German soldier movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant german soldier movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, captivating, suspense, suspenseful and bleak films and TV shows about / with german soldier, world war two, war, nazi, soldier, nazi uniform, military, holocaust, world war and death plots mostly in Drama, War and History genres shot in Germany, France, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as german soldier: The Turncoat (2020), Arletty: A Guilty Passion (2015), My Honor Was Loyalty (2016), Suite Française (2014), The Midwife (2015), Before the Fall (2004), Pornography (2003), Bungalow (2002), Frantz (2016), Black Book (2006).

List of german soldier movies

 6.8
 2K
The Turncoat (2020)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: Directed by Academy Award-winner Florian Gallenberger from Sigefried Lenz's international bestseller, "Der Überläufer" is set in the summer of 1944. German soldier Walter Proska is about to return to the Eastern Front when his train ...
Style: psychological, suspenseful, suspense, unusual plot structure, captivating ...
Plot: world war two, german soldier, partisan, nazi germany, pow, eastern front, defector, political repression, nazi occupied poland, border crossing, swamp, jail ...
Time: 1940s, year 1945, year 1956, post world war two, year 1944
Place: berlin germany, east berlin, germany, hamburg germany
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Arletty: A Guilty Passion (2015)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Covers the love affair between French actress Arletty and a high-ranking German officer during WWII in occupied France.
Style: captivating, disturbing, historical drama, romantic drama, poignant ...
Plot: world war two, german soldier, actress, nazi occupied france, german occupation, forbidden love, soldier, nazi occupation, fall in love, in love, love affair, male female relationship ...
Time: 1940s, year 1940
Place: paris france
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My Honor Was Loyalty (2016)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Captain Ludwig Herckel a devoted and patriotic soldier of the SS Leibstandarte fights in every major conflict from the Eastern front to the battle of the bulge. Fiercely loyal to his country and his brothers in arms, loved by his men, Herckel will ...
Style: disturbing, suspense, bleak, thought provoking, heartbreaking ...
Plot: german soldier, world war two, nazi, wartime, human relationship, friendship between men, nazism, compassion, against humanity, sadism, violence, saving a life ...
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Suite Française (2014)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance, Thriller, War
Country: UK, France, Canada, Belgium, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: France, 1940. In the first days of occupation, beautiful Lucile Angellier is trapped in a stifled existence with her controlling mother-in-law as they both await news of her husband: a prisoner of war. Parisian refugees start to pour into their ...
Style: realistic, emotional, romantic, period piece, costume drama ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night
Plot: world war two, forbidden love, nazi occupied france, nazi occupation, german officer, german soldier, wartime, fall in love, wartime life, war, occupied france, nazi officer ...
Time: 1940s, ancient times, year 1940, 20th century, 18th century
Place: france, europe, paris france, germany, england ...
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 6.0
 2K
The Midwife (2015)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance, Thriller, War
Country: Finland
Duration: 119 min.
Story: 'The Midwife' (fin.'Kätilö') is a romance-drama set during WWII in Finland’s Lapland province, a major European battle ground of the war. Based on Katja Kettu’s bestselling novel, 'The Midwife' turns on the love ...
Style: romantic, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, touching
Plot: world war two, sex scene, ss officer, violence, fall in love, genocide, war crime, german soldier, concentration camp, midwife, drug, nurse ...
Time: 1940s, year 1944
Place: finland
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Before the Fall (2004)
Genre: Drama, Sport, Thriller, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 110 min.
Story: In 1942, Friedrich Weimer's boxing skills get him an appointment to a National Political Academy (NaPolA) – high schools that produce Nazi elite. Over his father's objections, Friedrich enrolls. During his year in seventh ...
Style: melancholic, emotional, disturbing, harsh, touching ...
Plot: boxing, nazi, friendship, nazi germany, boarding school, german soldier, anti semitism, pow, boys' school, youth, military school, gestapo ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, year 1942, post world war two
Place: germany, europe, berlin germany, cape town south africa, london ...
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 6.1
 1K
Pornography (2003)
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Poland, France
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Two intellectuals, a writer and a director, begin to play a mysterious psychological game in a peaceful countryside manor house during the Nazi occupation.
Style: serious, realistic, psychological, emotional, biting ...
