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Jewish tailor Albert & his wife Lea are reestablishing their business in 1946 Paris. Albert hires 6 people, more than he needs but all but one are Jews who somehow survived the occupation. Each has to reestablish his or her relationships & life among sometimes indifferent & hostile Parisians. …More

 A rich Polish farmer hides a Jew from the Nazis and keeps her prisoner while nursing her to health. …More

 Based on the director's life, this film chronicles Malle's experiences during the German occupation of France in World War II. …More

 The story of a Jewish singer in Holland during WWII, as she joins the resistance against the Nazis. …More

 Following the premiere of her latest picture Viviane finds herself with a dead man in her apartment. Frédéric is a writer who's been falsely accused of murder, thanks to Viviane. Viviane has fled Paris for Bordeaux with a cabinet minister, and once Frédéric escapes from prison, he is not far behind.

This is the digitally-remastered authentic undersea saga inspired by the actual experiences of a World War II German photojournalist. In 1941, forty-three young German sailors boarded the U-96 seeking adventure, respect and heroism. …More

Set during the Nazi occupation in WWII, a teenage railway trainee determined to lose his virginity, is driven to a suicide attempt and becomes a hero of the resistance. …More

A teen-age boy and girl witness Nazi barbarity in 1943 Byelorussia. Directed by Elem Klimov. …More

 A weak-willed Italian man becomes a fascist flunky who goes to Paris to arrange the assassination of his old teacher, now a political dissident. …More

 Facing an ethical quandary, Jewish master forger Salomon Sorowitsch must choose between abetting the Nazis and saving his skin in this taut Oscar-nominated drama based on a true story. Assembled at a death camp, a cadre of printers, artists and chiselers -- led by the opportunistic Sorowitsch -- is tasked with counterfeiting currencies to weaken Allied economies. …More

During the dark days of World War II, a Czechoslovakian couple grudgingly agrees to shelter a Jewish escapee from a concentration camp in their tiny apartment. …More

 A Polish-Jewish teen-ager boldly poses as an Aryan to escape the Holocaust. Directed by Agnieszka Holland. …More

A teenage Jewish boy from Budapest finds himself in turmoil as Hitler's Final Solution becomes policy throughout Europe. Taken from his family and sent to a concentration camp, his existence becomes a surreal adventure in adversity in order to survive. …More

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An aging Jewish doctor is forbidden to practice medicine in Prague during the Nazi occupation. He is employed in a warehouse as a clerk, cataloguing confiscated Jewish property. When a partisan is wounded, the doctor reluctantly agrees to treat him. The doctor hides him in his run-down apartment buiding as he sneaks through the black-market underworld of Prague in search of morphine to ease the man's pain, ever fearful of informant neighbors and vigilant authorities.

 A tubercular Japanese soldier walks among World War II horror. Directed by Kon Ichikawa. …More

Trapped in a Polish ghetto with thousands of Jews, Jacob overhears a radio report at Gestapo headquarters about a nearby Russian victory and shares the good news. Quickly he becomes a one-man bulwark against despair, but ultimately unable to see or change the fate of his people. …More

Polish partisans hide from the Nazis in the sewers of Warsaw. Directed by Andrzej Wadja. …More

A Jewish stage director's wife runs the show in Nazi-occupied Paris. Directed by Francois Truffaut. …More

As tens of thousands of Allied troops push further inland, the Japanese troops defending Iwo Jima during World War II prepare to meet their fate, a companion piece to hit film Flags of Our Fathers. …More

Guido Orefice used the power of his imagination and sense of humor to win the woman he loves and create a beautiful life for his family. When that life is threatened by Nazi invasion he must rely on this same strength to save his son and wife from certain doom. …More

Aryan art dealer Mr. Klein is mistaken for a Jewish Mr. Klein in 1942 Paris. Directed by Joseph Losey. …More

Noted German director Volker Schlondorff's (The Tin Drum) highly compelling The Ninth Day provides a unique examination of historical events that took place during the Holocaust.

Set in World War II Czechoslovakia, an old Jewish woman loses her small button shop and depends on Tono who takes over the business to shield her from further persecution. …More

German soldiers go from victory to survival mode as their army suffers its first major defeat of World War II. …More

After Hitler took over power in 1933, many Jewish artists were forced to leave Germany. Wilhelm Furtwangler, arguably the most distinguished conductor of his generation, chose to stay serving as one of the Nazi’s foremost cultural assets. Based on a true story, this film demands the audience take a position on the issue …More