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- StarsJulian GloverThomas OhrnerCharles BrauerAugsburg in 1648. After the Thirty Years' War, hunger and plague rage. The trading house Fugger is in need; many ships are seized by pirates. Jesuit Father Pereira, who wants to return to the Beijing mission, knows what to do: a new land route to China. Led by Roggenburg, head of the Fugger office in Moscow, seven men make their way to the border river Amur. Thousands of kilometers are ahead of them - wild land.
- DirectorJohn MiliusStarsArnold SchwarzeneggerJames Earl JonesMax von SydowA powerful warrior seeks to avenge the genocide of his people and the murder of his parents at the hands of a snake cult.
- DirectorHao ZhengStarsJiseung ChoSet in ancient Mongolia, a man spent years seeking redemption after abandoning his mother when he was a child.
- DirectorSergei BodrovStarsTadanobu AsanoAmadu MamadakovKhulan ChuluunThe story recounts the early life of Genghis Khan who was a slave before going on to conquer half the world in 1206.
- DirectorKevin ConnorStarsIan SomerhalderBD WongDesiree SiahaanThe series follows the adventures and discoveries of the Venetian, Marco Polo.
- DirectorAndré De TothLeopoldo SavonaRiccardo FredaStarsJack PalanceAnita EkbergAntonella LualdiDuring the Mongol invasion of Poland, a conflict between Mongol Emperor Genghis Khan and his oldest son Ogotai ensues when the former aims for peace and the latter itches for war and conquest.
- DirectorSergei BodrovGenghis Khan secures his legacy by defeating Shah Mohammed, crossing continents, opening trade routes, and choosing a successor determining his empire's future.
- StarsDerwent Hall CaineValda ValkyrienHarry RobinsonDuring World War I, Arthur Morgan, an inventor from the South who has perfected a revolutionary airplane engine, needs money to complete his work because his family fortune was lost during the Civil War. A German spy offers to buy his invention, but Arthur refuses, after which the spy tries to capture Arthur's sweetheart and then seduce him through the wiles of the Countess Von Shoenburg. When the spy finally resolves to destroy Arthur's workshop, Rover, the family dog, carries the bomb away and drops it by the tree behind which the agent is hiding. The spy is killed and the ground opens, revealing Arthur's long-lost family fortune.
- DirectorFritz LangStarsMargarete SchönGertrud ArnoldTheodor LoosPrincess Kriemhild vows to avenge her husband's murder but must overcome her brothers who swore allegiance to Hagen. She marries Etzel, King of the Huns, and persuades his army to attack Hagen, but she loses more than she bargained for.
- DirectorFranco CastellanoGiuseppe MocciaStarsDiego AbatantuonoRita RusicAngelo InfantiThe misadventures of Attila and his band of barbarians as they take up arms against the Roman Empire in their native Milano.
- DirectorDouglas SirkStarsJeff ChandlerJack PalanceLudmilla TchérinaWith the Roman Empire divided, Attila the Hun hopes to conquer. In his way are a brave centurion, a beautiful princess...and Christianity.
- StarsPauline LynchSteven BerkoffAndrew PleavinIn 400 AD, the Roman Empire is the greatest power in the world. But to the east a fierce people arose: the Huns. They believe in a prophecy about a great king who will unite the tribes and challenge Rome for control of the world.
- DirectorPietro FrancisciStarsAnthony QuinnSophia LorenHenri VidalAttila, the leader of the barbarian Huns and called by the Romans "The Scourge of God", sweeps onto the Italian peninsula, defeating all of the armies of Rome, until he and his men reach the gates of the city itself.
- DirectorJosée DayanStarsSamuel RameyCarlo GuelfiMaria GuleghinaA vengeful beauty foils the plans of the bloodthirsty Hun warrior to conquer Rome.
- DirectorRustam MosafirStarsAleksey FaddeevAleksandr KuznetsovYuriy TsuriloThese are times when one civilization is replacing another. A new era is about to begin in Central Eurasia. Scythians, the proud warriors, are all but gone. The few of their descendants have become ruthless mercenary assassins, the "waves of Ares." Lutobor, is a soldier with a difficult task at hand. He becomes involved in internecine conflicts and sets off on a perilous journey to save his family. His guide is a captive Scythian by the name of Weasel. Lutobor and Weasel are enemies. They pray to different gods but must embark on this journey together. They brave the wild steppes, moving toward the last haven of the Scythians, to what seems to be their inevitable demise.
