WWII in HD (TV Mini-Series 2009)

IMDb Ratings: 8.7/10 from 1,172 users

Follow the lives of soldiers who lived World War II, through previously unseen color footage.

WWII in HD (known as World War II: Lost Films in the UK) is a 10-part American documentary television miniseries that originally aired from November 15 to November 19, 2009 on the History Channel. The program focuses on the firsthand experiences of twelve American service members during World War II, including an Army nurse, a member of the Tuskegee Airmen, a second generation Japanese American and prisoner of war, and an Austrian Jewish immigrant. The twelve members recorded their time in both theaters and some had later interviews; found footage from the battlefield was paired with the stories of the twelve service members.

The episodes premiered on five consecutive days, with two episodes per day. The series is narrated by Gary Sinise and was produced by Lou Reda Productions in Easton, Pennsylvania, United States.

1     "Darkness Falls"     As Europe falls under Nazi control, America is unprepared for war and the attack on Pearl Harbor. The first bloody battles are fought on Guadalcanal and in North Africa.

2     "Hard Way Back"     The Allies take on the daunting forces of the Axis, with victory far from certain. Charles Scheffel battles Rommel's forces in Tunisia and Jack Werner faces bitter combat in the northern Pacific.

3     "Bloody Resolve"     The Marines assault Tarawa in one of the bloodiest battles yet waged. MacArthur island-hops and Italy's front lines claim a casualty.

4     "Battle Stations"     The Allies lay plans for the invasion of France; Bert Stiles and the 8th Air Force attempt to clear the skies over Normandy, while the Pacific remains unresolved.D day arrives.

5     "Day of Days"    The episode follows Charles Scheffel in Normandy and Jack Yusen in his early weeks in the navy. The Allies are bogged down in Normandy's hedgerows in the aftermath of D-Day, while on Saipan, victory turns to horror. Robert Sherrod witnesses the Battle of Saipan and the infamous mass suicides committed by the local civilians.

6     "Point of No Return"     The Allies race toward Germany as American Marines battle for ground on Peleliu and across the bloody Pacific.

7     "Striking Distance"    American forces storm the Philippines while Shelby Westbrook is shot down over Europe. Jack Yusen battles the dangers of the deep when his ship is sunk after a heroic duel.

8     "Glory and Guts"     

The Marine assault on Iwo Jima brings horror and glory. Pilot Bert Stiles engages a German fighter with disastrous consequences. Reinforcements arrive in Europe to push the Allies toward victory.

9     "Edge of the Abyss"    The Battle of the Bulge pushes the Allies to the brink, and Rockie Blunt barely survives the fight. Okinawa erupts as the Japanese make their last stand. Hitler is handed a final ultimatum.

10     "End Game"     With the end in sight, Okinawa is a bloody obstacle to victory. The Third Reich ends with a single gunshot. America delivers the final blow to Japan and the world celebrates the fall of the Axis.

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Soviet Storm-WWII in the East (2011)

Ratings: 8.69/10 from 118 users.

Soviet Storm: World War II in the East is a 2011 17-episode Russian television World War II series created by Anna Grazhdan, Artem Drabkin, and Aleksey Isaev.
The series consists of 2 seasons, which document and recount the most important, bloody, costly, and decisive events, battles, and personalities on the Eastern Front in World War II. Episodes generally last between 40 and 45 minutes and the overall series lasts approximately 12 hours.







Series 1
1     "Operation Barbarossa"
The Battle of Britain is over. The Luftwaffe has been driven to exhaustion, and Germany suffers its first major defeat. Even though Britain remains undefeated, she is so isolated that Hitler has no concerns about turning his attention East. Operation Barbarrossa, the German invasion of the USSR, takes the Soviets completely by surprise and the Red Army suffers terrible casualties.

2     "The Battle of Moscow"
October 1941, Germany's Army Group Center is only some 25 km west of Moscow. The Russian winter, however, is only a few weeks away. With not enough soldiers or military equipment, the Soviet high command's only hope left is that the weather will save the capital. The battle ends in a bloody failure for the German Army, and it is forced to retreat.

3     "The Siege of Leningrad"
Leningrad, a vital and large Baltic sea port, is facing the entire weight of Army Group North. The Soviets have no reserves to spare as the Battle of Moscow is about to begin. Wilhelm von Leeb's Army Group North fails to take Leningrad, but begins a horrible siege that will last 872 days, in which over a million civilians will die of starvation and disease.

4     "Stalingrad"
After the failure to take both Moscow and Leningrad, Hitler sets his sights on the oil fields in the Caucasus. If captured, the Red Army will lose 70%-90% of all its oil resources. Therefore, the famous city on the Volga, Stalingrad, must be "held at all costs." The German General Staff thinks taking the city will be a matter of a few weeks, but events steadily turn against the Germans. It will be one of the most costly, famous, and decisive battles of the Second World War.

5     "Operation Bagration"
By summer 1944, Germany has undeniably lost the battle of the USSR. After the Soviet victories at Moscow, Stalingrad, Kursk, and Leningrad, the Soviet Union, with its practically unlimited resources of manpower and matériel, begins to rapidly push the Germans back toward the German border. On 22 June 1944, Stalin launches Operation Bagration, named after a Russian hero of the Napoleonic Wars. Germany, by now, is running out of manpower, resources, and even faith in their charismatic Führer.

6     "The Battle of Ukraine"
Kiev, the Ukrainian capital, is, after a lengthy battle, back in Soviet hands. But now they have to clear the Germans and German allies out of the Crimea and liberate the rest of Western Ukraine. Hitler declared the Crimea a "Festung," meaning it should be held at all cost and to the last man. The German 17th Army was effectively destroyed in the process.

7     "The Battle of Berlin"
Germany has without question lost World War II in Europe, but Hitler, by now a heavily medicated and deluded character, refuses to give up hope; he orders the roughly one million German soldiers left in the ruined city to defend Berlin, now a strange mix of combat veterans, teenage boys from the Hitler Youth, and old men from the People's Army. Finally admitting all is lost, Hitler, his girlfriend, and many of those present with him commit suicide to avoid captivity.

Series 2
1     "The Battle of Kiev"
After the swift success at Smolensk, Hitler has diverted the bulk of Heinz Guderian's panzers down to the South, so as to capture the Ukrainian capital Kiev, considered more important than Moscow in Hitler's mind. It begins a gigantic clash and turns out to be the biggest military encirclement in history. Despite heroic and long resistance, approximately five hundred thousand Soviet soldiers face captivity or death.

