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Genre: War
Country: Russia, Ukraine
Duration: 400 min.
TV show
Story:
During the Second World War, a Soviet plane crashes in the territory occupied by the Germans, but the pilot Grivtsov and his beloved radio operator Katya, who were flying in it on a mission, miraculously escape. Navigator Linko also managed to ...
Style:
suspense, exciting, suspenseful, rough, tension ...
Plot:
world war two, behind enemy lines, danger, pilot, military, traitor, sabotage, rivalry, betrayal, eastern front, bomber, german occupation ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
soviet union, ukraine
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Czechoslovakia, East Germany
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
On 20th of April 1945 the Soviet army launches its attack on Berlin. The end has come for Nazi Germany and Hitler decides to commit suicide. In Prague K.H. Frank (Nazi Secretary of State and Chief of police in the Protectorate of Bohemia a Moravia) ...
Style:
historical drama
Plot:
world war two, nazi germany, occupation, resistance, german occupation, czech history, liberation, end of war, soviet army, insurrection, nazism, solidarity ...
Time:
1940s, year 1945
Place:
central europe, prague, czechoslovakia
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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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Genre: Animation, Family, War
Country: France
Duration: 26 min.
TV show
Story:
The daily life of 2 kids brother and sister, who are left by their parents at their grandparents’ house near the Normandy coast for a few weeks at the beginning of World War II. As the war rumbles on, those weeks become five years.
Style:
tense, captivating, poignant, period piece, realistic ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
world war two, french resistance, brother sister relationship, occupation, german occupation, siblings relations, grandmother granddaughter relationship, grandfather granddaughter relationship, brother brother relationship, grandfather grandson relationship, family problems, grandson ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
normandy, paris france, france
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: France
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
During the German occupation of France, a young woman - Marie - finds a Jewish boy in her room. His parents and other Jewish neighbors have been just been deported, but Maurice (the boy) escaped. Marie decides to hide him, secretly.
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, historical drama, suspenseful ...
Plot:
world war two, jew persecution, hiding, life is a bitch, child custody, nazi occupied france, occupied france, rescue, anti semitism, german occupation, persecution, holocaust ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
france
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Russia
TV show
Story:
A young partisan Viktor Tretyakov and his school friends decide to organize a resistance group to the fascists. They call it the "Young Guard" and attract familiar boys and girls to it. After a while, the Young Guards are joined by scouts ...
Style:
tense, thought provoking, captivating, suspense
Plot:
world war two, nazi, fascism, german soldier, showdown, german occupation, occupation, nazi occupation, wartime, heroism, saboteur, diversion ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
soviet union, ussr
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 66 min.
TV show
Story:
Island at War is a British television series that tells the story of the German Occupation of the Channel Islands. It primarily focuses on three local families: the upper class Dorrs, the middle class Mahys and the working class Jonases, and four ...
Style:
atmospheric, suspenseful, captivating, tense, historical drama ...
Plot:
occupation, wartime, island, wartime life, military, society, against humanity, oppression, genocide, anti semitism, world war two, holocaust ...
Time:
post world war two
Place:
britain, england, europe
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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: Drama, History, War
Country: Norway, Denmark, UK, Czech Republic, Sweden
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
The story about the heavy water war unfolds during the prolouge, eruption and the end of the second world war. We follow the story of the the key personnel in the race of who develops the atomic bomb first.
Style:
serious, captivating, realistic, suspenseful, period piece ...
Plot:
world war two, inventions and discoveries, resistance, chemistry, atomic bomb, danger, heroic mission, moral dilemma, military, soldier, nazi, mountain ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, 1930s
Place:
europe, germany, scotland, england
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Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, War
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
On the eve of D-Day, a group of American paratroopers is dropped behind enemy lines to carry out a mission crucial to the invasion’s success. But as they approach their target, they begin to realize there is more going on in this Nazi-occupied ...
Style:
anime, action adventure, anamorphic, scary, slasher ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
zombie, nazi, nazi zombie, world war two, behind enemy lines, paratrooper, mission, supernatural, war, wartime, fascist, violence ...
Time:
1940s, year 1944, 2010s, 20th century
Place:
normandy, france
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Genre: War
Country: Ukraine, Russia
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story:
Occupied Western Ukraine, 1944. The Soviet High Command is concerned about a large-scale, highly classified construction running through the line of the Soviet offensive. A reconnaissance unit is deployed and a Soviet scout is placed behind ...
