How, in 1945, after the end of World War II and the fall of the Nazi regime, the defeated were atrociously mistreated, especially those ethnic Germans who had lived peacefully for centuries in Germany's neighboring countries, such as Czechoslovakia and Poland. A heartbreaking story of revenge against innocent civilians, the story of acts as cruel as the Nazi occupation during the war years.

Rose

2011

Polish

7.6

♡ 3

Wojciech Smarzowski Director

Kinga Preis as Amelia

Marian Dziedziel as Mateusz

Edward Linde-Lubaszenko as Pastor

Marcin Dorocinski as Tadeusz

This harrowing tale of survival centers on Rose, a Masurian woman, whose German soldier husband was killed in the war, leaving her alone on their farm. A single woman had no defense against Russian soldiers who raped as a form of revenge, nor against plundering Poles who found themselves in desperate straits. Help arrives for Rose in the form of Tadeusz, a former officer in the Polish Home Army who deserted after he saw his wife raped and murdered by Russian troops and is attempting to hide his identity.

The House on Telegraph Hill

1951

English

6.9

♡ 5

62%

san francisco, california

Thriller

Robert Wise Director

Richard Basehart as Alan Spender

Glen Walters as Bit Role

Harry Carter as Detective Ellis

Valentina Cortese as Victoria Kowelska

Concentration camp survivor Victoria Kowelska finds herself involved in mystery, greed, and murder when she assumes the identity of a dead friend in order to gain passage to America.

Land of Mine

2015

Danish

♡ 59

91%

Martin Zandvliet Director

Laura Bro as Karin

Mikkel Boe Følsgaard as Lt. Ebbe Jensen

Louis Hofmann as Sebastian Schumann

Roland Møller as Sgt. Carl Rasmussen

In the days following the surrender of Germany in May 1945, a group of young German prisoners of war is handed over to the Danish authorities and subsequently sent to the West Coast, where they are ordered to remove the more than two million mines that the Germans had placed in the sand along the coast. With their bare hands, crawling around in the sand, the boys are forced to perform the dangerous work under the leadership of a Danish sergeant.

A True Story of the Private Ginza Police

6.7

Jun'ya Satô Director

Hiroko Fuji as

Ryôji Hayama as

Jirô Sagawa as

Hiroshi Kondô as

Japan, 1946, just after the end of World War II. As the US occupation army patrols the dilapidated streets of Tokyo, a desperate and ambitious group of war veterans and gamblers struggle to take control of the Ginza district's underworld with the help of a deranged soldier.

From the Land of the Moon

2016

French

6.6

♡ 13

32%

62%

Action

based on novel or book

Nicole Garcia Director

Louis Garrel as André Sauvage

Marion Cotillard as Gabrielle

Arthur Igual as L'instituteur

Michelle Goddet as Médecin

In 1950s France, a free-spirited woman trapped in an arranged marriage falls in love with an injured veteran of the Indochinese War.

Stromboli

1950

Italian

7.2

♡ 11

67%

marriage of convenience

Roberto Rossellini Director

Mario Vitale as Antonio

Ingrid Bergman as Karin

Mario Sponzo as The Man from the Lighthouse

Renzo Cesana as The Priest

After the end of WWII, a young Lithuanian woman and a young Italian man from Stromboli impulsively marry, but married life on the island is more demanding than she can accept.

The Conversation

2022

English

6.3

♡ 3

Dominik Sedlar Director

Caspar Phillipson as Josip Broz Tito

Antonio Agostini as Soldier

Kruno Bakota as Tito's secretary

Vinko Stefanac as Vladimir Bakaric

Based on a true story of a meeting in June 1945 between two powerful men with very opposite philosophies and perspectives on the future of their country.

Lore

2012

German

7.1

♡ 19

94%

Cate Shortland Director

Lucas Reiber as German Soldier 1

Pit Bukowski as German Soldier 2

Philip Wiegratz as Helmut

Wanda Perdelwitz as Young Blonde

After being abandoned by their Nazi parents at the end of World War II, five German siblings embark on a harrowing journey across their war-torn country. Led by the eldest, 14 year-old Lore, the children are forced to confront their parents’ actions and the reality of a new world.

