Best history films 1941 – 1950 - Charts
Best history films 1941 – 1950
1. Ivan the Terrible, Part II (1945)
Soviet Union, Historical / Biography
Directed by: Sergei M. Eisenstein
Cast: Nikolai Cherkasov, Mikhail Zharov
2. The Respectable Ladies of Pardubice (1944)
Czechoslovakia, Comedy / Historical
Directed by: Martin Frič
3. Ivan the Terrible, Part One (1945)
Soviet Union, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Sergei M. Eisenstein
4. Alena (1947)
Czechoslovakia, Comedy / Historical
Directed by: Miroslav Cikán
Cast: Vladimír Řepa, Miluše Zoubková
5. Ruy Blas (1948)
France / Italy, Historical
Directed by: Pierre Billon
Cast: Jean Marais, Danielle Darrieux
6. Samson and Delilah (1949)
USA, Drama / Romance
Directed by: Cecil B. DeMille
Cast: Hedy Lamarr, Victor Mature
7. Monsieur Vincent (1947)
France, Biography / Drama
Directed by: Maurice Cloche
Cast: Pierre Fresnay, Aimé Clariond
8. The Chronicle History of King Henry the Fifth with His Battell Fought at Agincourt in France (1944)
UK, Drama / War
Directed by: Laurence Olivier
Cast: Laurence Olivier, Leslie Banks
9. Rozina sebranec (1945)
Czechoslovakia, Historical / Drama
Directed by: Otakar Vávra
Cast: Marie Glázrová, Zdeněk Štěpánek
10. The Wedding Ring (1944)
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, Comedy / Romance
Directed by: Martin Frič
Cast: Otomar Korbelář, Vlasta Fabianová
11. The Sullivans (1944)
USA, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Lloyd Bacon
Cast: Anne Baxter, Thomas Mitchell
12. I Shot Jesse James (1949)
USA, Western / Drama
Directed by: Samuel Fuller
Cast: Preston Foster, Barbara Britton
13. Nezbedný bakalář (1946)
Czechoslovakia, Comedy / Historical
Directed by: Otakar Vávra
Cast: Zdeněk Štěpánek, Vlasta Matulová
14. Reign of Terror (1949)
USA, Historical / Romance
Directed by: Anthony Mann
Cast: Robert Cummings, Richard Basehart
15. Julius Caesar (1950)
USA, Drama / Historical
Directed by: David Bradley
Cast: Charlton Heston, Jeffrey Hunter
16. The Baron of Arizona (1950)
USA, Biography / Historical
Directed by: Samuel Fuller
Cast: Vincent Price, Ellen Drew
17. Turbina (1941)
Czechoslovakia, Drama / Psychological
Directed by: Otakar Vávra
Cast: František Smolík, Lída Baarová
18. December 7th (1943)
USA, Action / War
Directed by: John Ford, Gregg Toland
Cast: Walter Huston, Harry Davenport
19. Du Guesclin (1949)
France, Historical / Drama
Directed by: Bernard de Latour
Cast: Fernand Gravey, Junie Astor
20. Posel úsvitu (1950)
Czechoslovakia, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Václav Krška
Cast: Vladimír Ráž, Hana Kavalírová
21. The Fall of Berlin (1945)
Soviet Union, Documentary / War
Directed by: Yuliy Rayzman
Cast: Adolf Hitler, Wilhelm Keitel
22. Portáši (1947)
Czechoslovakia, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Václav Kubásek
Cast: Eva Karelová, Běla Jurdová
24. Revoluční rok 1848 (1949)
Czechoslovakia, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Václav Krška
Cast: Vladimír Ráž, Václav Voska
25. Joan of Arc (1948)
USA, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Victor Fleming
Cast: Ingrid Bergman, José Ferrer
26. The Man in Grey (1943)
UK, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Leslie Arliss
Cast: Margaret Lockwood, Phyllis Calvert
27. Western Union (1941)
USA, Western / Historical
Directed by: Fritz Lang
Cast: Robert Young, Randolph Scott
28. Matous the Cobbler (1948)
Czechoslovakia, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Miroslav Cikán
Cast: Ladislav Pešek, Vladimír Řepa
30. The Black Rose (1950)
UK / USA, Adventure / Historical
Directed by: Henry Hathaway
Cast: Tyrone Power, Orson Welles
31. Warriors of Faith (1947)
Czechoslovakia, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Vladimír Borský
Cast: Otomar Korbelář, Ladislav Boháč
32. Temno (1950)
Czechoslovakia, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Karel Steklý
Cast: Ladislav Boháč, Jiřina Švorcová
33. Mission to Moscow (1943)
USA, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Michael Curtiz
Cast: Walter Huston, Ann Harding
34. Titanic (1943)
German Empire, Disaster / Drama
Directed by: Werner Klingler, Herbert Selpin
Cast: Sybille Schmitz, Hans Nielsen
