Films: Second World War

Director(s): Huston, John, Sherman, Vincent, Schrader, Paul, Vlácil, Frantisek, Pine, William H., Tasma, Alain, von Sternberg, Josef, dos Santos, Christopher-Lee, Färberböck, Max, Leisen, Mitchell
Year: 1942
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Across the Pacific is a 1942 American spy film set on the eve of the entry of the United States into World War II. The film was directed first by John Huston, then by Vincent Sherman ...

Director(s): Huston, John, Sherman, Vincent, Schrader, Paul, Vlácil, Frantisek, Pine, William H., Tasma, Alain, von Sternberg, Josef, dos Santos, Christopher-Lee, Färberböck, Max, Leisen, Mitchell
Year: 2008
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A Holocaust survivor struggles with his guilt and sanity fifteen years after World War II. Adam Stein, a former comedian, entertains his fellow patients, doctors, and nurses as a patient in an...

Director(s): Huston, John, Sherman, Vincent, Schrader, Paul, Vlácil, Frantisek, Pine, William H., Tasma, Alain, von Sternberg, Josef, dos Santos, Christopher-Lee, Färberböck, Max, Leisen, Mitchell
Year: 1970
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Director František Vláčil creates a claustrophobic, haunting study of identity in post-World War II Czechoslovakia. After returning home from war, a Czech soldier is tasked with managing a large...

Director(s): Huston, John, Sherman, Vincent, Schrader, Paul, Vlácil, Frantisek, Pine, William H., Tasma, Alain, von Sternberg, Josef, dos Santos, Christopher-Lee, Färberböck, Max, Leisen, Mitchell
Year: 1943
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Aerial Gunner is a 1943 American black-and-white World War II propaganda film. Two men, Jon Davis and "Foxy" Pattis, put aside their animosities to fight against the Japanese during World...

Director(s): Huston, John, Sherman, Vincent, Schrader, Paul, Vlácil, Frantisek, Pine, William H., Tasma, Alain, von Sternberg, Josef, dos Santos, Christopher-Lee, Färberböck, Max, Leisen, Mitchell
Year: 2013
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Based on real events, this television miniseries recounts the political and intellectual evolution of a young French man during World War II. Daniel Cordier, an ethnocentric nationalist, becomes...

Director(s): Huston, John, Sherman, Vincent, Schrader, Paul, Vlácil, Frantisek, Pine, William H., Tasma, Alain, von Sternberg, Josef, dos Santos, Christopher-Lee, Färberböck, Max, Leisen, Mitchell
Year: 1953
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Loosly based on a true story, this film explores Japanese holdouts from World War II living on the abandoned-and-forgotten Pacific island of Anatahan. A group of 12 sailors are stranded on the...

Director(s): Huston, John, Sherman, Vincent, Schrader, Paul, Vlácil, Frantisek, Pine, William H., Tasma, Alain, von Sternberg, Josef, dos Santos, Christopher-Lee, Färberböck, Max, Leisen, Mitchell
Year: 2013
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This independent, low-budget film explores the bonds of friendship among a diverse crew during World War II. A young South African pilot joins the Royal Air Force, working alongside other subjects...

Director(s): Huston, John, Sherman, Vincent, Schrader, Paul, Vlácil, Frantisek, Pine, William H., Tasma, Alain, von Sternberg, Josef, dos Santos, Christopher-Lee, Färberböck, Max, Leisen, Mitchell
Year: 2008
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Based on an anonymous memoir, A Woman in Berlin unveils the morally complex sexual terrain women experienced during World War II. After the Red Army arrives in Berlin in the spring of...

Director(s): Huston, John, Sherman, Vincent, Schrader, Paul, Vlácil, Frantisek, Pine, William H., Tasma, Alain, von Sternberg, Josef, dos Santos, Christopher-Lee, Färberböck, Max, Leisen, Mitchell
Year: 1940
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In 1939, American Tom Martin (Ray Milland), who fought in the Spanish Civil War, awaits execution at the hands of the Fascist victors when reporter Augusta 'Gusto' Nash (Claudette Colbert), for a...

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