Style:
tense, tension, suspense, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
nazi occupation, world war two, espionage, undercover agent, behind enemy lines, spy, prospector, occupation, reconnaissance, war, spy mission, special agent ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
ukraine
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, War
Country: Poland
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
In Nazi-occupied Warsaw, an investigator tries to unravel the mysterious murder of a prominent attorney's wife.
Style:
tense, captivating, disturbing, suspense, enigmatic
Plot:
unsolved crime, investigation, jewish woman, homicide detective, world war two, murder investigation, nazi occupation, sleuth, detective inspector, cold case, forensics, police detective ...
Place:
warsaw poland, poland
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Genre: Drama
Country: Greece
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A lawyer, who represents the German government against the Greek reparation claims for Nazi crimes in World War II, travels to Greece and meets one of the remaining survivors of the Kalavryta massacre that took place in 1943.
Style:
historical drama, captivating, tense, suspenseful, thrilling ...
Plot:
war crime, world war two, investigation, war violence, attorney, genocide, massacre, tragic past, troubled past, nazi occupation, german occupation, haunting ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
germany
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Under the German occupation, in a small French town, the arrival of a new priest arouses the interest of all women... Barny, a young communist and atheist woman, can not however be more indifferent. Driven by curiosity, the young skeptic went to the ...
Style:
spiritual, disturbing, psychological, captivating
Plot:
faith, belief in god, priest in love, religious faith, nazi occupation, religion, confession, atheist, moral transformation, priest, life is a bitch, changing lives ...
Time:
year 2016, 1940s
Place:
france
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Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
Country: UK, Belgium
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
During the harrows of WWII, Jo, a young shepherd along with the help of the widow Horcada, helps to smuggle Jewish children across the border from southern France into Spain.
Style:
disturbing, captivating, sincere
Plot:
world war two, wartime life, nazi occupation, children in wartime, deportation, occupation, wartime, social problems, military, jew persecution, german occupation, nazi ...
Time:
2020s, year 1942
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Italy
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
In 1943, Vincenzio and Maria take their children to his father's Tuscan farm. Vincenzio commutes to Rome where he's a physician and, in the hospital basement, prints an anti-Fascist paper. His brother is in the Resistance; his father ...
Style:
historical drama, period piece, suspense, tension, poignant ...
Plot:
world war two, fascism, anti fascism, german occupation, war violence, coming of age, innocence lost, survival, revenge, trauma, brotherhood, high school life ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
rome italy, tuscany, italy
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Family, War
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 65 min.
Story:
Biopic of Yuri Gagarin, the first man who flew around the Earth, from his birth to his dream of flying since he saw combat airplanes over his small village, during the German occupation in WWII.
Style:
historical drama, period piece, emotional, dramatic, educational ...
Plot:
biopic, world war two, childhood, character study, coming of age, determination, german occupation, resilience, aviation, patriotism, survival, hunger ...
Place:
soviet union, ussr
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Genre: Comedy, War
Country: Poland
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Waclaw Orzeszko is unlucky soldier. Nobody from the platoon likes him. One day he decided to go away from platoon. At the castle he meet Russian soldier Marusia. At this time German forces came at the castle. They must hide. But there is also second ...
Style:
tension, suspense, black and white, comedy drama, tragicomedy ...
Plot:
world war two, castle, german occupation, occupation, hiding, desertion, underdog, survival, escape, fear, soviet soldier, manhunt ...
Time:
1940s, year 1945
Place:
poland
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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, Thriller, War
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
The invasion of a village in Byelorussia by German forces sends young Florya into the forest to join the weary Resistance fighters, against his family's wishes. There he meets a girl, Glasha, who accompanies him back to his village. On ...
Style:
bleak, harsh, thought provoking, rough, brutal ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
world war two, genocide, war crime, against humanity, brutality, holocaust, nazi, atrocity, occupation, children in wartime, massacre, teenage girl ...
Time:
1940s, year 1943, 20th century, year 1985, near future ...
Place:
germany, persia, europe, soviet union, russia ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Soviet Union, Colombia
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
A man wants to flee wartime Germany and the detested Nazis to Columbia, where his brother lives. In order to achieve his goal he agrees to become an informer for the Reich.
Style:
historical drama, period piece, dark, bleak, tense ...
