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Forced March (1989)
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Hungary, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Originally shot in Hungary in 1988, this new version of FORCED MARCH is even more haunting, given the re-emergence of anti-Semitism in today’s Hungary. Chris Sarandon plays BEN KLINE, an American television star and a “bankable name” who is cast to portray the Hungarian writer Miklos Radnoti, whose journal of poems was found with his body, buried in one of Hungary’s mass graves. Kline is also the son of a Holocaust survivor and has long resented his father’s refusal to speak about the War. Now given the opportunity to play the role of a hero, but faced with the reality of a victim, the boundaries between truth and illusion begin to blur. Kline’s idea of resistance begins to clash with his director (John Seitz), who rejects his impulses to fight back as unrealistic. How will Kline fulfill his role as Radnoti, and what kind of legacy will he leave in the minds of the audience, who may come to know the Holocaust only by what they see in the movies?
Style:
bleak, poignant, historical drama, serious, educational, meditative, intense, independent film, tragic, period drama
Plot:
holocaust, actor, concentration camp, memory, memories, empathy, jewish history, trauma, haunting, survival, war crime, grief, survivor, guilt, identity crisis, identity, post war, family secret, poetry, world war two, nazi, poet, director, father son relationship, actress ...
Time:
1940s, year 1989
Place:
hungary, los angeles, europe
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out bleak, historical drama, period piece and serious films with plots about world war two, survival, holocaust, concentration camp, nazi, trauma and war crime mostly in Drama, War and History genres. Some movies like Forced March: Escape From a Nazi Death Camp (2014), The World Will Tremble (2025), My Father (2003), Witnesses (2018), Bardejov (2024). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Country: USA
Duration: 38 min.
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Plot:
genocide, world war two, holocaust, nazi germany, war crime, prison break, shoah, memories, jewish history, death, survival, escape ...
Place:
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
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Duration: 109 min.
Story:
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Genre: Drama, War
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Duration: 100 min.
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, History, War
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Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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tense, thought provoking, bleak, captivating, disturbing ...
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Genre: History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
historical drama, bleak, independent film
Audience:
adult
Plot:
world war two, holocaust, european history, jewish history, war crime, rescue, memories, persecution, survival, deportation, auschwitz, heroism ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
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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:
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Place:
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166
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Norway, Sweden
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Duration: 123 min.
Story:
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period piece, reflective, melancholic, atmospheric, historical drama ...
Plot:
widow, female protagonist, trauma, grief, memory, secrets, post war, mother and daughter, loss, regret, family secret, identity ...
Time:
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512
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Hungary, UK, USA, Cyprus, France, Germany
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
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Style:
historical drama, emotional, melancholic, period piece, intense ...
Plot:
child protagonist, family drama, trauma, post war, identity crisis, father son conflict, jewish family, intimate, haunting, cold war, brutality, mistrust ...
Time:
1950s, year 1956, 20th century
Place:
budapest, hungary, europe, central europe
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
On January 20, 1942, the Wannsee Conference takes place in Berlin, a meeting that had only one item on the agenda: The Final Solution, the organization of the systematic mass murder of eleven million European Jews.
Style:
tense, disturbing, captivating, bleak, grim ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: China
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
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Style:
historical drama, bleak, period piece, educational, serious ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, History, War
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Story:
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Style:
disturbing, thought provoking, controversial, bleak, rough ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina, France, Turkey
Duration: 108 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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Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Duration: 55 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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Story:
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Style:
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Story:
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Story:
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Time:
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Place:
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Duration: 115 min.
Story:
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emotional, disturbing, realistic, serious, bleak ...
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Country: Spain, France
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Duration: 157 min.
Story:
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Style:
bleak, melancholic, historical drama, tragic
Plot:
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Greece
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
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Style:
historical drama, suspense, touching, sincere, psychological ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Drama, War
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Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
tension, period piece, bleak, historical drama, atmospheric ...
Plot:
world war two, holocaust, nazi occupation, suspicion, hiding, anti semitism, survival, fear, neighbor, moral ambiguity, memory, accomplice ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
poland, warsaw poland
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Genre: Drama
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:
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Genre: Drama, War
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Duration: 50 min.
Story:
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Style:
historical drama, tense, bleak, period piece, tragic ...
Plot:
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