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Now is the time for heroes.
Movie · 6.9 / 10 · 1K ratings · 17 Jun 1981 · English · 1h 56m · Released
A group of POWs in a German prison camp during World War II play the German National Soccer Team in this powerful film depicting the role of prisoners during wartime.
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The Match
Movie · 6.1 / 10 · 10 Jul 2021 · English
Inspired by true events from the spring of 1944 when the Nazis organized a football match between a team of camp inmates and an elite Nazi team on Adolf Hitler's birthday. A match the prisoners are determined to win, no matter what happens.
The Monuments Men
Movie · 6.1 / 10 · 24 Jan 2014 · English
Based on the true story of the greatest treasure hunt in history, The Monuments Men is an action drama focusing on seven over-the-hill, out-of-shape museum directors, artists, architects, curators, and art historians who went to the front lines of WWII to rescue the world’s artistic masterpieces from Nazi thieves and return them to their rightful owners. With the art hidden behind enemy lines, how could these guys hope to succeed?
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
Movie · 7.8 / 10 · 7 May 2008 · English
When his family moves from their home in Berlin to a strange new house in Poland, young Bruno befriends Shmuel, a boy who lives on the other side of the fence where everyone seems to be wearing striped pajamas. Unaware of Shmuel's fate as a Jewish prisoner or the role his own Nazi father plays in his imprisonment, Bruno embarks on a dangerous journey inside the camp's walls.
Voyage of the Damned
Movie · 6.0 / 10 · 22 Dec 1976 · English
A luxury liner carries Jewish refugees from Hitler's Germany in a desperate fight for survival.
Munich - The Edge of War
Movie · 6.9 / 10 · 31 Dec 2021 · English
At the tense 1938 Munich Conference, former friends who now work for opposing governments become reluctant spies racing to expose a Nazi secret.
The Great Escape
Movie · 7.9 / 10 · 3 Jul 1963 · English
The Nazis, exasperated at the number of escapes from their prison camps by a relatively small number of Allied prisoners, relocate them to a high-security 'escape-proof' camp to sit out the remainder of the war. Undaunted, the prisoners plan one of the most ambitious escape attempts of World War II. Based on a true story.
Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin
Movie · 6.8 / 10 · 20 Nov 2024 · English
As the world teeters on the brink of annihilation, Dietrich Bonhoeffer joins a deadly plot to assassinate Hitler, risking his faith and fate to save millions of Jews from genocide.
United
Movie · 6.9 / 10 · 2 Jan 2011 · English
United is based on the true story of Manchester United's legendary "Busby Babes", the youngest side ever to win the Football League and the 1958 Munich Air Crash that claimed eight of the their number. The film draws on first-hand interviews with the survivors and their families to tell the inspirational story of a team and community overcoming terrible tragedy.
Woman in Gold
Movie · 7.3 / 10 · 20 Mar 2015 · English
Maria Altmann, an octogenarian Jewish refugee, takes on the government to recover artwork she believes rightfully belongs to her family.
Operation Mincemeat
Movie · 6.5 / 10 · 1 Apr 2022 · English
In 1943, two British intelligence officers concoct Operation Mincemeat, wherein their plan to drop a corpse with false papers off the coast of Spain would fool Nazi spies into believing the Allied forces were planning to attack by way of Greece rather than Sicily.
Uprising
Movie · 6.5 / 10 · 4 Nov 2001 · English
In the Warsaw ghetto in 1943, Jews rise against the Nazis.
Swing Kids
Movie · 6.7 / 10 · 5 Mar 1993 · English
The story of a close-knit group of young kids in Nazi Germany who listen to banned swing music from the US. Soon dancing and fun leads to more difficult choices as the Nazis begin tightening the grip on Germany. Each member of the group is forced to face some tough choices about right, wrong, and survival.