The Resistance Fighter

2019

Polish

5.9

♡ 48

22%

Action

Drama

History

jan nowak-jeziorański

Wladyslaw Pasikowski Director

Julie Engelbrecht as Doris

Mariusz Bonaszewski as Leopold Okulicki

Gavin Spokes as Savoy Waiter

Bradley James as Tom Dunbar

Based on the true story of Jan Nowak-Jezioranski, who served as a courier between the commanders of the Polish Home Army and the Polish Government in Exile in London. He must return quickly to Warsaw to transmit orders from the Polish PM to the Home Army's commander-in-chief before the start of the Warsaw uprising.

Early Summer

1951

Japanese

8.0

♡ 23

100%

Yasujirô Ozu Director

Toyo Takahashi as Nobu Tamura

Setsuko Hara as Noriko Mamiya

Ichirô Sugai as Shukichi Mamiya

Kuniko Igawa as Takako

A 28-year-old single woman is pressured to marry.

A Hen in the Wind

1948

Japanese

7.4

♡ 8

Drama

guilt

post world war ii

Yasujirô Ozu Director

Kôji Mitsui as Hideo

Chishû Ryû as Kazuichiro Satake

Reiko Minakami as Orie Noma

Shûji Sano as Shuichi Amamiya

Tokiko is a mother patiently waiting for her husband's return from the war when her 4-year old son becomes ill. She takes him to the doctor for treatment but has no way of paying. She resorts to prostitution. One month later her husband returns from WWII to find his desperate wife, who tells him the truth. Together they must deal with the consequences.

Quisling: The Final Days

2024

Norwegian

7.1

♡ 7

99%

Erik Poppe Director

Lisa Loven Kongsli as Heidi Olsen

Anders Danielsen Lie as Peder Olsen

Johan Ivarson as Politibetjent #2

Gard B. Eidsvold as Vidkun Quisling

After five years, the German occupation of Norway ends on 8 May 1945. The rebuilding of the nation can begin, but first the final chapter must be written. In a dark cell at Akershus Fortress sits the man who committed the greatest treason of all: Vidkun Quisling. Now he must be held accountable for his actions and the atrocities that Nazi ideology led to.

The Dresser

1983

English

7.4

♡ 6

100%

Peter Yates Director

Kevin Stoney as C. Rivers Lane

Michael Gough as Frank Carrington

Cathryn Harrison as Irene

Edward Fox as Oxenby

In a touring Shakespearean theater group, a backstage hand - the dresser, is devoted to the brilliant but tyrannical head of the company. He struggles to support the deteriorating star as the company struggles to carry on during the London blitz. The pathos of his backstage efforts rival the pathos in the story of Lear and the Fool that is being presented on-stage, as the situation comes to a crisis.

The Monuments Men

2014

English

6.1

♡ 84

30%

George Clooney Director

Ben-Ryan Davies as Brit Private - Bruges

Cate Blanchett as Claire Simone

George Clooney as Frank Stokes

Matt Damon as James Granger

Based on the true story of the greatest treasure hunt in history, The Monuments Men is an action drama focusing on seven over-the-hill, out-of-shape museum directors, artists, architects, curators, and art historians who went to the front lines of WWII to rescue the world’s artistic masterpieces from Nazi thieves and return them to their rightful owners. With the art hidden behind enemy lines, how could these guys hope to succeed?

In Tranzit

2008

English

5.7

♡ 3

39%

Tom Roberts Director

Sergey Safronov as Ivan

Daniel Brühl as Klaus

Vera Farmiga as Natalia

John Malkovich as Pavlov

Nazi POWs suspected of heinous acts are locked up in a Soviet women's prison run by vengeful female guards. To weed out the guilty, the innocent must pay. Can supposed enemies turn into great loves? Based on a true post-World War II story, this drama stars Thomas Kretschmann, John Malkovich and Vera Farmiga in a bitter game of cat and mouse and a battle between hate and humanity, mercy and revenge.

Late Spring

1949

Japanese

8.2

♡ 33

100%

Yasujirô Ozu Director

Masao Mishima as Jo Onodera

Yoshiko Tsubouchi as Kiku

Setsuko Hara as Noriko Somiya

Toyo Takahashi as Shige

Noriko is perfectly happy living at home with her widowed father, Shukichi, and has no plans to marry -- that is, until her aunt Masa convinces Shukichi that unless he marries off his 27-year-old daughter soon, she will likely remain alone for the rest of her life. When Noriko resists Masa's matchmaking, Shukichi is forced to deceive his daughter and sacrifice his own happiness to do what he believes is right.

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