List of Napoleonic Wars films
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Below is an incomplete list of feature films, television films or TV series which include events of the Napoleonic Wars . This list does not include documentaries, short films. This list of movies is not a list of Napoleon movies. This includes films about Napoleon's life after ≈1799. About Napoleon's life before ≈1799, see the List of films set during the French Revolution and French Revolutionary Wars.
1910s
[edit ]| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1912 | Russian Empire | 1812 | 1812 год | Vasili Goncharov Kai Hansen Aleksandr Uralsky |
Drama, History. French invasion of Russia |
| 1912 | German Empire | Theodor Körner | Franz Porten Gerhard Dammann |
Biography, Drama. Theodor Körner | |
| 1913 | Italy | The Two Sergeants | I due sergenti | Eugenio Perego | Drama. Based on the play The Two Sergeants |
| 1913 | Austria-Hungary | Speckbacher | Pierre Paul Gilmans | Josef Speckbacher, Andreas Hofer, Tyrolean Rebellion | |
| 1914 | France Poland |
Countess Walewska | Bóg wojny | Aleksander Hertz | Marie Walewska |
| 1914 | German Empire | Colonel Chabert | Oberst Chabert | Rudolf Meinert | Drama. Based on a novel Colonel Chabert |
| 1914 | Italy | Napoleon's Hundred Days | I cento giorni di Napoleone | Roberto Danesi Archita Valente |
Hundred Days |
| 1914 | German Empire | Tyrol in arms | Tirol in Waffen | Carl Froelich | Drama, War. Andreas Hofer, Tyrolean Rebellion |
| 1914 | German Empire | Bergnacht | Curt A. Stark | Drama, Romance. Tyrolean Rebellion | |
| 1915 | Russian Empire | Natasza Rostowa | Наташа Ростова | Pyotr Chardynin | Based on a novel War and Peace |
| 1915 | United States | Vanity Fair | Eugene Nowland Charles Brabin |
Drama. Based on a novel Vanity Fair. | |
| 1915 | Austria-Hungary | The war godchild | Das Kriegspatenkind | Emil Leyde | Drama. Landsturm |
| 1915 | German Empire | The catwalk | Der Katzensteg | Max Mack | Based on a novel The Cats' Bridge. |
| 1915 | United Kingdom | Brigadier Gerard | Bert Haldane | Drama, History. Based on a stories Brigadier Gerard | |
| 1915 | Russian Empire | War and Peace | Война и мир | Vladimir Gardin | Drama, History. Based on a novel War and Peace |
| 1917 | Sweden | A Man There Was | Terje Vigen | Victor Sjöström | Drama, War. Based on a poem Terje Vigen |
| 1917 | German Empire | Skull Rider | Totenkopfreiter | Otto Lins-Morstadt | History. |
| 1917 | German Empire | East Prussia and its Hindenburg | Ostpreußen und sein Hindenburg | Gustav Trautschold Richard Schott |
Drama, War. |
| 1918 | Poland | Prince Józef Poniatowski | Książę Józef Poniatowski | Aleksander Hertz | |
| 1918 | United Kingdom | Nelson | Maurice Elvey | Biography, Drama, Romance, War. Horatio Nelson | |
| 1919 | United Kingdom | The Romance of Lady Hamilton | Bert Haldane | Drama, History. Horatio Nelson, Lady Hamilton |
1920s
[edit ]| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920 | Weimar Republic | Madame Récamier | Joseph Delmont | Juliette Récamier | |
| 1920 | Italy | Colonel Chabert | Il colonello Chabert | Carmine Gallone | Drama. Based on a novel Colonel Chabert |
| 1920 | Weimar Republic | Napoleon and the Little Washerwoman | Napoleon und die kleine Wäscherin | Adolf Gärtner | Comedy. Based on the play Madame Sans-Gêne. Catherine Hübscher |
| 1920 | Weimar Republic | Countess Walewska | Gräfin Walewska | Otto Rippert | History. Marie Walewska |
| 1920 | Weimar Republic | Colonel Chabert | Oberst Chabert | Eugen Burg | Drama. Based on a novel Colonel Chabert |
| 1920 | Weimar Republic | Johann Baptiste Lingg | Arthur Teuber | Johann Baptist Lingg von Linggenfeld | |
| 1921 | Weimar Republic | The Bull of Olivera | Der Stier von Olivera | Erich Schönfelder | Peninsular War |
| 1921 | France | A drama under Napoleon | Un drame sous Napoléon | Gérard Bourgeois | Based on a novel Oncle Bernac. |
| 1921 | Weimar Republic | Lady Hamilton | Richard Oswald | Drama, History. Based on the novels Liebe und Leben der Lady Hamilton and Lord Nelsons letzte Liebe. Horatio Nelson, Lady Hamilton | |
| 1922 | Italy | The Two Sergeants | I due sergenti | Guido Brignone | Based on the play The Two Sergeants |
| 1922 | Austria | The Marquis of Bolibar | Der Marquis von Bolibar | Friedrich Porges | Based on a novel Der Marquis von Bolibar |
| 1923 | United States | Vanity Fair | Hugo Ballin | Drama. Based on a novel Vanity Fair | |
| 1923 | Austria | Young Medardus | Der junge Medardus | Michael Curtiz | History. Based on the play Young Medardus |
| 1923 | United Kingdom | A Royal Divorce | Alexander Butler | Drama, History. Based on an unknown novel. | |
| 1924 | United Kingdom | Napoleon and Josephine | Alexander Butler | Biography, Drama. | |
| 1924 | Italy | Fra Diavolo | Emilio Zeppieri | ||
| 1925 | Italy | Fra Diavolo | Mario Gargiulo Roberto Roberti |
