The dramatic collapse of a wealthy, industrialist/Junker family during the reign of the Third Reich. Read More »
War
Five Scouts AKA Gonin no sekkôhei (1938) Tomotaka Tasaka, Isamu Kosugi, Bontarô Miake, Ichirô Izawa
Five airmen set out on a reconnaissance mission over northern China; the worst is feared when only four of them return. Read More »
So Proudly We Hail! (1943) Mark Sandrich, Claudette Colbert, Paulette Goddard, Veronica Lake
A group of U.S. Army nurses leaves San Francisco for their tour of duty in Hawaii in December 1941. Read More »
Maria no Oyuki / Oyuki, the Virgin (1935) Kenji Mizoguchi
During a war in the 19th century, a village linked to rebellious forces is attacked by the government army Read More »
The Pathfinder (1952) Sidney Salkow, George Montgomery, Helena Carter, Jay Silverheels
Pathfinder, a white man raised by the Mohican Indians Read More »
I Was an American Spy (1951) Lesley Selander, Ann Dvorak, Gene Evans, Douglas Kennedy
An American nightclub singer in 1940’s Singapore becomes a spy for America in an effort to get back at the invading Japanese army. Based on a true story. Read More »
The Woman I Love (1937) Anatole Litvak, Paul Muni, Miriam Hopkins, Louis Hayward
In World War I France, a pilot falls in love with the wife of his friend and superior officer. Read More »
Booy-E Pirahan-E Yusef / The Scent of Joseph’s Shirt (1995) Ebrahim Hatamikia, Niki Karimi, Ali Nassirian, Jafar Dehghan
A subtle examination of the intricacies of mourning those who are missing in action. Read More »
Rome, Open City (1945) Roberto Rossellini, Anna Magnani, Aldo Fabrizi, Marcello Pagliero
During the Nazi occupation of Rome in 1944, the Resistance leader, Giorgio Manfredi, is chased by the Nazis as he seeks refuge and a way to escape. Read More »
Leily Is with Me (1996) Kamal Tabrizi, Parviz Parastui, Mahmoud Azizi, Maziar Lorestani
During the war with Iraq, an absurd set of events has an Iranian documentary cinematographer seemingly Read More »