The Light of Dawn: The Normandy Landings

Rouen, naissance d'une cité

1939

The destruction of the city and its architectural heritage during the Allied bombing of the Second World War.

Enigma

2001 · ★ 6.3

The story of the WWII project to crack the code behind the Enigma machine, used by the Germans to encrypt messages sent to their submarines.

The Ambush

1968 · ★ 10

A film set during World War II - a small partisan unit must ambush a German convoy.

Franz + Polina

2006 · ★ 4.5

The movie tells the story of Franz, a Waffen-SS soldier who deserts, and Polina, a Belarusian woman whose village is razed and people massacred.

Wings Up

1943 · ★ 5.7

Clark Gable stars in this propaganda short about the Officers Candidate School of the Army Air Forces.

Fascism in Colour

2006 · ★ 7.5

After the World War I, Mussolini's perspective on life is severely altered; once a willful socialist reformer, now obsessed with the idea of power, he founds the National Fascist Party in 1921 and assumes political power in 1922, becoming the Duce, dictator of Italy. His success encourages Hitler to take power in Germany in 1933, opening the dark road to World War II. (Originally released as a two-part miniseries. Includes colorized archival footage.)

Tea with Mussolini

1999 · ★ 6.4

In 1930s fascist Italy, adolescent Luca just lost his mother. His father, a callous businessman, sends him to be taken care of by British expatriate Mary Wallace. Mary and her cultured friends - including artist Arabella, young widow Elsa, and archaeologist Georgie - keep a watchful eye over the boy. But the women's cultivated lives take a dramatic turn when Allied forces declare war on Mussolini.

Mother of Normandy: The Story of Simone Renaud

2010

Madame Simone Renaud witnessed the liberation of France on June 6, 1944 from a very unique viewpoint: St. Mere Eglise, the first town liberated during the D-Day invasion. It was here that she and her husband, the mayor of St. Mere Eglise, witnessed so many American soldiers giving their lives to protect freedom and democracy. Their small town became these soldiers' final resting place and Madame Renaud spent a lifetime tending to their graves and corresponding with their loved ones back home. She became a friend, family and touchstone to those whose lives were forever changed on that day.

Path of Shadows

An alchemist musician. A couple in a war trench. In an apocalyptic future, these three characters will be meet to discover the origins of hatred and the art.

Digging The Great Escape

2011

The classic movie "The Great Escape" was based on a real life escape attempt during the second world war. This documentary follows Archaeologists who are trying to find the original tunnels dug by the real prisoners of war who escaped. Some of the surviving prisoners also join the team to assist with the tunnel locations and to describe what it was really like to live that situation. In an effort to understand the technical details of how this feet of ingenuity was achieved, the team recreate some of the equipment used by the prisoners.

Echo on the Seashore

1966 · ★ 8

World War II. Patriot Jonuz Bruga has troubles with his young son, Selim, who leads an immoral lifestyle and does not support the anti-fascist war, while his brothers fight in the city's guerrilla units.

Kokoda

2006 · ★ 6.2

A bitter battle is fought between Australian and Japanese soldiers along the Kokoda trail in New Guinea during World War II.