Plot: losing-it hero, world war two, nazi occupation, soldier, countryside, social differences, life is a bitch, obsession, teenage life, haunted by the past, wartime life, holocaust ...
Time: 1940s, post world war two
Place: poland, europe, warsaw poland
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 6.4
 676
Bungalow (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A German soldier who goes AWOL, returns home to more problems than before he left.
Style: realistic, touching, captivating, semi serious, humorous ...
Plot: male masturbation, male nudity, german soldier, love triangle, brother brother relationship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, military, deserter, soldier, lifestyle, love and romance, incest ...
Time: 21st century
Place: germany, europe
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 7.5
 19K
Frantz (2016)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: France, Germany
Duration: 113 min.
Story: In the aftermath of WWI, a young German who grieves the death of her fiancé in France meets a mysterious French man who visits the fiance’s grave to lay flowers.
Style: sentimental, touching, sexy, black and white, captivating ...
Audience: date night
Plot: world war one, guilty conscience, german soldier, grave, french soldier, nationalism, death of loved one, war veteran, sadness, casualty of war, soldier, mourning ...
Time: post world war one, 1910s, year 1919, year 2016, 90s ...
Place: germany, paris france, france
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 7.7
 84K
Black Book (2006)
Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Netherlands, Germany, UK, Belgium
Duration: 145 min.
Story: In the Nazi-occupied Netherlands during World War II, a Jewish singer infiltrates the regional Gestapo headquarters for the Dutch resistance.
Style: erotic, psychological, tense, sexy, dramatic ...
Audience: date night
Plot: holocaust, world war two, espionage, nazi, spy, nazism, resistance, female spy, occupation, gestapo, german soldier, war ...
Time: 1940s, year 1956, 1950s, year 2006, 20th century ...
Place: netherlands, israel, holland, germany, belgium ...
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 7.4
 31K
Cross of Iron (1977)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK, West Germany
Duration: 119 min.
Story: It is 1943, and the German army, ravaged and demoralised, are hastily retreating from the Russian front. In the midst of all this madness, conflict brews between the aristocratic yet ultimately pusillanimous Captain Stransky and the courageous ...
Style: freeze frame, political, cult classic, brutal, perverse ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: world war two, german soldier, eastern front, military, soldier, war, battlefield, german army, anti war, wehrmacht, nazi, blood ...
Time: 1940s, year 1943, 20th century, year 1977
Place: bolivia, germany, siberia, france, russia ...
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 7.6
 29K
Conspiracy (2001)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story: The historical recreation of the 1942 Wannsee Conference, in which Nazi and SS leaders gathered in a Berlin suburb to discuss the "Final Solution to the Jewish Question". Lead by SS-General Reinhard Heydrich, this group of high ranking ...
Style: factual, political, disturbing, bleak, atmospheric ...
Plot: holocaust, genocide, nazi, politics, world war two, conspiracy, third reich, ss officer, shoah, war crime, brutality, racism ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, year 1942, post world war two, 1930s
Place: berlin germany, germany, europe, poland
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Franz + Polina (2006)
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 124 min.
Story: A sad story of love between German soldier Franz and Russian girl Polina.
Style: exciting, touching, captivating, suspense
Plot: german soldier, deserter, forbidden love, nazi, soldier, occupation, military, wartime life, relationships, love story, war, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Time: post world war two
Place: russia
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 7.0
 1K
Habermann (2010)
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Germany, Czech Republic, Austria
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A story set in a small village in Sudetenland between 1937 and 1945. "Habermann" is based on true events.
Style: suspenseful, brutal, thought provoking, rough, disturbing ...
Plot: german soldier, world war two, nazi soldier, wedding ceremony, nazi, anti semitism, nazi collaborator, execution, crucifix, best friend, nun, husband wife relationship ...
Time: 1940s, 1930s, 20th century
Place: europe, czechoslovakia
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 7.5
 18K
Europa Europa (1990)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Germany, France, Poland
Duration: 112 min.
Story: A Jewish boy separated from his family in the early days of WWII poses as a German orphan and is taken into the heart of the Nazi world as a 'war hero' and eventually becomes a Hitler Youth. Although improbabilities and happenstance are ...
Style: political, retro, realistic, surreal, psychedelic ...
Audience: date night
Plot: holocaust, nazi, circumcision, male nudity, woman peeing, hitler youth, children in wartime, physical exam, war, coming of age, genocide, nazi germany ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, 90s, year 1990, 1930s
Place: germany, poland, berlin germany, eastern europe, latvia ...
