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A World Beyond (2011)
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Original name: Liebe und Tod auf Java
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Hans and Fridel are a marriage that come to Java fleeing of the pursuit Nazi just before the Second World war comes untied. In this paradise Hans finds an employment as municipal police, but his wife, always unsatisfied, turns into one addicted to the opium. One day Hans knows Helen, the daughter of an important businessman, with whom he falls in love almost to the instant. But Fridel is his major worry, and can´t leave her, though it will not be able to forget Helen either.
Style:
historical drama, emotional, period piece, romantic drama, atmospheric, melancholic, suspenseful
Plot:
world war two, occupation, anti semitism, colonialism, japanese occupation, forbidden love, betrayal, concentration camp, power struggle, family conflict, survival, love triangle, tragedy, greed, revenge, addiction, suicide, resistance, redemption, internment camp
Time:
1930s
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out historical drama, melancholic, period piece and emotional films with plots about betrayal, tragedy, world war two, forbidden love, revenge, coming of age and identity mostly in Drama, History and War genres. Some movies like A World Beyond: The Dance of Passion (2006), Black Horses (2007), The Albanian Virgin (2021), Land of Wealth (2006), My Daughter, Anne Frank (2015). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama
Country: Serbia
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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89%
Genre: Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
CHAI PAK-TSUN (CHAN HO, MOSES) is a descendant of a once-renowned political family. After his next of kin are framed and executed, he, the only one spared from the calamity, struggles to live on and is picked to become the apprentice of KIU PUN-YIP ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
82%
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Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
poignant, bleak, emotional, period piece, captivating ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, War
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Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
historical drama, period piece, emotional, dark, atmospheric ...
Plot:
world war two, nazi germany, moral ambiguity, political conflict, love triangle, espionage, resistance, forbidden love, character study, tragedy, betrayal, courage ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
germany
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80%
Genre: Drama
Country: Austria, West Germany
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
The film presents the political events surrounding the Anschluss in March of 1938 through the lives of Carola Hell, a popular young actress at the prestigious Theater in der Josefstadt, and Martin Hofmann, the Jewish journalist she plans to marry. ...
Style:
historical drama, art house, period piece, tense, melancholic
Plot:
world war two, anti semitism, loss of innocence, persecution, propaganda, foreshadowing, urban, identity crisis, escape, betrayal, forbidden love, nazism ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: France
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Style:
historical drama, emotional, poignant, tense, period piece ...
Plot:
oppression, love story, nazi occupation, moral dilemma, piano, anti semitism, world war two, sacrifice, forbidden love, classical music, courage, prodigy ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
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77%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 265 min.
Story:
For fans of history, this glimpse of Munich society in the 1920s will be a much-treasured event. The story revolves around an art-gallery manager who puts on a show featuring the scandalous works of a woman artist who committed suicide. He is ...
Style:
bleak, historical drama, period piece, melancholic, atmospheric ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
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Style:
costume drama, historical drama, melancholic, atmospheric, period drama ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
76%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, Austria
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
In her teens, Mme. Zachanassian had to flee her home town in disgrace. Now she's old and rich and the town is facing bankruptcy. But she returns with news that she wants to help - as long as the townsfolk kill someone for her.
Style:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
73%
Genre: Drama
Country: China
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Style:
heartbreaking, emotional, historical drama, touching, period piece ...
Plot:
anti semitism, coming of age, world war two, family drama, persecution, sacrifice, family love, loss, uncle nephew relationship, social commentary, grownups, class differences ...
Time:
1930s
Place:
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Country: Austria, Germany, Hungary, Romania
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Story:
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Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Duration: 127 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Duration: 123 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
estonia
Similarity:
55%
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Duration: 143 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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299
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 124 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Duration: 138 min.
Story:
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Style:
historical drama, family saga, period piece, emotional, poignant ...
Plot:
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Place:
china
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Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, historical drama, thrilling, captivating, period piece ...
Plot:
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Country: France, USA
Duration: 61 min.
Story:
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Style:
bleak, poignant, historical drama, reflective, emotional ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
holocaust, persecution, world war two, jewish ghetto, anti semitism, mature, grief, loss, haunting, family tragedy, mother son relationship, witness ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
eastern europe, ukraine
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