Mussolini’s Italy, late 1930s: the Finzi-Contini are one of the leading wealthy Jewish families. Read More »
War
Away All Boats (1956) Joseph Pevney, Jeff Chandler, George Nader, Lex Barker
The story of USS ‘Belinda’, Attack Transport PA22, launched late 1943 with regular-navy Read More »
The Secret of Santa Vittoria (1969) Stanley Kramer, Anthony Quinn, Anna Magnani, Virna Lisi
Bombolini is a fairly-worthless drunk in the small Italian town of Santa Vittoria Read More »
Many Wars Ago / Uomini contro (1970) Francesco Rosi, Mark Frechette, Alain Cuny, Gian Maria Volontè
In Northern Italy, WWI has turned into a bloody stalemate. Bogged down in their trenches on a barren highland Read More »
When Martin Was Fourteen / Als Martin vierzehn war (1964) Walter Beck, Ulrich Balko, Erik Veldre, Hans Hardt-Hardtloff
Martin and his friend Kathrin find their youth abruptly ended in March 1920 Read More »
The Moon and the Stars (2007) John Irvin, Jonathan Pryce, Alfred Molina, Catherine McCormack
Together in Rome to shoot a film, a German actress (McCormack) Read More »
The Eagle and the Hawk (1933) Stuart Walker, Fredric March, Cary Grant, Jack Oakie
The pilots of a Royal Air Force squadron in World War I face not only physical Read More »
Our Miss Fred (1972) Bob Kellett, Danny La Rue, Alfred Marks, Lance Percival
Shakespearean actor Fred Wimbush’s drafted during WWII. Read More »
Au Revoir Mon Amour / Ho yat gwan joi loi (1991) Tony Au, Anita Mui, Tony Ka Fai Leung, Hidekazu Akai
Two former lovers are reunited in war-torn Shanghai during its occupation by Japanese troops in World War 2. Read More »
El Alamein – The Line of Fire / El Alamein – La linea del fuoco (2002) Enzo Monteleone, Paolo Briguglia, Pierfrancesco Favino, Luciano Scarpa
War seen through the eyes of Serra, a university student from Palermo who volunteers in 1942 to fight in Africa. Read More »