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1) Jojo Rabbit
Language
English
Description
A World War II satire that follows a lonely German boy named Jojo whose world view is turned upside down when he discovers his single mother is hiding a young Jewish girl in their attic. Aided only by his idiotic imaginary friend, Adolf Hitler, Jojo must confront his blind nationalism.
3) Lifeboat
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English
Description
When an their vessel is torpedoed in the Atlantic Ocean during WWII, eight survivors find refuge in a lifeboat. Short on food and water, their situation is further complicated when they rescue a crew member from the German submarine that sank their ship.
4) Father Goose
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English
Description
During World War II, a South Seas wanderer is compelled by the Australian navy to act as a sky observer on a small island, where he finds himself in charge of six refugee schoolchildren and their headmistress.
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English
Description
This 1960 World War II film, set on a South Pacific Island, is based on Philip Roth's short story "Expect the Vandals." Two soldiers are the lone survivors of a Japanese attack. The hero, Moe, a 35-year-old Jewish accountant, has to care for the injured Ken, an all-American young soldier. The two clash over personal animosity and cultural prejudice.
10) In harm's way
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English
Description
Epic treatment of the bombing of Pearl Harbor and the attack on the naval base.
11) The war bride
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English
Description
Inspired by a true story, this uplifting wartime drama is about a vivacious war bride and mother who leaves war-torn London to begin a new life on her new husband Charlie's family farm in Canada. Their faith and love is put to the supreme test.
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English
Description
When a young German American is solicited as a Nazi spy during WWII, he accepts the job after agreeing to go undercover for the FBI. Once he learns that his mission is to send atomic bomb secrets to the German government, the FBI chief works relentlessly to prevent this while not giving his agent's identity away.
14) Midway
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English
Description
The story of the people involved in the Battle of Midway, in June 1942. Includes actual film of the battles, as well as dramatic interpretations of the events.
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English
Description
British flyer Peter Carter survives a jump from his burning plane without parachute and wakes up in a nether world between Earth and the next life. He is informed that he should have died and must go to Heaven, where he is put on trial for his life. He falls in love with June, an American radio operator.
16) Fortunes of war
Language
English
Description
Mini-series that chronicles the lives of an English couple who live in Bucharest when WWII breaks out.
17) A bridge too far
Language
English
Description
At Arnheim in 1944, the Allies suffered a disasterous defeat attempting to airdrop in Holland behind German lines. Based on a true story.
19) 1941
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English
Description
This comedy is set in Los Angeles days after the attack on Pearl Harbor, when the fear of a Japanese invasion hung over the city.
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English
Description
The Boy in the Woods tells the remarkable true story of Max, a Jewish boy escaping Nazi persecution in Eastern Europe. After he is separated from his family, Max finds refuge with Christian peasant Jasko, who hides him in plain sight until a tense stand-off with Nazi police. Afraid for his own family's life, Jasko sends Max to live in the woods where he learns to survive alone. With echoes of a Grimms' Fairy Tale, Max's experience is both terrifying...