Is the story of Samantha and Dov Ernst, American Zionists who emigrated to Palestine. Read More »
War
God on Trial (2008) Andy De Emmony, Joseph Muir, Josef Altin, Ashley Artus
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 »
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
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 »