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Amen. (2002)
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, War
Country: France, Germany, Romania
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
The film "Amen." examines the links between the Vatican and Nazi Germany. The central character is Kurt Gerstein, a member of the Institute for Hygiene of the Waffen-SS who is horrified by what he sees in the death camps. Moreover, he is shocked to learn that the process he used to purify water for his troops, by using zyklon, served as a basis to kill people in gas chambers.
Style:
political, sincere, thought provoking, disturbing, bleak, suspenseful, realistic, intense, sentimental, intellectual ...
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, genocide, priest, politics, christian, conscience, ss, nazi, war, concentration camp, pope, nazism, war crime, anti semitism, idealism, jewish, euthanasia, ss officer, christianity, jesuit, gestapo, german officer, diplomacy, german army ...
Time:
1940s, post world war two, 1930s, 20th century, 30s, 40s
Place:
vatican, germany, rome italy, poland, italy, austria, czechoslovakia ...
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, dramatic and emotional films with plots about world war two, nazi, jewish, holocaust, war, german and anti semitism mostly in Drama, War and History genres. Some movies like Amen.: Schindler's List (1993), Sophie Scholl: The Final Days (2005), Judgment at Nuremberg (1961), Voyage of the Damned (1976), Taking Sides (2001). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 195 min.
Story:
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Duration: 155 min.
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Genre: Drama, Music, War
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Duration: 108 min.
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A tale based on the life of Wilhelm Furtwangler, the controversial conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic whose tenure coincided with the controversial Nazi era. One of the most spectacular and renowned conductors of the 30s, Furtwangler's ...
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Duration: 89 min.
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, War
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Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
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Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, History, War
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Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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