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Eiszeit (1975)
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Genre: Drama
Country: West Germany, Norway
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Based on a very successful play of the same name by Tankred Dorst, this film tells a story about Norwegian author Knut Hamsun (here played by O.E. Hasse), a Nobel prizewinner for literature who was notorious for having collaborated with the Nazi regime. After the war, rather than hand him over for prosecution, he was sent to a retirement home. A young man, bitter about the war, tracks him down and begins to harass him in various ways. The author handles everything that comes to him with remarkable dignity, which eventually removes some of the taint from his actions.
Style:
thought provoking, serious, reflective, philosophical, bleak, historical drama, existential, period piece
Plot:
world war two, post war, memory, guilt, moral ambiguity, character study, ethical dilemma, legacy, reputation, nobel prize winner, flashback, confrontation, interrogation, remorse, confession, grave, regret, trauma, isolation, redemption, nostalgia, literary, nazi, hitler, friendship ...
Time:
70s, 1950s, 50s
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Most similar movies to Eiszeit
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out bleak, period piece, reflective and melancholic films with plots about guilt, character study, moral ambiguity, isolation, memory, psychological drama and regret mostly in Drama, Romance and War genres. Some movies like Eiszeit: How Far, How Near (1972), The Sea and Poison (1986), Revenge (1983), How to Be Loved (1963), All the Ways of God (2014). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A middle-aged man sets out on a symbolic journey through past, present, and future to learn why an old friend committed suicide, and learns much about his own life along the way.
Style:
reflective, existential, melancholic, bleak, philosophical ...
Plot:
suicide, memory, existential crisis, symbolism, loss, midlife crisis, self discovery, guilt, flashback, mature, regret, isolation ...
Place:
poland
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Downed American fliers in WW II are vivisected by Japanese surgeons in medical experiments.
Style:
serious, bleak, historical drama, disturbing, intense ...
Plot:
world war two, nurse, vivisection, guilt, accomplice, mature, atrocity, moral ambiguity, ethical dilemma, war crime, mental disorder, trauma ...
Time:
1940s, year 1945
Place:
japan
Similarity:
86%
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Polish Psychological Drama
Style:
reflective, existential, philosophical, psychological, melancholic ...
Plot:
aging, midlife crisis, mortality, character study, memory, mountain, friendship, fear of death, male friendship, crisis of faith, nostalgia, isolation ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
An actress travels from Warsaw to Paris and during the trip reflects on the last few years of her life. It goes back to the German occupation and her hiding of a fellow actor who has supposedly killed a collaborator. He is weak and a bit cowardly, ...
Style:
reflective, bleak, melancholic, dramatic, road movie ...
Plot:
world war two, identity, theater, flashback, actress, nazi occupation, suicide, guilt, female protagonist, survival, moral ambiguity, tragedy ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
warsaw poland, paris france, poland, eastern europe
Similarity:
71%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
A contemporary evocation of Judas Iscariot trying to escape from his own guilt after betraying his best friend. He wanders into a forest and lost in himself, meets a mysterious young man. The young companion will accompany him on this path of ...
Style:
religious drama, meditative, reflective, psychological, avant garde ...
Plot:
gay, remorse, redemption, guilt, religion, spiritual journey, forest, penance, forgiveness, ethical dilemma, character study, confession ...
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Story:
A story of a famous actor named Grahme who witnessed a director assault an actress two years ago. Now Grahme is working with Richard (the very same director), on a new film and this time with Malorie, a new leading lady. Grahme's manager Steve ...
Style:
dark, intense, tense, psychological, suspenseful ...
Plot:
director, trauma, sexual assault, female victim, celebrity, guilt, film industry, actor, hollywood, ethical dilemma, character study, behind the scenes ...
Place:
portland oregon, oregon
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama
Country: Serbia, France, Croatia
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The story of a retired music professor, Misha Brankov, who under unusual circumstances discovers his true origins. At the place where once stood a Nazi concentration camp for Jews during World War II, a metal box filled with documents is found. It ...
Style:
serious, emotional, sincere, realistic, touching ...
Plot:
holocaust, concentration camp, uncover truth, self discovery, haunted by the past, identity, hidden truth, escapades, elderly, family relations, obsessive quest, lifesaver ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
serbia, belgrade, europe
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
From World War, to revolution and ultimately rebirth, Forever Young is the story of four generations spanning a hundred years of modern Chinese history. Each generation faces its own unique set of challenges. Up against corporate corruption, the ...
Style:
historical drama, family saga, period piece, emotional, poignant ...
Plot:
coming of age, chinese history, cultural revolution, identity, legacy, bittersweet, moral dilemma, nostalgia, soul searching, resilience, memory, corruption ...
