Return of the Hero

Romance brings two warring families together in this historical drama. As citizens fight for independence in 1810s Lithuania, Tadeusz, the son of a murderer, and Zosia, a young woman, come together for a wedding against a backdrop of changing politics, ancient traditions, and the uncertain future of a country.

Runtime

2h 27m

Director

Andrzej Wajda

Cast

Bogusław Linda, Andrzej Seweryn, Daniel Olbrychski

In czarist Russia, a neurotic soldier and his distant cousin formulate a plot to assassinate Napoleon.

Runtime

1h 25m

Director

Woody Allen

Cast

Diane Keaton, Harold Gould, Frank Adu

The love story of young Countess Natasha Rostova and Count Pierre Bezukhov is interwoven with the Great Patriotic War of 1812 against Napoleon's invading army.

Runtime

3h 28m

Director

King Vidor

Cast

Audrey Hepburn, Henry Fonda, Mel Ferrer

During the Napoleonic Wars, when the French have occupied Spain, some Spanish guerrilla soldiers are going to move a big cannon across Spain in order to help the British defeat the French. A British officer is there to accompany the Spanish and along the way, he falls in love with the leader's girl.

Runtime

2h 12m

Director

Stanley Kramer

Cast

Cary Grant, Frank Sinatra, Sophia Loren

Captain Horatio Hornblower leads his ship HMS Lydia on a perilous transatlantic voyage, during which his faithful crew battle both a Spanish warship and a ragged band of Central American rebels.

Runtime

1h 57m

Director

Raoul Walsh

Cast

Gregory Peck, Virginia Mayo, Robert Beatty