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Seventeen Moments of Spring (1973)
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Seventeen Moments of Spring (1973)
Original name: Семнадцать мгновений весны
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 830 min.
TV show
Story: The series is based on a true story of a Russian spy Colonel Isaev (Stirlitz) in Fascist Germany during 17 days in very end of WWII. Stirlitz has worked his way to the very top of the Fascist hierarchy without being caught. However, his "colleagues", top Hitler's officers Borman, Mueller, Schellenberg are beginning to suspect him. Stirlits is constantly walking on the edge between his two identities, sending information to Russia, while skillfully maintaining the appearance of loyalty to fascist regime.
Style: serious, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, realistic, semi documentary
Audience: boys' night
Plot: world war two, spy, nazi, danger, nazi germany, espionage, state affairs, undercover agent, war, undercover, gestapo, intrigue, life & death, working undercover, dishonesty, government agency, prison escape, suicide, capture, risk, manhunt, newborn baby, pastor, interrogation, russian abroad ...
Time: 1940s, year 1945, 20th century, 40s
Place: soviet union, ussr, germany, europe, russia, britain, switzerland
Keyword: russian

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, captivating and suspenseful films and TV series with plots about world war two, nazi, war, danger, world war, military and wartime life mostly in Drama, War and History genres. Some movies like Seventeen Moments of Spring: X Company (2015), The Shield and the Sword (1968), Death to Spies (2019), Richard Sorge. Master Spy (2019), The Counterfeit Traitor (1962). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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X Company (2015)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Canada
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: An emotionally-driven character drama, set in the thrilling and dangerous world of WWII espionage and covert operations. It follows the stories of five highly skilled young recruits - Canadian, American and British - torn from their ordinary lives ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, realistic, captivating, exciting ...
Plot: world war two, espionage, spy, secret agent, heroic mission, undercover, danger, rivalry, friendship, nazi, strength, world war ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s
Place: europe
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The Shield and the Sword (1968)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Soviet Union, Poland, East Germany
Duration: 191 min.
TV show
Story: Soviet spy film , based on a novel by Vadim Kozhevnikov, who was Secretary of the Soviet Writers' Union.
Plot: soviet spy, world war two, nazism, spy, secret agent, concentration camp, recruitment, memory loss, liberation, amnesia, parachuting, recruiting ...
Time: 1940s
Place: soviet union, east germany, russia
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100%
Death to Spies (2019)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Mystery, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: 1941. Georgy Volkov, Captain of the State Security Service, is delivering to the Soviet Union a consignment of emeralds under a trade agreement between the USSR and Germany.
Style: suspenseful, serious, suspense, thought provoking
Audience: boys' night
Plot: spy, world war two, great patriotic war, rivalry, danger, military, heroes, life & death, betrayal, storytelling, fascism, culture clash ...
Time: 1940s
Place: soviet union, ussr
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Richard Sorge. Master Spy (2019)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Mystery, War
Country: Russia, Ukraine, China
TV show
Story: A film about the life and work of the Soviet intelligence officer Richard Sorge in Japan on the eve of and during the Second World War in Japan. Working as a correspondent for an influential German newspaper in Tokyo, he had access to the most ...
Style: captivating, factual, realistic, exciting, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night, chick flick
Plot: espionage, world war two, agent, prospector, love and romance, danger, fascism, threat, society, soviet spy, josef stalin, nazi germany ...
Time: 20th century
Place: ussr, ukraine, soviet union
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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The Counterfeit Traitor (1962)
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story: Blacklisted in modern day WW2, a Swedish oil trader opts to assist British Allies, by means of infiltrating and surveying Nazi Germany.
Style: retro, political thriller, captivating, tense, serious ...
Plot: world war two, espionage, nazi, dominatrix, politics, international relations, wartime, youth, nazi germany, secret agent, forgery, dishonesty ...
Time: year 1962, 20th century, 1940s, year 1942
Place: germany, europe, hamburg germany, copenhagen, berlin germany ...
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34%
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April 9th (2015)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Denmark
Duration: 93 min.
Story: In the early morning of April 9th 1940 the Danish army is alerted. The Germans have crossed the border; Denmark is at war against Europe's strongest army. In Southern Jutland Danish bicycle- and motorcycle companies are ordered out, to against ...
