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The Horde (2012)
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Original name: Орда
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Russia
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
It is the word "horde" that had meant, for many countries and nations, bloody raids and being under humilating contribution for centuries - a strange and scary world with its own rules and customs. To be or not to be for Rus (Ruthenia), that is the price of the one-man mission as he is departing to this world to accomplish a feat. The film tells the story of how Saint Alexius, the Metropolitan of Moscow and Wonderworker of All Russia, healed the Tatar Queen Taidula, Jani-Beg's mother, from blindness, in 1357
Style:
serious, suspenseful, exciting, epic, captivating
Plot:
ambition, hopes, escapades, royal court, evil empire, curses spells and rituals, rise and fall, unfulfillment, medieval, murder, vampire, supernatural, religion, horde, empire, miraculous event, mongol empire, wizards and magicians, graphic violence, left to die, forced into action, prince, magician, slave, priest ...
Time:
14th century, middle ages
Place:
russia, asia, mongolia
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, captivating and epic films with plots about medieval, heroes, rivalry, battles, ambition, society and state affairs mostly in Drama, History and Biography genres. Some movies like The Horde: Iron Lord (2010), Tsar (2009), A Viking Saga: Son of Thor (2008), Queen of the Mountains (2014), Conquest 1453 (2012). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, History
Country: Russia
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Young Russian Prince Yaroslav fights the robbers, tribes and the invaders. He is the first to unite Russian lands and to create the original Russian state.
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Country: Russia
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
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Duration: 136 min.
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Audience:
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Duration: 82 min.
Story:
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Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, History, War
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Duration: 126 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, History, War
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Duration: 89 min.
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Story:
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Story:
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Audience:
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Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Into an era seething with war and revolution, a man comes with an incredible power to heal a nation...or destroy it. Based on the true story of one of the most powerful and mysterious figures in Russian history.
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Duration: 157 min.
Story:
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Duration: 108 min.
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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