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Little Bird

April 2017 •English

A young woman seeks to expand her limited horizons, set against a backdrop of wartime London.

Her Sister's Secret

September 1946 •English

A WWII tale of romance that begins during New Orlean's "Mardi Gras" celebration when a soldier and a girl meet and fall in love. He asks her to marry him but she decides to wait until his next leave. He is sent overseas and she does not receive his letter and feels abandoned, but she does find out she is pregnant. She gives the child to her married sister and does not see her child again for three years. She returns to her sister's home to reclaim the child, and the soldier, who has been searching for her, also turns up. The sister is not interested in giving up the child. Written by Les Adams

Tender Comrade

May 1944 •English

Jo Jones, a young defense plant worker whose husband is in the military during World War II, shares a house with three other women in the same situation.

Mr. Winkle Goes to War

July 1944 •English

Wilbert Winkle, a henpecked, mild-mannered, middle-aged bank clerk and handyman finds himself in the midst of battle in the South Pacific.

Gold

June 2018 •Swedish

Amal lives in a bomb shelter with her sisters in a wartime Syria. Food and water is scarce. One day when Amal is out playing, she finds a piece of gold. Suddenly other people claims the gold belongs to them.

Out of Darkness

March 1941 •English

This John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short tells of the Nazis' efforts to shut down an underground resistance newspaper in occupied Belgium.

Arise, My Love

November 1940 •English

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

Niskavuori taistelee

November 1957 •Finnish

The last black-and-white film in the Niskavuori series of movies.

The Grand Budapest Hotel

February 2014 •English

The Grand Budapest Hotel tells of a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars and his friendship with a young employee who becomes his trusted protégé. The story involves the theft and recovery of a priceless Renaissance painting, the battle for an enormous family fortune and the slow and then sudden upheavals that transformed Europe during the first half of the 20th century.

In The Trap

Invalid date •English

In the midst of a war, two kids hide in their home from an approaching looter.

Our Queen at War

April 2020 •English

Learn how the longest reigning monarch in British history was shaped by World War II. Princess Elizabeth’s experiences during the war mirrored those of the public and helped shape her into the Queen she is today.

Astrapogiannos

September 1970 •Greek

The battle-scarred hero of the Greek Revolution, Giannos "Astrapogiannos", returns home after the end of the blood-soaked War of Independence, only to find himself in a new conflict, as he locks horns with a ruthless local Kodjabashis.

She's a Soldier Too

June 1944 •English

Wartime workers deal with homefront dramatics.

Khoja

March 2012 •Azerbaijani

The film on the Khojaly tragedy, tells the story of a young officer, unfolding against the backdrop of the terrible events of February 1992.

7 Wrekers

June 2020 •Dutch

Sergeant Murphy

January 1938 •English

An Army private proves his horse is fit for service and wins his colonel's daughter.

The White Sister

March 1933 •English

An Italian aristocrat enters a nunnery, thinking her pilot lover has been killed in the war.

That Kind of Woman

September 1959 •English

A young G.I. falls in love with a kept woman on a train to New York.

Good Luck, Mr. Yates

June 1943 •English

A 4F military school teacher's lie about being accepted for active duty causes problems on the home front.

London Can Take It!

October 1940 •English

A tribute to the courage and resiliency of Britons during the darkest days of the London Blitz.