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| 1925 | Weimar Republic | What the Stones Tell | Was Steine erzählen | Rolf Randolf | Lützow Free Corps |
| 1925 | Weimar Republic France |
Zigano | Gérard Bourgeois Harry Piel |
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| 1925 | United States | Madame Sans-Gêne | Léonce Perret | Comedy. Based on the play Madame Sans-Gêne. Catherine Hübscher | |
| 1926 | Weimar Republic | The Eleven Schill Officers | Die elf Schill'schen Offiziere | Rudolf Meinert | History. Ferdinand von Schill, Battle of Stralsund |
| 1926 | United Kingdom | Nelson | Walter Summers | Biography, Drama, Romance, War. Horatio Nelson | |
| 1927 | United States | Quality Street | Sidney Franklin | Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance. Based on the play Quality Street | |
| 1927 | Weimar Republic Switzerland |
Petronella | Petronella - Das Geheimnis der Berge | Hanns Schwarz | Drama. |
| 1927 | Weimar Republic | Lützow's Wild Hunt | Lützows wilde verwegene Jagd | Richard Oswald | Ludwig Adolf Wilhelm von Lützow, Lützow Free Corps |
| 1927 | Weimar Republic | The Catwalk | Der Katzensteg | Gerhard Lamprecht | History. Based on a novel The Cats' Bridge |
| 1927 | Weimar Republic | Prinz Louis Ferdinand | Hans Behrendt | Drama. Louis Ferdinand | |
| 1927 | United States | The Fighting Eagle | Donald Crisp | Romance, Drama. Based on a novel The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard. | |
| 1927 | Spain | The second of May | El dos de mayo | José Buchs Fernando Roldán |
Drama, History. Dos de Mayo Uprising, Peninsular War, Francisco Goya |
| 1927-8 | Weimar Republic | Queen Louise | Königin Luise | Karl Grune | Drama, History. Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz |
| 1928 | France | Madame Récamier | Tony Lekain Gaston Ravel |
Biography, Drama, History. Juliette Récamier | |
| 1928 | Weimar Republic | The Prince of Rogues | Schinderhannes | Curtis Bernhardt | Based on the play Schinderhannes. Schinderhannes |
| 1928 | Poland | Pan Tadeusz | Ryszard Ordyński | Drama, History, Romance. Based on a poem Pan Tadeusz. | |
| 1928 | United Kingdom | Bolibar | Walter Summers | Drama, War. Based on a novel The Marquis of Bolibar. | |
| 1929 | United States | Devil-May-Care | Sidney Franklin | Music, Romance, War. Based on the play La Bataille de dames, ou un duel en amour. | |
| 1929 | Weimar Republic | Waterloo | Karl Grune | Drama, History, War. Battle of Waterloo | |
| 1929 | Weimar Republic | Andreas Hofer | Hans Prechtl | Adventure, History. Andreas Hofer, Tyrolean Rebellion | |
| 1929 | Spain | Agustina of Aragon | Agustina de Aragón | Florián Rey | Agustina de Aragón, Peninsular War |
| 1929 | United States | The Divine Lady | Frank Lloyd | Drama, History, Romance, War. Based on a novel The Divine Lady: A Romance of Nelson and Emma Hamilton. Horatio Nelson, Lady Hamilton | |
| 1929 | United States | Eternal Love | Ernst Lubitsch | Drama, Romance. Based on a novel Der Koenig der Bernina. | |
| 1929 | Weimar Republic | Roses Bloom on the Moorland | Rosen blühen auf dem Heidegrab | Kurt Blachy | History, War. |
| 1929 | Weimar Republic | Diane | Diane – Die Geschichte einer Pariserin | Erich Waschneck | French invasion of Russia |
1930s
[edit ]| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930 | Weimar Republic | The Last Company | Die letzte Kompagnie | Curtis Bernhardt | Drama. Battle of Jena–Auerstedt |
| 1931 | France | Fra Diavolo | Mario Bonnard | Adventure. Fra Diavolo | |
| 1931 | Weimar Republic | The Congress Dances | Der Kongreß tanzt | Erik Charell | Comedy, History, Musical. Congress of Vienna |
| 1931 | Weimar Republic | Louise, Queen of Prussia | Luise, Königin von Preußen | Carl Froelich | Drama. Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz |
| 1931 | Weimar Republic | Yorck | Gustav Ucicky | Biography, Drama, War. Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg | |
| 1932 | Weimar Republic | Theodor Körner | Carl Boese | Drama. Theodor Körner, Lützow Free Corps | |
| 1932 | Weimar Republic | Marshal Forwards | Marschall Vorwärts | Heinz Paul | Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher |
| 1932 | Weimar Republic | The Rebel | Der Rebell | Curtis Bernhardt Edwin H. Knopf Luis Trenker |
Drama. Andreas Hofer, Tyrolean Rebellion |
| 1932 | Weimar Republic | The Eleven Schill Officers | Die elf Schillschen Offiziere | Rudolf Meinert | Ferdinand von Schill, Battle of Stralsund |
| 1932 | Weimar Republic | The Black Hussar | Der schwarze Husar | Gerhard Lamprecht | Comedy, Drama. Freikorps, Black Brunswickers, Frederick William |
| 1933 | Nazi Germany | The Judas of Tyrol | Der Judas von Tirol | Franz Osten | Drama. Andreas Hofer, Tyrolean Rebellion |
| 1934 | Nazi Germany | So Ended a Great Love | So endete eine Liebe | Karl Hartl | Romance. |
| 1934 | United States | The House of Rothschild | Alfred L. Werker Maude T. Howell |