2     "The Defence of Sevastopol"
Erich von Manstein's soldiers have trapped a massive Soviet force in Crimea, but the doomed troops have no intentions of surrendering, obeying Stalin's brutal "Not A Step Back" order. Manstein assembles the greatest concentration of artillery in history, which includes the world's biggest railway-gun nicknamed "Dora," and for eight months Soviets troops are savagely bombarded; destroying Sevastopol's only harbor. Realizing the battle is hopelessly lost, the Soviet forces finally surrender.

3     "The Rzhev "Meat-Grinder"
The capture of Rzhev, the city that connects all railroads in Western Russia, is imperative. It will cost the lives of some 3 million Soviet soldiers and 500 000 German soldiers. It will take the Soviets a total of 3 years to throw the Germans firmly out of the city. These bloodbaths will become known by the veterans and historians as "The Rzhev Meat-Grinder".

4     "The Battle of the Caucasus"
Ewald von Kleist has broken through to the Terek river, slap in front of the vital oil fields of Grozny and Baku. Only freezing temperatures in the Caucasus prevent von Kleist's 1st Panzer Army from breaking through to Ozoni Kizi and Tbilisi. The Soviets launch a desperate counter-attack that holds the Germans back. After the winter, Hitler makes a series of strategic blunders with von Kleist's forces, and he is forced to withdraw all his troops in the Caucasus to the Kuban bridge-head.

5     "The War at Sea"
Hours before the start of Operation Barbarossa, the Germans, along with their Finnish allies, begin mining the Gulf of Finland to prevent any naval evacuation of Soviet troops and ships. When Operation Barbarossa begins, Axis U-boats begin pounding the grand Soviet Navy, primarily based at Leningrad. This turns out to be the start of a five year sea war against the Soviet Union's Baltic Navy and the German and Finnish navies.

6     "The Air War"
On 22 June 1941, German pilots were the first to see the run rise. Before the day was over, the Soviet Air Forces had lost almost 2 000 aircraft. The early German air superiority gave a significant boost to German confidence, and severely damaged Soviet military capability and morale. The air wars over the USSR between the Soviet Union and Germany would be some of the biggest and toughest in military history.

7     "The Partisan War"
By 1943-1944, as the Germans are desperately struggling to hold their ground, they are increasingly hindered by the Soviet partisans, which contain many former Red Army soldiers that had been cut off behind enemy lines. The Germans responded with intensive counter-insurgency campaigns and brutal reprisals against the civilian population. The Germans will, because of this, fight a war against both the Soviet army and the Soviet population.

8     "The Secret War"
Shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War, the Polish and British have succeeded in de-coding the top secret German military codes known as "Enigma." This information, referred to as "Ultra" by the Allies, becomes vital for the Allies' military situation in North Africa, the Soviet Union, and Northern France. To the end of the war, the Germans were unaware that their top secret codes were being read, often in real-time, in London.

9     "The Battle for Germany"
Germany is retreating on all fronts and suffering defeat after defeat. The breach of Germany's pre-War borders now seems inevitable. Desperate, Hitler orders all males between the ages of 16 and 70 to enlist and fight for the fatherland. Nazi ideologues put faith in victory and the Nazis seem to vanquish and suppress all forms of doubt and resistance in the last months of the Reich.

10     "The War Against Japan"
The war in Europe is over. However, in the Pacific East, the United States is still fighting the Japanese, who consider surrender the greatest humiliation for a soldier. Stalin promises to help Roosevelt, but the dropping of the Atomic bomb on Japan suddenly alters the calculus for the Allies. Despite the devastation, the Japanese military vows to fight on. When reports of massive defeats in Manchuria at the hands of the Soviets reach the Japanese high-command, though, the military quickly capitulates. Even after the Japanese surrender, the Soviets use subtle diplomatic language to justify the continued capture of Japanese territory.

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The Last Days (1998)

Ratings: 7.7/10 from 1,623 users  

The Last Days is a documentary, directed by James Moll and produced by June Beallor and Kenneth Lipper in 1998. Steven Spielberg was one of the executive producers, in his role as founder of the Shoah Foundation. The film tells the stories of five Hungarian Jews during the Shoah. It focuses on the horrors of life in the Nazi concentration camps, but also stresses the optimism and desire to survive of the survivors.

The film won an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.

Shoah survivors Bill Basch, Irene Zisblatt, Rene Firestone, Alice Lok Cahana, Tom Lantos, Dario Gabbai, and Randolph Braham are featured in the film.

Five Jewish Hungarians, now U.S. citizens, tell their stories: before March, 1944, when Nazis began to exterminate Hungarian Jews, months in concentration camps, and visiting childhood homes more than 50 years later. An historian, a Sonderkommando, a doctor who experimented on Auschwitz prisoners, and US soldiers who were part of the liberation in April, 1945, also comment. Most telling are details: Renée packing her bathing suit, Irene swallowing the diamonds her mother gave her to buy bread, Alice's memorial for her sister Klara, Bill escaping police by jumping into a line of Jews going to Buchenwald, and Tom told by a US soldier to have "all the damn bananas and oranges you can eat."

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Shoah (1985)

IMDb Ratings: 8.2/10 from 5,051 users

Claude Lanzmann memandu 9 1/2 jam dokumenter Holocaust ini tanpa menggunakan satu arsip frame rekaman. Dia mewawancarai korban, saksi, dan mantan Nazi (yang ia harus syuting diam-diam karena mereka hanya setuju untuk diwawancarai oleh audio). Gayanya mewawancarai dengan meminta rincian detil yang efektif untuk memberikan potret mengerikan dari peristiwa genosida Nazi. Dia juga menunjukkan, atau lebih tepatnya apibla memungkinkan beberapa yang diwawancarai sendiri yang menunjukkan, bahwa anti-Semitisme yang menyebabkan 6 juta orang Yahudi mati dalam Holocaust baik yang masih hidup dan masih tinggal di Jerman, Polandia, dan di tempat lain.

Synopsis

The film is concerned chiefly with four topics: Chelmno, where mobile gas vans were first used by Germans to exterminate Jews; the death camps of Treblinka and Auschwitz-Birkenau; and the Warsaw Ghetto, with testimonies from survivors, witnesses, and perpetrators.

