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Publisher
Disney/Fox Searchlight
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Based on real events, this is the story of an unsung hero, Franz Jgẽrstttẽr, who refused to fight for the Nazis in World War II. When the Austrian peasant farmer is faced with the threat of execution for treason, it is his unwavering faith and his love for his wife Fani and children that keep his spirit alive.
Publisher
Shout! Factory
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
August 1944. With the American Eighth Air Force poised to strike over Nazi Germany, British Intelligence learns that they could be flying into a deadly trap. With only hours to spare, Flight Lieutenant Edward Barnes must fly a life and death mission over Berlin in his unarmed Spitfire to obtain photographic evidence and save the lives of 1200 men.
3) Jojo Rabbit
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020].
Language
English
Formats
Description
A World War II satire that follows a lonely German boy named Jojo whose world view is turned upside down when he discovers his single mother is hiding a young Jewish girl in their attic. Aided only by his idiotic imaginary friend, Adolf Hitler, Jojo must confront his blind nationalism.
5) War trap
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
Français
Description
During the Second World War, following an ambush carried out in a fort by German troops, Eugnë, an Allied soldier, finds himself trapped underground. Now fighting for his survival, his destiny will play out alongside that of another survivor. Both will try to find the resources to extricate themselves from certain death. They do not know that outside, terrible battles await them.
6) Korkoro
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
Français
Description
During the Second World War, a Gypsy family travels the roads of France before learning that the Vichy regime no longer gives them the right to travel freely.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
Deutsch
Description
In a small town, everyone has tried to forget what happened shortly after WWII. That is, until a stranger finds a book that Jadup gave to the young refugee, Boel, over 30 years ago. This subject matter was considered so controversial by GDR authorities thatJadup and Boelâ„— was banned and not released until 1988. Painful memories of the period after the war and of Boel and her disappearance begin to surface. Jadup, now the town's respected and popular...
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Interweaving archival war footage and a fictional narrative, Cooper's account of one 20-year-old's journey from basic training to the battle front lines at D-day brings all the terrors of war to its viewers with jolting authenticity.
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the throes of World War II, Captain Maude Garrett joins the all-male crew of a B-17 bomber with a top-secret package. Caught off guard by the presence of a woman on a military flight, the crew tests Maude's every move. Just as her quick wit is winning them over, strange happenings and holes in her backstory incite paranoia surrounding her true mission. But this crew has more to fear; lurking in the shadows, something sinister is tearing at the...
Publisher
Shout! Factory
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
It not only tells a true story but gives us never seen details of what happened in 1942. At the height of WWII, the Atlantic Ocean becomes a deadly battleground as an American sub fights against the constant bombardment of German forces.
11) The sun
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
The final portrait in a series on the lives of dictators by Alexander Sokurov, The sun is a re-imagining of Emperor Hirohito's final days in power during the waning days of WWII. Hirohito wanders through his palace in a child-like state of denial. But reality soon intrudes as American soldiers overrun his manicured gardens and visions of Hiroshima invade his dreams. No longer a God among men, Hirohito is forced accept the terms of the occupation...
13) Dunkirk
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
A World War II thriller about the evacuation of Allied troops from the French city of Dunkirk before Nazi forces can take hold.
14) Fortunes of war
Publisher
101 Films
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"When a raid in Normandy goes wrong, a British commando team find themselves holed up in a barn, cut off from their comrades and encircled by Wehrmacht forces. Survival seems unlikely until an unexpected discovery offers them a chance at escape"--
15) The exception
Publisher
A24 Films
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
A German soldier tries to determine if the Dutch resistance has planted a spy to infiltrate the home of Kaiser Wilhelm in Holland during the onset of World War II, but falls for a young Jewish Dutch woman during his investigation.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
With her English accent and her London ways, Rose Coyne is the only 'stranger' in her rural Northern Ireland town, until 4,000 Americans arrive at the nearby WWII airbase. As Rose finds herself acting as peacekeeper between the disgruntled locals and the soldiers, she is also drawn to the engaging young Captain Dreyfuss. Will Rose risk her family for this forbidden love?
18) Dunkirk
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
A World War II thriller about the evacuation of Allied troops from the French city of Dunkirk before Nazi forces can take hold.
19) Tanks for Stalin
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
"The prototypes of a new cutting edge tank are being taken on a secret mission through Germany to Moscow, to Comrade Stalin. However, the cross-country run turns into a ruthless race against time, as their journey quickly proves to be strewn with pitfalls, including the pursuit by the Nazi's who want the tanks for themselves."--container.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
Deutsch
Description
Gregor is a young soldier entering Germany with the victorious Soviet troops at the end of WWII. But he is also the child of left-wing Germans who fled from Hitler and spent the war in the Soviet Union. As a result, his return to Germany is ambivalent; he finds he is a stranger in his own land. Film critics rank Konrad Wolf's most autobiographical film among the 100 Most Significant German Films of all time. As they enter Germany, Gregor begins to...
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