Biography, Drama, History, War. Based on an unknown play. Rothschild family | |
| 1934 | Nazi Germany | Black Hunter Johanna | Schwarzer Jäger Johanna | Johannes Meyer | Drama. Based on a novel Schwarzer Jäger Johanna. Frederick William, Black Brunswickers, Battle of Ölper |
| 1934 | United Kingdom | The Iron Duke | Victor Saville | Biography, Drama. Arthur Wellesley, Hundred Days | |
| 1935 | United Kingdom | Invitation to the Waltz | Paul Merzbach | Musical. Based on an unknown play. | |
| 1935 | Italy | May field | Campo di maggio | Giovacchino Forzano | Biography, Drama, History. Based on an unknown play. Hundred Days |
| 1935 | United States | Becky Sharp | Rouben Mamoulian | Drama, Romance, War. Based on a novel Vanity Fair | |
| 1935 | Italy Nazi Germany |
Hundred days | Hundert Tage | Franz Wenzler | Drama. Hundred Days |
| 1935 | Nazi Germany | The Higher Command | Der höhere Befehl | Gerhard Lamprecht | Drama. |
| 1935 | United Kingdom | Midshipman Easy | Carol Reed | Adventure. Based on a novel Mr Midshipman Easy. | |
| 1936 | Italy | The Two Sergeants | I due sergenti | Enrico Guazzoni | Drama. Based on the play The Two Sergeants |
| 1936 | United States | Hearts Divided | Frank Borzage | Drama, Romance. Based on the play Glorious Betsy. | |
| 1936 | United States | Lloyd's of London | Henry King | Drama, History, Romance, War. Lloyd's of London | |
| 1937 | Nazi Germany | The catwalk | Der Katzensteg | Fritz Peter Buch | Drama. Based on a novel The Cats' Bridge |
| 1937 | Poland | Prince Joseph's Lancer | Ułan Księcia Józefa | Konrad Tom | Romance, War. |
| 1937 | United States | Quality Street | George Stevens | Comedy, Drama, Romance. Based on the play Quality Street. | |
| 1937 | United States | Conquest | Clarence Brown Gustav Machatý |
Drama, History, Music, Mystery, Romance. Marie Walewska | |
| 1937 | United States | The Firefly | Robert Z. Leonard | History, Musical, Romance. | |
| 1938 | Italy | The bride of kings | La sposa dei Re | Duilio Coletti | Comedy, History. Based on the play La sposa dei re. Désirée Clary |
| 1938 | United Kingdom | A Royal Divorce | Jack Raymond | Drama, History. | |
| 1939 | Nazi Germany | Wibbel the Tailor | Schneider Wibbel | Viktor de Kowa | Comedy. Based on the play Wibbel the Tailor. |
1940s
[edit ]| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940 | Nazi Germany | The Rothschilds | Die Rothschilds | Erich Waschneck | Biography, Drama. Rothschild family |
| 1940 | Nazi Germany | The Fire Devil | Der Feuerteufel | Luis Trenker | Action, War. Tyrolean Rebellion |
| 1941 | United Kingdom | This England | David MacDonald | Drama, History, Romance, War. | |
| 1941 | Hungary | Háry János | Frigyes Bán | Based on folk opera Háry János. | |
| 1941 | France | Madame Sans-Gêne | Roger Richebé | Comedy, Drama, History. Based on the play Madame Sans-Gêne. Catherine Hübscher | |
| 1941 | United States | That Hamilton Woman | Alexander Korda | Drama, History, Romance, War. Lady Hamilton, William Hamilton, Horatio Nelson | |
| 1942 | Sweden | General von Döbeln | Olof Molander | Drama, History, War. Georg Carl von Döbeln | |
| 1942 | Nazi Germany Austria |
Vienna Blood | Wiener Blut | Willi Forst | Comedy, Music. Based on an operetta Wiener Blut. Congress of Vienna |
| 1942 | United Kingdom | The Young Mr. Pitt | Carol Reed | Biography, Drama, Romance, War. William Pitt the Younger | |
| 1942 | France | The Fabulous Destiny of Désirée Clary | Le Destin fabuleux de Désirée Clary | Sacha Guitry René Le Hénaff |
Comedy, Drama, History. Désirée Clary |
| 1942 | Italy | The Adventures of Fra Diavolo | Fra' Diavolo | Luigi Zampa | Drama. Fra Diavolo |
| 1943 | United States | Forever and a Day | René Clair Edmund Goulding Cedric Hardwicke Frank Lloyd Victor Saville Robert Stevenson Herbert Wilcox. |
Drama, History. | |
| 1943 | France | Colonel Chabert | Le colonel Chabert | René Le Hénaff | Drama. Based on a novel Colonel Chabert |
| 1943 | Spain | The standard bearer | El abanderado | Eusebio Fernández Ardavín | History. Luis Daoíz y Torres, Pedro Velarde y Santillán, Dos de Mayo Uprising, Peninsular War |
| 1943 | Soviet Union | Kutuzov | Кутузов | Vladimir Petrov | Drama. Mikhail Kutuzov, French invasion of Russia |
| 1945 | Nazi Germany | Kolberg | Veit Harlan | Drama, History, Romance, War. Based on the play Colberg and autobiography of Joachim Nettelbeck. Siege of Kolberg (1807) | |
| 1945 | Argentina | Madame Sans Gene | Luis César Amadori | Comedy. Based on the play Madame Sans-Gêne. Catherine Hübscher | |
| 1947 | Soviet Union | Vintage vaudeville | Старинный водевиль | Igor Savchenko | Comedy, History, Musical. Based on vaudeville Az and Firth, or Wedding with monograms. French invasion of Russia |
| 1948 | France | Colonel Durand | Le colonel Durand | René Chanas | Drama. Based on a novel Le colonel Durand. |
