Best Historical Epic Movies of the 1970s

DIRECTED_BY: Franklin J. Schaffner
WRITTEN_BY: James Goldman,Edward Bond
STARRING: Michael Jayston,Janet Suzman,Timothy West,Jean-Claude Drouot,Tom Baker,Katherine Schofield,Lynne Frederick,John Hallam,Ania Marson,Jack Hawkins
IMDB_ID: tt0067483
RATING: PG (USA),12+ (RU)
GENRE: Biographical film,History,War film,Period piece,Epic film,Historical Epic,Drama,Historical fiction
SUBJECTS: World War I
INITIAL_RELEASE_DATE: 1971-11-29
COUNTRY: United Kingdom,United States of America
LANGUAGE: Russian Language,French Language,German Language,English Language

Director: Werner Herzog
Writers: Werner Herzog
Stars: Klaus Kinski,Helena Rojo,Ruy Guerra,Del Negro,Peter Berling,Alejandro Repulles,Cecilia Rivera
IMDb ID: tt0068182
Genres: Adventure Film,Historical Epic,Jungle Film,Drama,Historical fiction
Subjects: Amazon River,El Dorado,Conquistador,Lope de Aguirre,Gaspar de Carvajal,Colonialism
Release date: 1972-12-29
Country: West Germany,Germany,Peru,Mexico
Language: English Language,German Language

Director: Charles Jarrott
Writers: John Hale
Stars: Vanessa Redgrave,Vernon Dobtcheff,Timothy Dalton,Nigel Davenport,Ian Holm,Glenda Jackson,Trevor Howard,Patrick McGoohan,Daniel Massey,Andrew Keir
IMDb ID: tt0067402
Rating: PG-13 (USA)
Genres: Biographical film,Costume drama,Period piece,Historical Epic,Drama,Historical fiction
Release date: 1971
Country: United States of America,United Kingdom,Scotland
Language: English Language

DIRECTED_BY: Ken Hughes
WRITTEN_BY: Ken Hughes
STARRING: Robert Morley,Dorothy Tutin,Frank Finlay,Michael Jayston,Timothy Dalton,Douglas Wilmer,Nigel Stock,Richard Harris,Geoffrey Keen,Alec Guinness
IMDB_ID: tt0065593
RATING: G (USA)
GENRE: Biographical film,Costume drama,War film,Political drama,Epic film,Period piece,Historical Epic,Drama
SUBJECTS: English Civil War,Oliver Cromwell
INITIAL_RELEASE_DATE: 1970-07-16
COUNTRY: United Kingdom
LANGUAGE: English Language,French Language

DIRECTED_BY: Luchino Visconti
WRITTEN_BY: Enrico Medioli,Luchino Visconti,Suso Cecchi d'Amico
STARRING: Helmut Berger,Silvana Mangano,Trevor Howard,Gert Fröbe,Mark Burns,Romy Schneider,Nora Ricci,Marc Porel,Izabella Telezynska,Helmut Griem
IMDB_ID: tt0068883
GENRE: Biographical film,LGBT,World cinema,Art film,Historical Epic,Period piece,Drama,Historical fiction
SUBJECTS: King Ludwig II of Bavaria
INITIAL_RELEASE_DATE: 1972-12-29
COUNTRY: Italy,France,West Germany,Germany
LANGUAGE: Italian Language,French Language,German Language

DIRECTED_BY: Tom Gries
WRITTEN_BY: James R. Webb
STARRING: Geraldine Chaplin,Charlton Heston,Tina Chen,Mako Iwamatsu,Bette Midler,John Phillip Law,Alec McCowen
IMDB_ID: tt0065820
RATING: PG (USA)
GENRE: Romance Film,Political drama,Period piece,Epic film,Historical Epic,Drama
INITIAL_RELEASE_DATE: 1970-06-17
COUNTRY: United States of America
LANGUAGE: English Language

Director: Eldar Guliyev
Writers: Anvar Mamedkhanly
Stars: Rasim Balayev,Hasanagha Turabov,Amaliya Panakhova,Tamara Yandiyeva,Shakhmar Alekperov,Mamed Verdiyev,Khamid Azayev,Enver Gasanov,Gamlet Khani-zade,Gadji Murad
IMDb ID: tt0078816
Genres: Historical Epic,Drama,Historical fiction
Release date: 1979
Country: Soviet Union,Azerbaijan
Language: Azerbaijani language

Director: John Korty
Stars: Cicely Tyson,Eric Brown,Joel Fluellen,Katherine Helmond,Will Hare,Teddy Airhart,Ted Arroyo,Josephine Premice,Odetta
IMDb ID: tt0071175
Genres: Film adaptation,Period piece,Historical Epic,Drama,Historical fiction
Release date: 1973
Country: United States of America
Language: English Language

Director: George Schaefer
Writers: James Lee Barrett
Stars: Jenny Agutter,Tim Barrett,Michael Beck,W.B. Brydon,William Converse-Roberts,Richard Crenna,David Davis,David Dukes,Frank Hamilton,John Heffernan
IMDb ID: tt0079539
Genres: Adventure Film,Historical Epic,Historical fiction
Release date: 1979-11-21
Country: United States of America
Language: English Language