Films: Second World War

Director(s): Ichikawa, Kon, Bulajic, Veljko, Renard, Jacques, Loznitsia, Sergei, Michael MacLennan, Adrienne Mitchell, Rappeneau, Jean-Paul, Fry, Stephen, Sembene, Ousmane, Sow, Thierno Faty, Madden, John, Gilbert, Lewis, Curtiz, Michael
Year: 1956
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The Burmese Harp is a 1956 Japanese drama film directed by Kon Ichikawa. Based on a children's novel of the same name written by Michio Takeyama, it tells the story of Japanese soldiers...

Director(s): Ichikawa, Kon, Bulajic, Veljko, Renard, Jacques, Loznitsia, Sergei, Michael MacLennan, Adrienne Mitchell, Rappeneau, Jean-Paul, Fry, Stephen, Sembene, Ousmane, Sow, Thierno Faty, Madden, John, Gilbert, Lewis, Curtiz, Michael
Year: 1969
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Considered the most expensive motion picture made in Yugoslavia, The Battle of Neretva recounts one of the county's most significant battles in World War II between the Axis powers and...

Director(s): Ichikawa, Kon, Bulajic, Veljko, Renard, Jacques, Loznitsia, Sergei, Michael MacLennan, Adrienne Mitchell, Rappeneau, Jean-Paul, Fry, Stephen, Sembene, Ousmane, Sow, Thierno Faty, Madden, John, Gilbert, Lewis, Curtiz, Michael
Year: 1985
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Blanche et Marie is a chronicle of the German occupation and of the French resistance in World War II through the experiences of women. Blanche grows suspicious when her husband leaves...

Director(s): Ichikawa, Kon, Bulajic, Veljko, Renard, Jacques, Loznitsia, Sergei, Michael MacLennan, Adrienne Mitchell, Rappeneau, Jean-Paul, Fry, Stephen, Sembene, Ousmane, Sow, Thierno Faty, Madden, John, Gilbert, Lewis, Curtiz, Michael
Year: 2005
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This innovative documentary recounts the siege of Leningrad through rarely seen archival footage mixed with a reconstructed soundtrack. It meticulously reconstructs the chronology of 28-month...

Director(s): Ichikawa, Kon, Bulajic, Veljko, Renard, Jacques, Loznitsia, Sergei, Michael MacLennan, Adrienne Mitchell, Rappeneau, Jean-Paul, Fry, Stephen, Sembene, Ousmane, Sow, Thierno Faty, Madden, John, Gilbert, Lewis, Curtiz, Michael
Year: 2012
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Bomb Girls profiles four women who work in a Canadian munitions factory building bombs for the Allied forces fighting on the European front during World War II. The series highlights how...

Director(s): Ichikawa, Kon, Bulajic, Veljko, Renard, Jacques, Loznitsia, Sergei, Michael MacLennan, Adrienne Mitchell, Rappeneau, Jean-Paul, Fry, Stephen, Sembene, Ousmane, Sow, Thierno Faty, Madden, John, Gilbert, Lewis, Curtiz, Michael
Year: 2003
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A blend of romance, adventure, and comedy, this film focuses on how women wield power over men in the days leading up to the German occupation of Paris during World War II. Viviane, a film actress...

Director(s): Ichikawa, Kon, Bulajic, Veljko, Renard, Jacques, Loznitsia, Sergei, Michael MacLennan, Adrienne Mitchell, Rappeneau, Jean-Paul, Fry, Stephen, Sembene, Ousmane, Sow, Thierno Faty, Madden, John, Gilbert, Lewis, Curtiz, Michael
Year: 2003
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Loosely based on an Evelyn Waugh novel, Bright Young Things explores the culture of affluence, jazz, and cultural transformations in interwar England. In the 1930s, Adam Fenwick-Symes is...

Director(s): Ichikawa, Kon, Bulajic, Veljko, Renard, Jacques, Loznitsia, Sergei, Michael MacLennan, Adrienne Mitchell, Rappeneau, Jean-Paul, Fry, Stephen, Sembene, Ousmane, Sow, Thierno Faty, Madden, John, Gilbert, Lewis, Curtiz, Michael
Year: 1988
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Camp de Thiaroye depicts the mutiny by and mass killing of French West African troops by French forces on December 1, 1944, otherwise known as the Thiaroye massacre. West African...

Director(s): Ichikawa, Kon, Bulajic, Veljko, Renard, Jacques, Loznitsia, Sergei, Michael MacLennan, Adrienne Mitchell, Rappeneau, Jean-Paul, Fry, Stephen, Sembene, Ousmane, Sow, Thierno Faty, Madden, John, Gilbert, Lewis, Curtiz, Michael
Year: 2001
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A love triangle unfolds on the Greek island of Cephalonia during World War II. Villagers quickly surrender to German and Italian forces. Captain Corelli, an Italian officer who plays the mandolin...

Director(s): Ichikawa, Kon, Bulajic, Veljko, Renard, Jacques, Loznitsia, Sergei, Michael MacLennan, Adrienne Mitchell, Rappeneau, Jean-Paul, Fry, Stephen, Sembene, Ousmane, Sow, Thierno Faty, Madden, John, Gilbert, Lewis, Curtiz, Michael
Year: 1958
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The film, directed by Lewis Gilbert, is based on the true story of Special Operations Executive (SOE) agent Violette Szabo (1921–1945) who was captured and executed while serving in Nazi-occupied...

Director(s): Ichikawa, Kon, Bulajic, Veljko, Renard, Jacques, Loznitsia, Sergei, Michael MacLennan, Adrienne Mitchell, Rappeneau, Jean-Paul, Fry, Stephen, Sembene, Ousmane, Sow, Thierno Faty, Madden, John, Gilbert, Lewis, Curtiz, Michael
Year: 1942
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This 1942 romantic drama by Michael Curtiz won an Oscar for Best Picture. It is based on Murray Burnett and Joan Alison's unproduced stage play, Everybody Comes to Rick's, and stars...

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