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Adam Resurrected (2008)
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Israel, Germany, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Before the war, in Berlin, Adam was an entertainer- cabaret impresario, magician, musician-loved by all until he finds himself in a concentration camp, confronted by Commandant Klein. Adam survives the camp by becoming the Klein's "dog", entertaining him while his wife and daughter are sent off to die. "Adam Resurrected" is the story of a man who once was a dog who meets a dog who once was a boy.
Style:
touching, bleak, serious, realistic, contemplative, emotional, gloomy, entertaining, period drama
Plot:
holocaust, nazi, world war two, survival, life is a bitch, haunted by the past, against humanity, mental illness, circus, concentration camp, patient, circus performer, nazi officer, war, moving, intrigue, inspiration, psychiatric ward, world war, mental institution, dog, magician, female nudity, seduction, doctor ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, year 1936, year 2008, 60s, 1930s, 1920s ...
Place:
europe, israel, middle east, berlin germany, germany
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, bleak and emotional films with plots about world war two, holocaust, nazi, against humanity, war, life is a bitch and wartime life mostly in Drama, War and History genres. Some movies like Adam Resurrected: The Shop on Main Street (1965), The Last Train (2006), The Devil's Arithmetic (1999), The Island on Bird Street (1997), Out of the Ashes (2003). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
world war two, holocaust, store, genocide, nazi, fascist, politics, fascism, rescue, human nature, against humanity, danger ...
Time:
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Place:
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Country: Germany, Czech Republic
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, realistic, bleak, captivating, entertaining ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
germany, israel, europe
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, War
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Hannah Stern, an American-born Jewish adolescent, is uninterested in the culture, faith and customs of her relatives; however, Hannah begins to revaluate her heritage when she has a supernatural experience that transports her back to a Nazi death ...
Style:
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Audience:
family outing, family friendly, teens
Plot:
concentration camp, holocaust, world war two, nazi occupation, time travel, anti semitism, nazi, world war, human spirit, against humanity, hopes, survival ...
Time:
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Place:
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Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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period piece, serious, realistic, tense, bleak ...
Plot:
world war two, holocaust, jewish ghetto, youth, wartime life, ghetto, boy, nazi, judaism, ethics, boy strangling, holocaust survivor ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
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realistic, serious, touching, contemplative, emotional ...
Plot:
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Time:
1940s
Place:
hungary, europe, usa, poland
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Germany, Netherlands
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
holocaust, nazi germany, world war two, anti semitism, nazi, wartime life, human spirit, hopes, couple relations, society, world war, strong female character ...
Time:
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Place:
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Duration: 109 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Place:
germany, europe, poland, austria
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35%
Genre: Drama, War
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Duration: 125 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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35%
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Time:
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Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Story:
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Style:
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Place:
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100%
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Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Place:
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Duration: 135 min.
Story:
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captivating, disturbing, bleak, realistic, serious
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Story:
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Story:
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Duration: 114 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
sexy, serious, psychological, sincere, emotional ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Duration: 200 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Country: Germany, Netherlands, Belarus, Russia, Latvia
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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