| 1948 | France Italy |
The Charterhouse of Parma | La Chartreuse de Parme La Certosa di Parma |
Christian-Jaque | Drama, Romance. Based on a novel The Charterhouse of Parma. |
| 1948 | Spain | The Drummer of Bruch | El tambor del Bruch | Ignacio F. Iquino | Drummer of El Bruc, Battles of El Bruch, Peninsular War |
| 1949 | Spain | Adventures of Juan Lucas | Aventuras de Juan Lucas | Rafael Gil | Adventure. Based on a novel Aventuras de Juan Lucas. |
| 1949 | United States | The Secret of St. Ives | Phil Rosen | Action, Adventure, History, Romance, War. Based on a novel St. Ives. |
1950s
[edit ]| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | Spain | Blood in castile | Sangre en Castilla | Benito Perojo | Drama. Peninsular War |
| 1950 | Italy France |
Women and Brigands | Donne e briganti | Mario Soldati | Adventure, Drama. Fra Diavolo |
| 1950 | Spain | Agustina of Aragon | Agustina de Aragón | Juan de Orduña | Drama, History, War. Agustina de Aragón, Peninsular War |
| 1950 | United Kingdom | The Reluctant Widow | Bernard Knowles | Drama. Based on a novel The Reluctant Widow. | |
| 1950 | United States | Tyrant of the Sea | Lew Landers | Adventure, War. | |
| 1951 | Italy | The Two Sergeants | I Due sergenti | Carlo Alberto Chiesa | Comedy. Based on the play The Two Sergeants |
| 1951 | Italy | Napoleon | Napoleone | Carlo Borghesio | Comedy. Napoleon |
| 1951 | Spain | The King's Mail | Correo del rey | Ricardo Gascón | Adventure, History. |
| 1951 | United Kingdom United States France |
Captain Horatio Hornblower | Raoul Walsh | Action, Adventure, Drama, War. Based on a C. S. Forester novels. | |
| 1952 | United States | The Brigand | Phil Karlson | Adventure, Romance. Based on a novel The Brigand. | |
| 1952 | Spain | Lola the Coalgirl | Lola, la piconera | Luis Lucia | Drama. Based on the play Cuando las Cortes de Cádiz. Siege of Cádiz |
| 1953 | Austria | The Last Reserves | Das letzte Aufgebot | Alfred Lehner | Biography, Drama, History. Andreas Hofer, Tyrolean Rebellion |
| 1953 | Austria | Daughter of the Regiment | Die Regimentstochter | Georg C. Klaren | Drama, Romance. Based on an opera La fille du régiment. |
| 1954 | United States | Désirée | Henry Koster | Biography, Drama, History, Romance. Based on a novel Désirée. Désirée Clary | |
| 1955 | France | Caroline and the Rebels | Le Fils de Caroline chérie | Jean Devaivre | Adventure, History. Peninsular War |
| 1955 | United States | The Purple Mask | H. Bruce Humberstone | Adventure, History. | |
| 1955 | France Italy |
Napoléon | Sacha Guitry | Biography, Drama, War. Napoleon | |
| 1956 | Italy United States |
War and Peace | Guerra e pace | King Vidor | Drama, Romance, War. Based on a novel War and Peace |
| 1957 | West Germany | Queen Louise | Königin Luise | Wolfgang Liebeneiner | Drama. Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz |
| 1957 | Austria Switzerland |
The King of Bernina | Der König der Bernina | Alfred Lehner | Drama. Based on a novel Der Koenig der Bernina. |
| 1957 | United States | The Pride and the Passion | Stanley Kramer | Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, War. Peninsular War | |
| 1958 | Finland | Sven Tuuva the Hero | Sven Tuuva | Edvin Laine | Adventure, Drama. Based on the poem "Sven Dufva" which is part of The Tales of Ensign Stål, written by Johan Ludvig Runeberg, the national poet of Finland.. |
| 1958 | Italy France United States |
The Naked Maja | Henry Koster | Adventure, Biography, Drama, Romance. Francisco Goya, María Cayetana de Silva | |
| 1958 | West Germany | Der Schinderhannes | Helmut Käutner | Crime, Drama, History, Romance. Based on the play Schinderhannes. Schinderhannes | |
| 1958 | France Italy |
If the king knew that | Si le roi savait ça Al servizio dell'imperatore |
Caro Canaille Edoardo Anton |
Comedy, Drama. Based on a novel Le Trompette de la Bérésina. |
| 1959 | Spain Italy France |
The French arrived | Llegaron los franceses | León Klimovsky | Dos de Mayo Uprising, Peninsular War |
| 1959 | Sweden Poland Finland |
Wedding night | Noc poslubna | Erik Blomberg | Drama, History, Romance. Based on a story Attaque du Moulin. |
| 1959 | Spain | A Girl Against Napoleon | Carmen, la de Ronda | Tulio Demicheli | Drama. Based on a novel Carmen. Peninsular War |
| 1959 | Spain | Sale of Vargas | Venta de Vargas | Enrique Cahen Salaberry | Adventure, Musical. Peninsular War |
| 1959 | United States | The Miracle | Irving Rapper | Drama, Music, Romance. Peninsular War | |
| 1959 | West Germany France |
The beautiful liar | Die schöne Lügnerin | Axel von Ambesser | Comedy. Congress of Vienna |
1960s
[edit ]| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | Italy France |
Three Etc.'s and the Colonel | Le tre "eccetera" del colonnello | Claude Boissol | Comedy. Peninsular War |
| 1960 | France Italy Yugoslavia Liechtenstein |