Style: serious, captivating, realistic, tense, suspense ...
Plot: world war two, nazi occupation, military, war, soldier, battles, danger, against the odds, wehrmacht, nazi, world war, friendship ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s, year 1940
Place: denmark, germany, europe
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33%
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Lektor (2011)
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Russia
TV show
Story: Car explosion in the centre of Moscow. The double agent in the Russian secret services. The international dealer the weapon «under a cap» at the British investigation. The dissident poisoned in London. The monk from Kosovo, rescuing a unique icon. ...
Style: tense, psychological, tricky, serious, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: counter intelligence, espionage, spy, secret service, scandal, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, undercover agent, secret agent, relationship problems, rescue, society, terrorist ...
Place: moscow russia
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100%
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The Bunker (1981)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: France, USA
Duration: 150 min.
Story: Dramatization depicting the events surrounding Adolf Hitler's last weeks in and around his underground bunker in Berlin before and during the battle for the city.
Style: realistic, bleak, serious, psychological, disturbing ...
Plot: world war two, hitler, nazi germany, nazi, against humanity, suicide, life is a bitch, downfall, confined, state affairs, confinement indoors, wartime life ...
Time: year 1945, 20th century, 1940s
Place: germany, berlin germany, europe
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30%
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Generation War (2013)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 270 min.
TV show
Story: Berlin, 1941. Five friends eager to become heroes in an adventure that will change the face of Europe - and that will forever change them as well.
Style: tense, captivating, serious, thought provoking, anime ...
Plot: world war two, holocaust, nazism, military, friendship, nazi germany, danger, against humanity, eastern front, atrocity, friends, wehrmacht ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century
Place: germany, berlin germany, east germany, hawaii, soviet union
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30%
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In the Fog (2012)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Germany, Netherlands, Belarus, Russia, Latvia
Duration: 127 min.
Story: Western frontiers of the USSR, 1942. The region is under German occupation. A man is wrongly accused of collaboration. Desperate to save his dignity, he faces an impossible moral choice.
Style: realistic, bleak, serious, psychological, captivating ...
Plot: world war two, nazi occupation, false accusation, moral dilemma, danger, survival, life is a bitch, human nature, wartime life, resistance fighter, nazi, underground ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, year 1942
Place: soviet union, germany, latvia, russia, ussr
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30%
The Young Guard (2015)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Russia
TV show
Story: A young partisan Viktor Tretyakov and his school friends decide to organize a resistance group to the fascists. They call it the "Young Guard" and attract familiar boys and girls to it. After a while, the Young Guards are joined by scouts ...
Style: captivating, suspense, tense, thought provoking
Plot: world war two, nazi, fascism, german soldier, occupation, showdown, german occupation, nazi occupation, heroes, military, saboteur, wartime ...
Time: 1940s
Place: soviet union, ussr
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30%
Fortunes of War (1987)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 407 min.
TV show
Story: Fortunes of War is a 1987 BBC television adaptation of Olivia Manning's cycle of novels Fortunes of War. It stars Kenneth Branagh as Guy Pringle, lecturer in English Literature in Bucharest during the early part of the Second World War, and ...
Style: contemplative, realistic, serious, captivating, tense ...
Plot: world war two, world war, diplomacy, spy, resistance, activist, infidelity, lecturer, intrigue, opposites attract, life is a bitch, crumbling marriage ...
Time: 1940s
Place: greece, europe, africa, romania, middle east ...
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29%
Operation Valkyrie (2004)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Germany, Austria, Italy
Duration: 92 min.
Story: In 1944, a group of high command officers plot an attempt against Hitler, and one of the leaders of the conspiracy, Stauffenberg (Sebastian Koch), goes to a meeting with the Fuhrer in charge of exploding the place. However, Hitler survives and the ...
Style: realistic, serious, captivating
Plot: hitler, world war two, nazi, national socialism, plan gone wrong, conspiracy, military, leadership, wartime life, rebelliousness, state affairs, against humanity ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s
Place: germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Army of Crime (2009)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: France
Duration: 139 min.
Story: This gripping historical drama recounts the story of Armenian-born Missak Manouchian, a woodworker and political activist who led an immigrant laborer division of the Parisian Resistance on 30 operations against the Nazis in 1943. The Nazis branded ...
