History Goes to the Movies (Marnie Hughes-Warrington)

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"Can films be used as historical evidence? Do historical films make good or bad history? Are documentaries more useful to historians than historical drama?
Written from an international perspective, this book offers a lucid introduction to the ways films are made and used, cumulating with the exploration of the fundamental question, what is history and what is it for?"

Missing:
Course of Irish History, The (1966)
Mister Prime Minister (1966)
Triumph of the West, The (1985)

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  1. 21 new

    The Battle of the Ancre and the Advance of the...

    1917, in 0 top lists Check
  2. 23 new

    The Battle of the Somme

    1916 — a.k.a. Kitchener's Great Army in the Battle of the Somme, in 4 top lists Check
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    Pred dozhdot

    1994 — a.k.a. Before the Rain, in 5 top lists Check
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    Bronenosets Potemkin

    1925 — a.k.a. Battleship Potemkin, in 27 top lists Check
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    The Civil War

    1990, in 3 top lists Check
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    Crusades

    1995, in 0 top lists Check
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    De tweeling

    2002 — a.k.a. Twin Sisters, in 3 top lists Check
  8. 85 new

    The English Patient

    1996, in 19 top lists Check
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    Good Morning, Vietnam

    1987, in 7 top lists Check
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    The Great Dictator

    1940, in 25 top lists Check
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    Hotaru no haka

    1988 — a.k.a. Grave of the Fireflies, in 21 top lists Check
  12. 110 new

    Underground

    1995, in 9 top lists Check
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    Jakob the Liar

    1999, in 0 top lists Check
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    The Last Days

    1998, in 2 top lists Check
  15. 132 new

    The Pianist

    2002, in 21 top lists Check
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    Men of Our Time: Mussolini

    1963, in 0 top lists Check
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    My Mother's Courage

    1995 — a.k.a. My Mother's Courage, in 0 top lists Check
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    Nuit et brouillard

    1956 — a.k.a. Night and Fog, in 17 top lists Check
  19. 174 new

    The Patriot

    2000, in 2 top lists Check
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    Saving Private Ryan

    1998, in 28 top lists Check
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    Shoah

    1985, in 18 top lists Check
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    Train de vie

    1998 — a.k.a. Train of Life, in 0 top lists Check
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    Triumph des Willens

    1935 — a.k.a. Triumph of the Will, in 16 top lists Check
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    U-571

    2000, in 0 top lists Check
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    Windtalkers

    2002, in 1 top list Check
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    The World at War

    1973, in 1 top list Check
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