In 1945 Amrum Island, 12-year-old Nanning hunts seals, fishes at night, and farms to help feed his family. Life feels idyllic on this windswept isle until peace reveals an unexpected danger closer to home.Read More »
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Fatih Akin – Amrum (2025)
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Eros Djarot – Tjoet Nja’ Dhien (1988)
Drama1981-1990Eros DjarotIndonesiaWar
Tjoet Nja’ Dhien is an epic anti-colonial film about the Aceh war, the long and bloody struggle against the colonial Dutch rule in the sultanate of Aceh in Indonesia. This aesthetically shot film portrays the unique character of the female guerrilla fighter Tjoet Nja’ Dhien. After her husband and rebel leader Teuku Umar is killed in an ambush, she takes on the Dutch colonial army herself and starts leading the numerous guerrilla warriors of Aceh.Read More »
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Anastasia Trofimova – Russians at War (2024)
Documentary2021-2030Anastasia TrofimovaCanadaWar
Follows Russian soldiers in combat, revealing colonial history and their increasingly unclear motivations amid daily struggles and losses.Read More »
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Mikhail Kalatozov – Valeriy Chkalov (1941)
1941-1950DramaMikhail KalatozovUSSRWar
The film is about the fate of the famous Soviet aviator Chkalov, who in mid 30’es made with his crew the first nonstop flight from Moscow to the Far East, covering over 9000 kilometers and later made the first nonstop transatlantic flight from Moscow to the USA across the North Pole.Read More »
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Augusto Genina – L’assedio dell’Alcazar aka The Siege of the Alcazar [Italian censored version] (1940)
Italy1931-1940Augusto GeninaDramaItalian Cinema under FascismWar
Set during the Spanish Civil War, Genina’s film celebrates the 70-day defence of the Alcazar fortress in Toledo by Nationalist troops under the command of General Moscardo. It is an example of a documentario romanzato or “fictional documentary”, a combination of historical facts with elements of romanticised fiction.Read More »
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Dennis Gansel – Der Tiger AKA The Tank (2025) (HD)
Germany2021-2030ActionDennis GanselWar
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In the Eastern Front of World War II in 1943, a five-man crew of a German Tiger tank is sent on a secret mission far behind the fiercely contested front line. Fueled by the Wehrmacht’s methamphetamine, their assignment increasingly becomes a journey into the heart of darkness.Read More » -
Mascha Schilinski – In die Sonne schauen AKA Sound of Falling (2025) (HD)
Germany2021-2030DramaMascha SchilinskiWar
Over the course of a century, as four girls from different time periods experience their youth on a German farm, their lives become intertwined until time seems to dissolve.Read More »
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René Clément – Le jour et l’heure AKA The Day and the Hour (1963)
1961-1970DramaFranceRené ClémentWar
In Nazi-occupied France during WWII, a French woman helps two downed Allied airmen to evade capture by the Germans and make their way into neutral Spain.Read More »
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Masaki Kobayashi – Tôkyô saiban AKA Tokyo Trial (1983)
1981-1990DocumentaryJapanMasaki KobayashiWar
