Wallenstein 1978 – English Subtitles S2E1 Aftermath

 

The Uprising trailer (2026)

A new film. Bit early for this blog I know but historical movies are scarce. The Uprising (2026 film) - Wikipedia

Wallenstein 1978 – English Subtitles S1E5 White Mountain (Season Finale)

 See Wallenstein TV - YouTube for previous episodes.

Wallenstein English Subtitles S1E2 Picking Sides

 Episode 3 is also up. The translator/uploader recommends we subscribe

Wallenstein 1978 – English Subtitles S1E1 – Defenestration

 

Diana Dors as Mrs Buskin in Dick Turpin (see below)

 The real reason I shall be watching. Diana Dors - Wikipedia

Dick Turpin

 I didn't watch this when it was first aired being a young adult but I think I will give this a try. 

Dick Turpin (TV series) - Wikipedia

Speech to the Troops at Tilbury by Queen Elizabeth

 Elizabeth I (2005 TV series) - Wikipedia

Speech to the Troops at Tilbury - Wikipedia

Kidnapped | 1971 | Michael Caine | Classic Movie

 The opening is particularly good as they depict the aftermath of Culloden.

 Kidnapped (1971 film) - Wikipedia

The Borgias Season 1: Episode 7 Clip - Lucca | SHOWTIME

 The Borgias (2011 TV series) - Wikipedia I haven't seen it. Was it any good? Nice artillery in this clip. 

Cardinal Della Rovere and French forces attack the city of Lucca. All episodes of The Borgias are now streaming with the Paramount+ with SHOWTIME plan.

Sid Field - Cardboard Cavalier 1949

 Cardboard Cavalier - Wikipedia Vintage comedy set in the Civil War.

Me and Marlborough (1935)

 A woman disguises herself in men's clothes in order to follow her husband to the wars.

Sergeant Cummings searches Kit Ross's pub for a deserter drummer boy. When he finds the lad, Kit leads the pub patrons in attacking the sergeant's men, and the young man gets away, for which she is put in stocks. While there, she plans her impending wedding to Dick Welch. However, Cummings gets his revenge. On the night of the wedding, he tricks Dick into taking a shilling, which means he has enlisted in the army. She watches as a ship takes him to the fighting. Undaunted, she disguises herself as a man named Simon and joins up with the Duke of Marlborough's army in Flanders to find her missing husband.

Me and Marlborough - Wikipedia

SAVAGE HOUSE Trailer (2026) Richard E. Grant, Claire Foy

 Set in 18th century England during pox outbreak and Jacobite uprising, Sir Chauncey and Lady Savage blindly pursue better life. Their pursuit filled with ironic decadence and bloodshed. A darkly satirical play on class and power.

Savage House (film) - Wikipedia

CYRANO DE BERGERAC (1990) English Subtitles

We saw this at the pictures. My wife was a Depardieu fan and we were reenactors. There are military scenes about 1:22.00

Cyrano de Bergerac (1990 film) - Wikipedia

 

 

WALLENSTEIN (1978): parts 1-4

 For Wallenstein's death day. See his end by watching tthe last ten minutes. Based on the biography by Golo Mann which I have just ordered from the Library. No English subtitles for this unfortunately.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094292/

1) Ein Kaisertreuer 2) Die großen Geschäfte 3) Im Labyrinth 4) Das heimliche Urteil

The Last Valley (film)

 Apparently the original book is good.

Film from 1971 set in the 30 Years War. Was an entry point to the period for some. Mostly remembered for the music these days. The Last Valley (film) - Wikipedia

STOCKHOLM BLOODBATH Official Trailer (2024)

 Steve Stanley watched this and found it very enjoyable.

Stockholm Bloodbath is a 2023 film directed by Mikael Håfström, with an ensemble cast featuring Sophie Cookson, Emily Beecham and Claes Bang. It is produced by Helena Danielsson for Viaplay Studios. Set in Stockholm in 1520, a power struggle between the Swedes and the Danes ends in the massacre that became known as the Stockholm Bloodbath.^[1]

The Four Musketeers - Breakfast 1/2

 For those of us of a certain age La Rochelle means this scene.

The Four Musketeers (1974 film) - Wikipedia

Execution of Charles I, 30th January 1649

 From the film Cromwell. I am a fan of this movie. Saw it at an impressionable age and it ticked all the boxes. They originally wanted Heston for Cromwell - so glad they went with Harris and Guinness.

Henri IV - Complete French Telefilm (2010) - Historical Drama - Julien BOISSELIER, Marta CALVÓ

 Has English subtitles. Henri 4 (film) - Wikipedia

In 1563, Calvinist Protestantism has arrived in France, but the Catholic reaction is not long in coming and the small but steadily growing Protestant population is suppressed in French society. However, the Huguenots, particularly in Southern France and in the small Kingdom of Navarre near Spain, resisted. Catherine de' Medici, the actual ruler of France, wants to counter this. Her two sons, Charles IX and Francis, Duke of Anjou show weakness in this fight and Henry, the young prince of Navarre, vital strength. Catherine de' Medici has to give in and makes Henry an offer of peace, which he, tired of fighting, accepts. This peace also means that Margot, the daughter of the Medicis, married in Paris with Henry. But even during the wedding celebrations, the Catholics strike: They cause a bloodbath among the Protestant wedding guests who have traveled. About 20,000 Huguenots die on this Bartholomew night.