Nazi propaganda film about the Condor Legion, a unit of German “volunteers” who fought in the Spanish Civil War on the side of eventual dictator Francisco Franco against the elected government of Spain.
Tag: world war ii
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The Third Reich: The Rise & Fall
An intimate, authentic portrait of Hitler’s Germany as recorded by the people who lived it. Never-before-seen home movies, Nazi propaganda films and personal recollections culled from German’s diaries, journals and letters provide a rare look inside the darker pages of world history.
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The Fjällbacka Murders – The Hidden Child
Erica’s parents are killed in a traffic accident. She moves to Fjällbacka and discovers she has a brother.
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The Fighter Pilot
A brother and sister learn their biological grandfather was a kamikaze pilot who died during World War II. During their research into his life, they get conflicting accounts from his former comrades about his character and how he joined his squadron.
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Salinger
An in-depth investigation into the private world of the American writer J. D. Salinger (1919-2010), who lived most of his life behind the impenetrable wall of a self-imposed seclusion: how his dramatic experiences during World War II influenced his life and work, his relationships with very young women, his obsessive writing methods, his many literary secrets.
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The Railway Man
A victim from World War II’s “Death Railway” sets out to find those responsible for his torture. A true story.
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Belle and Sebastian
Belle and Sebastian is set high in the snowy Alps during the Second World War. The resourceful Sebastian is a lonely boy who tames and befriends a giant, wild mountain dog, Belle – even though the villagers believe her to be ‘the beast’ that has been killing their sheep.
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The Wolverine
Wolverine faces his ultimate nemesis – and tests of his physical, emotional, and mortal limits – in a life-changing voyage to modern-day Japan.
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The Book Thief
While subjected to the horrors of WWII Germany, young Liesel finds solace by stealing books and sharing them with others. Under the stairs in her home, a Jewish refugee is being sheltered by her adoptive parents.