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 7.3
 24K
The Captain (2017)
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: Germany, France, Poland, Portugal, China
Duration: 118 min.
Story: The Captain captures the final act of the Third Reich as Hitler's dream falls completely into ruins. The downfall is the seen through the eyes of a young German soldier who, amidst the chaos, decides to desert.
Style: thought provoking, tense, black and white, suspense, psychological ...
Plot: impostor, nazi, nazi germany, abuse, deserter, world war two, execution, nazi officer, war criminal, aerial bombardment, german soldier, world war ...
Time: 1940s, year 1945, year 2017, 20th century
Place: germany, canada
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 7.5
 2K
Silent Night (2002)
Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Fact-based World War II story set on Christmas Eve, 1944, finds a German Mother and her son seeking refuge in a cabin on the war front. When she is invaded by three American soldiers and then three German soldiers, she successfully convinces the ...
Style: captivating, serious, realistic, christmas special, christmas classics ...
Audience: family outing, girls' night
Plot: christmas eve, anti war, world war two, christmas, american soldier, soldier, nazi, boy, military, friendship, hitler youth, single parent ...
Time: 1940s, year 1944
Place: germany, europe, africa, dunkirk
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The Misfit Brigade (1987)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, War
Country: UK, Denmark, Yugoslavia, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: War story of the 27th Panzers, Hitler's heavy-duty combat regiment composed of prisoners.
Style: independent film, bleak, rough, exciting, captivating ...
Plot: tank, world war two, eastern front, nazism, german soldier, nazi, world war, behind enemy lines, sabotage, ss, german army, skinny dipping ...
Time: 1940s, year 1987, year 1943
Place: germany, soviet union, ussr
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 7.5
 40K
Stalingrad (1993)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 134 min.
Story: "Stalingrad" follows the progress of a German Platoon through the brutal fighting of the Battle of Stalingrad. After having half their number wiped out and after being placed under the command of a sadistic Captain, the Lieutenant of the ...
Style: realistic, serious, captivating, gloomy, epic ...
Plot: world war two, war, battles, nazism, eastern front, soldier, german soldier, starvation, survival, military life, holocaust, winter ...
Time: year 1942, year 1943, 1940s, 20th century
Place: russia, germany, europe, italy, berlin germany ...
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The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: West Germany
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Near the end of World War II, Maria marries Hermann, who is immediately sent off to battle. When the war concludes, Maria believes that Hermann is dead. She starts working at an Allied bar, where she meets American soldier Bill. They start a ...
Style: emotional, psychological, thought provoking, touching, surreal ...
Plot: marriage, world war two, female nudity, wartime life, lovers reunited, infidelity, rise to the top, couples, life is a bitch, battle of the sexes, couple relations, love and romance ...
Time: 1940s, post world war two, 1950s, year 1979, 20th century ...
Place: berlin germany, europe, germany, west germany, canada
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As Far as My Feet Will Carry Me (2001)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 158 min.
Story: The German soldier Clemens Forel - determined to be reunited with his beloved family - makes a dramatic escape through bitter cold winters, desolate landscapes, and life threatening ventures from a Siberian labor camp after World War II. 8000 miles ...
Style: serious, tense, realistic, breathtaking, suspenseful ...
Plot: world war two, pow, survival, human spirit, gulag, confined, captivity, wehrmacht, danger, wilderness survival, nazi, fugitives ...
Time: 1940s, 50s, year 1937, year 1947, year 1951 ...
Place: germany, ussr, soviet union, siberia, tehran iran ...
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The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (2018)
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: Free-spirited writer Juliet Ashton forms a life-changing bond with the delightful and eccentric Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, when she decides to write about the book club they formed during the occupation of Guernsey in WWII.
Style: touching, romantic, sincere, uplifting, period piece ...
Audience: chick flick, teens
Plot: world war two, german occupation, writers, marriage proposal, letter, friendship, fiance fiancee relationship, nazi occupation, german soldier, strong female character, female writer, unwed mother ...
Time: 1940s, post world war two, year 1941, year 1946
Place: england, london
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The Silence of the Sea (2004)
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 93 min.
