At the Wannsee Conference on January 20, 1942, senior Nazi officials meet to determine the manner in which the so-called "Final Solution to the Jewish Question" can be best implemented.

Chess Story

2021

German

6.8

♡ 5

88%

Philipp Stölzl Director

Oliver Masucci as Dr. Josef Bartok

Albrecht Schuch as Franz-Josef Böhm und Mirko Czentovic

Rolf Lassgård as Owen McConnor

Eric Bouwer as Schiffsarzt Dr. Wouters

1938. While the Nazi troops march into Vienna, the lawyer Josef Bartok hastily tries to escape to the USA with his wife but is arrested by the Gestapo. Bartok remains steadfast and refuses to cooperate with the Gestapo that requires confidential information from him. Thrown into solitary confinement, Bartok is psychologically tormented for months and begins to weaken. However, when he steals an old book about chess it sets him on course to overcome the mental suffering inflicted upon him, until it becomes a dangerous obsession.

Dokuritsu gurentai nishi-e

1960

Japanese

6.8

♡ 4

Drama

War

world war ii

Kihachi Okamoto Director

Tadao Nakamaru as

Haruya Katô as

Nami Tamura as (as Mayumi Tamura)

Tatsuyoshi Ehara as (as Tatsuji Ehara)

In this patriotic WW II drama, the Japanese army demonstrates its courage and willingness to do anything to win as they endeavor to sneak into Communist China to bring back the flag of a defeated enemy regiment.

Valley of Peace

1956

Slovenian

7.4

♡ 1

80%

France Stiglic Director

Tone Homar as (as Anton Homar)

Polde Dezman as Komisar

Rudi Kosmac as Second lieutenant

Boris Kralj as Strumfuhrer

When the planes bombed a Slovene town, a Slovene boy and a German girl set on a journey towards the valley, in which there is no war. On their way a black American pilot, who jumped of a shoot-down plane, joins them. Although American planes have killed the boy's parents, he accepts the pilot with enthusiasm. The children communicate with him in German and the valley of peace seems like the last paradise place of refuge. The Slovene boy, the German girl, and the American pilot represent a symbolic triangle of peace in this adventure happening in the middle of the War of Liberation.

Corvette K-225

1943

English

6.5

♡ 3

Action

battle of the atlantic

Howard Hawks Director

Addison Richards as Cmdr. Rowland

Ella Raines as Joyce Cartwright

Thomas Gomez as Smithy

Barry Fitzgerald as Stooky O'Meara

The story of a Canadian WWII naval vessel, with a dramatic subplot concerning her first captain.

The Winter War

1989

Finnish

7.6

♡ 19

88%

Action

based on novel or book

Pekka Parikka Director

Pertti Lamberg as Fleeing soldier

Pirkko Hämäläinen as Marjatta Hakala

Martti Suosalo as Private Arvi Huhtala

Samuli Edelmann as Private Mauri Haapasalo

Russia attacked Finland in late November 1939. This film tells the story of a Finnish platoon of reservists from the municipality of Kauhava in the province of Pohjanmaa/Ostrobothnia who leave their homes and go to war. The film focuses on the farmer brothers Martti and Paavo Hakala.

Beyond the Front Line

2004

Swedish

6.5

♡ 6

Åke Lindman Director

J. Christoffer Slotte as Kapten

Sampo Sarkola as Kaustinen

Martin Bahne as Lindblad

Svante Martin as Överste

A movie based on real wartime diaries tells the story of the Swedish speaking Finns' infantry regiment 61. The story follows the regiment during the Continuation War from 1942 to 1944 and from Syväri to the Karelian Isthmus where they faced some of the most grueling battles against the Soviet Union.

Into the White

2012

Norwegian

7.1

♡ 36

45%

67%

Action

based on a true story

Petter Næss Director

Lachlan Nieboer as Captain Charles P. Davenport

Stig Henrik Hoff as Feldwebel Wolfgang Strunk

Rupert Grint as Gunner Robert Smith

Florian Lukas as Leutnant Horst Schopis

Based on a true story. On 27 April 1940, Luftwaffe pilot Horst Schopis' Heinkel 111 bomber is shot down near Grotli by an RAF Blackburn Skua L2940 fighter, which then crash-lands. The surviving German and English crew members begin to shoot at each other, but later find themselves huddled up in the same cabin. In order to survive the harsh winter in the Norwegian wilderness, they have to stand together. An unlikely, lifelong friendship blossoms.

Puppet Master: Axis of Evil

2010

English

4.1

♡ 12

20%

David DeCoteau Director

William Hickey as Andre Toulon

Tom Sandoval as Ben / Max

Levi Fiehler as Danny Coogan

Mike Brooks as Mr. Gifford

Following the murder of Andre Toulon by Nazi assassins during the height of World War II, a young Danny Coogan finds his crate of mysterious puppets, and discovers their plan to attack a secret American manufacturing plant.

