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2) Dunkirk
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Formats
Description
A World War II thriller about the evacuation of Allied troops from the French city of Dunkirk before Nazi forces can take hold.
3) Wonder Woman
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Diana, princess of the Amazons was trained to be an unconquerable warrior. Raised on a sheltered island paradise, when an American pilot crashes on their shores and tells of a massive conflict raging in the outside world, Diana leaves her home, convinced she can stop the threat. Fighting alongside man in a war to end all wars, Diana will discover her full powers, and her true destiny.
Language
English
Formats
Description
The story of a Catholic war profiteer, Oskar Schindler, who risked his life and went bankrupt in order to save more than 1,000 Jews from certain death in concentration camps. He employed Jews in his crockery factory manufacturing goods for the German army. At the same time he tries to stay solvent with the help of a Jewish accountant and negotiates business with a vicious Nazi commandant who enjoys shooting Jews as target practice from the balcony...
Series
Pub. Date
[2005]
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Language
English
Description
A comedy-drama about life aboard a Navy cargo ship in Pacific waters during World War II. The monotonous non-combat duty of a fun-loving crew is enlivened by a feud between the petty, intolerant captain and an impetuous, highly-respected cargo officer whose continuous efforts to get a transfer to combat duty are blocked by the captain.
Series
Criterion collection volume 538
Pub. Date
2010.
Edition
Special edition.
Language
English
Description
During WWI, a French battalion is ordered on a suicide mission that is likely to fail. When it does, the general that planned the mission selects three soldiers from the battalion to be executed for cowardice, and selects their leader as their attorney. Cast, credits, and essay by James Naremore printed in booklet inserted in container.
Language
English
Formats
Description
An unlikely World War II platoon has been tasked by FDR with going into Germany to rescue artistic masterpieces from Nazi thieves and returning them to their rightful owners. With the art trapped behind enemy lines, and with the German army under orders to destroy everything as the Reich fell, how could they possibly succeed? But as the Monuments Men, as they were called, found themselves in a race against time, they would risk their lives to protect...
8) Gettysburg
Series
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Description
Gettysburg (254 min.): "... the gripping saga of the tactics, command errors and sacrifices behind the bloodiest battle ever fought on U.S. soil."--Container.
Gods and generals (219 min.): "... reveals the spirited allegiances and fierce combat of earlier Civil War struggles, framing its tale with the fateful clashes of Bull Run, Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville."--Container.
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Guy Ritchie's The Covenant follows US Army Sergeant John Kinley (Jake Gyllenhaal) and Afghan interpreter Ahmed (Dar Salim). After an ambush, Ahmed goes to Herculean lengths to save Kinley's life. When Kinley learns that Ahmed and his family were not given safe passage to America as promised, he must repay his debt by returning to the war zone to retrieve them before the Taliban hunts them down first.
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Language
Russian
Description
In December 1941, a German tank column is moving towards Moscow. During a mission to stop the enemy advance, Soviet pilot Nikolai Komlev's Il-2 is shot down in enemy territory. To survive, Komlev must face hunger, extreme cold, evading wild wolves, and avoiding Nazi soldiers. When he finally makes it back to safety, he faces the strongest challenge of them all.
Series
Criterion collection volume 536
Pub. Date
[2010]
Edition
Special edition.
Language
English
Description
Adapted from the epic novel by James Jones. A powerful all-star cast explodes into action in this hauntingly realistic view of military and moral chaos in the Pacific during World War II. Bonus features include outtakes, interviews, actual WWII newsreel footage, commentary, and an essay.
Series
Criterion collection volume 318
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
Français
Description
A timeless evocation of the loss of innocence, Rene Clement's devastating Forbidden games tells the story of a young orphan and her friend forced to fend for themselves in World War II France.
14) Wooden crosses
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
Français
Description
Film adaptation of an anti-war novel that follows a French regiment in World War I as it trudges from patriotism to disillusionment.
15) Come and see
Series
Criterion collection volume 1035
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
Blu-ray special edition.
Language
Russian
Description
The experiences of a young boy coming of age during the German occupation of Belarus during the Great Patriotic War (WWII).
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