Style: rough, realistic, serious, disturbing, sincere ...
Plot: world war two, resistance, gestapo, nazi, ss officer, poet, rebelliousness, danger, war, life is a bitch, idealism, human spirit ...
Time: 1940s, year 2009, 20th century, year 1942
Place: paris france, france
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29%
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In June 1941 (2008)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Russia, Belarus
Duration: 200 min.
TV show
Story: A Russian frontier guard Ivan Burov and a Polish girl Hanna love each other in spite of every prohibition and obstacle. But on the 22d of June 1941 the war begins.. After a series of clashes with the Germans Ivan Burov remains the only surviving ...
Style: rough, serious, stylized, atmospheric, intense ...
Audience: family outing, boys' night
Plot: world war two, great patriotic war, war, russian soldier, wartime, life & death, heroes, love and romance, fall in love, hopes, declaration of love, love ...
Time: 1940s
Place: ussr, russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Batallions Ask for Fire (1985)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 285 min.
TV show
Story: A story of a several days of intense fighting on the Eastern Front during one of the Soviet offensives in WWII.
Style: suspenseful, disturbing, suspense, rough
Audience: boys' night
Plot: world war two, red army, war, military, battles, heroic mission, life & death, great patriotic war, betrayal, patriotism, red herring, heroism ...
Time: 1940s, year 1942
Place: ussr
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50%
The Edelweiss Pirates (2004)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Germany, Netherlands
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Im Kölner Stadtteil Ehrenfeld lebt eine Gruppe von Arbeiterkindern kurz vor Ende des Zweiten Weltkriegs ihren ganz eigenen Alltag. Die selbsternannten „Edelweißpiraten“ träumen von einer gerechten Welt und sehnen sich nach der unbeschwerten ...
Style: realistic, suspenseful, tense, captivating, serious ...
Plot: resistance, wartime life, world war two, young heroes, human spirit, rebellion, idealism, life is a bitch, against humanity, rebelliousness, danger, confined ...
Time: 1940s, year 1944, 20th century
Place: europe, germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Band of Brothers (2001)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 594 min.
TV show
Story: Drawn from interviews with survivors of Easy Company, as well as their journals and letters, Band of Brothers chronicles the experiences of these men from paratrooper training in Georgia through the end of the war. As an elite rifle company ...
Style: heroic, epic, captivating, serious, tense ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: world war two, military, combat, war, soldier, battles, courage, american soldier, paratrooper, behind enemy lines, nazi germany, infantry ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, y2k, 2000s
Place: germany, europe, belgium, netherlands, austria ...
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28%
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Stones for the Rampart (2014)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Poland
Duration: 111 min.
Story: To be defeated and not be - a victory. This is the motto that life is guided by three young friends: Alek, Sophy and Rudy. Scouts, high school graduates high school in Warsaw drifting ambitious plans for the future broken through September 1939. ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, realistic, captivating, suspense ...
Plot: world war two, wartime life, against the odds, life is a bitch, daring rescue, danger, prospector, wartime, german occupation, resistance, resistance fighter, nazi occupation ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s
Place: europe, poland
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27%
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Mata Hari (2016)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Russia, Portugal, Ukraine
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A sex icon becomes a spy during one of the most important wars of the 20th century.
Style: realistic, serious, captivating, emotional, disturbing ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, boys' night
Plot: espionage, working undercover, danger, tragic hero, spy, seductress, world war one, femme fatale, great war, women, strength, strong female presence ...
Time: 20th century, edwardian era, 1910s, 1900s
Place: europe, france
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The Bridge (2008)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A group of German boys is ordered to protect a small bridge in their home village during the waning months of the second world war. Truckloads of defeated, cynical Wehrmacht soldiers flee the approaching American troops, but the boys, full of ...
Style: realistic, serious, bleak, rough
Plot: world war two, military, heroic mission, soldier, left to die, young heroes, danger, american soldier, combat casualty, world war, nazi, german history ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s, year 1945
Place: germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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Joy Division (2006)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK, Germany, Hungary
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A teenage orphan fights against the Red Army at the end of WWII and in the aftermath is 'adopted' by a Commissar. Years later he is sent to London during the Cold war to work for the KGB, where he questions his life.
Style: serious, disturbing, captivating, realistic, political ...