The sections on Treblinka include testimony from Abraham Bomba, who survived as a barber;[2] Richard Glazar, an inmate; and Franz Suchomel, an SS officer who worked at the camp, who reveals intricate details of the camp's gas chamber. Bomba breaks down while describing how a barber friend of his came across his wife and sister while cutting hair outside (before) the gas chamber. Suchomel states he did not know about extermination at Treblinka until he arrived there. This section includes Henryk Gawkowski, who said he drove one of the transport trains while intoxicated with vodka. Gawkowski's photograph appears on the poster used for the film's marketing campaign.

Testimonies on Auschwitz are provided by Rudolf Vrba, who escaped from the camp before the end of the war; and Filip Müller, who worked in an incinerator burning the bodies from the gassings. Müller recounts what prisoners said to him, and describes the experience of personally going into the gas chamber: bodies were piled up by the doors 'like stones'. He breaks down as he recalls the prisoners starting to sing while being forced into the gas chamber. Accounts include some from local villagers, who witnessed trains heading daily to the camp and returning empty; they quickly guessed the fate of those on board.

Lanzmann also interviews bystanders. He asks whether they knew what was going on in the death camps. Their answers reveal that they did but they justified their inaction by the fear of death. Two survivors of Chelmno are interviewed: Simon Srebnik, who was forced to sing military songs to entertain the Nazis; and Mordechaï Podchlebnik. Lanzmann also has a secretly filmed interview with Franz Schalling, a German security guard, who describes the workings of Chelmno. Walter Stier, a former Nazi bureaucrat, describes the workings of the railways. Stier insists he was too busy managing railroad traffic to notice his trains were transporting Jews to their deaths.

The Warsaw ghetto is described by Jan Karski, who worked for the Polish government-in-exile and Franz Grassler, a Nazi administrator who liaised with Jewish leaders. A Christian, Karski, snuck into the Warsaw ghetto and escaped to England to try to convince the Allied governments to intervene more strongly on behalf of the Jews, but failed to do so. Memories from Jewish survivors of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising conclude the documentary.

Lanzmann also interviews Holocaust historian Raul Hilberg, who discusses the historical significance of Nazi propaganda against the European Jews, and the Nazi development of the Final Solution. The complete text of the film was published in 1985.

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Operation Valkyrie-The Stauffenberg Plot to Kill Hitler (2008)

IMDb Ratings: 6.9/10 from 124 users  

July, 1944: World War II is raging, and Claus von Stauffenberg hatches a daring plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler and bring his nightmarish reign of terror to an abrupt end. In this documentary, filmmaker Jean-Pierre Isbouts uses rare color footage, elaborate dramatizations, extensive interviews with leading historians, and detailed computer-graphic reconstructions to offer the definitive record of the manner in which these pivotal events played out.

Produced in collaboration with the German resistance organization Forschungsgemeinschaft 20 Juli 1944, this fascinating documentary recounts the story behind the plot led by Claus von Stauffenberg to assassinate Adolf Hitler in 1944. Combining expert interviews, dramatizations and even home movies shot by Hitler's girlfriend, Eva Braun, the program offers a definitive account of the events surrounding this captivating chapter from World War II.

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Nuremberg- Nazis on Trial (2006)

IMDb Ratings: 7.2/10 from 144 users  

Pengadilan terhadap 21 tokoh-tokoh Nazi yang dianggap turut bertanggung jawab mengobarkan Perang Dunia 2 dan melakukan kejahatan terhadap nilai-nilai kemanusiaan , mereka semuanya menghadapi ancaman hukuman mati! Tapi kisah sebenarnya dari Pengadilan Nürnberg terletak jauh dari pengamatan masyarakat umum dan wartawan, dimana para pengacara dan psikiater mencoba sebaik mungkin menyelami isi hati yang terdalam dari para mantan petinggi Nazi ini. 

Film dokumenter yang terdiri dari tiga bagian (dengan total masa putar 177 menit) ini memfokuskan pada kasus yang menimpa tiga orang paling terkenal di antaranya: Albert Speer, Hermann Göring dan Rudolf Hess. Dokumenter ini sendiri didasarkan atas penelitian yang tidak main-main terhadap catatan-catatan sejarah yang tersedia, yang banyak di antaranya baru terpublikasikan sekarang. Bisa dibilang bahwa NUREMBERG mengkombinasikan antara wawancara para saksi mata, film hitam putih asli masa itu dan drama kelas satu yang diperankan oleh aktor-aktor berbakat

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National Geographic Hitlers Last Year (2015)

National Geographic Channels International has acquired WWII special Hitler’s Last Year.

NGCI will put the two-part doc out on its international channels later this year. It will also go out on Nat Geo in the US.

The doc is sold by France-based distributor Zed, which struck the Nat Geo deal. It documents the final year of German Chancellor Adolf Hitler’s life and marks the 70th anniversary of the end of the conflict.

Hitler’s Last Year was produced by Cinétévé for France 2. It uses remastered, restored, recolored archives and with and rare images to retrace the events that ended the war.

Hamish Mykura, executive VP and head of international content for NGCI, said: “This is a beautifully made, visually stunning film that provides a shocking and in-depth insight into the tactics employed by both sides in the final months of the war.

“It is an exceptional and gripping film that will be a fitting commemoration of the war’s end.”

Céline Payot Lehmann, head of distribution and acquisitions at Zed said, “This film proves that there is still a place on primetime television for well written and high-quality specialist factual. Director Korn-Brzoza is an amazing storyteller who manages to bring new light to a well-known chapter of history.”

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Into the Arms of Strangers (Stories of the Kindertransport) (2000)

IMDb Ratings: 7.9/10 from 1,306 users

Dokumenter tentang anak-anak yang menjadi pengungsi dan diangkut ke Inggris untuk menghidari Nazi Holocaust.di daratan Eropa pada masa Perang dunia 2


into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport is the 2000 Academy Award-winning Warner Bros. documentary feature film about the remarkable British rescue operation, known as the Kindertransport, which saved the lives of over 10,000 Jewish children from Nazi Germany, Austria, and Czechoslovakia by transporting them via train, boat, and plane to England. These children, or kinder, were taken into foster homes and hostels in Britain, expecting eventually to be reunited with their parents. The majority of them never saw their families again. Written and directed by Mark Jonathan Harris, produced by Deborah Oppenheimer, narrated by Judi Dench, and made with the cooperation of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, it utilized rare and extensive footage, photographs, and artifacts, and is told in the words of the child survivors, rescuers, parents, and foster parents. These are the stories of those who survived with the help of others; they are stories of courage and hope; stories about the strength and resolve of children; and most astonishing, these are stories rarely heard about the impact of the Holocaust.

