1940S Movies

It is April 1945, spring begins and ends the war. German transport heading away from Bohemia.

In Japanese, “shi kata ga nai” means “it can't be helped”. As a phrase, it represents the philosophical basis of the Japanese cultural reserve, throug...

A short documentary about the making of "The Great Dictator."

On October 25, 1946... in a small crowded room at Cambridge University, two of the world’s greatest twentieth-century philosophers, Ludwig Wittgenstei...

The film looks at men and women of color in the U.S. Merchant Marine from 1938-1975. Through chronicling the lives of these men and women who, with a...

Detective Renthro gets more than he bargained for.

Roger Rabbit is given the task of babysitting Baby Herman by Mrs. Herman, or risk "going back to the science lab". From his crib Baby Herman spots a c...

On the 8th September 1943, thousands of allied prisoners of war escaped into the Italian countryside following the country's surrender. The occupying...

Using edited archive footage, mockery is made of Italy's dictator Benito Mussolini.

In Fascist Albania 1942, Albanian partisans will do all they can to remove the Italian fascists from their country.

An account of a young Italian boy who was taken in by a Canadian military unit during World War II.

The story of the events of 1941, the beginning of the occupation of Vinnytsia, when the mass extermination of Jews began.

A crooked real estate tycoon tricks a trusting young woman out of her small candy store. When he is found dead, the girl is suspected of the crime.

In 1947 by the Beskid mountains, the traces of war still linger, destroyed tanks dispersed throughout the farmland creating an eerie backdrop. This fi...

The story of the Spanish Republicans of La Nueve, the 9th Company of the Régiment de marche du Tchad, part of the French 2nd Armored Division, known a...

A portrait of the life and work of the great Hungarian composer Béla Bartók, exploring both his music and his passionate interest in his country's fol...

The year is 1940, Croatian coast, Kingdom of Yugoslavia. Jakov, a poor peasant from hinterland, and his daughter Mala, go to the city, trying to find...

Based on a true story, set during the drainage of the Maliq swamp.