Yahoo Movies

Seven films that got history spot-on

Hollywood always talks about striving for authenticity, but more often than not either poetic licence or the desire to make sure America gets credit for anything good that’s ever happened in the world ever gets in the way. Then there’s 'Braveheart’, which manages to get almost every historical detail wrong - even suggesting that William Wallace was the father of Edward III. The compelling story of the final few hours in Hitler’s bunker at the end of WWII is lauded for its accuracy by war schol