Plot: world war two, kgb, betrayal, politics, introspection, political unrest, haunted by the past, secret agent, moral dilemma, dishonesty, state affairs, undercover ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s, year 1945
Place: russia, london, england, soviet union
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27%
The Sinking of the Laconia (2010)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: UK, Germany
TV show
Story: Two-part drama based on the true story of the Allied ship Laconia, sunk in WWII by a German U-Boat, which then surfaced against orders to rescue the civilian crew
Style: touching, suspenseful, serious, realistic, nautical
Plot: submarine, world war two, rescue, military, pow, ship, sinking ship, danger, ocean, bomber, boat, world war ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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Unknown Battle (2019)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 113 min.
Story: During WW2, in 1942 and 1943, a series of not-so-well known yet bloody battles occurred near the town of Rzhev. Those battles received the name of ‘Rzhev Meat Grinder’. The film is based on the award-winning novel by Vyacheslav Kondratyev, which ...
Style: epic, rough, serious, suspense, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: world war two, infantry, wehrmacht, heroism, soviet army, battles, soldier, battle zone, life & death, death, great patriotic war, war ...
Time: 1940s
Place: soviet union
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27%
Behind Enemy Lines (1985)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Professor-turned-spy Col. Calvin Turner and his associate, workaholic Lt. Shelley Flynn, plan a daring rescue behind enemy lines in World War II German-occupied Norway of a brilliant scientist who may or may not be aiding the Germans.
Style: exciting, captivating, serious, realistic, bleak ...
Plot: spy, state affairs, chases and races, undercover, criminal heroes, heroes, danger, against humanity, war, espionage, military, rebellion ...
Time: 20th century
Place: london, england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
War and Remembrance (1988)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 1620 min.
TV show
Story: War and Remembrance is an American miniseries based on the novel of the same name by Herman Wouk. It is the sequel to highly successful The Winds of War.
Style: historical drama, saga, captivating, exciting, realistic ...
Plot: world war two, war, holocaust, nazi germany, military, world war, submarine, nazi, wartime, conservative, cavalry, winston churchill ...
Time: 1940s
Place: asia, japan, europe, pacific ocean, pearl harbor ...
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27%
Long Road in the Dunes (1982)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Soviet Union
TV show
Story: Love and betrayal in a small fishing village in Latvia from 1930s until the Soviet time. Time before WW2, during WW2, punishment in Siberia, Soviet Union, returning home, and above all that - undying love, that still survives no matter what. And, ...
Plot: world war two, soviet army, anti capitalism, father daughter relationship, nazi occupation, capitalist, bolshevik, red army, nazi propaganda, partisan, anti communist, fisherman ...
Time: 1930s
Place: latvia, soviet union
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Code Name: Emerald (1985)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: In april 1944, an allied agent is sent to France in order to rescue an "overlord" captured by the Germans. (An "overlord" is one of the few men who knew the date and place of the "D" day). To achieve this goal, he will ...
Style: suspenseful, realistic, serious
Plot: world war two, world war, spy, revolutionary war, man on a mission, revolutionary, revolution, struggle, freedom, secret mission, espionage, secret agent ...
Time: 1940s, year 1985, year 1944, 20th century
Place: paris france, france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
The Winter War (1989)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Finland
Duration: 199 min.
Story: Russia attacked Finland in late November 1939. This film tells the story of a Finnish platoon of reservists from the municipality of Kauhava in the province of Pohjanmaa/Ostrobothnia who leave their homes and go to war. The film focuses on the ...
Style: realistic, epic, tense, bleak, captivating ...
Plot: war, world war two, winter, wartime, military, world war, invasion, cold weather, battlefield, tank, politics, great war ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, 1930s, year 1939
Place: finland, russia, baltics, europe, soviet union
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Hitler: The Rise of Evil (2003)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 186 min.
TV show
Story: A unique slant, profiling the life of Adolf Hitler as a child and his rise through the ranks of the National German Workers' Party prior to World War II.
Style: serious, captivating, realistic, bleak, disturbing ...
Plot: world war two, hitler, nazism, fascism, against humanity, racism, political unrest, dictatorship, nazi, politics, historical character, ruler ...
Time: 1920s, 1930s, 20th century, 1910s
Place: germany, europe, austria
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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