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Overview: No one goes to the movies for a history lesson. Nevertheless, history has always provided movies with many of their most compelling characters and plots.

Historians are often contemptuous of film history. Filmmakers are accused of manipulating fact, inventing dialogue, and injecting romance for dramatic effect. They are also charged with simplifying a complex historical record, privile... more

Important films of this era

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