Eroica

1958

Polish

7.3

♡ 9

82%

Andrzej Munk Director

Edward Dziewonski as Dzidzius Gorkiewicz

Zofia Czerwinska as Jogodka

Leon Niemczyk as Lt. Istvan Kolya

Roman Wilhelmi as Polish Soldier

Tells two tales set during WWII: A seemingly feckless and selfish man finally takes up arms in the national struggle against the Nazis. Set in a POW camp, Polish inmates cling to their hopes for an eventual escape, encouraged by the legendary escape of one of their own.

April 9th

2015

Danish

6.6

♡ 16

57%

Roni Ezra Director

Simon Sears as Kaptajn Holm

Elliott Crosset Hove as Menig Lassen

Lars Mikkelsen as Oberstløjtnant Hintz

Pilou Asbæk as Sekondløjtnant Sand

In the early morning of April 9, 1940, the Danish army is alerted: the Germans have crossed the border.

The Last Note

2017

Greek

7.6

♡ 32

Pantelis Voulgaris Director

Melia Kreiling as Hara Lioudaki

André Hennicke as Karl Fischer

Andreas Konstantinou as Napoleon Soukatzidis

Vassilis Koukalani as Sarantos

The execution of 200 Greek resistance fighters by the German occupiers on May 1st, 1944 in Kaisariani, as reprisal for the Greek Resistance ambush against Nazis.

The Counterfeit Traitor

1962

English

7.4

♡ 5

83%

George Seaton Director

William Holden as Eric Erickson

Friedrich Schütter as German Passport Official

Eva Dahlbeck as Ingrid Erickson

Peter Capell as Unger

Blacklisted in modern day WW2, a Swedish oil trader opts to assist British Allies, by means of infiltrating and surveying Nazi Germany.

WarHunt

2022

English

4.4

♡ 37

20%

Mauro Borrelli Director

Mickey Rourke as

Robert Knepper as

Terence Maynard as Morgan

Polina Pushkareva as Radio operator

1945. A U.S. military cargo plane loses control and violently crashes behind enemy lines in the middle of the German black forest. Major Johnson sends a squad of his bravest soldiers on a rescue mission to retrieve the top-secret material the plane was carrying, led by Sergeants Brewer and Walsh. They soon discover hanged Nazi soldiers and other dead bodies bearing ancient, magical symbols. Suddenly their compasses fail, their perceptions twist and straying from the group leads to profound horrors as they are attacked by a powerful, supernatural force.

Nagasaki: Memories of My Son

2015

Japanese

6.4

♡ 4

71%

Yôji Yamada Director

Kazunari Ninomiya as Koji Fukuhara

Tadanobu Asano as Kuroda

Sayuri Yoshinaga as Nobuko Fukuhara

Yuriko Hirooka as Tomie

Nobuko works in Nagasaki, Japan as a midwife. Her son died 3 years earlier from the atomic bomb. On August 9, 1948, her son appears in front of her again. Since that time, Koji appears in front of her and they reminiscence about pleasant times. These happy, but bizarre moments seem eternal.

Genocide

1982

English

7.4

♡ 4

73%

Arnold Schwartzman Director

Elizabeth Taylor as Narrator

Adolf Hitler as Self

Dwight D. Eisenhower as Self

Paul von Hindenburg as Self

The mass murder of Jewish people by the Nazi regime is chronicled, with a warning that anti-Semitism is on the rise and the events of the Holocaust could happen again. The history of European Jewish culture and events before and during the Holocaust are seen in newsreels, photographs, and animated segments. The words of the victims of the era are read, and footage from the liberation os a concentration camp is shown.

Europa Europa

1990

German

7.5

♡ 26

95%

90%

Action

based on memoir or autobiography

Agnieszka Holland Director

Hanns Zischler as Captain von Lereneau

Julie Delpy as Leni

Anna Seniuk as Nazi Activist Rosemarie

Marco Hofschneider as Sally

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.

The Dawn Patrol

1938

English

7.5

♡ 8

82%

raf (royal air force)

War

world war i

world war ii

Edmund Goulding Director

Barry Fitzgerald as Bott

Errol Flynn as Courtney

Donald Crisp as Phipps

Melville Cooper as Sgt. Watkins

In 1915 France, Major Brand commands the 39th Squadron of the Royal Flying Corps. The young airmen go up in bullet-riddled "crates" and the casualty rate is appalling, but Brand can't make the "brass hats" at headquarters see reason. Insubordinate air ace Captain Courtney is another thorn in Brand's side...but finds the smile wiped from his face when he rises to command the squadron himself. Everyone keeps a stiff upper lip.

So Proudly We Hail!

1943

English

7.4

♡ 3

100%

san francisco, california

us army

War

world war ii

Mark Sandrich Director

Edward Earle as Doctor

Richard Crane as Georgie Larson

Ann Doran as Lt. Betty Peterson

Paulette Goddard as Lt. Joan O'Doul

During the start of the Pacific campaign in World War II, Lieutenant Janet Davidson is the head of a group of U.S. military nurses who are trapped behind enemy lines in the Philippines. Davidson tries to keep up the spirits of her staff, which includes Lieutenants Joan O'Doul and Olivia D'Arcy. They all seek to maintain a sense of normal life, including dating, while under constant danger as they tend to wounded soldiers.

