In the wake of the Second World War, the Danish authorities force thousands of German prisoners of war to defuse the millions of mines buried on Danish beaches.
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History
Un homme de trop / Shock Troops (1967) Costa-Gavras, Charles Vanel, Bruno Cremer, Jean-Claude Brialy, Action, Drama, History, Thriller, War
Set in central France, the film follows French resistance fighters who press the battle on the Germans. Read More »
Lydia Bailey (1952) Jean Negulesco, Dale Robertson, Anne Francis, Charles Korvin, Action, Adventure, History, Romance, War
A young Boston lawyer, Albron Hamlin, goes to Haiti in 1802 to find Lydia Bailey, whose estate he must settle. Read More »
Il Colosso di Rodi / The Colossus of Rhodes (1961) Sergio Leone, Rory Calhoun, Lea Massari, Georges Marchal, Adventure, Drama, History
A Greek military hero named Darios visits his uncle in Rhodes in the year 280 BC. Rhodes has just finished constructing an enormous colossus of Apollo to guard its harbor Read More »
The Juggler (1953) Edward Dmytryk, Kirk Douglas, Milly Vitale, Paul Stewart, Drama, History, War
Hans Muller is a Jewish refugee from Germany. Relocating to Israel after World War II, he can not overcome the psychological effects of the war. Read More »
Saint Joan (1957) Otto Preminger, Richard Widmark, Richard Todd, Anton Walbrook, Biography, Drama, History
Young Joan of Arc comes to the palace in France to make The Dauphin King of France and is appointed to head the French Army. Read More »
Malta Story (1953) Brian Desmond Hurst, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Anthony Steel, Drama, History, War
In 1942 Britain was clinging to the island of Malta since it was critical to keeping Allied supply lines open. Read More »
The Baby of Mâcon (1993) Peter Greenaway, Julia Ormond, Ralph Fiennes, Philip Stone, Drama, History
A movie about the corruption in all levels of society. A baby is born from a supposed-to-be virgin woman, so a chain of hysteria about divine intervention in the birth takes place.
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Secret Service (1931) J. Walter Ruben, Richard Dix, William Post Jr., Shirley Grey, Drama, History, Romance, War, Western
Lewis Dumont, a Northern officer in the American Civil War, works undercover behind Confederate lines in an attempt to lead Southern forces away from an area in which a Northern attack is planned. Read More »
Mutiny on the Bounty (1962) Lewis Milestone, Carol Reed, Marlon Brando, Trevor Howard, Richard Harris, Adventure, Drama, History
The Bounty leaves Portsmouth in 1787. Its destination: to sail to Tahiti and load bread-fruit. Captain Bligh will do anything to get there as fast as possible, using any means to keep up a strict discipline. Read More »
Wolfskinder / Wolf Children (2013) Rick Ostermann, Levin Liam, Helena Phil, Vivien Ciskowski, Drama, History
Based on historical events, Rick Ostermann’s “Wolfskinder” is a handsome drama that follows orphaned German children as they wander the chaotic wilderness of Soviet-occupied East Prussia after Germany’s WWII defeat. Read More »
Queen Christina (1933) Rouben Mamoulian, Greta Garbo, John Gilbert, Ian Keith, Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Queen Christina of Sweden is a dominant European ruler in the 17th century, and has never thought of romance. Read More »
Von Caligari zu Hitler: Das deutsche Kino im Zeitalter der Massen (2014) Rüdiger Suchsland, Hans Henrik Wöhler, Fritz Lang, Documentary, Biography, History
Focuses on the Weimar Republic (1918-1933) and its ‘collective spirit’ in cinema. The purpose of film as a cultural tool is examined. Read More »
Eureka Stockade / Massacre Hill (1949) Harry Watt, Chips Rafferty, Jane Barrett, Jack Lambert, Drama, History
In 1854, Australian gold rush miners struggle for their rights against an oppressive government. Read More »
The Heroes of Telemark (1965) Anthony Mann, Kirk Douglas, Richard Harris, Ulla Jacobsson, Action, Drama, History, War
Set in German-occupied Norway, this is an embellished account of the remarkable efforts of the Norwegian resistance to sabotage the German development of the atomic bomb. Read More »