Austerlitz | Abel Gance | Drama, History, War. Napoleon, Battle of Austerlitz | |
| 1961 | Italy France Spain |
Madame | Madame Sans-Gêne | Christian-Jaque | Comedy, Drama, Romance, War. Based on the play Madame Sans-Gêne. Catherine Hübscher |
| 1962 | United Kingdom | The Piper's Tune | Muriel Box | Drama, Family. | |
| 1962 | Italy | The legend of Fra Diavolo | La leggenda di Fra Diavolo | Leopoldo Savona | Action, Adventure, Drama. Fra Diavolo |
| 1962 | Italy Spain |
Fra' Diavolo's trombones | I tromboni di Fra' Diavolo | Giorgio Simonelli | Adventure, Comedy. Fra Diavolo |
| 1962 | France Italy |
Imperial Venus | Vénus impériale Venere Imperiale |
Jean Delannoy | Drama, History, Romance. Pauline Bonaparte |
| 1962 | Soviet Union | Hussar Ballad | Гусарская баллада | Eldar Ryazanov | Comedy, Musical, War. Based on the play A Long Time Ago. Nadezhda Durova |
| 1963 | Spain | The guerrillas | Los Guerrilleros | Pedro Luis Ramírez | Drama, History. Peninsular War |
| 1964 | Italy | The last charge | L'ultima carica | Leopoldo Savona | Adventure, History. |
| 1964 | United Kingdom | Carry On Jack | Gerald Thomas | Adventure, Comedy, Romance. | |
| 1965 | Poland | The Ashes | Popioły | Andrzej Wajda | Drama, History, War. Based on a novel Popioły |
| 1965 | Hungary | Háry János | Miklós Szinetár | Comedy, Musical. Based on folk opera Háry János. | |
| 1966 | Poland | Mary and Napoleon | Marysia i Napoleon | Leonard Buczkowski | Comedy, History, Romance. Marie Walewska |
| 1966 | Spain Italy France |
The Sea Pirate | Surcouf, le tigre des sept mers Surcouf, l'eroe dei sette mari El tigre de los siete mares |
Sergio Bergonzelli Roy Rowland |
Adventure. Robert Surcouf |
| 1967 | West Germany Italy |
A Handful of Heroes | Eine Handvoll Helden | Fritz Umgelter | Drama, War. Battle of Jena–Auerstedt |
| 1968 | France Austria West Germany Hungary Italy |
Sexy Susan Sins Again | Frau Wirtin hat auch einen Grafen Susanna... ed i suoi dolci vizi alla corte del re |
Franz Antel | Adventure, Comedy, Drama. |
| 1968 | East Germany | Captain Florian from the mill | Hauptmann Florian von der Mühle | Werner W. Wallroth | Comedy. Based on a novel Die Winternachtsabenteuer. |
| 1968 | Italy West Germany France United States |
Emma Hamilton | Christian-Jaque | Drama, History, Romance. Horatio Nelson, Lady Hamilton | |
| 1969 | Italy | Zorro Marquis of Navarre | Zorro marchese di Navarra | Franco Montemurro | Adventure, Comedy, History, Romance, Western. Peninsular War |
1970s
[edit ]| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Italy Soviet Union |
Waterloo | Ватерлоо | Sergei Bondarchuk | Action, Biography, Drama, History, War. Battle of Waterloo |
| 1970 | United Kingdom Switzerland |
The Adventures of Gerard | Jerzy Skolimowski | Adventure, Comedy, History, War. Based on a short stories Brigadier Gerard. | |
| 1971 | Spain | Goya, a Story of Solitude | Goya, historia de una soledad | Nino Quevedo | Biography, Drama. Francisco Goya, Peninsular War |
| 1971 | East Germany Soviet Union Bulgaria Yugoslavia |
Goya or the Hard Way to Enlightenment | Goya – oder der arge Weg der Erkenntnis | Konrad Wolf | Drama. Francisco Goya, Peninsular War |
| 1972 | East Germany | Lützower | Werner W. Wallroth | Drama. Based on the play Lützower. | |
| 1973 | Spain France |
The Guerrilla | La guerrilla | Rafael Gil | Drama. Peninsular War |
| 1973 | United Kingdom | Bequest to the Nation | James Cellan Jones | Drama, History. Based on the play A Bequest to the Nation. Horatio Nelson, Lady Hamilton | |
| 1974 | East Germany | Elective Affinities | Die Wahlverwandtschaften | Siegfried Kühn | Drama. Based on a novel Elective Affinities. |
| 1975 | France United States |
Love and Death | Woody Allen | Comedy, War. | |
| 1976 | West Germany France |
The Marquise of O | Die Marquise von O... La Marquise d'O... |
Éric Rohmer | Drama, History. Based on a novel The Marquise of O. |
| 1976 | Italy West Germany Yugoslavia |
The Loves and Times of Scaramouche | Le avventure e gli amori di Scaramouche | Enzo G. Castellari | Comedy. |
| 1977 | United Kingdom | The Duellists [1] | Ridley Scott | Drama, War. Based on a short story The Duel. | |
| 1978 | West Germany | The Tailor from Ulm | Der Schneider von Ulm | Edgar Reitz | Drama, History. Albrecht Berblinger |
1980s
[edit ]| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Soviet Union | Squadron of Flying Hussars | Эскадрон гусар летучих | Nikita Khubov Stanislav Rostotsky |
War. French invasion of Russia, Denis Davydov |
| 1981 | Italy France |
The Marquis of Grillo | Il Marchese del Grillo | Mario Monicelli | Comedy, History. Onofrio del Grillo, Pope Pius VII |
| 1981 | Belgium | Up to men's height | À hauteur d'homme | Jean-Marie Piquint | History. Louis-Joseph Seutin |
| 1982 | Spain Mexico |
The legend of the drum | La leyenda del tambor | Jorge Grau | Adventure, Drama, War. Drummer of El Bruc, Battles of El Bruch, Peninsular War |