Plot:
world war two, betrayal, nazism, ethical dilemma, moral ambiguity, tragedy, guilt, survival, totalitarianism, collaboration, compromise, conscience ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
colombia
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Austria, Germany
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
In the last days of World War II, Gauleiter Eigruber ordered the blasting of the salt mine. Stolen art treasures are stored there. The villagers oppose it.
Style:
captivating, thought provoking, historical drama, tense, grim ...
Plot:
world war two, resistance, social relations, arts and culture, wartime, society, fighting the system, showdown, jewelry, art collection, war, artwork ...
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Genre: War
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
When a warrior dies, a star is born, a company of us die when born to a group of stars. Small children are fascinated by ancient legends and stories of old people, people replace their signature ready to be shot and put yourself in front of the ...
Style:
epic, bleak, poetic, melancholic, reflective ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
partisan, world war two, warrior, sacrifice, heroism, legend, folklore, death, mythology, symbolism, memories, tradition ...
Time:
year 1941
Place:
former yugoslavia, serbia
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Genre: Drama
Country: Estonia
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
During the WWII years, a small elite brothel in Tallinn becomes the hotbed of espionage, intrigue, and betrayal.
Style:
historical drama, period piece, suspenseful, dark, period drama
Plot:
espionage, world war two, moral ambiguity, spy thriller, brothel, betrayal, survival, resistance, occupation, german occupation, claustrophobia, sexploitation
Time:
1940s
Place:
estonia
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Ireland
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
On 9 April 1940, German soldiers arrive in the city of Oslo. The King of Norway faces a choice that will change his country forever. The King's Choice is a story about the three most dramatic days in Norway's history, the royal ...
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, melancholic, suspense, tense ...
Plot:
world war two, royal family, young soldier, crown prince, hitler, wehrmacht, democracy, evacuation, german occupation, king, nazi germany, world war ...
Time:
year 1940, 1940s
Place:
germany, europe, scandinavia, eastern europe, oslo norway
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, War
Country: France, UK
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
During World War II, two French civilians and a downed English Bomber Crew set out from Paris to cross the demarcation line between Nazi-occupied Northern France and the South. From there they will be able to escape to England. First, they must ...
Style:
humorous, exciting, semi serious, realistic, funny ...
Plot:
world war two, nazi occupation, war, french resistance, soldier, rescue, world war, nazi occupied france, danger, royal air force, house painter, allies ...
Time:
1940s, year 1966, 20th century, year 1942
Place:
paris france, europe, france
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Poland
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
Summer of 1939. Zosia is a young Polish girl who is deeply in love with Ukrainian Petro. Their great love will be put to the test when her father decides to marry her to a wealthy widower Skiba. Right after wedding she is left alone because her ...
Style:
tense, thought provoking, suspense, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
genocide, world war two, war atrocity, murder, massacre, brutality, wedding, cheating wife, homicide, hanged woman, childbirth, nazi occupation ...
Time:
year 1943, year 1939, 1940s
Place:
poland
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: China
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Based on a true story, this horrifying tale follows two orphaned friends as they struggle to survive during World War II.
Style:
serious, touching, bleak, mesmerizing, saga ...
Plot:
world war two, tattoo, monastery, orphan, summer camp, youth, war, life is a bitch, military, innocence lost, society, wartime life ...
Time:
1940s, year 1941
Place:
russia, moscow russia, soviet union, china, ussr
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A story of the caring friendship formed between a crusty, old anti-Semite and an eight-year-old Jewish boy who goes to live with him during World War II.
Style:
semi autobiographical, anthology, cult classic, contemplative, realistic ...
Plot:
world war two, boy, liberation, countryside, youth, wartime life, holocaust, aerial bombardment, old man, nazi, love letter, pet dog ...
Time:
1940s, year 1967, 20th century
Place:
vichy, france, europe, alps
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Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
A romantic drama set in 1930's England, Paris, and Spain. Gilda Bessé shares her Paris apartment with an Irish schoolteacher, Guy Malyon, and Mia, a refugee from Spain. As the world drifts toward war, Gilda defiantly pursues her hedonistic ...
Style:
romantic, sexy, sentimental, captivating, erotic ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
world war two, lesbian, love triangle, bisexual woman, spanish civil war, sexual relations, orgy, sex scene, nazi, love story, nazi occupation, fascism ...
Time:
1940s, year 1944, 1920s, 1930s, year 1938 ...
Place:
paris france, spain, france, england, germany ...
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