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And Give My Love to the Swallows (1972)
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Original name: ...a pozdravuji vlaštovky
Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
This film, chronicling the last days of Czech resistance fighter Maruska Kuderikova (played by Magda Vasaryova), is based on her diaries. Though she was tortured and eventually executed by the Nazis, her diaries indicate that she was optimistic for the humanity of her captors and did not by any means hate them. Told with simple dignity, this film makes clear why Maruska became a national hero.
Style:
erotic, freeze frame, period drama
Plot:
world war two, czech history, renaissance, women's prison, strong female lead, graffiti, female friendship, women in prison, death sentence, toy soldier, communist, bravery, female protagonist, resistance, german occupation, jail, national hero, jail cell, train station, resistance fighter, arrest, resistance movement, flashback, strong female character, execution ...
Time:
1940s, year 1942, 20th century
Place:
eastern europe, europe, czechoslovakia, central europe
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Most similar movies to And Give My Love to the Swallows
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out period drama, realistic, serious and captivating films with plots about world war two, nazi, resistance, world war, war, execution and biopic mostly in Drama, War and Biography genres. Some movies like And Give My Love to the Swallows: The Night Overtakes Me (1986), Sirius (1975), Milada (2017), Carriage to Vienna (1966), Riders in the Sky (1968). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
A communist journalist from Prague is sent to Ravensbruck concentration camp.
Style:
crying, freeze frame, period drama
Plot:
world war two, concentration camp, prisoner, biopic, cooking, sadistic woman, evil mother, czech german relations, dead child, wound, factory worker, masseuse ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1942, 1930s
Place:
europe, central europe, czechoslovakia, prague
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 50 min.
Story:
In SIRIUS, a young boy whose most cherished companion is his loyal German shepherd devises his own form of resistance when the Nazis arrest his father, then order the confiscation of local canines, including his pet, to be retrained as attack dogs ...
Style:
historical drama, tense, bleak, period piece, tragic ...
Plot:
world war two, human animal relationship, loyalty, german shepherd, nazi occupation, resistance, child protagonist, grief, empathy, political repression, loss of innocence, animal cruelty ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
czechoslovakia, central europe, europe
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Czech Republic, USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
The story of communist show-trial victim Milada Horáková. Horáková was one of the first victims of the communist regime in Czechoslovakia. She opposed the communist coup in 1948 but did not leave the country. She was arrested and tried for ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, tense, touching, captivating ...
Plot:
european history, prisoner, lawyer, world war two, communism, death sentence, czech history, trial, husband wife relationship, jail, politics, strong female character ...
Time:
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Place:
prague, czechoslovakia, central europe
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
A WW2 story of a young Austrian soldier running from the Russian army and a woman whom he forces to come along in order to save his wounded mate.
Style:
road movie, dark
Plot:
revenge, world war two, renaissance, soldier, burial, forest, tree, hatchet, wounded, wartime life, night, horse ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
eastern europe, czechoslovakia, central europe
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54%
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
This movie is realistic and even crude, and maybe that is the reason, why it's so impressive. Instead of romantic (nearly melodramatic) scenes, incorporated to the Sverak's "Tmavomodry svet" (Dark Blue World) it offers stories ...
Style:
period drama
Plot:
world war two, aviation, luftwaffe, aeroplane, royal air force, airplane crash, aircraft, czech history, friend, airplane, funeral, friendship ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
england, czechoslovakia, central europe
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Czechoslovakia, East Germany
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
On 20th of April 1945 the Soviet army launches its attack on Berlin. The end has come for Nazi Germany and Hitler decides to commit suicide. In Prague K.H. Frank (Nazi Secretary of State and Chief of police in the Protectorate of Bohemia a Moravia) ...
Style:
historical drama
Plot:
world war two, nazi germany, occupation, resistance, german occupation, czech history, liberation, end of war, soviet army, insurrection, nazism, solidarity ...
Time:
1940s, year 1945
Place:
central europe, prague, czechoslovakia
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53%
Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: Netherlands, Belgium
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
In the occupied Netherlands during World War II, banker Walraven van Hall (Barry Atsma) is asked to use his financial contacts to help the Dutch resistance. He doesn’t have to think about it for long. With his brother Gijs van Hall (Jacob Derwig), ...
Style:
thought provoking, suspense, captivating, touching, disturbing ...
Plot:
world war two, resistance, soldier, war hero, nazi, sibling relationship, german occupation, shoah, friends, dictatorship, dictator, society ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1942, year 1944
Place:
netherlands, amsterdam
Similarity:
52%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: UK, Czech Republic, Australia, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
British stockbroker Nicholas Winton visits Czechoslovakia in the 1930s and forms plans to assist in the rescue of Jewish children before the onset of World War II, in an operation that came to be known as the Kindertransport.
Style:
dramatic, historical drama, powerful, period drama
Plot:
child, rescue, jewish family, immigration, czech history, refugee, children, based on real people, biopic, world war two, deportation, war hero ...
