Books, London, 2004.
- 100 Greatest War Movies, special issue of Military History Magazine, Weider History Group, Leesburg, Virginia, 2007.
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