Story: In a small town in the West of France, during the German Occupation, a room is requisitioned by a Wehrmacht captain, Werner von Ebrennac. The house where he now stays is inhabited by young Jeanne, who makes a living by giving piano lessons, and by ...
Style: psychological, captivating, suspense, romantic drama
Plot: world war two, german officer, nazi occupation, french resistance, german soldier, german occupation, nazi, french girl, female protagonist, forbidden love, relationship problems, life is a bitch ...
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 4.9
 1K
The Bridge (2008)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A group of German boys is ordered to protect a small bridge in their home village during the waning months of the second world war. Truckloads of defeated, cynical Wehrmacht soldiers flee the approaching American troops, but the boys, full of ...
Style: realistic, serious, bleak, rough
Plot: world war two, military, heroic mission, soldier, left to die, danger, young heroes, combat casualty, american soldier, nazi, world war, german history ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s, year 1945
Place: germany
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 7.1
 273K
Valkyrie (2008)
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Japan, USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Wounded in Africa during World War II, Nazi Col. Claus von Stauffenberg returns to his native Germany and joins the Resistance in a daring plan to create a shadow government and assassinate Adolf Hitler. When events unfold so that he becomes a ...
Style: bad ending, factual, tense, period piece, realistic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: world war two, nazi, nazism, nazi germany, conspiracy, war, hitler, german soldier, resistance, politics, wehrmacht, gestapo ...
Time: 1940s, year 2008, year 1944, year 1943, 20th century ...
Place: germany, berlin germany, europe, munich germany, tunisia ...
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 7.8
 49K
Land of Mine (2015)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Denmark, Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story: In the days following the surrender of Germany in May 1945, a group of young German prisoners of war were handed over to the Danish authorities and subsequently sent out to the West Coast, where they were ordered to remove the more than two million ...
Style: emotional, sentimental, harsh, realistic, brutal ...
Audience: teens, girls' night
Plot: world war two, german soldier, child soldier, beach, prisoners of war, minefield, abuse of power, pow, boy, nazi, teenager, brutality ...
Time: 1940s, post world war two, year 2015, 2010s, year 2016 ...
Place: denmark, germany
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The Ninth Day (2004)
Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Germany, Luxembourg, Czech Republic
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A drama loosely based on Jean Bernard's Nazi-era prison diary.
Style: serious, emotional, sincere, contemplative, uplifting ...
Plot: holocaust, world war two, nazi, concentration camp, hopes, clergy, gestapo, catholic, nazi occupation, soldier, heroes, introspection ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s, year 2004, post world war two
Place: germany, belgium, switzerland, france, berlin germany ...
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Merry Christmas (2005)
Genre: Drama, History, Music, Romance, War
Country: France, Germany, UK, Belgium, Romania, Japan
Duration: 116 min.
Story: In 1914, World War I, the bloodiest war ever at that time in human history, was well under way. However on Christmas Eve, numerous sections of the Western Front called an informal, and unauthorized, truce where the various front-line soldiers of the ...
Style: touching, uplifting, sincere, emotional, christian film ...
Audience: teens
Plot: christmas, world war one, war, truce, soldier, new year, holiday, idealism, christmas eve, priest, friendship, trench warfare ...
Time: 1910s, 20th century, year 2005, 1920s, year 1914
Place: france, prussia, europe, berlin germany, holland ...
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Sophie Scholl: The Final Days (2005)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 120 min.
Story: True story of Germany's most famous anti-Nazi heroine brought to thrilling, dramatic life. Sophie Scholl stars Julia Jentsch in a luminous performance as the fearless activist of the underground student resistance group, The White Rose. Armed ...
Style: sincere, emotional, touching, suspenseful, political ...
Audience: teens
Plot: world war two, politics, nazism, nazi germany, death sentence, nazi, resistance, gestapo, justice, historical character, trial, lawyer ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, year 1943, 2000s, year 2005 ...
Place: germany, munich germany, europe, poland, berlin germany ...
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 7.2
 1K
Crimean (2014)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Turkey
Duration: 114 min.
Story: The human tragedy and the suffering of the Crimean Turks who were taken hostage as prisoners of war in German prison camps during World War II.
Style: captivating, sincere, suspenseful, thought provoking, suspense ...
Plot: turk, world war two, concentration camp, military dictatorship, military camp, prisoners of war, prisoner of war camp, wartime, pow, life is a bitch, war, german soldier ...
Place: crimea
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