The Shadow in My Eye

2021

Danish

7.3

♡ 26

100%

raf (royal air force)

War

world war ii

Ole Bornedal Director

Morten Suurballe as Doctor

Caspar Phillipson as Embry

Alex Høgh Andersen as Frederik

Danica Curcic as Rigmor's Mother

On March 21st, 1945, the British Royal Air Force set out on a mission to bomb Gestapo's headquarters in Copenhagen. The raid had fatal consequences as some of the bombers accidentally targeted a school and more than 120 people were killed, 86 of whom were children.

Women of Valor

1986

English

5.7

♡ 9

62%

Buzz Kulik Director

Susan Sarandon as Col. Margaret Ann Jessup

Alberta Watson as Lt. Helen Prescott

Terry O'Quinn as Maj. Tom Patterson

John Philbin as Paraplegic soldier

A group of American Army nurses are captured by the Japanese in April 1942 and spend three years in a prisoner-of-war camp in Bataan. Lt Margaret Ann Jessup, the head army nurse, survives the camp and testifies against the Japanese in front of the United States Congressional subcommittee years later as a colonel.

Von Ryan's Express

1965

English

7.1

♡ 23

90%

Mark Robson Director

Edward Mulhare as Costanzo

Ian Abercrombie as English POW

Trevor Howard as Major Eric Fincham

William Berger as Man from the Gestapo

Von Ryan's Express stars Frank Sinatra as a POW colonel who leads a daring escape from WWII Italy by taking over a freight train, but he has to win over the British soldiers he finds himself commanding.

The Rape of Europa

2006

English

7.7

♡ 9

82%

Bonni Cohen Director

Joan Allen as Narrator

Adolf Hitler as Self

Hermann Göring as Self

Dwight D. Eisenhower as Self

World War II was not just the most destructive conflict in humanity, it was also the greatest theft in history: lives, families, communities, property, culture and heritage were all stolen. The story of Nazi Germany's plundering of Europe's great works of art during World War II and Allied efforts to minimize the damage.

Lost Transport

2022

Dutch

6.1

♡ 4

Saskia Diesing Director

Konstantin Frolov as Alexei

Germain Wagner as Priest

Willeke van Ammelrooy as Prologue voice over

Hanna van Vliet as Simone

In the spring of 1945, a train deporting hundreds of Jewish prisoners gets stranded near a small German village occupied by the Red Army. Condemned to each other and in a context of deep mistrust, desperation and revenge, an unexpected friendship emerges between Russian sniper Vera, village girl Winnie and Jewish-Dutch woman Simone.

Hangmen Also Die!

1943

English

7.4

♡ 10

Fritz Lang Director

Gene Lockhart as Emil Czaka

John Abbott as Hostage

Margaret Bert as Market Woman

Edward Earle as Professor

During the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia, surgeon Dr. Franticek Svoboda, a Czech patriot, assassinates the brutal "Hangman of Europe", Reichsprotektor Reinhard Heydrich, and is wounded in the process. In his attempt to escape, he is helped by history professor Stephen Novotny and his daughter Mascha.

I Served the King of England

2006

Czech

7.3

♡ 5

79%

81%

Action

based on novel or book

prague, czech republic

Jirí Menzel Director

Pavel Nový as Generál

Julia Jentsch as Líza

Vladimír Kulhavý as Nemecký lekar

Adolf Hitler as Self

Prague, Czechoslovakia, during the inter-war period. Jan Dítě, a young and clever waiter who wants to become a millionaire, comes to the conclusion that to achieve his ambitious goal he must be diligent, listen and observe as much as he can, be always discreet and use what he learns to his own advantage; but the turbulent tides of history will continually stand in his way.

The Enemy Below

1957

English

7.4

♡ 28

86%

88%

Action

Adventure

battle of the atlantic

Dick Powell Director

Theodore Bikel as 'Heinie' Schwaffer

Frank Albertson as Lt. Crain

Louie Elias as Sailor

Curd Jürgens as Von Stolberg

The crew of the American destroyer escort, the USS Haynes, detects a German U-Boat—resulting in a prolonged, deadly battle of wits.

The Last Train

1973

French

6.9

♡ 8

69%

Pierre Granier-Deferre Director

Carlo Nell as

Anne Wiazemsky as La fille-mère

Jean-Pierre Castaldi as Le sergent

Adolf Hitler as Self

Two people, a Frenchman and a Jewish German woman, meet on a train while escaping the German army entering France.

Air Force

1943

English

7.0

♡ 6

82%

Howard Hawks Director

Addison Richards as Maj. Daniels

Ann Doran as Mrs. Mary Ann Quincannon

David S. Horsley as Orderly

William Hopper as Sergeant

The crew of an Air Force bomber arrives in Pearl Harbor in the aftermath of the Japanese attack and is sent on to Manila to help with the defense of the Philippines.

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