Time:
1930s, year 1938, 20th century, 1940s, year 1987
Place:
czechoslovakia, central europe, london
Similarity:
49%
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Czechoslovakia's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1981
Style:
freeze frame, crying, period drama
Plot:
world war one, renaissance, biopic, signing a contract, work abroad, national identity, czech german relations, superstition, moral dilemma, forest, drunken man, shooting ...
Time:
1910s, year 1917, year 1916, year 1915, year 1914
Place:
eastern europe, central europe, prague, america, usa
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: France
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A love story or a tale of the resistance, this poignant movie tells both the haunting story of a French resistance cell in Lyon but also the love of Lucie Aubrac for her husband...
Style:
emotional, serious, realistic, visually appealing, sexy ...
Plot:
french resistance, world war two, gestapo, love, french history, resistance movement, nazi occupied france, biopic, resistance, male nudity, nazi, judaism ...
Time:
1940s, year 1997, 20th century, 19th century
Place:
france, lyon, california, england
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: France, Belgium, Switzerland
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
June 1944, France is still under the German Occupation. The writer Robert Antelme, major figure of the Resistance, is arrested and deported. His young wife, Marguerite, writer and resistant, was torn by the anguish of not having her news and her ...
Style:
factual, heartbreaking, compassionate, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
french resistance, world war two, gestapo, nazism, concentration camp, beach, wartime life, nazi occupied france, nazi, nazi occupation, police officer, female protagonist ...
Time:
year 1945, 1940s, 20th century, year 2017, year 1944
Place:
paris france, france, europe
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: Canada, Poland
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
19 year old Irena Gut is promoted to housekeeper in the home of a highly respected Nazi officer in Poland when she finds out that the Jewish ghetto is about to be liquidated. Determined to help twelve Jewish workers, she decides to shelter them in ...
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, period drama
Plot:
world war two, jew persecution, nazism, female protagonist, holocaust, jewish history, wartime, problem, nazi germany, wartime life, jewish life, social problems ...
Time:
1940s, year 1939
Place:
poland
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40%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
In Berlin 1942, Hilde is a member of an anti-Nazi group. She falls in love with another member, Hans. The two spend a summer together until they get caught by the Gestapo and Hilde is imprisoned, eight months pregnant.
Style:
period piece, period drama
Plot:
gestapo, world war two, male female relationship, world war, prison, based on real people, husband, husband wife relationship, fall in love, bare chested male, parents, summer ...
Time:
year 1942, 20th century, 1940s
Place:
germany, berlin germany
Similarity:
39%
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:
captivating, realistic, suspenseful, serious, suspense ...
Plot:
world war two, wartime life, wartime, against the odds, life is a bitch, danger, daring rescue, german occupation, prospector, nazi occupation, resistance fighter, resistance ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s
Place:
europe, poland
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: France, Canada, Hungary
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
Polish Martin Gray (Michael York) recalls the Holocaust, New York prosperity, and losing his wife (Brigitte Fossey) and family.
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, nazi, holocaust survivor, nazi occupied france, revolutionary war, world war, struggle, revolutionary, revolution, freedom, immigration ...
Place:
eastern europe, warsaw poland, usa, europe
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
No one in high command believed that German forces would attack in the sub zero temperatures and near blizzard conditions. As the pre-dawn attack comes, with communications down Sgt. Smith is left with no choice but to make his way through enemy ...
Style:
rough, serious, realistic, uplifting
Plot:
world war two, military, historical event, soldier, against the odds, military life, danger, heroes, battle zone, infantrymen, small town, world war ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, post world war two
Place:
europe, germany, astoria oregon
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Arizona Indian Ira Hayes' (Tony Curtis) life is a tragedy after he joins the Marines and helps raise the flag at Iwo Jima.
Plot:
world war two, spy, soldier, addiction, lonely, u.s. marine, ptsd, biopic, marines, alcoholism, pacific war, american indian ...
Time:
1940s, year 1961, year 1945, year 1955, 20th century ...
Place:
arizona
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
After the French defeat of summer 1940, Addi Ba, a young Senegalese rifleman escapes and hides in the Vosges. Aided by some villagers, he gets false documents that allow him to live openly.
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, suspense, touching, tense ...
Plot:
escape, world war two, french resistance, resistance, school, prisoner, teacher, racism, farm, arrest, pow, nazi ...
Time:
1940s, year 2017, year 1940
Similarity:
35%
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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 ...
Style:
serious, touching, realistic, bleak, gloomy ...
Plot:
world war two, journalism, political unrest, life is a bitch, fascism, idealism, wartime life, rebelliousness, righting the wronged, hopes, media, against the odds ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, 1930s
Place:
eastern europe
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Croatia, Finland
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Eight-year-old Zoran is the hero of this story set in Skopje during the German occupation of the city in World War II. Through his eyes, we experience all the cruelty, poverty and suffering of wartime. A love affair between his Macedonian mother and ...
Style:
suspense, thought provoking, psychological, rough, tense
Plot:
world war two, boy, liberation, assassination, partisan, nazi occupation, german officer, traitor, prisoner, german occupation, arrest, mother son relationship ...
