Wondering about the meaning and modalities of their triage, presumably to live or burn, Jewish Auschwitz barrack mates start to debate on how Read More »
War
The House of Intrigue / Londra chiama Polo Nord (1956) Duilio Coletti, Curd Jürgens, Dawn Addams, Folco Lulli
A British radio operator is captured in occupied territory Read More »
Remember Pearl Harbor (1942) Joseph Santley, Don ‘Red’ Barry, Alan Curtis, Fay McKenzie
On 16 November, 1941 at the La Dessa U. S. army post in the Philippines Read More »
We the Living / Noi vivi (1942) Goffredo Alessandrini, Fosco Giachetti, Alida Valli, Rossano Brazzi
The time is the Russian Revolution. The place is a country burdened with fear Read More »
La grande vadrouille (1966) Gérard Oury, Bourvil, Louis de Funès, Claudio Brook
A RAF Bomber is shot down over Paris by the Germans. Its crew (Terry Thomas as a flight captain) land there by parachute. Read More »
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge / La rivière du hibou (1961) Robert Enrico, Roger Jacquet, Anne Cornaly, Anker Larsen
A Civil War civilian is to be executed by hanging, but when the plank is kicked away Read More »
The Sorrow and the Pity / Le chagrin et la pitié (1969) Marcel Ophüls, Helmut Tausend, Marcel Verdier, Alexis Grave
From 1940 to 1944, France’s Vichy government collaborated with Nazi Germany. Read More »
Sandra / Vaghe stelle dell’Orsa… (1965) Luchino Visconti, Claudia Cardinale, Jean Sorel, Michael Craig
Sandra comes back to Volterra, in Tuscany, the little town where she spent her childhood. Read More »
Ararat (2002) Atom Egoyan, Charles Aznavour, Brent Carver, Eric Bogosian
People tell stories. In Toronto, an art historian lectures on Arshile Gorky (1904 -1948) Read More »
Father (1990) John Power, Max von Sydow, Carol Drinkwater
On a TV tabloid show, Iya Zetnick exposes Joe Mueller as the Nazi war criminal who killed her family. Read More »