- DirectorSergiu NicolaescuStarsPierre BriceMarie-José NatGeorges MarchalThe Dacian kingdom lies at the eastern border of the Roman Empire.Only the river Danube separates the two mortal enemies.The Dacian king Decebalus knows that soon the vastly superior Roman legions will cross the river and attack Dacia.
- DirectorAndré De TothSabatino CiuffiniRiccardo FredaStarsJeffrey HunterMylène DemongeotRon RandellA slave architect in Gaul is ordered by a Roman governor to lead an expedition, constantly under danger of attack by Celtic warriors, to the Valley of the Sil to find much-needed gold for Rome.
- DirectorSergei BodrovIvan PasserStarsKuno BeckerJason Scott LeeJay HernandezA historical epic set in 18th-century Kazakhstan, where a young man is destined to unite the country's three warring tribes.
- DirectorDzhanik FayzievIvan ShurkhovetskiyStarsIlya MalakovAleksey SerebryakovAleksandr IlinIn the 13th century, an amnesiac soldier vows to get his revenge on the Mongol army that ransacked his village.
- DirectorKwang-shik KimStarsNam Joo-hyukZo In-sungPark Sung-woongA historical film about the siege of Ansi Fortress and the epic eighty-eight day battle that Yang Man-chun and his Goguryeo troops fought against 500,000 invading Tang dynasty men to defend it.
- DirectorTony BancroftBarry CookStarsMing-Na WenEddie MurphyBD WongTo save her father from death in the army, a young maiden secretly goes in his place and becomes one of China's greatest heroines in the process.
- DirectorNiki CaroStarsLiu YifeiDonnie YenGong LiTo keep her ailing father from serving in the Imperial Army, a fearless young woman disguises herself as a man and battles northern invaders in China.
- DirectorDarrell RooneyLynne SoutherlandStarsMing-Na WenBD WongMark MoseleyWhile preparing for their wedding, Shang and Mulan are suddenly sent off on a secret mission. Mushu starts to meddle, and a surprise attack by Mongolians doesn't help either.
- DirectorJingle MaWei DongStarsWei ZhaoKun ChenRongguang YuThe epic story of the Chinese girl-warrior, Mulan, who fights to defend her father.
- DirectorMircea DraganStarsRichard JohnsonAntonella LualdiIlarion CiobanuThe end of Trajan's Dacian Wars (106 AD), when south western Dacia was transformed into a Roman province: Roman Dacia.
- DirectorHan-min KimStarsPark Hae-ilRyu Seung-ryongKim Mu-yeolA skilled Korean archer goes up against the mighty force of Manchus with the sole purpose of rescuing his kidnapped sister.
- DirectorYi LinStarsVatsal ParikhJason FuJason RandolphDuring the Northern Wei Dynasty, Mulan joined the army for his father and returned with honor. Ten years later, Rouran broke the border again, and Mulan resolutely returned to the battlefield.
- StarsAnita YuenWenzhuo ZhaoXing SunA young girl, Hua Mulan decides to pretend to be a man in order to stop her sickly old father from being called up for the army. She fools everyone but ends up with more than she bargained for when she falls for one of the young generals Li Leung.
- DirectorNikolay LebedevStarsAleksandr BukharovOksana AkinshinaIgor PetrenkoDoomed to die, he managed to survive, and now his mission is to avenge the annihilation of his tribe. He is the great warrior who calls himself Volkodav, and he is the last man from the tribe of Serie Psi (Grey Hounds). After escaping certain death, Volkodav (accompanied by Neletuchaya Mysh) is on a mission to kill Ludoed, who is responsible for what happened to Serie Psi.
- DirectorHenry LevinStarsStephen BoydOmar SharifJames MasonDuring the thirteenth century, the shy Mongol boy Temujin becomes the fearless leader Genghis Khan, who unites all Mongol tribes and conquers most of Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.
- DirectorEdward BazalgetteStarsOrgil MakhaanUnubold BatbayarUnurjargal JigjidsurenGenghis Khan, ruthless leader of the Mongols and sovereign over the vastest empire ever ruled by a single man, was both god and devil - not just in the Middle Ages, but for centuries to come.
