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Directed by Oliver HirschbiegelOrigin GermanGenres Drama,
War,
Biography,
HistoricalThemes Films about suicide,
Hitler,
Political filmsActors Bruno Ganz,
Alexandra Maria Lara Claudia Paolina,
Corinna Harfouch,
Ulrich Matthes,
Juliane Köhler,
Thomas KretschmannRating81%
Downfall begins with footage of the real Traudl Junge expressing guilt and shame for admiring Hitler in her youth. The film continues showing Hitler (Bruno Ganz) hiring Junge (Alexandra Maria Lara) as his secretary at the Wolf's Lair in East Prussia in November 1942., 2h6
Directed by Hayao MiyazakiOrigin JaponGenres Drama,
War,
Biography,
Adventure,
Historical,
Animation,
RomanceThemes Feminist films,
La fin du monde,
Seafaring films,
Peinture,
Transport films,
Aviation films,
Political films,
Children's films,
Disaster films,
Films about earthquakesActors Hideaki Anno,
Jun Kunimura,
Mirai Shida,
Miori Takimoto,
Hidetoshi Nishijima,
Morio KazamaRating77%
In 1918, the young Jiro Horikoshi longs to become a pilot, but his nearsightedness prevents it. He reads about the famous Italian aircraft designer Giovanni Battista Caproni, and dreams about him that night. In the dream, Caproni tells him that building planes is better than flying them., 1h48
Directed by Volker Schlöndorff,
Régis WargnierOrigin GermanGenres Drama,
WarThemes Films about writers,
Films about journalists,
Political filmsActors Bruno Ganz,
Hanna Schygulla,
Jerzy Skolimowski,
Jean CarmetRating70%
Dans Beyrouth écartelée par une guerre fratricide, un reporter allemand, Georg Laschen, enquête sur les causes du conflit. Il y retrouve Ariane, une ancienne maîtresse, venue au Liban avec son mari. Il découvre l'horreur de la guerre et, désespéré d'avoir eu à tuer un Arabe, il rentre en Allemagne et refuse d'y vendre les informations qu'il détient., 2h25
Directed by Uli EdelOrigin FranceGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Action,
Historical,
CrimeThemes Films about terrorism,
Political filmsActors Moritz Bleibtreu,
Martina Gedeck,
Johanna Wokalek,
Bruno Ganz,
Alexandra Maria Lara Claudia Paolina,
Nadja UhlRating72%
In 1967, the Shah of Iran, Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, visits West Berlin to attend a performance at the Deutsche Oper. Angered at the Shah's repressive policies in governing Iran, a number of young Germans show up to protest his appearance. The German police and the Shah's forces attack the German protesters and one of them, Benno Ohnesorg, is shot and killed without provocation by Karl-Heinz Kurras., 2h20
Directed by Izuru NarushimaGenres War,
HistoricalThemes Seafaring films,
Transport films,
Political filmsActors Kōji Yakusho,
Hiroshi Abe,
Hiroshi Tamaki,
Toshirō Yanagiba,
Mieko Harada,
Asaka SetoRating66%
The film presents Yamamoto's family life, his attempts to prevent the impending conflict with the United States amid World War II and his run-ins with Japanese war hawks. The Japanese military establishment entangles Yamamoto in the war and orders him to prepare the attack on Pearl Harbor., 8h
Directed by Bernhard SinkelGenres Drama,
HistoricalThemes Films about families,
Political filmsActors Burt Lancaster,
Julie Christie,
Bruno Ganz,
Rüdiger Vogler,
Tina Engel,
Dieter LaserRating74%
Two German industrial dynasties, one of Jewish bankers and a founder of a chemical empire. For three generations, their plots and plans, loves and betrayals help the rise of Germany and then to total destruction. The Deutz end up in the dock, on trial for war crimes at Nuremberg, while his trusted friends, the Bemheim, with one exception, have been killedDirected by Frank Launder,
Phyllis CalvertOrigin United-kingdomGenres Drama,
War,
Comedy,
Comedy-drama,
HistoricalThemes Prison films,
Political filmsActors Phyllis Calvert,
Flora Robson,
Patricia Roc,
Reginald Purdell,
Anne Crawford,
Jean KentRating64%
An English novice nun (Patricia Roc) is arrested by the French as a fifth columnist during the 1940 Battle of France. While she is imprisoned, the Germans occupy France and she is sent (without her habit) to an internment camp in a grand hotel at a spa. She journeys to the camp with Freda (a journalist played by Phyllis Calvert), Bridie (a stripper played by Jean Kent), Muriel (Flora Robson) and her female companion Miss Meredith (Muriel Aked). At the camp they meet Maud (Renee Houston) and Mrs Burtshaw (Thora Hird). , 1h40
Directed by Hugo FregoneseOrigin United-kingdomGenres Drama,
War,
HistoricalThemes Prison films,
La provence,
Political films,
Histoire de France,
L'Occupation allemande en FranceActors Stephen Boyd,
James Robertson Justice,
Anna Gaylor,
Kathleen Harrison,
Tony Wright,
Rosalie CrutchleyRating62%
In 1943, Dave (Stephen Boyd), an officer, and Jim (Tony Wright), escape from separate prison camps and are paired together by the underground. They are taken to Marseille by a fishing boat captain to wait for the right opportunity to try for England. While they wait, local woman Lise (Anna Gaylor) falls in love with Dave. He is attracted to her, but is engaged., 1h28
Directed by Stanley KubrickOrigin USAGenres Drama,
War,
HistoricalThemes French war films,
Politique,
Prison films,
Political films,
Films about capital punishmentActors Kirk Douglas,
Ralph Meeker,
Adolphe Menjou,
George Macready,
Wayne Morris,
Richard AndersonRating83%
The film begins with a voiceover describing the trench warfare situation of World War I up to 1916. In a château, General Georges Broulard (Adolphe Menjou), a member of the French General Staff, asks his subordinate, the ambitious General Mireau (George Macready), to send his division on a suicide mission to take a well-defended German position called the "Anthill." Mireau initially refuses, citing the impossibility of success and the danger to his beloved soldiers, but when Broulard mentions a potential promotion, Mireau quickly convinces himself the attack will succeed., 2h41
Directed by David LeanOrigin United-kingdomGenres Drama,
War,
Adventure,
HistoricalThemes Seafaring films,
Pont,
Prison films,
Transport films,
Rail transport films,
Political films,
ÉvasionActors William Holden,
Alec Guinness,
Jack Hawkins,
Sessue Hayakawa,
James Donald,
Percy HerbertRating80%
In World War II, British prisoners arrive by train at a Japanese prison camp in Burma. The commandant, Colonel Saito (Sessue Hayakawa), informs them that all prisoners, regardless of rank, are to work on the construction of a railway bridge over the River Kwai that will connect Bangkok and Rangoon. The senior British officer, Lieutenant Colonel Nicholson (Alec Guinness), reminds Saito that the Geneva Conventions exempt officers from manual labour.