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War of the Century -When Hitler Fought Stalin (1999)

Ratings: 8.3/10 from 285 users

Dokumenter Perang Nazi Jerman melawan Soviet Rusia dilakukan dalam skala yang belum pernah terjadi sebelumnya dalam sejarah manusia. Perang ini diperkirakan membuat lebih dari tiga puluh juta nyawa manusia melayang dan membuat harapan hidup tentara Soviet di Stalingrad hanya bisa bertahan 24 jam saja! Film dokumenter dari BBC keluaran tahun 2000 ini terdiri dari 4 seri dengan waktu putar total ± 200 menit.

The War of the Century: When Hitler Fought Stalin, is a BBC documentary film series that examines Adolf Hitler's invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941 and the no-holds-barred war on both sides. It not only examines the war but also the terror inside the Soviet Union at the time due to the paranoia of Joseph Stalin—the revenge atrocities, the Great Purge of army officers, the near-lunacy orders, and the paranoia of being upstaged by others, especially Marshal Zhukov. The historical adviser is Ian Kershaw.

War of the Century - When Hitler Fought Stalin
More than 30 million people were killed in the conflict in Eastern Europe during World War II; the battle between Nazism and Stalinism is examined in this four-part series filmed in Germany, Hungary, Poland, Russia, the Ukraine and Belorussia. Leading historians, eyewitness accounts and rare film archives help chronicle the battle for Moscow, from Hitler's early plans to the Red Army's 1942 victory and the final, brutal days of the conflict. 

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BBC The Dark Charisma of Adolf Hitler (2012)

IMDb Ratings: 7.4/10 from 186 users

Adolf Hitler was an unlikely leader – fuelled by hate, incapable of forming normal human relationships, unwilling to debate political issues – and yet he commanded enormous support. So how was it possible that Hitler became such an attractive figure to millions of people? That is the important question at the core of Laurence Rees' new book.The Holocaust, the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union, the outbreak of the Second World War – all these cataclysmic events and more can be laid at Hitler's door. Hitler was a war criminal arguably without precedent in the history of the world. Yet, as many who knew him confirm, Hitler was still able to exert a powerful influence over the people who encountered him.In this fascinating book to accompany his new BBC series, the acclaimed historian and documentary maker Laurence Rees examines the nature of Hitler's appeal, and reveals the role Hitler's supposed 'charisma' played in his success. Rees' previous work has explored the inner workings of the Nazi state in The Nazis: A Warning from History and the crimes they committed in Auschwitz: The Nazis and the Final Solution. The Charisma of Adolf Hitler is a natural culmination of twenty years of writing and research on the Third Reich, and a remarkable examination of the man and the mind at the heart of it all.

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BBC Dunkirk (2004)

IMDb Ratings: 7.5/10 from 256 users

Dunkirk (2004) :  Kisah evakuasi pasukan ekspedisi Inggris dari pantai Perancis setelah mengalami kekalahan dari Nazi Jerman di daratan Eropa pada tahun 1940 . Film dokumenter ini berdurasi 3 jam.

Pada bulan Mei 1940, Inggris mengadakan pertaruhan yang berani untuk menyelamatkan 400.000 tentara pasukan ekspedisi Inggris yang terkepung di Pantai Dunkirk, harus diakui sebagai salah satu evakuasi maritim terbesar dalam sejarah. Saat pasukan Hitler keluar secara tiba-tiba melalui Belgia, Pasukan Ekspedisi Inggris mendapatkan diri mereka terputus dari dunia luar dan dikelilingi oleh pasukan Jerman yang lebih kuat. Jika Hitler menekan keuntungannya, atau jika perdana menteri inggris yang baru, Winston Churchill mendengarkan Lord Halifac dan semua pihak yang menginginkan damai dengan pihak Jerman - perang tersebut akan berakhir sebelum dimulai. Sebagai gantinya, dalam penyelamatan paling spektakuler di sejarah militer, sebanyak 338.000 orang dikeluarkan dari tempat itu selama 10 hari.

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The Tin Drum (1979)

IMDb Ratings: 7.6/10 from 16,377 users

Danzig pada tahun 1920/1930. Oskar Matzerath, anak dari dealer lokal, adalah anak yang paling tidak biasa. Dilengkapi dengan kecerdasan penuh sejak lahir ia memutuskan pada hari ulang tahun ketiganya untuk tidak tumbuh karena ia melihat kegilaan dunia di sekelilingnya menjelang Perang Dunia II. Jadi ia menolak bermasyarakat dan dengan drum kalengnya dijadikan lambang protesnya terhadap mentalitas kelas menengah dari keluarga dan lingkungan, yang bersikap pasif terhadap gerakan Nazi Jerman pada waktu itu. Namun, (hampir) tidak ada yang mendengarkan dia, sehingga bencana yang terjadi sudah terlambat untuk dicegah.

Diangkat dari novel berjudul sama karya Günter Grass, film black comedy ini meraih Palm d'Or di Festival Film Cannes tahun 1979 dan Academy Award untuk Best Foreign Language Film.

Cerita berawal dari kakek pemeran utama, Oskar Matzerath, yang bersembunyi di dalam rok seorang wanita saat dicar-cari polisi. Wanita yang akhirnya dia nikahi dan menghasilkan seorang anak perempuan, Agnes, yang adalah ibu dari Oskar.

Kisah Agnes akhirnya bertemu dengan ayah Oskar dan berlanjut dengan lahirnya anak mereka, serta perjalanan hidup Oskar bersama drum kecil yang ia dapatkan di ulang tahunnya yang ketiga bisa kita saksikan bersama.

