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Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Poland
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The four sequences in the film cover four days in a life of young Warsaw lad in September 1938, 1939, 1943 and 1944. In the first sequence Jurek decides not to study in the Sorbonne but enlists in a Polish military school instead. In the second ...
Plot:
world war two, nazi occupation, bird, rebellion, autobiography, bribe, resistance, stepmother stepson relationship, german occupation, coming of age, rich, tragic event ...
Time:
1940s, year 1939, 1930s, year 1944, year 1943 ...
Place:
poland, warsaw poland
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Romania
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
During the summer of 1944, while Romanians turn weapons against Nazis, Mihai, an orphan teenager whose parents died in a bombing, tries to enlist in order to fight in the front line but he discovers that former police commissioner Potra tortured and ...
Style:
historical drama, emotional, bleak, period piece, melancholic ...
Plot:
orphan, world war two, police brutality, survival, justice, coming of age, social injustice, juvenile detention, realism, teenage protagonist, abuse of power, character study ...
Place:
eastern europe, romania
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: West Germany
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
German filmmaker Rainer Werner Fassbinder directs the made-for-TV melodrama Pioneers in Ingolstadt, based on the play by Marieluise Fleisser. The film opens as a parade of soldiers are marching through a town square singing patriotic songs. Alma ...
Style:
art house, rough, crying
Plot:
drunk, twenty something, male female relationship, ladies man, naivete, maid, male virgin, military, sex, father son relationship, crazy love, spying ...
Place:
southern germany
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Genre: Comedy, War
Country: Poland
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
The Italian soldier Giuseppe Santucci, on his way home from the Russian front, during World War II (in 1943), has his machine gun stolen in Warsaw. Afraid of consequences, he stays in Warsaw and occupies a flat of the Polish girl Maria, whom he ...
Plot:
world war two, world war, swastika, italian soldier, drunk, shooting, nazi soldier, german army, nazi occupation, war zone, partisan, train ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
poland, warsaw poland
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
In May 1943, two American soldiers, Joe and Frank, of Italian descent are searching the North African desert for a German general called Von Kassler, when they are captured by Von Kassler aide Inge Schultze who lets them escape with fake war plans, ...
Style:
buddy comedy, lighthearted, period piece, satirical, parody ...
Plot:
world war two, nazi, deception, espionage, prisoners of war, camaraderie, infiltration, sabotage, unhappiness, reconnaissance, italian army, mistaken identity ...
Time:
1940s, year 1943
Place:
north africa, italy, africa
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 55 min.
Story:
Essay film about a man coping with the aftermath of World War II.
Style:
reflective, experimental, grim, fake documentary
Plot:
world war two, veteran, trauma, post war, memory, loss, death, ptsd, melancholy, frustration, anti war, mourning ...
Place:
germany, usa, illinois
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Austria, West Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
In this well-photographed and sometimes confusing wartime drama, an Austrian village experiences the tragedy of war on several different levels. Within one family, the younger son is jealous of the praise his father gives to a Polish POW who is ...
Plot:
prisoner, death of brother, teenage boy, husband wife relationship, world war two, death, father son relationship, betrayal, brother brother relationship, typhus, informant, farmer ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
austria, alps
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Genre: Adventure, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
August, 1917. Using the name 'Henri Defense', 17 year old Indiana Jones has enlisted in the Belgian army to fight in the Great War. After all his commanding officers have been wiped out during combat in Flanders, Corporal ...
Style:
psychotronic
Plot:
indiana jones, world war one, treasure hunt, poison gas, lost treasure, treasure hunter, archaeologist, great war, poisoned, hand to hand combat, motorcycle chase, combat ...
Time:
1910s
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, War
Country: Italy, Yugoslavia
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In WWII, a commando was sent in a secret mission in Sicily. They had a reluctant Italian prisoner of war to help them.
Style:
period piece
Audience:
adult
Plot:
world war two, german occupation, irony, pow, commando mission, european, italian soldier, reluctant hero, dark humor, covert operation, fish out of water, italian army ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
sicily, italy
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Genre: Comedy
Country: West Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Movie fan Mike has invented a machine with which he is able to take part in every movie which is currently running on his video tape recorder. But he and his friend Tommy are watched while trying out this new device and soon two electronic companies ...
Plot:
remote control, invention, parallel world, cop, wild west, chauffeur, limousine, police, last will and testament, television, colt, german humor ...
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Genre: Adventure, War
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
November, 1916. Indiana Jones and Remy Baudouin have managed to get a transfer from the European trenches to the plains of Africa. On arrival they both receive a promotion to the rank of lieutenant in the Belgian Army. When they take the wrong train ...