| 1982 | France Italy Spain |
The Guerrilla | La Guérilléra | Pierre Kast | War. Peninsular War |
| 1984 | Austria | Raffl | Christian Berger | Drama, History. Andreas Hofer, Tyrolean Rebellion | |
| 1985 | Soviet Union | Bagration | Багратион | Giuli Chokhonelidze Guguli Mgeladze |
Biography, Drama, War. Pyotr Bagration, French invasion of Russia |
| 1986 | Hungary Czechoslovakia |
Akli Miklós | György Révész | Comedy, History. Based on an unknown novel. | |
| 1987 | Soviet Union | Destiny's Chosen One | Избранник судьбы | Vsevolod Shilovsky | Comedy, Music. |
| 1989 | France | La Soule | Michel Sibra | Drama, History. Battle of Vitoria, Peninsular War |
1990s
[edit ]| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | France | The Supper | Le Souper | Édouard Molinaro | Drama, History. Based on the play Le Souper |
| 1994 | France | Colonel Chabert | Le Colonel Chabert | Yves Angelo | Drama, History, Romance, War. Based on a novel Colonel Chabert |
| 1995 | United Kingdom United States France |
Persuasion | Roger Michell | Drama. Based on the novel Persuasion | |
| 1999 | Spain Italy |
Goya in Bordeaux | Goya en Burdeos | Carlos Saura | Biography, Drama, War. Francisco Goya, María Cayetana de Silva |
| 1999 | Poland France |
Pan Tadeusz | Andrzej Wajda | Drama, History, Romance, War. Based on the poem Pan Tadeusz. | |
| 1999 | Germany Austria |
The Bride | Die Braut | Egon Günther | Biography, Drama. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Christiane Vulpius |
2000s
[edit ]| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | United Kingdom Germany |
Quills | Philip Kaufman | Biography, Drama. Based on the play Quills. Marquis de Sade | |
| 2000 | Spain France United Kingdom |
Sabotage! | Esteban Ibarretxe Jose Miguel Ibarretxe |
Battle of Waterloo | |
| 2002 | Czech Republic | Waterloo in Czech | Waterloo po česku | Vít Olmer | Comedy. |
| 2003 | Russia | Golden age | Золотой век | Ilya Khotinenko | History, Romance. |
| 2003 | United States | Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World | Peter Weir | Action, Adventure, Drama, War. Based on the novels of the Aubrey–Maturin series. | |
| 2004 | United States United Kingdom India |
Vanity Fair | Mira Nair | Drama. Based on a novel Vanity Fair | |
| 2005 | France | 1805 | Jan Belletti | ||
| 2006 | Italy | Fire on me | Fuoco su di me | Lamberto Lambertini | History. Joachim Murat |
| 2006 | United States Spain |
Goya's Ghosts | Miloš Forman | Biography, Drama, History. Francisco Goya, Peninsular War | |
| 2008 | Spain | Blood in May | Sangre de mayo | José Luis Garci | History. Based on a novels La corte de Carlos IV, El 19 de marzo y el 2 de mayo. Dos de Mayo Uprising, Peninsular War |
2010s
[edit ]| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Germany Italy |
The Holy Land of Tyrol | Bergblut | Philipp J. Pamer | Drama, History, War. Tyrolean Rebellion |
| 2010 | Spain | Bruc, the challenge | Bruc | Daniel Benmayor | Drama, History, War. Drummer of El Bruc, Battles of El Bruch, Peninsular War |
| 2012 | Portugal France |
Lines of Wellington | Linhas de Wellington | Valeria Sarmiento | Drama, History, War. Battle of Bussaco, Lines of Torres Vedras, André Masséna, Arthur Wellesley, Peninsular War |
| 2012 | Russia | The Ballad of Uhlans | Уланская баллада | Oleg Fesenko | Adventure, Drama, History. French invasion of Russia |
| 2012 | Ukraine United States Russia |
Rzhevsky Versus Napoleon | Ржевский против Наполеона | Maryus Vaysberg | Comedy. French invasion of Russia |
| 2014 | Russia | Vasilisa | Василиса | Anton Sivers | History, Romance. Vasilisa Kozhina, French invasion of Russia |
| 2016 | Russia | What the French Don't Talk About | О чем молчат французы | Vladimir Shevelkov | Comedy, Drama, History, Mystery, Romance, Thriller. Based on a novel What the French Don't Talk About. |
| 2018 | France Belgium |
Return of the Hero | Le retour du héros | Laurent Tirard | Comedy, History. |
| 2018 | France | The Emperor of Paris | L'Empereur de Paris | Jean-François Richet | Adventure, Crime, History, Thriller. Eugène François Vidocq |
| 2019 | Russia | Union of Salvation | Союз спасения | Andrei Kravchuk | Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War. |
2020s
[edit ]| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Portugal | Burnt Earth | Terra Queimada | Paulo César Fajardo | Drama, History, War. Battle of Bussaco |
| 2023 | United States United Kingdom |
Napoleon | Ridley Scott | Action, Biography, Drama, History, War. Napoleon | |
| 2023 | United States | Widow Clicquot | Thomas Napper | Drama. Madame Clicquot Ponsardin |
Upcoming films
[edit ]| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Russia | Red Ghost 1812 | Красный призрак 1812 | Andrey Bogatyrev | French invasion of Russia |
| Temeraire | Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi. | ||||