Place:
china
Similarity:
46%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, West Germany, UK, France
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
'Dalla nube alla resistenza (From the Cloud to the Resistance ) (1978), based on two works by Cesare Pavese, falls into the category of History Lessons and Too Early, Too Late as well. It, too, has two parts—a twentieth-century text and a ...
Style:
experimental, intellectual, art house, reflective, poetic ...
Plot:
mythology, post war, literary, loss, adaptation, memory, anti fascist, minimalism, alienation, symbolism, mourning, village life ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
ancient greece, italy
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama
Country: Soviet Union, Colombia
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
A man wants to flee wartime Germany and the detested Nazis to Columbia, where his brother lives. In order to achieve his goal he agrees to become an informer for the Reich.
Style:
historical drama, period piece, dark, bleak, tense ...
Plot:
world war two, betrayal, nazism, ethical dilemma, moral ambiguity, tragedy, guilt, survival, totalitarianism, collaboration, compromise, conscience ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
colombia
Similarity:
42%
103
Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Close-up to the man who censored films during the military dictatorship in Argentina, slightly inspired by the infamous Miguel Paulino Tato.
Style:
bleak, melancholic, intense, art house, political thriller ...
Plot:
military dictatorship, repression, authoritarianism, moral ambiguity, moral dilemma, character study, guilt, regret, introspection, redemption, human rights, realism ...
Place:
argentina
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Dr. Alexander Brown (Martin Sheen) arrives in Las Vegas, awarded for his recent medical invention. An ex-G.I. tells Brown he was a test subject during the 1950's, exposed to atomic bomb radiation in the Nevada desert-- will Brown help the man ...
Style:
historical drama, thought provoking, serious, bleak, realistic ...
Plot:
nuclear testing, cold war, ethical dilemma, guilt, conspiracy, whistleblower, investigation, conscience, regret, corruption, flashback, biopic ...
Time:
1950s, 50s
Place:
las vegas, nevada
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 55 min.
Story:
Essay film about a man coping with the aftermath of World War II.
Style:
reflective, experimental, grim, fake documentary
Plot:
world war two, veteran, trauma, post war, memory, loss, death, ptsd, melancholy, frustration, anti war, mourning ...
Place:
germany, usa, illinois
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Based on the novel by Hans Fallada.
Style:
psychological, bleak, melancholic, serious, period piece ...
Plot:
alcoholism, addiction, character study, literary, isolation, adaptation, desperation, alienation, financial ruin, post war, family conflict, guilt ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
central europe
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A neurosurgeon returns back to the USSR from Sweden and has to deal with rejection - both at work and at home.
Style:
existential, melancholic, emotional, contemplative, serious ...
Plot:
regret, identity crisis, midlife crisis, guilt, love triangle, friendship, alienation, failed marriage, self discovery, nostalgia, sacrifice, scientist ...
Time:
70s
Place:
soviet union, moscow russia, siberia, russia, ussr
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey, Germany, France, Georgia
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
At the times of World War II, accomplished painter and translator Aram flees Istanbul due to political offenses. When he is trapped at the USSR-Georgia borders, his flight turns into a remembrance of things past...
Style:
melancholic, reflective, historical drama, bleak, period piece ...
Plot:
memory, diaspora, identity, exile, nostalgia, ethnicity, reminiscence, border crossing, migration, world war two, political persecution, refugee ...
Place:
istanbul turkey, soviet union, turkey
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255
Genre: Drama
Country: Hungary
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
When a young boy comes in to see a doctor abourt a red mark on his face, the doctor's wife welcomes him into the consulting room instead. As they talk, she offers him something to eat and then notes that his manner of eating is just like that ...
Style:
bleak, art house, period piece
Plot:
post war, sexual repression, sexual awakening, domestic drama, character study, guilt, regret, moral dilemma, moral ambiguity, family secret, longing, intimacy ...
Time:
1950s
Place:
hungary
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
The two enemies from war, Slovenian partisan Berk and German soldier Bitter, meet each other during holidays in Spain. Recalling the war through conversation, Berk remembers Anton, his fellow comrade he had spend the most time with.
Style:
psychological, dramatic, melancholic, reflective, period piece ...
Plot:
partisan, world war two, memory, flashback, anti war, german soldier, character study, memories, enemy, moral ambiguity, post war, reconciliation ...
Place:
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38%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
Based on a true story, this film tells the story of Chaplain Andrew Jensen, the only U.S. navy chaplain ever court-martialed on charges of adultery.
Style:
historical drama, thought provoking, serious, intense, period piece ...
Plot:
chaplain, navy, court martial, courtroom, moral dilemma, courtroom drama, reputation, scandal, character study, religion, investigation, conscience ...
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Michel Jussieu, a film producer, returns one morning to the cabaret where he forgot his sweater. He discovers the corpse of an extreme right-wing journalist, but immediately he is knocked out. He wakes up in the police station ...