Plot:
indiana jones, treasure hunt, battlefield, great war, treasure hunter, archaeology, lost treasure, archaeologist, military, battles, war violence, commando ...
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Genre: Action, Thriller, War
Country: Italy, Spain
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A British commando team heads into France to blow up a German-held dam in preparation for D-Day, while a British agent infiltrates the German garrison to give inside help. The twist is that the British officer is replacing his twin German brother.
Style:
macaroni combat, grindhouse
Plot:
world war two, world war, nazi, commando, holocaust, combat, weapons, frogman, enemy, commando mission, commando unit, diver ...
Time:
1940s, year 1944, 20th century
Place:
france
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Genre: Romance, War
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 88 min.
Style:
pre war
Plot:
death of son, young woman, farmer, young man, lieutenant, friendship, world war two, party, son, wedding party, love, farm ...
Place:
georgia, ukraine, soviet union, ussr
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Mystery, Romance
Country: Sweden, Norway
Duration: 210 min.
Story:
A biographical film about the Norwegian Expressionist painter Edvard Munch. It was originally created as a three-part miniseries co-produced by the Norwegian and Swedish state television networks, but subsequently gained an American theatrical ...
Style:
expressionism, art film, serious, realistic, psychological ...
Plot:
painter, painting, biopic, artist, art, art history, philosophy, disease, possessiveness, child, women's rights, passion ...
Time:
year 1974, 19th century, 1870s, 1880s, 1860s ...
Place:
germany, paris france, berlin germany, copenhagen, oslo norway
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Switzerland, West Germany, Austria
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
During World War II, Switzerland severely limited refugees: "Our boat is full." A train from Germany halts briefly in an isolated corner of Switzerland. Six people jump off seeking asylum: four Jews, a French child, and a German soldier. ...
Style:
captivating, realistic, serious, disturbing, bleak
Plot:
world war two, holocaust, refugee, children, ship, german soldier, nudity, brother sister relationship, age-gap relationship, social problems, holocaust survivor, youth ...
Time:
1940s, year 1942
Place:
switzerland, germany, europe, zurich switzerland
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
The Dirty Dozen meet the Stiff Upper Lip. A British Petroleum executive (Michael Caine) is assigned to work with the British Army in North Africa handling port duties for incoming fuels.
Style:
meditative, rough, serious, realistic, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, war, military, world war, desert, machine gun, mission, tank, man on a mission, unhappy ending, combat, nazi ...
Time:
year 1969
Place:
africa, europe, germany, england, egypt ...
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Denmark
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
During the month of October 1943, the Danish resistance movement and just plain ordinary citizens joined together in staging a mass exodus by fishing boats to neutral Sweden of their Jewish countrymen, practically on the eve of the Nazi's ...
Style:
independent film, contemplative, serious, realistic, gloomy ...
Plot:
world war two, world war, terrorism, rescue, evacuation, danger, life is a bitch, against humanity, heroes, against the rules, war, love and romance ...
Time:
1940s, year 1991
Place:
denmark, europe, scandinavia, eastern europe, copenhagen
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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
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A film with no spoken dialogue, just follows the music and lyrics of Benjamin Britten's "War Requiem, which include WWI soldier poet Wilfred Owen's poems reflecting the war's horrors. It shows the story of an Englishman soldier ...
Style:
experimental, cult classic, independent film, contemplative, thought provoking ...
Plot:
world war one, military, vietnam war, teddy bear, snow, boy, world war, art, underground, battles, soldier, anti war ...
Place:
hiroshima japan
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Told from the perspective of man reflecting on his childhood in Prauge in the early years of World War 2 and the eventual destruction of his family as the Nazis rise to power. The storyline focuses heavily on Jewish-Czech Silberstein family members. ...
Style:
contemplative, captivating, realistic, serious, touching ...
Plot:
world war two, coming of age, escapades, hopes, life is a bitch, society, life turned upside down, circus, election, judaism, youth, starvation ...
Time:
80s, 1930s, 1940s, 20th century
Place:
slovakia, europe, czech republic, central europe, palestine ...
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Italy, France, Germany, Switzerland
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Although liberated from Auschwitz on January 27, 1945, Levi did not reach Turin until October 19 of that year. After spending some time in a Soviet camp for former concentration camp inmates, he embarked on an arduous journey home in the company of ...
Style:
sincere, historical drama, captivating, uplifting, gloomy ...
