Movies like Hamsun
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Hamsun (1996)
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Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Germany
Duration: 159 min.
Story:
Knut Hamsun is Norway's most famous and admired author. Ever since he was young he has hated the English for the starvation they caused Norway during WWI. When the Germans occupy Norway 9 April 1940 he welcomes them and the protection they can give from Great Britain. He supports the national socialist ideals, but opposes the way these ideals are turned into action - that Norwegians are jailed and executed. His wife Marie travels in Germany during the war as a sign of support from Knut and herself.
Style:
sad, sincere, uplifting, serious, emotional, realistic, talky, contemplative
Plot:
world war two, holocaust, writers, war, writer's life, nazi, nobel prize winner, art, poet, nazism, marriage, controversy, military, politics, betrayal, racism, family relations, human spirit, family life, life is a bitch, anti war, rebellion, society, anti semitism, introspection ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s
Place:
norway, germany, europe
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, emotional and bleak films with plots about world war two, nazi, war, wartime life, life is a bitch, holocaust and society mostly in Drama, War and Biography genres. Some movies like Hamsun: Sophie Scholl: The Final Days (2005), Riphagen (2016), The Last Sentence (2012), Jew Suss: Rise and Fall (2010), Rosenstrasse (2003). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Sweden, Norway
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Renowned journalist Torgny Segerstedt declares war against Hitler as he criticizes Swedish politicians who tried to look away from the tyranny of the Nazis with the good excuse of “neutralism”. His only weapon is his pen and his life is full of ...
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Time:
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Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: Germany, Austria
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
This intricate historical drama tells the story of actor Ferdinand Marian (Tobias Moretti), who is ordered by Nazi propagandist Joseph Goebbels to star in the 1940 anti-Semitic film Jew Suss. Despite his cooperation, Ferdinand's actions have ...
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realistic, captivating, factual, psychological, sad ...
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anti semitism, world war two, nazi germany, propaganda, rise and fall, actor's life, filmmaking, movie business, introspection, politics, political unrest, showbiz ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, 1930s
Place:
austria, europe, berlin germany
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Germany, Netherlands
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
When Ruth's husband dies in New York, in 2000, she imposes strict Jewish mourning, which puzzles her children. A stranger comes to the house - Ruth's cousin - with a picture of Ruth, age 8, in Berlin, with a woman the cousin says helped ...
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Time:
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Place:
berlin germany, germany, europe, usa, new york
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Norway
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
In the Warsau Ghetto of 1943, one man's struggle to keep his family together leads him to the ultimate crisis of faith, and one final chance at redemption. Written by legendary 'Twilight Zone' creator, Rod Sterling.
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Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Irena Sendler is a Catholic social worker who has sympathized with the Jews since her childhood, when her physician father died of typhus contracted while treating poor Jewish patients. When she initially proposes saving Jewish children from the ...
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serious, realistic, emotional, tense, intense ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
The story of a 13-year-old Jewish girl and her family who are forced into hiding by the Nazis during World War II.
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Italy, UK, Poland
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
The film is a biography of Pope John Paul II. It starts in 1926 when the boy Karol Wojtila was celebrating Christmas with his father in Poland. Some years later Nazi Germany attacks Poland and invades the country while Wojtila seeks refuge at the ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
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Duration: 150 min.
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The Hiding Place is an account of a Dutch family who risk their lives by offering a safe haven for Jews during World War II
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christian film, bleak, uplifting, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: Sweden, Hungary
Duration: 115 min.
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Swedish account of Raoul Wallenberg, the man responsible for the largest rescue of Jews during World War II.
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
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The two-part TV movie Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil crystallizes that evil by concentrating on two Berlin brothers. In 1931, Helmut Hoffman (Bill Nighy) a brilliant student and self-styled opportunist, joins Hitler's SS. At the same time, ...
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disturbing, bleak, captivating, serious, realistic
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA, Denmark, Panama, UK
Duration: 86 min.
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance, War
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Duration: 141 min.
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
During the Nazi occupation of Amsterdam, Otto Frank decides to hide his family, who are Jewish, after his daughter Margot is called to appear for transport to a Nazi labour camp. Miep Gies, Otto Frank's office assistant hides them in the attic ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: Czech Republic, USA
Duration: 180 min.
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Anne Frank: The Whole Story is a film based on the life of Anne Frank, a Jewish girl growing up in Nazi occupied Holland. When war breaks out Anne & her family, Otto her father, Edith her mother & Margot her sister move from Germany ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
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Story:
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 177 min.
Story:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
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Duration: 131 min.
Story:
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Czech Republic
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Story:
The film, 'The Spring Of Life', brings to light a little-known operation of the Nazi SS, started just before the outbreak of World War II. Through the careful selection and re-education of young women, it was the Nazi's mad dream to ...
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Story:
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Genre: Biography, Drama, War
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Duration: 270 min.
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Genre: Drama, War
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Duration: 179 min.
Story:
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
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Duration: 180 min.
Story:
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