- DirectorJ. Lee ThompsonStarsTony CurtisYul BrynnerChristine KaufmannIn the 16th-century Ukraine, the Polish overlords and Ukrainian cossacks fight for control of the land but frequent Turkish invasions force them to unite against the common Turkish foe.
- DirectorVladimir BortkoStarsBogdan StupkaIgor PetrenkoVladimir VdovichenkovSet in the 16th century, this is a story about Ukraine's Cossack warriors and their campaign to defend their lands from the advancing Polish armies.
- DirectorAlexis GranowskyStarsHarry BaurJean-Pierre AumontDanielle DarrieuxLiterary adaptation: A Cossack chief leads his forces against Poland. But one of his university trained sons is in love with an enemy daughter.
- DirectorFerdinando BaldiHenri ZaphiratosStarsVladimir MedarLorella De LucaJean-François PoronDespite the disagreement of their mother, the sons of old Taras Bulba are taken to the Dnieper camp on their return from a Kiev seminary, to teach them how to become real Cossacks.
- DirectorAdrian BrunelAlbert de CourvilleAlexis GranowskyStarsHarry BaurAnthony BushellRoger LiveseyDuring the 16th century the Cossacks and their Ukraine homeland is ruled by Poland. This is the story of the leader of the Cossacks and how his son was sent to study under the Poles to learn how to defeat them in battle. However, the son falls in love with the daughter of a Polish nobleman.
- DirectorDenys de La PatellièreRaoul LévyNoël HowardStarsHorst BuchholzGrégoire AslanRobert HosseinYoung Marco Polo travels to China to help Kublai Khan fight against rebels, headed by his own son, with a new invention: gunpowder.
- DirectorAndrey ProshkinStarsMaksim SukhanovRoza KhayrullinaInnokenti DakaiarovIn the 14th century, a Russian bishop is forced to go on a journey inside the Horde.
- DirectorDick PowellStarsJohn WayneSusan HaywardPedro ArmendárizMongol chief Temujin battles against Tartar armies and for the love of the Tartar princess Bortai. Temujin becomes the emperor Genghis Khan.
- CreatorMehmet BozdagStarsEngin Altan DüzyatanHülya DarcanCengiz CoskunThe heroic story of Ertugrul Ghazi, the father of Osman (Uthman) who founded the Ottoman Empire.
- DirectorAlberto LattuadaStarsSilvana ManganoVan HeflinViveca LindforsIn 18th century Russia, Imperial officer Piotr Grinov is dispatched to a faraway isolated outpost where his loyalties are tested during the Pugachev Rebellion against the Empress Catherine II.
- DirectorSergio GriecoStarsChelo AlonsoJacques SernasMario PetriAn orphan (Chelo Alonso), raised by a foreign tribe, becomes a warrior queen and falls in love with the leader of her enemies.
- DirectorRichard ThorpeFerdinando BaldiStarsVictor MatureOrson WellesLiana OrfeiTartan and Viking forces clash in what is modern-day Russia.
- DirectorRemigio Del GrossoStarsYôko TaniEttore ManniRoland LesaffreThe Polish prince Stephen sets out on a mission with the mighty Ursus, but the two are captured by the Tartars. During his imprisonment, Stefano falls in love with Ilia, a Tatar girl daughter of the chief.
- DirectorGeorge ShermanStarsAnn BlythDavid FarrarGeorge MacreadyThe princess of Samarkand and an English knight confront the armies of Genghis Khan.
- DirectorGeorge W. HillClarence BrownStarsJohn GilbertRenée AdoréeErnest TorrenceA peace-loving Cossack chooses to prove himself in battle when his village and childhood sweetheart label him a coward.
- DirectorWladyslav ChabanjukStarsDanylo DenysevychMariyka JalovaDmitriy KapranovA tale of a mystical helping hand to a woman who lost her husband in a battlefield.
- A little girl is destined to become an artful warrior of the steppe - legendary Tomiris - and live through the loss of family, revenge the betrayers, and bring Saki tribes together under her rule. She will have to fight for the sake of her love and freedom of her people in the most ferocious fight of that time - with Cyrus who came to the steppe with the purpose of bringing the great steppe tribes under the control of Persian Empire.