The Resistance Banker

2018

Dutch

6.9

♡ 23

75%

Action

based on a true story

Joram Lürsen Director

Götz Schubert as Friedrich Viebahn

Matteo van der Grijn as Huub

Jochum ten Haaf as Jaap Buys

Raymond Thiry as Van den Berg

In the occupied Netherlands during World War II, banker Walraven van Hall is asked to use his financial contacts to help the Dutch resistance. With his brother Gijs, he comes up with a risky plan to take out huge loans and use the money to finance the Resistance.

A Diary for Timothy

1945

English

7.0

♡ 4

56%

Humphrey Jennings Director

John Gielgud as Hamlet

Jennifer as Herself - 5 year-old girl

Elvin Jenkins as Himself - Tim's father

Michael Redgrave as Narrator

A narrator recounts the state of Great Britain near the end of WWII via a visual diary for the titular baby boy born in September 1944.

Miracle at St. Anna

2008

English

6.1

♡ 36

33%

Spike Lee Director

Walton Goggins as Captain Nokes

Waldemar Kobus as Colonel Pflueger

Curt Lowens as Dr. Everton Brooks

John Leguizamo as Enrico

Miracle at St. Anna chronicles the story of four American soldiers who are members of the all-black 92nd "Buffalo Soldier" Division stationed in Tuscany, Italy during World War II.

The Codebreaker Who Hacked Hitler

2015

English

7.2

♡ 1

Russell England Director

Brian Deacon as Gordon Welchman

Eric Ellingson as Self - Gordon Welchman's Colleague

Steven Mackintosh as Self - Narrator

Diana Lucy as Self - Welchman Family Friend

Gordon Welchman was one of the original elite codebreakers crucial to the allies defeating the Nazis in World War II. He is the forgotten genius of Bletchley Park.

Hitler's Disastrous Desert War

2021

English

6.5

♡ 1

Yvan Demeulandre Director

Geoffrey Bateman as Self

When the British army looks set to defeat Mussolini’s Italian forces, Hitler sends reinforcements; the Afrika Korps led by General Rommel. The Desert Fox is on winning form until Montgomery, the British commander, sets up a plan to crush his opponent. After the American landing in North Africa, the Axis armies have no choice but to surrender and put an end to the Desert War.

My Favorite War

2020

Latvian

7.4

♡ 2

Ilze Burkovska Jacobsen Director

Ilze Burkovska, a little girl who is obsessed with stories of World War II and will be a filmmaker in a distant future, lives in Latvia under the totalitarian boot of the Soviets and the ominous shadow of the many menaces and horrors of the Cold War.

My Way Home

1965

Hungarian

7.4

♡ 1

Miklós Jancsó Director

Viktor Chekmaryov as

József Madaras as Hadifogoly

Sergey Nikonenko as Kolja

Judit Meszléry as Menekülõ lány

In the aftermath of World War II, a Hungarian teenager, captured by Soviet troops, forms an unlikely bond with a Russian soldier in a remote prison camp.

Under the Blood-Red Sun

2014

English

5.9

♡ 1

based on novel or book

japanese american internment

pearl harbor

War

world war ii

Tim Savage Director

Brandon Marc Higa as Background Talent

Paul S.W. Lee as Background Talent

Tom Holowach as Mr. Wilson

Chris Tashima as Papa Nakaji

December 7, 1941 - TOMIKAZU “TOMI” NAKAJI (Kyler Ki Sakamoto) and his best friend BILLY DAVIS (Kalama Epstein) are playing baseball in a field near their homes in Hawaii when Japan launches a surprise attack on the US at Pearl Harbor. As Tomi looks up at the sky and recognizes the Blood-Red Sun emblem on the fighter planes, he knows that his life has changed forever. Based on actual events, Under the Blood-Red Sun is an unforgettable story of friendship, courage and survival.

The Round Up

2010

French

7.1

♡ 14

96%

Rose Bosch Director

Adèle Exarchopoulos as Anna Traube

Mélanie Laurent as Annette Monod

Jean Reno as Dr. David Scheinbaum

Anne Benoît as Matthey Jouanis

A faithful retelling of the 1942 "Vel' d'Hiv Roundup" and the events surrounding it.

Il Varco - Once More Unto the Breach

2019

Italian

6.5

♡ 2

docudrama

Documentary

experimental narrative

Federico Ferrone Director

Emidio Clementi as Uknown soldier

July, 1941. After the beginning of the German invasion, an Italian soldier, a veteran of the colonial wars, is sent to the Soviet front. As he remembers the fairy tales his Russian mother used to tell him, the train he is travelling in crosses Europe on its way to the vast Ukrainian plains, where the enemy and a cruel winter await him… (Based on the experiences of several Italian soldiers.)

The Night of the Generals

1967

English

7.2

♡ 31

43%

Anatole Litvak Director

Gordon Jackson as Captain Engel

Raymond Gérôme as Colonel

Nigel Stock as Otto

Joanna Pettet as Ulrike

A German intelligence officer investigates a prostitute's killing in Warsaw during World War II. He lands on three major Nazi generals as suspects, two of whom are also involved in a plot to kill Adolf Hitler.

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