| Napoleon, the Musical Film | David Serero | ||||
| United States | Napoleon | History, War |
Science fiction, fantasy and horror
[edit ]| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940 | United States | The Blue Bird | Walter Lang | Adventure, Family, Fantasy. Based on the play The Blue Bird. | |
| 1946 | United Kingdom | The Curse of the Wraydons | Victor M. Gover | Drama, Horror. Based on the play Spring-Heeled Jack. Spring-heeled Jack | |
| 1963 | United States | The Terror | Roger Corman Francis Ford Coppola Dennis Jakob Monte Hellman Jack Hill Jack Nicholson |
Horror, Thriller. | |
| 1964 | Italy France |
Castle of the Living Dead | Il Castello dei Morti Vivi Le Chateau des Morts Vivants |
Warren Kiefer | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller. |
| 1965 | Poland | The Saragossa Manuscript | Rękopis znaleziony w Saragossie | Wojciech Jerzy Has | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy. Based on a novel The Manuscript Found in Saragossa. |
| 2005 | United States Czech Republic United Kingdom |
The Brothers Grimm | Terry Gilliam | Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller. Brothers Grimm | |
| 2010 | Austria | Tartarus | Stefan Müller | Adventure, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi. | |
| 2018 | United Kingdom | The Necromancer | Stuart Brennan | Horror. |
Television films
[edit ]| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 | West Germany | Colonel Chabert | Oberst Chabert | Volker von Collande | Drama. Based on a novel Colonel Chabert |
| 1958 | United Kingdom | Victory | Rex Tucker | Drama, Family. | |
| 1960 | West Germany | Madame Sans-Gêne | John Olden | Drama, History. Based on the play Madame Sans-Gêne. Catherine Hübscher | |
| 1963 | France | Madame Sans Gêne | Claude Barma | Comedy, Drama, Romance, War. Based on the play Madame Sans-Gêne. Catherine Hübscher | |
| 1964 | Finland | Colonel Chabert | Eversti Chabert | Mauno Hyvönen | Drama. Based on a novel Colonel Chabert |
| 1966 | West Germany | Colonel Chabert | Oberst Chabert | Ludwig Cremer | Drama. Based on a novel Colonel Chabert |
| 1967 | Czechoslovakia | Waterloo | Jiří Bělka | Biography, Drama, History. Battle of Waterloo | |
| 1969 | West Germany | Waterloo | Jiří Weiss | Battle of Waterloo | |
| 1971 | Czechoslovakia | Madame Sans-Géne | František Laurin | Comedy. Catherine Hübscher | |
| 1975 | West Germany | The cats' bridge | Der Katzensteg | Peter Meincke | Drama. Based on a novel The Cats' Bridge |
| 1978 | Soviet Union | Colonel Chabert | Полковник Шабер | Irina Sorokina | Drama, History. Based on a novel Colonel Chabert |
| 1980 | East Germany | Clausewitz - Portrait of a Prussian General | Clausewitz - Lebensbild eines preußischen Generals | Wolf-Dieter Panse | History. Carl von Clausewitz |
| 1989 | Soviet Union | Either a man or a woman | То мужчина, то женщина | Aleksandr Nagovitsyn | Drama, History, Romance. Nadezhda Durova |
| 1989 | Hungary | Napóleon | András Sólyom | Drama. | |
| 1991 | Germany | The martial adventures of a peacemaker | Die kriegerischen Abenteuer eines Friedfertigen | Peter Hill | Action, Adventure, Comedy, History. Based on an unknown novel. |
| 1998 | France Germany Ireland United Kingdom |
St. Ives | Harry Hook | Drama, Romance. Based on a novel St. Ives. | |
| 2002 | Austria Germany Italy |
Andreas Hofer - The freedom of the eagle | Andreas Hofer – Die Freiheit des Adlers | Xaver Schwarzenberger | Drama, History, War. Andreas Hofer, Tyrolean Rebellion |
| 2002 | France | Madame Sans-Gêne | Philippe de Broca | Comedy, Romance. Based on the play Madame Sans-Gêne. Catherine Hübscher | |
| 2005 | United Kingdom | Trafalgar Battle Surgeon | Justin Hardy | Biography, Drama. Battle of Trafalgar | |
| 2006 | Germany | The Judas of Tyrol | Der Judas von Tirol | Werner Asam | Drama. Andreas Hofer, Tyrolean Rebellion |
| 2006 | France | Joséphine | Jean-Marc Vervoort | History. |
TV Series
[edit ]| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | United Kingdom | St. Ives | Rex Tucker | Adventure. Based on a novel St. Ives. | |
| 1956 | United Kingdom | Vanity Fair | Campbell Logan | Drama. Based on a novel Vanity Fair | |
| 1957 | United Kingdom | The Adventures of Peter Simple | Naomi Capon | Drama, Family. Based on a novel Peter Simple | |
| 1960–61 | France | History exceeds fiction | L'histoire dépasse la fiction | Jean Kerchbron | History. Based on the play Lorenzaccio. |
| 1961 | United Kingdom | Triton | Rex Tucker | Adventure. | |
| 1966–67 | Spain | Diego de Acevedo | Ricardo Blasco | Peninsular War | |
| 1966–67 | Soviet Union | War and Peace | Война и мир | Sergei Bondarchuk | Drama, Romance, War. Based on a novel War and Peace |
| 1967 | United Kingdom | St. Ives | Christopher Barry | Adventure. Based on a novel St. Ives. | |
| 1967 | United Kingdom | Vanity Fair | David Giles | Drama. Based on a novel Vanity Fair | |