Time:
1940s, year 1944, year 1943
Place:
former yugoslavia, europe, macedonia, balkan
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Italy
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
September the 8th 1943, Rome, that crucial day, the armistice, in the town many life change their way. Danilo escapes the fascist enlist, while Michele succeeded to leave his administration moving from Rome. On the way to come back Rome the two ...
Style:
historical drama, period piece, realistic, bleak, tense
Plot:
world war two, fascism, sabotage, heroism, resistance movement, sacrifice, nazi, occupation, courage, german occupation, bravery, tragedy ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
italy, rome italy
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: France, Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A teenager joins the resistance in Nazi-occupied France during World War II.
Style:
bleak, tense, captivating, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot:
world war two, german soldier, repression, communist, french resistance, execution, suppression, nazi officer, concentration camp, hostage, assassination, wehrmacht ...
Time:
year 1941, 1940s, 20th century
Place:
france, europe
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: West Germany
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
During the Second World War, a small group of students at Munich University begin to question the decisions and sanity of Germany's Nazi government. The students form a resistance cell which they name the "White Rose" after a ...
Style:
bleak, realistic, serious, emotional, thought provoking ...
Plot:
world war two, resistance, nazi, anti fascist, fascism, death sentence, resistance movement, nude girl, dying young, german history, intrigue, world war ...
Time:
year 1943, 1940s, 20th century, year 1982, 1920s
Place:
germany, europe, munich germany, california, paris france ...
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Autumn 1944. A doctor is accused in the collaboration with the Nazis and found guilty...
Style:
crying
Plot:
world war two, voice over narration, woods, bare butt, bare chested male, czech history, german history, european history, town, entrapment, hospital, nazi occupation ...
Time:
1940s, year 1944, 20th century
Place:
central europe
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: Germany, Italy
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
The breath-taking story of a man who nearly would have changed the world. 1939, when Hitler tricked millions of people at the height of his power, one said a radical No: Georg Elser, disparaged as an assassin, is one of the greatest resistance ...
Style:
realistic, serious, tense, suspenseful
Audience:
kids
Plot:
hitler, nazi germany, world war two, gestapo, resistance fighter, battered woman, bolshevik, nazi, hitler youth, assassination attempt, anti fascist, third reich ...
Time:
year 1939, 1930s, pre world war two, year 1929, year 1932 ...
Place:
germany, munich germany, europe, switzerland, berlin germany
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29%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 149 min.
Story:
Based on actual events. Late 1941, Group Silver A are dropped into occupied Czechoslovakia on an SOE mission to set up a Radio communications centre for the resistance, and contact a German Army officer whom is forwarding information to the British.
Style:
disturbing, suspenseful, sentimental, compassionate, suspense ...
Plot:
world war two, conspiracy, german occupation, fight, agent, arrest, police station, mass murder, secret mission, trap, war crime, neighbor neighbor relationship ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1941, year 1942
Place:
prague, czechoslovakia, central europe
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
Betrayed by an informant, Philippe Gerbier (Lino Ventura) finds himself trapped in a torturous Nazi prison camp. Though Gerbier escapes to rejoin the Resistance in occupied Marseilles, France, and exacts his revenge on the informant, he must ...
Style:
noir, visually appealing, art house, captivating, stylized ...
Plot:
french resistance, world war two, terrorist, espionage, nazi, resistance, spy, wartime, nazism, world war, betrayal, resistance movement ...
Time:
1940s, year 1969, 20th century, year 1943, year 1942
Place:
paris france, vichy, lyon, marseille, europe ...
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Germany, Slovakia
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
As Minister of Propaganda, Joseph Goebbels creates films and pictures used to prepare the Germans for Total War and the Holocaust. When the war is lost, he conceives his last staging, the most radical propaganda act still possible to him.
Style:
historical drama, disturbing, grim, period piece, dark ...
Plot:
world war two, holocaust, propaganda, nazi germany, hitler, biopic, manipulation, political corruption, husband wife relationship, infidelity, flashback, nazi propaganda ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s
Place:
berlin germany, germany
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
In a small town in Nazi-occupied Slovakia during World War II, decent but timid carpenter Tono is named "Aryan comptroller" of a button store owned by an old Jewish widow, Rozalie. Since the post comes with a salary and standing in the ...
Style:
sincere, atmospheric, emotional, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
world war two, holocaust, store, genocide, nazi, fascist, politics, fascism, rescue, human nature, against humanity, danger ...
Time:
1940s, year 1965, year 1942
Place:
slovakia, israel, eastern europe, czechoslovakia, europe ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
The story of Eddie Slovik, who was executed by the Army in 1945, the only American soldier to be executed for desertion since the Civil War.
Style:
period piece, grim, bleak, tragic
Plot:
world war two, firing squad, execution, desertion, death sentence, biopic, social commentary, court martial, world war, military, soldier, moral dilemma ...
Time:
1940s
Similarity:
29%
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