Films: Second World War
Having previously fought in World War I, an unnamed sergeant (Lee Marvin) now leads soldiers of the U.S. First Infantry Division, nicknamed "The Big Red One," through World War II. His men include...
This TV miniseries portrays the lives of four British women in the years after WWII. All women worked as codebreakers in the top secret Bletchley Park, helping British forces interpret German...
Adapted from Simone de Beauvoir's novel of the same name, first published in French in 1945, The Blood of Others depicts the lives of several characters in Paris leading up to and during...
The Bridge on the River Kwai is a 1957 epic war film directed by David Lean and based on the 1952 novel written by Pierre Boulle. Although the film uses the historical setting of the...
Based on Herman Wouk’s Pulitzer Prize-winning 1951 novel of the same name, The Caine Mutiny is set in the Pacific theatre of World War II, the film depicts the events on board a...
A tale of stolen identity and love during World War II. In 1940, Czech soldier Capt. Hasek (Michael Redgrave) is being pursued by the Nazi secret police. To conceal his true identity, he pretends...
The Cruel Sea is a 1953 British film, produced by Ealing Studios. The film portrays the conditions in which the Battle of the Atlantic was fought between the Royal Navy and Germany's U-...
The Dam Busters is a 1955 British epic war film. It recreates the true story of Operation Chastise when in 1943 the RAF's 617 Squadron attacked three important dams in Nazi Germany with...