Cerita ini berkisah tentang kehidupan Oskar Marzerath, sebagaimana diriwayatkan oleh dirinya sendiri ketika dikurung di rumah sakit jiwa antara 1952 dan 1954. Lahir pada tahun 1924 di kota Danzig (sekarang Gdansk, Polandia), yang berisikan orang dewasa lengkap dengan pemikiran dan persepsi mereka, Oskar memutuskan untuk tidak mau menjadi orang dewasa setelah ayahnya menyatakan ingin menjadi penjual bahan makanan. Dianugerahi dengan jeritan melengking yang bisa menghancurkan kaca atau digunakan sebagai senjata, Oskar menyatakan dirinya sebagai salah satu dari “bayi waskita pendengaran”, dimana “perkembangan spiritualnya selesai saat lahir dan hanya perlu untuk menegaskan dirinya sendiri”. Dia mempertahankan postur seorang anak pasca Perang Dunia II dan beberapa urusan cinta, dan dunia pasca perang di Eropa. Melalui semua ini, satu drum kaleng yang ia terima sebagai hadiah pada hari ulang tahun ketiga tetap menjadi miliknya yang berharga, dan ia bersedia membunuh siapa pun demi mempertahankannya.

Oskar menganggap dirinya memiliki dua “ ayah” –suami ibunya adalah Alfred, seorang anggota Partai Nazi, dan kekasih rahasinya dan sepupunya Jan, Danzig Pole, yang dieksekusi karena membela Kantor Pos Polandia di Danzig selama invasi Jerman dari Polandia. Setelah ibu Oskar meninggal, Alfred menikahi Maria, seorang wanita yang diam-diam menjadi nyonya pertama Oskar. Setelah menikahi Alfred, Maria melahirkan anak yang kemungkinan dari Oskar, yakni Kurt. Tapi Oskar kecewa karena mengetahui bayi tersebut tetap tumbuh, namun tidak bisa terus mengikuti pertumbuhannya hingga usia tiga tahun.

Selama perang, Oskar bergabung dengan rombongan lalu melakukan tindakan lucu untuk menghibur pasukan Jerman di garis depan. Tapi ketika cinta keduanya, yakni Roswitha, dibunuh oleh pasukan sekutu dalam invasi Normanda, Oskar kembali ke keluarganya di Danzig, di mana ia menjadi pemimpin sebuah geng kriminal muda. Tentara Rusia segera menangkap Danzig, lalu Alfred ditembak oleh pasukan setelah ia menyerang masuk lalu ia kejang setelah menelan jarum partainya supaya tidak diketahui identitasnya yang sebenarnya sebagai Nazi.

Oskar bersama dengan seorang janda dan anak tiri mereka pergi ke Düsseldorf, di mana dia menjadi model telanjang bersama Ulla dan memahat ukiran batu nisan. Oskar memutuskan untuk hidup terpisah dengan Maria dan anaknya Kurt setelah meningkatnya ketegangan. Dia memutuskan menyewa flat milik Zeidlers. Kemudian dia jatuh cinta dengan tetangganya, yakni suster Dorothea, tetapi ia gagal untuk merayunya. Selama pertemuan dengan Klepp, Klepp bertanya kepada Oskar tentang selera musiknya. Oskar bersedia untuk membuktikan kepada semua dan Klepp, sebagai sesama seorang musisi, lalu dia mengambil drum dan tongkatnya meskipun dia telah bersumpah untuk tidak main lagi setelah kematian Alfred dan akhirnya memainkan drum itu. Berikutnya Klepp bertindak sebagai pengarah, lalu bersama Oskar, dan Scholle, gitaris, membentuk band jazz yakni Rhine River Three. Kemudian mereka ditemukan oleh Mr Schmuh, yang mengajak mereka untuk bermain di klub Onion Cellar. Setelah Virtuoso melihat, yang merupakan perwakilan perusahaan rekaman pencari bakat, menemukan drummer jazz itu, ia menawarkan kontrak kepada Oskar. Oskar segera mencapai ketenaran dan kekayaan. Suatu hari sambil berjalan melalui lapangan, ia menemukan sebuah jari terputus: jari cincin suster Dorothea, yang telah dibunuh. Dia kemudian bertemu dan berteman dengan Vittlar. Oskar membiarkan dirinya dengan identitas palsu dihukum karena pembunuhan dan menjalani hidup terbatas di rumah sakit jiwa, dimana ia menulis memoarnya.

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The Longest Day (1962)

Ratings: 7.8/10 from 40,144 users

The Longest Day, sebuah film perang bikinan tahun 1962 yang menggambarkan invasi D-Day di Normandia, didasarkan pada buku berjudul ‘The Longest Day‘ oleh Cornelius Ryan (yang kelak akan menelurkan buku adaptasi film perang yang tak kalah hebat A Bridge Too Far).
Film ini disutradarai oleh Ken Annakin, Andrew Manon, Gerd Oswald, Bernhard Wicki dan Darryl F. Zanuck (yang juga produser film). Seperti daftar panjang direksi, daftar panjang bintang film ini termasuk nama-nama seperti John Wayne, Henry Fonda, Robert Mitchum, Sean Connery dan Jurgens Curd, serta aktor ternama dari tiga negara.
Fakta bahwa film itu memenangkan Academy Awards untuk Sinematografi Terbaik dan Best Special Effects, berbicara banyak tentang penggambaran realistis perang di The Longest Day.
Dengan anggaran diperkirakan sekitar $ 10 juta pada waktu itu yang apabila mengalami inflasi di Zaman ini akan beroleh angka ratusan juta dollar.
Film itu adalah film hitam dan putih yang paling mahal yang pernah dibuat . Dan lantas menginspirasikan film film dari sudut pandang banyak pihak, dan tidak memperlihatkan bahwa musuh adalah mereka yang bodoh dan jahat.

Menceritakan kisah invasi D-Day dari Normandia dalam Perang Dunia II. Ada puluhan karakter, beberapa terlihat hanya sebentar, yang bersama-sama merangkai kisah cerita invasi yang terdiri dari lima operasi yang terpisah.

The Longest Day is a 1962 war film based on the 1959 book The Longest Day by Cornelius Ryan, about the D-Day landings at Normandy on June 6, 1944, during World War II. The film was produced by Darryl F. Zanuck, who paid author Ryan $175,000 for the film rights.[3] The screenplay was by Ryan, with additional material written by Romain Gary, James Jones, David Pursall and Jack Seddon. It was directed by Ken Annakin (British and French exteriors), Andrew Marton (American exteriors), and Bernhard Wicki (German scenes).