- DirectorAkan SatayevStarsGhassan MassoudAlmira TursynEduardo MinettThis is the story of the life of the great queen of of the steppe - legendary Tomiris. She is destined to become a skillful warrior, survive the loss of close people and unite the Scythian/Saka tribes under her authority.
- DirectorJerzy HoffmanStarsTadeusz LomnickiMagdalena ZawadzkaMieczyslaw PawlikowskiIn 1668 Polish colonel Michael Wolodyjowski, who recently retired to a monastery, is recalled to active duty and takes charge of Poland's eastern frontier defenses against invading Tatar hordes and Ottoman armies.
- DirectorAkan SatayevStarsAsylkhan TolypovAyan UtepbergenKuralai AnabekovaA universal story about the freedom of the human spirit and the struggle against slavery and despotism, about love, loss and betrayal. It is seen through the eyes of simple Kazakh kids and teenagers.
- DirectorYuriy BataninYuri KulakovStarsSergey BezrukovAleksandr BarinovLev DurovThe film is about those times and events as a result of which the semi-military alliance of the heathen Slavic breeds have become Rus from the Baltic to the Black Sea. This transformation took place under the hand of Equal-to-the-Apostles Prince Vladimir, from the clan of militant Rurik. Vladimir's father, Svyatoslav, sacked the khazars and on Equal talked to the powerful Byzantine emperor, Ioann Tsimishiy. Vladimir's grand mother, princess Olga, also was held in respect of the Konstantinople's court and the Patriarchy. With her iron hand she guided retinues from Kiev to Novgorod and in particular she forgot the chains of economic unity in Rus. But their son and grandson Prince Vladimir was at hand the more act: under his rule, the civilization was choice made - Orthodox Christianity became the state religion. This was a choice that made Rus a mighty power. Several hundred churches were built over a period of 10-15 years in Prince Vladimir's rule. None Chrisian power knew such paces of religious convertion. The reasons are returned: there is the richness of Rus throng and consent the people with their power and, it is astonishing, that Orthodox was after Russian people's hearts. But nobody can really know what internal struggle what spiritual efforts and sorrows were experienced by Price Vladimir, the heathen from birth, lived the greater part of his life in the heathenism.
- DirectorDmitriy DyachenkoStarsViktor KhorinyakMila SivatskayaEkaterina VilkovaWhen Ivan meets his new friends in another place called Belogorie, his quest on the new country begins with sparkling immortals effect within love in the pass from his childhood up on his time .
- DirectorOtto BellStarsAisholpan NurgaivDaisy RidleyRys NurgaivThirteen-year-old Aisholpan trains to become the first female in twelve generations of her nomad family to become an eagle huntress.
- DirectorRustem AbdrashevStarsKairat KemalovYerkebulan DaiyrovDoskhan ZholzhaksynovDiamond Sword is a large-scale historical drama of first Kazakh Khans, which BBC called "Kazakh Game Of Thrones". The action takes place in the XV century, and the plot demonstrates the key events in formation of Kazakh statehood under the leadership of Khans Zhanibek and Kerey.
- DirectorRustem AbdrashevI. KolyadaPrince Oak OakleyskiStarsKairat KemalovYerkebulan DaiyrovDoskhan ZholzhaksynovFifteenth century. In the vast expanses of Eurasia for several centuries, the descendants of the great Genghis Khan have created their own and crushed the alien states. One of them is the legendary Abulkhair Shaibani, who usurped power in the White Horde. The two legitimate heirs to the throne, Kerei and Zhanibek, call the part of the nomadic tribes to leave the hard ruler. After migrating from the far west of Desht-i-Kipchak to Mogolistan in Zhetysu, they revive their ancient shanyrak Ak Orda, the Kazakh Khanate. The first khan elected a direct descendant of Jochi and Urus Khan, Sultan Kerey. Here it is, the promised land when you can live peacefully and freely. But the enemies are trying to strangle the fragile Kazakh khanate even in the cradle and bloody battles, severe trials, the bitterness of losses and the joy of victories await them.
- StarsKhulan ChuluunNaryn IgilikBatyrkhan Abayevich MalikovThe story of the nomadic tribes in 15th century on the territory of today's Kazakhstan, after the Golden Orda has fallen and all Mongol Empire divided in numerous Khanats.
- DirectorErmek TursynovStarsErbolat ToguzakovOrynbek MoldakhanIsbek AbilmazhinovThis is a survival story - a Hemingway's 'Old Man and the Sea' as if written for our days.
