Films: Second World War

Director(s): Hathaway, Henry, Aldrich, Robert, Minghella, Anthony, Taylor, Don, Bacon, Lloyd, Montgomery, Robert, Soderbergh, Steven, Sturges, John
Year: 1951
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This film marks an influential contribution to the post-World War II myth established around Rommel's figure, one that highlights his military brilliance, opposition to some Nazi policies, and...

Director(s): Hathaway, Henry, Aldrich, Robert, Minghella, Anthony, Taylor, Don, Bacon, Lloyd, Montgomery, Robert, Soderbergh, Steven, Sturges, John
Year: 1967
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In this film, which is based on the best-selling 1965 novel by E.M. Nathanson, a British army major selects 12 violent convicts and offers them their freedom if they will complete a nearly...

Director(s): Hathaway, Henry, Aldrich, Robert, Minghella, Anthony, Taylor, Don, Bacon, Lloyd, Montgomery, Robert, Soderbergh, Steven, Sturges, John
Year: 1996
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Based on the novel by Michael Ondaatje, this internationally acclaimed film explores love, loss, and memory during World War II. French-Canadian nurse Hana cares for a badly burned man, known as...

Director(s): Hathaway, Henry, Aldrich, Robert, Minghella, Anthony, Taylor, Don, Bacon, Lloyd, Montgomery, Robert, Soderbergh, Steven, Sturges, John
Year: 1980
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The Final Countdown is a 1980 American science fiction war film about a modern nuclear-powered-aircraft carrier that travels through time to the day before the December 7, 1941, attack on...

Director(s): Hathaway, Henry, Aldrich, Robert, Minghella, Anthony, Taylor, Don, Bacon, Lloyd, Montgomery, Robert, Soderbergh, Steven, Sturges, John
Year: 1951
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The Frogmen is a 1950 American black-and-white World War II drama film, based on operations by United States Navy Underwater Demolition Teams, popularly known as "frogmen", against the ...

Director(s): Hathaway, Henry, Aldrich, Robert, Minghella, Anthony, Taylor, Don, Bacon, Lloyd, Montgomery, Robert, Soderbergh, Steven, Sturges, John
Year: 1960
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This docudrama focuses on the role of Vice Admiral William F. "Bull" Halsey, Jr. (1882–1959) and his efforts in fighting against Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto (1884–1943) and the Imperial Japanese Navy...

Director(s): Hathaway, Henry, Aldrich, Robert, Minghella, Anthony, Taylor, Don, Bacon, Lloyd, Montgomery, Robert, Soderbergh, Steven, Sturges, John
Year: 2006
Abstract:

Visually styled as a post-war film noir, The Good German, based on a novel by Joseph Kanon and directed by Steven Soderbergh, explores corruption, immorality, and...

Director(s): Hathaway, Henry, Aldrich, Robert, Minghella, Anthony, Taylor, Don, Bacon, Lloyd, Montgomery, Robert, Soderbergh, Steven, Sturges, John
Year: 1963
Abstract:

In this classic film loosely based on real events, prisoners of war in Nazi-occupied Poland plan their escape. In 1943,  British and other Allied soldiers at the Stalag Luft III work...

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