The Longest Day, which was made in black and white, features a large ensemble cast including John Wayne, Kenneth More, Richard Todd, Robert Mitchum, Richard Burton, Steve Forrest, Sean Connery, Henry Fonda, Red Buttons, Peter Lawford, Eddie Albert, Jeffrey Hunter, Stuart Whitman, Tom Tryon, Rod Steiger, Leo Genn, Gert Fröbe, Irina Demick, Bourvil, Curt Jürgens, Robert Wagner, Paul Anka and Arletty. Many of these actors played roles that were essentially cameo appearances. In addition, several cast members – including Fonda, Genn, More, Steiger and Todd – saw action as servicemen during the war, with Todd actually being among the first British officers to land in Normandy in Operation Overlord and he in fact participated in the assault on Pegasus Bridge.

The film employed several Axis and Allied military consultants who had been actual participants on D-Day. Many had their roles re-enacted in the film. These included: Günther Blumentritt (a former German general), James M. Gavin (an American general), Frederick Morgan (Deputy Chief of Staff at SHAEF), John Howard (who led the airborne assault on the Pegasus Bridge), Lord Lovat (who commanded the 1st Special Service Brigade), Philippe Kieffer (who led his men in the assault on Ouistreham), Pierre Koenig (who commanded the Free French Forces in the invasion), Max Pemsel (a German general), Werner Pluskat (the major who was the first German officer to see the invasion fleet), Josef "Pips" Priller (the hot-headed pilot) and Lucie Rommel (widow of German Gen. Erwin Rommel).

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The Final Sacrifice (Last Letters from Monte Rosa)(2010)

IMDb Ratings: 5.7/10 from 111 users

Bersetting di medan perang Italia Utara selama hari-hari terakhir  Perang Dunia 2, barisan depan pasukan Axis sedang terkepung  menderita pemboman setiap hari dan ancaman serangan dari partisan lokal. Emosi mulai menyala antara diantara mereka sembari menunggu azab yang akan datang atas mereka.

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The Edelweiss Pirates (Edelweisspiraten) (2004)

IMDb Ratings: 6.3/10 from 385 users  

Spring 1945. The Americans march into Cologne. Documents are burning at the Gestapo's headquarters. Prisoners are being lined up. At the last minute, superintendent Kuetter tries to get the orders to execute them. But all lines are dead. Kuetter shoots himself. The prisoners survive. One of them is Karl, a 17-year-old boy. Karl remembers his life before. One and a half years previously, his life is about as normal as normal can be in a bombed out town. His mother is dead, his father is on the front, and he lives together with his younger brother Peter. Peter is a member of the Hitler Youth, Karl is an Edelweiss Pirate, the natural enemies of his brother's gang. Karl is also in love with his fallen brother's fiancee, Cilly. Karl's life changes when he and his friends find a runaway prisoner named Hans. Until Cilly falls in love with Hans.

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Stauffenberg (2004)

IMDb Ratings: 6.9/10 from 1,844 users

Stauffenberg is a Germano–Austrian TV film released in 2004 by Das Erste (German TV ARD), about Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg and the 20 July 1944 plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler.

The film was awarded "best film" at the Deutscher Fernsehpreis (German Television Awards).The film goes by the international English name of Operation Valkyrie.In 1944, a group of high command officers plot an attempt against Hitler, and one of the leaders of the conspiracy, Stauffenberg (Sebastian Koch), goes to a meeting with the Fuhrer in charge of exploding the place. However, Hitler survives and the officers are executed. This unsuccessful operation was called "Valkyrie Operation", and this realistic movie discloses this true event.

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Rommel (2012)

Ratings: 6.4/10 from 935 users

The story of the final seven months in the life of German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel.In November 1944 Hitler moves Rommel and his Army Group B to Normandy.The task is the defense of the French coast against the long-anticipated Allied invasion.In Normandy,Rommel notices the incomplete state of the defensive fortifications,the slow pace of constructing the Atlantic Wall and the lack of preparedness of the defending units mostly comprised of poorly-trained conscripts.Appaled by this Rommel urges his troops to hasten the pace of the Atlantic Wall construction and he begs the German High Command to place more veteran battle-hardened divisions under his command.He especially wishes to have panzer divisions and SS divisions at his disposal for a powerful counter-attack against Allied landings.Hitler refuses to release the vital panzer divisions to Rommel's command and to make matters worse Rommel gets wind of a possible assassination plot against Hitler.

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Out of the Ashes (2003)

Ratings: 6.9/10 from 833 users  

Based on a true story, this heart-wrenching film follows the journey of Gisella Perl (Christine Lahti), a Jewish-Hungarian doctor who manages to... Based on a true story, this heart-wrenching film follows the journey of Gisella Perl (Christine Lahti), a Jewish-Hungarian doctor who manages to survive Auschwitz. Decades later, she's applying for U.S. citizenship when she becomes accused of colluding with the Nazis. Her judge and jury are three INS investigators (played by Bruce Davison, Richard Crenna and Beau Bridges) who must decide her fate

Out of the Ashes is a made-for-television movie that was released by Showtime. It is a dramatization of the life of Holocaust concentration camp survivor Gisella Perl and is based on her book I Was a Doctor in Auschwitz.

Plot

Gisella Perl (Christine Lahti), a Jewish-Hungarian gynecologist from then Sighetu, Hungary, testifies before an Immigration & Naturalization Service (INS) review board consisting of three men (Bruce Davison, Richard Crenna, and Beau Bridges). Perl is seeking to be granted citizenship after passing the New York State Medical Licensing Board examinations, wishing to begin practicing in New York. She recounts her early life when she aspired to be a doctor despite the admonishments of her father, her time practicing as a gynecologist before the German invasion, and her experiences as prisoner #25404, where she provided what medical care she could to fellow prisoners. Her most controversial actions included providing late-term abortions to pregnant women in order to save their lives. These pregnant women would otherwise have been killed immediately or subjected to the torture of horrific "medical" experiments.