Style:
historical drama, suspense, noir, period drama
Plot:
world war two, murder, accusation, moral dilemma, collaboration, moral ambiguity, guilt, betrayal, interrogation, resistance movement, memory, character study ...
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Kevin Barlow (Roy Dupuis) will die on schedule and according to regulations. Harry Parlington (Serge Houde), director of the Cantos execution facility, intends to make sure of it. However Barlow chooses to go, be it calmly or fighting to the end, ...
Style:
psychological, intense, existential, tense, philosophical ...
Plot:
prison, death row, execution, death sentence, character study, ethical dilemma, moral ambiguity, humanity, claustrophobia, power struggle, mature, warden ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Two actors and a technician are gathered at the former Rwandan propaganda radio station to rehearse a program that conveys ideas of pacification and hope. But first they will have to overcome the terrible past that unites them.
Style:
tense, intense, art house
Plot:
trauma, radio station, guilt, haunting, reconciliation, survivor, memory, intimate, moral ambiguity, ethical dilemma, remorse, confession ...
Place:
rwanda
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Germany, France, Turkey
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A microcosm of the fathomless suffering that remains more than 16 years since the siege of Sarajevo ended, writer-director Aida Begic’s follow-up to her 2008 Cannes Critics’ Week Grand Prize-winning debut Snow tells the story of two orphaned ...
Style:
thought provoking, realistic, serious, bleak, grim ...
Plot:
life is a bitch, orphan, society, social decay, youth, siblings relations, post war, siblings, survival, trauma, friendship, resilience ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
bosnia, sarajevo, balkan, bosnia herzegovina, former yugoslavia
Similarity:
35%
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
The film starts with the veteran thespian Harish Mishra, he is gravely ill. The punishments of a film shoot have left the old man in a coma. His co-star, Shabnam, is wracked with worry, but their director, Siddharth, keeps strangely distant and ...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, captivating, bleak, poignant ...
Plot:
movie business, movie star, actor, character study, actor's life, relationship problems, husband wife relationship, society, spectacle, movie actor, filmmaking, relationships ...
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Three heavily drunk friends break into the Zoo and kill a few deer...
Style:
dark, bleak, tense, suspense
Plot:
perestroika, killing an animal, drunkenness, zoo, youth, regret, loss of innocence, remorse, accidental death, guilt, teenager, character study ...
Place:
eastern europe
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Professor Alberto Sajevo sees a woman walking in downtown Turin and starts following her for days; he finally meets her and they start talking, but they both give fake names. She is not the common secretary she pretends to be, but ex-terrorist Lisa ...
Style:
art house, suspense, existential, psychological thriller, tense ...
Plot:
terrorism, stalking, character study, obsession, guilt, secrets, moral ambiguity, identity, regret, deception, realism, cat and mouse ...
Time:
90s, 70s, 20th century
Place:
italy, turin italy
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil, Uruguay
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Hermano, a successful doctor and enthusiastic rock climber, is planning to climb an almost invincible mountain in the Tierra del Fuego, when he discovers that his wife Adri is pregnant. Though Adri desires this unexpected pregnancy, Hermano is a bit ...
Style:
serious, touching, suspenseful, psychological, intense ...
Plot:
moral dilemma, mountain climbing, obsession, husband wife relationship, traumatic experience, rock climbing, death of friend, pregnancy, guilt, trauma, parenthood, mountaineering ...
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: West Germany
Duration: 55 min.
Story:
Not Reconciled, the title of the Straubs’ first feature-length film, is engraved on their work like an inscription. It is a story about the continuity and collapse of history, the power of suppression, and the terror of reconciliation; loyalty, ...
Style:
historical drama, family saga, serious, period piece, bleak ...
Plot:
guilt, reconciliation, german history, betrayal, memory, suppression, family secret, post war germany, moral ambiguity, revenge, symbolism, loyalty ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, 1950s, 50s
Place:
germany
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Charming little story about a local town's doctor - but he is hiding a secret. He will have to come face to face with this truth, despite being great at his job... he will be forced to explain his actions and take responsibility.
Style:
medical drama, reflective, psychological
Plot:
village life, doctor, small town, community, morality, ethics, medicine, reputation, moral ambiguity, guilt, ethical dilemma, character study ...
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Doktor Glas finds himself attracted to a young woman, married to a corrupt clergyman. She's miserable in her marriage, so he agrees to help in anyway he can. But he is quickly torn between passion and morality. The story is based on the 1905 ...
Style:
melancholic, period piece, grim, noir, ambiguous ending ...
Plot:
ethical dilemma, obsession, forbidden love, character study, morality, adultery, guilt, desire, existential crisis, existentialism, sexual repression, romantic obsession ...
Time:
60s, 1900s, 20th century
Place:
stockholm sweden
Similarity:
32%
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