Keyword: world war ii

Trains en guerre

8.4

2021

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On the eve of World War II, most countries already knew that railways were essential in terms of logistics. They had used the train during the First World War to transport troops and supplies. But between 1939 and 1946, control of the train became even more strategic for economic and industrial reasons, but above all, it became a weapon. An armored monster, invisible even to military intelligence services on the ground. An asset for organizing battles but also, and this was new at the time, for transporting civilians fleeing cities. The engine was modernized, the locomotives were customized to become true war machines: fast and strong. This unprecedented series will focus on four famous European battles of World War II: the Battle of Britain, the failure of Barbarossa, Operation Overlord, and the liberation of France. Combining archives, testimonies, graphic design, 3D imagery and detailed and dynamic mapping, each battle will be brought to life to understand the importance of trains at the heart of the war.

Ghosts of War

5.4

2020

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Five American soldiers assigned to hold a French Chateau near the end of World War II. This unexpected respite quickly descends into madness when they encounter a supernatural enemy more terrifying than anything seen on the battlefield.

The Eagle Has Landed

6.9

1976

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A German plot to kidnap Sir Winston Churchill unfolds at the height of World War II.

Ordinary Men: The "Forgotten Holocaust"

7.2

2022

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The Nuremberg Einsatzgruppen trial of 1947/1948 is considered the largest murder trial in history against members of four death squads from the security police and SD (the security service of the SS). During World War II, six million Jews were murdered. Four million died in the extermination camps, but two million people were killed in systematic mass shootings. A fact that is hardly known today. The perpetrators came face to face with their victims. They shot at men, women, children - day after day, obediently and assiduously, as if it were normal work. Tens of thousands of Germans belonged to the mobile commandos of the task forces and police battalions. Who were these men, how could they commit such murders? What did the few survivors tell, how were they able to escape the mass extinction and live on with the horrific experience? Based on written traditions, original documents, film footage and photos as well as expert statements, the documentary traces the path of one of these murder battalions.

Summerland

7.2

2020

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During World War II, an Englishwoman opens her heart to an evacuee after initially resolving to be rid of him in this moving journey of womanhood, love and friendship.

Persian Lessons

7.4

2020

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A young Jewish man in a concentration camp has his life saved when executioners realize he owns a Persian book. Brought before a camp officer who wants to learn Farsi, Gilles agrees to teach him despite not knowing a word of the language.

Unknown Soldier

8.3

2017

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A film adaptation of Väinö Linnas best selling novel The Unknown Soldier (1954) and the novels unedited manuscript version, Sotaromaani.

Mudbound

6.4

2017

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Two men return home from World War II to work on a farm in rural Mississippi, where they struggle to deal with racism and adjusting to life after war.

D-Day: 80th Anniversary

6.9

2024

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The story explores Operation Overlord, D-Day invasion of Normandy beaches in WWII, through interviews with historians, experts, eyewitnesses, detailing events leading up to this pivotal battle that liberated Western Europe.

Men Behind the Sun

6.1

1988

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Japanese troops round up Chinese and Russian prisoners of war and take them to unit 731, where theyre horribly tortured and experimented on to test new biological weapons.

The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer

8.3

1961

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His ideals challenged by life as a conscript in war-time Japans military, a pacifist faces ever greater tests in his fight for survival.

Irena's Vow

7

2023

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Through the eyes of a strong-willed woman comes the remarkable story of Irena Gut, and the triumphs of the human spirit over devastating tragedy, as she risked her life to save a generation of Jews from the atrocities of the Holocaust.

Gandhi

8.1

1982

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The life of the lawyer who became the famed leader of the Indian revolts against the British rule through his philosophy of nonviolent protest.