Perl is accused of "colluding" with the Nazi doctor Josef Mengele who directed experiments on pregnant female inmates at the Auschwitz concentration camp. As the review board questions her over several days, she becomes increasingly emotional and questions her own determination to survive, as well as her guilt at having lived while so many others did not. She testifies that despite her intention to keep herself and others alive, she unknowingly became part of the Nazi efforts to kill, but she held on to the hope that the lives of the women she saved would undermine the efforts of the Nazis to exterminate the Jewish race. After she is granted citizenship and begins to practice in New York, she gets a call to attend one of the women whose first baby she had aborted in the camp. She delivers the baby and sees her wish that the Jewish race will survive fulfilled.[

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Operation Daybreak (1975)

Ratings: 7.2/10 from 1,036 users

Operation Daybreak (also known as The Price of Freedom in the US) is a 1975 Second World War film based on the true story of Operation Anthropoid, the assassination of SS General Reinhard Heydrich in Prague. Starring Anthony Andrews, Timothy Bottoms and Martin Shaw, it was directed by Lewis Gilbert and shot mostly on location in Prague. It is adapted from the book Seven Men at Daybreak by Alan Burgess.

During World War 2 a squad of Czech expatriates are parachuted into Czechoslovakia in order to assassinate the German governor Reinhard Heydrich. Operation Daybreak, based on a true story, details the preparations, execution, and aftermath of this operation.

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Miracle at St.Anna (2008)

IMDb Ratings: 6.0/10 from 14,996 users

Set in 1944 Italy, the story of four black American soldiers who get trapped in a Tuscan village during WWII. Miracle at St. Anna is a 2008 American–Italian epic war film set primarily in Italy during German-occupied Europe in World War II. Directed by Spike Lee, the film is based on the eponymous 2003 novel by James McBride, who also wrote the screenplay. The film stars Derek Luke, Michael Ealy, Laz Alonso, Omar Benson Miller, Pierfrancesco Favino and Valentina Cervi.

Miracle at St. Anna tells the story of four Buffalo Soldiers of the 92nd Infantry Division who seek refuge in a small Tuscan village, where they form a bond with the residents. The story is presented as a flashback, as one survivor reflects upon his experiences in a frame story set in 1980s New York. Several real-life events that occurred during the war, such as the Sant'Anna di Stazzema massacre, are re-enacted, placing Miracle at St. Anna within the genre of historical fiction.

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Max Schmeling (2010)

Ratings: 4.8/10 from 790 users

In the opening scene, set in May 1941 during the German invasion of Crete during World War II, a German paratrooper is seen being injured and receiving treatment. He is then detailed to escort a British prisoner of war named Alan (Elliot Cowan) who recognizes him as the famous heavyweight boxer Max Schmeling (Henry Maske) and asks him to tell his life story.

Most of the rest of the film is told in flashback starting on June 12, 1930 with Max Schmeling's match against Jack Sharkey. In a fight billed as the 'Battle of the Continents,' Schmeling, known as a slow starter, falls slightly behind on points going into the fourth round. Schmeling is trying to corner his opponent when Sharkey let loose with a blow to the body which strayed below the belt line to the kidneys. He immediately clutched his groin and fell to the canvas, claiming to have been fouled. When Schmeling's manager Joe Jacobs (Vladimir Weigl) runs into the ring, prompting all kinds of chaos, the confused referee disqualified Sharkey and declared Schmeling the victor and the first (and only) man to win the heavyweight championship on a foul. The New York State Athletic Commission (NYSAC), reviewing the call, agreed.

The first European-born boxer to win the heavyweight championship in 33 years, Schmeling is also the first from Germany to hold the distinction. Still, the way in which he won the title proved an embarrassment. Called the 'low blow champion,' he was disparaged in both America and Germany as an unproven titleholder. When he initially refused to face Sharkey in a rematch, the NYSAC officially stripped him of their recognition as world champion, but he remained recognized by both the National Boxing Association (NBA) and The Ring magazine.

Upon returning to Germany, he accompanies Jacobs to a nightclub where he meets Czech-born actress Anny Ondra (Susanne Wuest). In trying to get Anny's attention, Schmeling visits her at her apartment the next day with a gift of red roses. But Anny refuses to accept them and tells Schmeling that she dislikes boxing.

Schmeling's next match is in Berlin on August 2, 1930 against Wurner Heller where Schmeling retains his reputation when he beats his opponent to the mat in the first round. Anny attends the match, but leaves before Schmeling punches Heller out.

On July 3, 1931, Schmeling travels to Cleveland, Ohio for his match against Young Stribling where after 15 exhausting rounds, Schmeling knocks down Stribling and retains his Heavyweight Championship.

On June 21, 1932, Schmeling's next match is back in New York where his championship picture becomes even more muddled when facing Jack Sharkey again who wins a highly controversial split decision, taking the championship. Many in attendance feel that Schmeling had proven himself the better man and was robbed. In losing the championship, the German had managed to elevate his reputation in the minds of boxing fans.

Schmeling's image in America begins to take a decided turn. In 1933, the Nazi Party becomes the most powerful political force in Germany, and its ideologies, voiced by party leader Adolf Hitler, overflowed with anti-Semitic tendencies. Major American cities such as New York had large Jewish populations, who worry over what the party could mean for people of their religion in the future. Schmeling, because he was German, was viewed as an extension of Hitler's plans for world domination.

After a whirlwind courtship, Schmeling and Anny get married on July 6, 1933. By this time, the Nazis have fully taken control of Germany. Schmeling has no sympathy for the Nazi ideology and is seen to be protective of his Jewish manager Jacobs. One day, Schmeling is called to the Reichskanzlei offices in Berlin where he meets Hans von Tschammer und Osten, the head of the German Reich Sports Committee, who tells Schmeling about the USA offer to box against the undefeated African-American sensation Joe Louis (Yoan Pablo Hernández) and wants the match to be in Germany's favor to support Adolph Hitler's "master Aryan race" ideology. Schmeling agrees to box, but only for himself and not for Nazi Germany's views.

