Items Matching Tag 'WW2'

Germany, Year Zero (DVD Details)
Completing the `war trilogy' that Roberto Rossellini started with Rome, Open City (1945) and Paisà (1946), this is one of the masterpieces of neo-realism. Set in a divided Germany it unflinchingly depicts the dehumanising impact of defeat on a guilt-ridden nation. It’s a harrowing study of social disintegration held together by an exceptional performance by 12 year-old Edmund Moeschke.

Ivan's Childhood (DVD Details)
Andrei Tarkovsky's prize-winning debut feature is an extraordinarily moving and powerful story or war and revenge. Determined to avange his family's death at the hands of the Nazis, 12 year old Ivan joins a Russian regiment as a scout, where he becomes indispensable for his ability to slip unnoticed through enemy lines. But, as his missions become increasingly dangerous, it is decided that he...

Cottage to Let (Special Edition) (UK) (DVD Details)
Secretly testing bomb mechanisms in a laboratory in his remote country house for the Air Ministry, Barrington is key to the war effort. However, unbeknownst to him, various members of his domestic staff are undercover spies working for the enemy. Their plan is to kidnap Barrington aided by a German agent, who comes in the form of a wounded RAF pilot taken in by the house. However, what the would-be...

Amen (UK) (DVD Details)
Nominated for 7 César Awards, this compelling drama from Oscar winning director Costa-Gavras is both thought-provoking and moving in its portrayal of two men caught up in an unimaginable situation. Kurt Gerstein (Ulrich Tukur) is the German chemist who creates Zyclon-B and is horrified to discover that the Nazi S.S. is using his invention to exterminate Jews and "political undesirables." A man of...