| 1968 | United Kingdom | Triton | Michael Ferguson | Drama. | |
| 1969 | United Kingdom | Pegasus | Michael Ferguson | Drama. | |
| 1972–73 | United Kingdom | War and Peace | John Davies | Drama, History, War. Based on a novel War and Peace | |
| 1976–78 | Spain | Curro Jiménez | Antonio Drove Mario Camus Joaquín Romero Marchenet |
Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, History, Mystery. Andrés López, Peninsular War | |
| 1978 | East Germany | Scharnhorst | Wolf-Dieter Panse | Drama, War. Gerhard von Scharnhorst | |
| 1979-80 | France | Joséphine or the comedy of ambitions | Joséphine ou la Comédie des ambitions | Robert Mazoyer | Biography, Drama, History. |
| 1981 | United Kingdom Canada |
Smuggler | Dennis Abey Jim Goddard Charles Crichton |
Adventure, History. | |
| 1981 | Hungary | The nameless castle | A névtelen vár | Éva Zsurzs | Drama |
| 1981 | France | Brides of the Empire | Les Fiancées de l'Empire | Jacques Doniol-Valcroze | History, Romance. |
| 1982 | Italy France West Germany |
Charterhouse of Parma | La Certosa di Parma | Mauro Bolognini | Drama, History. Based on a novel The Charterhouse of Parma. |
| 1982 | Spain | The black mask | La máscara negra | Antonio Giménez-Rico Emilio Martínez-Lázaro José Antonio Páramo |
Adventure. Peninsular War |
| 1982 | United Kingdom | I Remember Nelson | Simon Langton | Adventure, Biography, Drama, History, Romance, War. Horatio Nelson, Lady Hamilton | |
| 1983 | Spain | The disasters of war | Los desastres de la guerra | Mario Camus | Action, Drama, History. Peninsular War |
| 1983 | France | Marianne, a star for Napoleon | Marianne, une étoile pour Napoléon | Marion Sarraut | Drama, History. Based on a novels Marianne |
| 1984 | West Germany | Before the storm | Vor dem Sturm | Franz Peter Wirth | Based on a novel Vor dem Sturm. Landsturm |
| 1985 | Spain Italy |
Goya | José Ramón Larraz | Biography, Drama. Francisco Goya, Peninsular War | |
| 1987 | United States France |
Napoleon and Josephine: A Love Story | Richard T. Heffron | History, Romance, War. | |
| 1987 | United Kingdom | Vanity Fair | Diarmuid Lawrence Michael Owen Morris |
Based on a novel Vanity Fair | |
| 1991 | Belgium France Canada |
Napoleon and Europe | Napoléon et l'Europe | José Fonseca e Costa Eberhard Itzenplitz Pierre Lary Janusz Majewski Francis Megahy Krzysztof Zanussi |
Drama, History. |
| 1993 | Russia | Curse Duran | Проклятие Дюран | Viktor Titov | Based on a novel Les Exploits de Rocambole |
| 1993-2008 | United Kingdom | Sharpe | Tom Clegg | Based on a novels Sharpe | |
| 1995 | Spain | Curro Jiménez: The return of a legend | Curro Jiménez: El regreso de una leyenda | Benito Rabal José Antonio Páramo Joaquín Luis Romero Marchent Julio Sánchez Valdés |
Action, Adventure, Drama, History. Andrés López, Peninsular War |
| 1998 | United Kingdom United States |
Vanity Fair | Marc Munden | Drama, Romance. Based on a novel Vanity Fair | |
| 1998-2003 | United Kingdom | Hornblower | Andrew Grieve | Adventure, Drama, War. Based on a C. S. Forester novels. | |
| 2000 | United States New Zealand |
Jack of All Trades | Eric A. Morris | Adventure, Action, Comedy, Fantasy. | |
| 2002 | France Germany Italy Canada United States United Kingdom Hungary Spain Czech Republic |
Napoléon | Yves Simoneau | Adventure, Biography, Drama, History, Romance, War. | |
| 2003 | Russia | The Northern Sphinx | Северный сфинкс | Arkadi Sirenko | Based on a novel The Northern Sphinx. |
| 2005 | Russia | Adjutants of Love | Адъютанты любви | Dmitriy Magonov | Drama, Romance. |
| 2007 | Italy France Germany Russia Poland |
War and Peace | Guerre et Paix Guerra e pace |
Robert Dornhelm | Drama, History, Romance, War. Based on a novel War and Peace |
| 2012 | Italy France |
The Charterhouse of Parma | La Certosa di Parma | Cinzia TH Torrini | Drama, History. Based on a novel The Charterhouse of Parma. |
| 2012 | Portugal France |
The Lines of Torres Vedras | As Linhas de Torres Vedras | Valeria Sarmiento | War. |
| 2015 | United Kingdom | Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell | Toby Haynes | Fantasy, War. Based on a novel Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell | |
| 2016 | United Kingdom | War & Peace | Tom Harper | Drama, History, Romance, War. Based on a novel War and Peace | |
| 2018 | United Kingdom United States |
Vanity Fair | James Strong | Drama. Based on a novel Vanity Fair | |
| 2020 | United Kingdom United States |
Belgravia | John Alexander | Drama, Romance. Based on a novel Belgravia. Duchess of Richmond's ball | |
| 2022 | Russia | Union of Salvation. Time for anger | Союз Спасения. Время гнева | Nikita Vysotskiy Ilya Lebedev |
Biography, Drama, History. |
References
[edit ]- ^ Canby, Vincent (January 14, 1978). "New Movie, 'The Duellists,' Is Set During Napoleonic Wars". The New York Times . p. 10.