Films: Second World War
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...
In 1944, the mayor of a French Normandy village occupied by the German troops, Mr. Leproux, is caught between a rock and a hard place. A doctor by profession, he provides refuge for a wounded...
When 13-year-old Briony Tallis spies her older sister and neighbor Robbie Turner at the fountain in front of the family estate, her subsequent misinterpretation of their relationship sets into...
A cynical and grim account of war, this film is set in the latter stages of World War II and tells the story of a front-line combat unit led by a cowardly captain clearly out of his depth, as well...
Au Revoir Les Enfants is an autobiographical story of childhood, friendship, and loss in Nazi-occupied France during World War II based on the childhood years of director, Louis Malle (...
A naive young French refugee woman becomes an unlikely weapon of war during World War II. Babette is sent by British Intelligence back into France to seduce a German General and thwart the Nazis...
During World War II, earnest young Russian soldier Alyosha Skvortsov (Volodya Ivashov) is rewarded with a short leave of absence for performing a heroic deed on the battlefield, destroying two...
Based on a book by historian Stephen Ambrose, this award-winning HBO miniseries follows an American military company throughout World War II. The men of "Easy" Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th...