nazi invasion

One Life

Thu, 21 Dec 2023

British stockbroker Nicholas Winton visits Czechoslovakia in the 1930s and forms plans to assist in the rescue of Jewish children before the onset of World War II, in an operation that came to be known as the Kindertransport.

The North Star

Thu, 04 Nov 1943

A Ukrainian village must suddenly contend with the Nazi invasion of June 1941. Later re-edited and released as "Armored Attack."

The Painted Bird

Thu, 12 Sep 2019

After losing his parents, a young Jewish boy wanders Eastern Europe, seeking refuge during World War II.

The King's Choice

Thu, 29 Sep 2016

On 9 April 1940, German soldiers arrive in the city of Oslo. The King of Norway faces a choice that will change his country forever. The King's Choice is a story about the three most dramatic days in Norway's history, the royal family's escape and King Haakon's difficult choice after Nazi Germany's invasion of Norway.

Gold Run

Thu, 15 Dec 2022

Fredrik isn’t the bravest of men, but now he is faced with a great responsibility and an enormous task - to get the entire Norwegian gold reserve away from the Nazis during the invasion of Norway.

The Yellow Rolls-Royce

Thu, 31 Dec 1964

One Rolls-Royce belongs to three vastly different owners, starting with Lord Charles, who buys the car for his wife as an anniversary present. The next owner is Paolo Maltese, a mafioso who purchases the car during a trip to Italy and leaves it with his girlfriend while he returns to Chicago. Finally, the car is owned by American widow Gerda, who joins the Yugoslavian resistance against the invading Nazis.

Freaks Out

Thu, 28 Oct 2021

Four super-powered circus freaks find themselves trapped in war-torn Rome after their foster father is captured by the Nazis.

Arise, My Love

Fri, 08 Nov 1940

A dashing pilot and a vivacious reporter have romantic and dramatic adventures in Europe as World War II begins.

Days of Glory

Fri, 16 Jun 1944

A heroic guerilla group fights back against impossible odds during the 1941 Nazi invasion of Russia.

The Only Way

Thu, 01 Jan 1970

In April 1940, the armies of Nazi Germany invaded Denmark. The Danish government promised peaceful cooperation on the condition that Denmark's Jews remained free. The Nazis agreed. In October 1943, the agreement was broken... This is the true and magnificent saga of Denmark's valorous actions to save Danish Jews from Nazi extermination at peril of death!

To My Unborn Son

Sat, 30 Oct 1943

A Yugoslav man, dying after being shot while attempting to help defend his village, writes a letter of encouragement and hope to his unborn child, explaining what he was fighting for in resisting the Nazi invasion of his homeland. A John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short.

Woman from the Killed Village

Wed, 31 Dec 1975

One of the five-part documentary series by Belarusian writer and director Viktor Dashuk, which recounts the horrors experienced by the Belarusian people during World War II, through firsthand accounts of survivors and newsreel footage.

Poland 1939: When German Soldiers Became War Criminals

Sat, 31 Aug 2019

September 1st, 1939. Nazi Germany invades Poland. The campaign is fast, cruel and ruthless. In these circumstances, how is it that ordinary German soldiers suddenly became vicious killers, terrorizing the local population? Did everyone turn into something worse than wild animals? The true story of the first World War II offensive that marks in the history of infamy the beginning of a carnage and a historical tragedy.

La maison de verre

Fri, 08 May 2015