- DirectorFaruk AksoyStarsDevrim EvinIbrahim CelikkolDilek SerbestAfter the death of his father Murat II, Mehmet II ascends to the Ottoman throne. After braving internal and external enemies, he decides to complete what he was destined to do - conquer Constantinople.
- DirectorSelahattin SancakliStarsMehmet AslantugFikret KuskanYurdaer OkurGuyaseddin passed on the throne when his father, Alaattin Keykubat, was poisoned and killed. But he is not a talented statesman like his father. This situation leads to the increase of Mongol repression. Celaleddin Karatay plans to prepare a great resistance against this oppression of the people.
- CreatorMehmet BozdagStarsBurak ÖzçivitÖzge TörerYigit UcanThe series will focus on the life of Osman Bey, the son of Ertugrul Gazi and the founder of the Ottoman Empire.
- CreatorMehmet BozdagStarsGökhan AtalayPayidar TüfekçiogluBaran AkbulutAs Mongol invasions are getting more frequent, Yunus travels to Nallihan where he establishes himself as Seldjuk official. After joining Taptuk Emre's dergâh (dervish monastery), he proceeds to follow his journey on becoming a dervish.
- DirectorSadyk Sher-NiyazStarsElina Abai KyzyNasira MambetovaJamal SeidakmatovaThe relevant epic story of the strong-willed, courageous and independent woman before her time, Kurmanjan, who is revered to this day for her diplomacy for saving her nation from complete destruction when the Russians invaded.
- DirectorErmek TursynovStarsGulsharat ZhubyevaTurakhan SadykovaErzhan NurymbetA woman is led by her family to her new husband's home, to live with, presumably, his elderly mother and younger brother. Despite being forced into the marriage, she discovers that he is not such a bad catch after all but domestic bliss does not last long.
- DirectorAndré De TothLeopoldo SavonaRiccardo FredaStarsJack PalanceAnita EkbergAntonella LualdiDuring the Mongol invasion of Poland, a conflict between Mongol Emperor Genghis Khan and his oldest son Ogotai ensues when the former aims for peace and the latter itches for war and conquest.
- DirectorHarbansStarsChitraPaidi JairajVazeer Mahmood Khan
- DirectorTerence YoungStarsVictor MatureMichael WildingAnita EkbergAn Afghan outlaw finally saves a British officer at the cost of his own life.
- DirectorArchie MayoJohn CromwellStarsGary CooperSigrid GurieBasil RathboneAdventurer Marco Polo travels to China, where he finds the Emperor Kublai Khan, court intrigue, danger, and unexpected love.
- CreatorJohn FuscoStarsLorenzo RichelmyBenedict WongJoan ChenIn a world replete with greed, betrayal, sexual intrigue and rivalry, "Marco Polo" is based on the famed explorer's adventures in Kublai Khan's court in 13th century Mongolia.
- DirectorAlik SakharovStarsBenedict WongTom WuLorenzo RichelmyBefore he lost his sight. Before he pledged his service to Kublai Khan. Hundred Eyes saw what made him into the deadly assassin who trains Marco Polo.
- StarsKen MarshallDenholm ElliottTony VogelThe life and experiences of the thirteenth century explorer, who sought to connect the civilizations of China and Europe through trade.
- DirectorCheh ChangStarsSheng FuKuan-Chun ChiSzu ShihFour friends learn kung fu to avenge the death of their friend against the manchus.
- DirectorAydin ArakonStarsMesiha YeldaTuran SeyfiogluCahit IrgatOtsukarci, a wandering Turkish warrior, befriends Mongol chieftain Genghis Khan, and helps him in his battle against a rival warlord, saving his life in the process. Grateful, the Khan offers him a top position as one of his generals, but Otskarci turns him down, preferring to continue his own journey. However, fate has another surprise in store for him.
- DirectorGeorge ShermanStarsAnn BlythDavid FarrarGeorge MacreadyThe princess of Samarkand and an English knight confront the armies of Genghis Khan.
- DirectorAlain PayetJesús FrancoStarsAnalía IvarsWilliam BergerAntonio MayansA woman, raised by an Amazon tribe after they killed her parents, seeks revenge on the tribe for their deaths by joining an expedition looking for the tribe's secret golden temple.