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, concentration camp, children, holocaust survivor, prisoner, writers, biopic, political intrigue, world war, judaism, shoah ...
Time:
year 1997, 1940s, 20th century, post world war two, year 1945
Place:
italy, russia, europe, turin italy, venice
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
The Vatican sends a priest to verify some miracles, performed by a woman who has been nominated for sainthood...
Style:
independent film, controversial, biblical, contemplative, thought provoking ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
religion, investigation, world war two, saint, miraculous event, passion, village, atheist, alcoholism, nun, religious, philosophy ...
Time:
year 1979, year 1999, 90s, year 1944
Place:
slovakia, rome italy, chicago, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, War
Country: UK, Italy
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Semi-autobiographical film directed by Franco Zeffirelli, telling the story of young Italian boy Luca's upbringing by a circle of English and American women, before and during World War II.
Style:
period piece, costume drama, light, touching, sentimental ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night, chick flick
Plot:
world war two, women, stepmother stepson relationship, fascism, nazi, lesbian, friendship, coming of age, world war, abbey, youth, art ...
Time:
1930s, 1940s, year 1999, 20th century, year 1935
Place:
italy, florence, germany, switzerland, zurich switzerland ...
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Genre: Drama, History, Music, War
Country: France, UK, Germany, Austria
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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 ...
Style:
realistic, serious, thought provoking, atmospheric, touching ...
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, politics, investigation, war crime, introspection, musician's life, racism, military, state affairs, rebellion, music conductor ...
Time:
year 2001, post world war two
Place:
germany, europe, poland, russia, switzerland ...
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: West Germany
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Starting in late May 1944, during the German retreat on the Eastern Front, Captain Stransky (Helmut Griem) orders Sergeant Steiner (Richard Burton) to blow up a railway tunnel to prevent Russian forces from using it. Steiner's platoon fails in ...
Plot:
world war two, eastern front, world war, ss, nazi, german soldier, military, occupied france, holocaust, revolution, war, revolutionary ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1944, year 1979
Place:
normandy, france, paris france
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Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Five American soldiers fighting in Europe during World War II struggle to return to Allied territory after being separated from U.S. forces during the historic Malmedy Massacre.
Style:
touching, epic, intense, rough, emotional ...
Plot:
world war two, military, behind enemy lines, soldier, battles, winter, survival, friendship, pow, allies, world war, heroic mission ...
Time:
1940s, year 1944, 20th century, post world war two
Place:
belgium, germany, europe, berlin germany, louisiana ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, War
Country: Italy
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Set in Europe during WWII, a group of American soldiers on their way to military prison are beset upon by a German artillery attack, escaping with Switzerland in their sights. Before making it any farther, they volunteer to steal a V2 warhead for ...
Style:
grindhouse, talky, intense, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, nazi, military, gunfight, skinny dipping, escape, battles, fascism, partner, survival, heroic mission, military life ...
Time:
20th century, year 1978, 1940s, 70s
Place:
germany, france, europe
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, War
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
In WWII Austria, Col. Alois Podhajsky must protect his beloved Lipizzaner stallions and make sure that they are surrendered into the right hands. But Patton's something of a horse fancier and can help...if he sees the stallions perform.
Style:
realistic, serious, disturbing, sincere
Audience:
pre-teens
Plot:
world war two, horse, stallion, struggle, freedom, school, horse riding, revolutionary, animal, revolution, revolutionary war, miraculous event ...
Time:
year 1963, 1940s, year 1945
Place:
austria, europe, vienna
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Set in 1944 France, an American Intelligence Squad locates a German Platoon wishing to surrender rather than die in Germany's final war offensive. The two groups of men, isolated from the war at present, put aside their differences and spend ...
Style:
sexy, bleak, realistic, scenic, christmas classics ...
Plot:
world war two, nazi, world war, military, innocence lost, friendship, violence, tragedy, great war, friendly fire, cold, surrender ...
Time:
1940s, year 1992, year 1944
Place:
germany, europe, poland
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Genre: Action, Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: Norway, Denmark, Germany
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Max Manus is a Norwegian 2008 biographic war film based on the real events of the life of resistance fighter Max Manus (1914–96), after his contribution in the Winter War against the Soviet Union. The story follows Manus through the outbreak of ...
Style:
factual, brutal, intense, melancholic, romantic ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
world war two, resistance, nazi, nazism, wartime, war, military, nazi occupation, gestapo, terrorist, courage, manhunt ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1940, post world war two
Place:
scotland, europe, eastern europe, scandinavia, finland ...
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