One Life

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One Life (2023)

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The Island on Bird Street

The Island on Bird Street

1997 ★ 7.2

Alex is an 11-year old boy who, during WWII, hides in the Jewish ghetto from Nazis after all his relatives have been sent to the concentration camp. The movie portrays the ghetto through his eyes.

The Windermere Children

The Windermere Children

2020 ★ 7.4

The story of the pioneering project to rehabilitate child survivors of the Holocaust on the shores of Lake Windermere.

Voyage of the Damned

Voyage of the Damned

1976 ★ 6.0

A luxury liner carries Jewish refugees from Hitler's Germany in a desperate fight for survival.

Uprising

Uprising

2001 ★ 6.5

In the Warsaw ghetto in 1943, Jews rise against the Nazis.

The Zookeeper's Wife

The Zookeeper's Wife

2017 ★ 7.3

The account of keepers of the Warsaw Zoo, Jan and Antonina Zabinski, who helped save hundreds of people and animals during the Nazi invasion.

The Book Thief

The Book Thief

2013 ★ 7.5

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.

The Boy in the Woods

The Boy in the Woods

2023 ★ 6.9

The remarkable true-life survival story of a Jewish boy hiding and being hunted in the forests of Nazi-occupied Eastern Europe, based on Maxwell Smart's memoir.

The Zone of Interest

The Zone of Interest

2023 ★ 7.0

The commandant of Auschwitz, Rudolf Höss, and his wife Hedwig, strive to build a dream life for their family in a house and garden next to the camp.

The Diary of Anne Frank

The Diary of Anne Frank

1959 ★ 7.2

The true, harrowing story of a young Jewish girl who, with her family and their friends, is forced into hiding in an attic in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam.

The Way Back

The Way Back

2010 ★ 7.0

A small band of multicultural convicts stages a daring escape from a WWII-era Siberian gulag, and embarks on a treacherous journey across five countries in a desperate race for freedom and survival.

Night Train to Munich

Night Train to Munich

1940 ★ 7.3

Czechoslovakia, March 1939, on the eve of World War II. As the German invaders occupy Prague, inventor Axel Bomasch manages to flee and reach England; but those who need to put his knowledge at the service of the Nazi war machine, in order to carry out their evil plans of destruction, will stop at nothing to capture him.

The Monuments Men

The Monuments Men

2014 ★ 6.1

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?

White Bird

White Bird

2023 ★ 7.8

After being expelled from Beecher Prep for his treatment of a classmate with a facial deformity, Julian has struggled to fit in at his new school. To transform his life, Julian's grandmother finally reveals her own story of courage of her youth in Nazi-occupied France, where a classmate shelters her from mortal danger.

Avalon

Avalon

1990 ★ 6.7

A Polish-Jewish family comes to the U.S. at the beginning of the twentieth century. There, the family and their children try to make themselves a better future in the so-called promised land.

The Railway Children Return

The Railway Children Return

2022 ★ 6.5

Follow a group of children who are evacuated to a Yorkshire village during the Second World War, where they encounter a young soldier who, like them, is far away from home.

Woman in Gold

Woman in Gold

2015 ★ 7.3

Maria Altmann, an octogenarian Jewish refugee, takes on the government to recover artwork she believes rightfully belongs to her family.

Making Love

Making Love

2000 ★ 6.8

Costanza is drinking a beer in a Prague pub, a summer night in 1968, while a violinist enters and starts playing a "canone inverso" for her. It is not a case, that music and that violin have a story behind that could concern her. It is the love story between Jeno Varga and the music, between Jeno and Sophie.

Night Crossing

Night Crossing

1982 ★ 6.2

Two men want to escape from East Germany (under Communist rule) but they will only go if they can take their families with them. Based on a true story.

The Piano Lesson

The Piano Lesson

2024 ★ 5.9

A brother and sister's battle over a prized heirloom piano unleashes haunting truths about how the past is perceived — and who defines a family legacy.

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

2008 ★ 7.8

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.

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