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Cleopatra
1934 film by Cecil B. DeMille

Jesse James
1939 film directed by Henry King

The Story of Louis Pasteur
1936 film by William Dieterle

Viva Villa!
1934 film by Howard Hawks, John Waters, Jack Conway, William A. Wellman

The Great Waltz
1938 American film

Waltzes from Vienna
1934 film by Alfred Hitchcock

The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
1939 film by Irving Cummings

Kalidas
1931 Tamil film directed by H. M. Reddy

The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
1939 film by H. C. Potter

Scipio Africanus: The Defeat of Hannibal
1937 film by Carmine Gallone

Annie Oakley
1935 film directed by George Stevens

Stanley and Livingstone
1939 film by Henry King, Otto Brower

Gently My Songs Entreat
1933 film by Willi Forst

Rembrandt
1936 film by Alexander Korda

The Toast of New York
1937 film by Rowland V. Lee

Friends
1938 Soviet film by Lev Arnshtam

Augustus the Strong
1936 film by Paul Wegener

Parnell
1937 film by John M. Stahl

Der Kaiser von Kalifornien
1936 film by Luis Trenker

A Lady's Morals
1930 film by Sidney Franklin

Clive of India
1935 film by Richard Boleslawski

Hans Westmar
1933 film by Franz Wenzler

Victoria the Great
1937 film by Herbert Wilcox

Sant Tukaram
1936 film by Sheikh Fattelal, Vishnupant Govind Damle

Joymoti
1935 film by Jyoti Prasad Agarwala

The Mighty Barnum
1934 film by Walter Lang

Giuseppe Verdi
1938 film by Carmine Gallone

Fridericus
Fridericus is a 1937 German historical film directed by Johannes Meyer and starring Otto Gebühr, Hilde Körber and Lil Dagover. It is based on the life of Frederick II of Prussia. It was part of the popular cycle of Prussian films and was shot at the Halensee Studios in Berlin and on location in Brandenburg. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Otto Erdmann and Hans Sohnle.

Yorck
Yorck is a 1931 German war film directed by Gustav Ucicky and starring Werner Krauss, Grete Mosheim and Rudolf Forster. It portrays the life of the Prussian General Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg, particularly his refusal to serve in Napoleon's army during the French Invasion of Russia in 1812. It was a Prussian film, one of a cycle of films made during the era that focused on Prussian history.

Narsinh Mehta
1932 Gujarati language film directed by Nanubhai Vakil

Walzerkrieg
1933 German biographical film directed by Ludwig Berger

The Affairs of Maupassant
1936 film by Henry Koster

The Divine Spark
1935 film

Alexander Hamilton
1931 American biographical film directed by John G. Adolfi

Willem van Oranje
1934 film by Jan Teunissen