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1) Casablanca
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
The romantic lovers' triangle between the impossibly heroic Czech Resistance leader Victor Laszlo, his beautiful wife Ilsa and her ex-lover, cynical American Rick Blaine is still the same old story, but it's never looked better.
2) The Pacific
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2010.
Language
English
Description
The experiences of three men and their fellow Marines take them from the first clash with the Japanese in the haunted jungles of Guadalcanal, through the impenetrable rain forests of Cape Gloucester, across the blasted coral strongholds of Peleliu, up the black sand terraces of Iwo Jima, through the killing fields of Okinawa, to the triumphant, yet uneasy, return home after V-J Day.
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
The remarkable true story of one soldier's death in battle, another soldier's journey of discovery and a nation's reverence and gratitude toward its war dead. After hearing of the heroic death of a young Marine in Iraq, veteran officer Lt. Colonel Michael Strobl volunteers to escort the remains of Lance Corporal Chance Phelps back to his hometown in Wyoming. As Strobl crosses America's heartland, he will find himself on an unexpectedly emotional journey...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Mata Hari arrived in Paris she was penniless. Within months she was the most celebrated woman in the city. As a dancer, she shocked and delighted audiences; as a courtesan, she bewitched the eras richest and most powerful men. But as paranoia consumed a country at war, Mata Haris lifestyle brought her under suspicion. In 1917, she was arrested in her hotel room on the Champs Elysees, and accused of espionage. Told in Mata Haris voice through...
Publisher
Sony
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Das Boot : "It is 1942 and the German submarine fleet is heavily engaged in the so-called "Battle of the Atlantic: to harass and destroy English shipping."
From Here to Eternity : "Passion and tragedy collide on a military base as a fateful day in December 1941 draws near."
The Bridge on the River Kwai : "When British POWs build a vital railway bridge in enemy-occupied Burma, Allied commandos are assigned to destroy it."
The Guns of Navarone :...
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
World War II rages across the Pacific and Lt. Cmdr. Duke E. Gifford (John Wayne) is in the thick of it. He evacuates children from enemy-held islands ; oversees the research and development of torpedoes at Pearl Harbor ; and prowls the depths in the submarine Thunderfish, hoping for a chance to aim his improved "tin fish"--Torpedoes - at the hulls of the enemy fleet.
11) Windtalkers
Publisher
Distributed by MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
A battle-weary Marine is assigned to guard - and ultimately befriends - a young Navajo soldier who has been trained to be a code talker. This code, the Navajo code, and the men who knew the code, were to be guarded as they went into action. It was the unspoken duty of the Marine to kill the Navajo soldier before he could be taken prisoner of war by the Japanese. This is the one wartime code that was never broken by the enemy.
12) The war lover
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Stationed in England during World War II, Buzz Rickson is the bravest air force pilot in his squadron. His maniacal quest for aerial thrills prompts his many daredevil heroics. His rebellious attitude, however, threatens to alienate him from everyone around him.
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
©2001.
Language
English
Description
Epic story covering a period in U.S. history from John Brown's raid at Harper's Ferry in 1859 to the summer of 1865 following President Lincoln's death. Focuses on two related families living on either side of the Mason-Dixon line who find themselves at war with each other.
15) Joyeux Noel
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
Français
Description
Based on the true story of three armies in the bloody trenches of World War I and the miraculous Christmas Eve truce they unexpectedly forge.
16) The last Vermeer
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
A captivating dramatic thriller set just after WWII, an all but forgotten true story about a soldier, Joseph Piller, investigating renowned Dutch artist Han van Meegeren who is accused of conspiring with the Nazis. Despite increasing evidence, Piller becomes more and more convinced of Han's innocence and finds himself in the improbable position of fighting to save the life of the colorful man with a mysterious past.
17) Overlord
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
American paratroopers are dropped behind enemy lines to carry out a mission crucial to the invasion's success, on the eve of D-Day. But as they approach their target, they begin to realize there is more going on in this Nazi-occupied village than a simple military operation. They find themselves fighting against supernatural forces, part of a Nazi experiment.
18) Land of mine
Publisher
Sony Pictures Classics
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
Deutsch
Description
In the aftermath of World War II, a group of surrendered German soldiers are ordered by Allied forces to remove their own landmines from the coast of Denmark.
Publisher
MPI Media Group
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
Deutsch
Formats
Description
It tells the gripping story of a young German soldier on the Western Front of World War I. Paul and his comrades experience first-hand how the initial euphoria of war turns into desperation and fear as they fight for their lives, and each other, in the trenches. The film from director Edward Berger is based on the world-renowned bestseller of the same name by Erich Maria Remarque.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
During the last major German offensive of WWII, a group of daring American soldiers set out to turn the war against all odds. Their mission will take them deep into German territory to derail Nazi efforts in obtaining the ultimate super weapon.