Below is an incomplete list of feature films, television films or TV series which include events of the Franco-Prussian War. This list does not include documentaries, short films.[1][2][3][4][5]
1910s
| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1911 | German Empire | The Traitress | Die Verräterin | Urban Gad | Drama. |
| 1914 | United States | The Ordeal | Will S. Davis | War. | |
| 1915 | France | A page of glory | Une page de gloire | Léonce Perret | Drama, War. |
1920s
| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1923 | Poland | Bartek the winner | Bartek zwycięzca | Edward Puchalski | Drama, History, War. Based on a novel Bartek zwycięzca. |
| 1929 | Soviet Union | Communard pipe | Трубка коммунара | Kote Marjanishvili | Action, Drama. Based on a novel Communard pipe. Paris Commune |
| 1929 | Soviet Union | The New Babylon | Новый Вавилон | Grigori Kozintsev Leonid Trauberg |
Drama, History. Paris Commune |
1930s
| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1934 | Soviet Union | Boule de Suif | Пышка | Mikhail Romm | Drama. Based on a novel Boule de Suif. |
| 1936 | Soviet Union | Dawn of Paris | Зори Парижа | Grigori Roshal | Drama. Jarosław Dąbrowski, Paris Commune |
| 1936 | United States | The Story of Louis Pasteur | William Dieterle | Biography, Drama, History. Louis Pasteur | |
| 1936 | United Kingdom | Spy of Napoleon | Maurice Elvey | Drama, History. Based on a novel A Spy of Napoleon. | |
| 1939 | United Kingdom | Young Man's Fancy | Robert Stevenson | Comedy. |
1940s
| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940 | Nazi Germany | Bismarck | Wolfgang Liebeneiner | Biography, Drama. Otto von Bismarck | |
| 1942 | Nazi Germany | Wedding in Barenhof | Hochzeit auf Bärenhof | Carl Froelich | Based on a novel Jolanthes Hochzeit. |
| 1943 | France | The Heart of a Nation | Untel père et fils | Julien Duvivier | Drama, War. |
| 1944 | United States | Mademoiselle Fifi | Robert Wise | Drama, War. Based on two short stories Mademoiselle Fifi, Boule de Suif. | |
| 1945 | France | Angel and Sinner | Boule de Suif | Christian-Jaque | Drama. Based on two short stories Mademoiselle Fifi, Boule de Suif. |
1950s
| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | West Germany | A Day Will Come | Es kommt ein Tag | Rudolf Jugert | Drama. Based on a novel Korporal Mombour. |
| 1952 | Italy | The Flame | La Fiammata | Alessandro Blasetti | Drama. |
| 1959 | West Germany France |
The Goose of Sedan | Die Gans von Sedan | Helmut Käutner | Comedy, War. Based on a novel Un Dimanche au Champ D'Honneur. |
| 1959 | France Italy |
The Green Mare | La jument verte | Claude Autant-Lara | Comedy, Drama, History. Based on a novel The Green Mare. |
1970s
| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | France United States |
Another Man, Another Chance | Un autre homme, une autre chance | Claude Lelouch | Adventure, Drama, Romance, Western. |
| 1976 | Poland Soviet Union |
Jarosław Dąbrowski | Bohdan Poręba | Biography, History. Jarosław Dąbrowski, Paris Commune | |
| 1978 | France | Civil Wars in France | Guerres civiles en France | François Barat Joël Farges Vincent Nordon |
Drama. Paris Commune |
| 1978 | France | The Point-du-Jour Barricade | La Barricade du Point-du-Jour | René Richon | Drama, History. Paris Commune |
1980s
| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | France | The Intruder | L'Intruse | Bruno Gantillon | Drama. |
| 1987 | France | Field of Honor | Champ d'honneur | Jean-Pierre Denis | Drama, History, War. |
1990s
| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | United Kingdom France |
1871 | Ken McMullen | Drama, History, Romance. Paris Commune |
2000s
| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | France | La Commune (Paris, 1871) | Peter Watkins | Drama, History, War. Paris Commune |
Television films
| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | France | The Destiny of Rossel | Le Destin de Rossel | Jean Prat | Louis Rossel, Paris Commune |
| 1973 | France | The mask with golden eyes | Le masque aux yeux d'or | Paul Paviot | François Achille Bazaine |
| 1977 | France | Rossel and the Paris Commune | Rossel et la Commune de Paris | Serge Moati | Louis Rossel, Paris Commune |
| 1983 | France West Germany |
The lime trees of Lautenbach | Les tilleuls de Lautenbach | Bernard Saint-Jacques | |
| 1986 | West Germany | Mademoiselle Fifi | Karl Fruchtmann | Based on a novel Mademoiselle Fifi. | |
| 1992 | France | Mademoiselle Fifi or Laughing Story | Mademoiselle Fifi ou Histoire de rire | Claude Santelli | Based on a novel Mademoiselle Fifi. |
| 1994 | France | A day in Luxembourg | Une journée au Luxembourg | Jean Baronnet | History. Paris Commune |
| 2011 | France | A Child's Battle | Bas les cœurs | Robin Davis | Drama. |
TV Series
| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | France Germany |
The Alsatians or the Two Mathildes | Les Alsaciens ou les Deux Mathilde | Michel Favart | Drama, History. |
References
- ^ "franco-prussian-war". IMDb.
- ^ "Franco-Prussian War films". FamousFix.
- ^ "La guerre de 1870 à l'écran". SensCritique.
- ^ "La guerre franco-prussienne de 1870". Télérama Vodkaster.
- ^ "Ib - LA FRANCE APRÈS 1815". Hervé Dumont.