After a long and grueling training regiment which lasts several months, Schmeling returns to America on June 19, 1936 to face Joe Louis for the German's first fight on American soil in more than two years, he was clearly the betting underdog, considered a name opponent for Louis to roll over on his route to the title. Prior to the match, Schmeling carefully studies films of Louis's prior fights, dissecting apparent flaws in the Detroit fighter's technique. Among the weaknesses he noticed was the fact that Louis lowered his left hand after throwing a left jab. In the ring, Schmeling exploited this subtle flaw to his own advantage, countering nearly every Louis jab with his best punch, the right cross. The fight proves to be a competitive, hard-hitting affair for the first three rounds, but, in the fourth, a counter right from the German dropped Louis for the first time in his career. Though Louis rose, he was badly dazed for the remainder of the fight and Schmeling subsequently delivered the finest performance of his career. For a further eight rounds he battered Louis, often standing toe-to-toe with the vaunted puncher and landing that same right hand to the jaw repeatedly. In the 12th round, he sent the American tumbling to the floor once more, and this time Louis could not recover. He was counted out on the floor and Schmeling had scored the most talked-about sports upset of the year. Yet, after the fight, Joe tells Schmeling that he will not be returning to Germany with him which upsets Schmeling as well as his trainer Max Machon.

Schmeling returns home three weeks later a hero and after receiving honors from the Nazi-controlled press, he and Anny move from Berlin to avoid the publicity and settle in a elegant cottage in the Pommern countryside. However, two years later on June 22, 1938, Schmeling returns to New York and takes on Joe Louis again in a rematch. However, feeling not supportive of his own nation and government anymore, Schmeling suffers a humiliating defeat when he is knocked out by Louis in the first round after only two minutes (124 seconds); Louis comes out blazing and Schmeling tries to counter-punch as he had during the first bout, but to no avail. Driven into the ropes and battered with a fusillade of short, crisp blows from every angle, Schmeling turned his back to his opponent and clutched onto the ropes, letting out a scream before falling to the mat.

When he returns to Germany, Schmeling is now shunned by the Nazis. During the Nazi purge of Jews from Berlin, he personally saves the lives of two Jewish children by hiding them in his apartment. It was not the first time that Max defied the Nazi regime's hatred for Jews. When war breaks out in September 1939, he obeys an instruction to enlist in the paratroops rather than fleeing abroad.

The story returns to Crete where Schmeling allows the British prisoner to escape. Back in Germany in 1945, with the German Army on the brink of defeat, he returns to his wife. They abandon their country estate to the advancing Soviets and settle in Hamburg, West Germany.

In 1947, Schmeling has another run-in with Alan, the former British prisoner of war, who helps him out of a jam and persuades him to return to boxing when the money-strapped German has trouble finding work. Max has a reunion with his former trainer Max Machon who agrees to train Schmeling again for boxing.

On September 29, 1947, Schmeling (in his first boxing match in eight years) takes on and defeats local boxing contender Werner Vollmer at the Waldstadion in Frankfurt. Over the next year, Schmeling enjoys a modesty successful return to boxing, despite his growing age. He takes on and defeats boxing hopeful Hans Joachim Draegestein in Kiel on October 2, 1948 where afterwords, he has a run-in with a boxing talent agent who advices him to get out of boxing before it kills him.

Schmeling's very last boxing match is on October 31, 1948 in West Berlin where he fights against Richard Vogt where after the 10th round, Schmeling suddenly surrenders to Vogt and then announces to the crowd of his retirement from boxing forever. He walks out of the ring, while the joyful Anny looks on, and out of the stadium for good.

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Good (2008)

IMDb Ratings: 6.2/10 from 5,210 users

Plot
Good is the story of John Halder (Mortensen), a German literature professor in the 1930s, who is reluctant at first to accept the ideas of the Nazi Party. He is pulled in different emotional directions by his wife, his mother, his mistress (Whittaker) and his Jewish friend (Isaacs). Eventually Halder gives in to Nazism in order to advance his career. He is granted an honorary position in the SS, due to his writings in support of euthanasia. His involvement in the party makes his relationship with his Jewish friend more and more fraught. Finally, Halder finds himself working for Adolf Eichmann. Under the pretext of work he engineers a visit to a concentration camp where he imagines that he sees his emaciated friend. Seeing inmates arriving and the suffering of those at the camp he realizes what his deeds have accomplished.

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Eichmann (2007)

IMDb Ratings: 5.9/10 from 2,146 users

Eichmann is a biographical film detailing the interrogation of Adolf Eichmann. Directed by Robert Young, the film stars Thomas Kretschmann as Eichmann and Troy Garity as Eichmann's Israeli interrogator, Avner Less. It was first released in Brazil in September 2007, and was released in the United States in October 2010. The film is based on manuscripts of the interrogations of Adolf Eichmann (Thomas Kretschmann) before he was tried and hanged in a prison in Israel. Eichmann recounts events from his past to a young Israeli officer, Captain Avner Less (Troy Garity), who is faced with the immense task of tricking the skilled manipulator into self-incrimination. While the world waits, Less' countrymen call for immediate execution, forcing him and Eichmann to confront each other in a battle of wills.

Based upon the final confession of Adolf Eichmann, made before his execution in Israel as he accounts to Captain Avner Less, a young Israeli Police Officer, of his past as the architect of Hitler's plan for the final solution. Captured by intelligence operatives in Argentina, 15 years after World War II, Eichmann (Kretschmann), the World's most wanted man, must be broken down and the truth unveiled. As the world waits, two men must confront each other in a battle of wills- the result of which will change a nation forever.

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Black Book (Zwartboek) (2006)

IMDb Ratings: 7.8/10 from 55,707 users

Film ini bercerita tentang kisah seorang wanita, Jewish, yang bernama Rachel (Carice van Houten) di era pendudukan Nazi Jerman di Belanda pada perang dunia II. Diceritakan ketika pada masa pendudukan itu, kaum Yahudi di Belanda berlomba – lomba untuk lari ke wilayah yang lebih aman di bagian Selatan Belanda. Rachel dan keluarganya berencana hal yang sama dengan bantuan Smaal (Dolf de Vries) seorang lawyer. Namun ternyata ditengah perjalanan, tentara SS Nazi Jerman membunuhi seluruh penumpang kapan tsb dan merampas harta mereka. Rachel selamat dan menyadari bahwa semua itu adalah jebakan.

Rachel kemudian bergabung dengan kaum pemberontak Belanda dan ditugaskan untuk menyusup ke markas tentara Jerman di Den Haag. Dia kemudian menggoda Ludwig Müntze (Sebastian Koch) dan menjadi kekasihnya. Di markas itu pula, Rachel mengenali Günther Franken (Waldemar Kobus) yang menjadi pemimpin pasukan yang membunuh keluarganya. Rachel malah jatuh cinta dengan Muntze sampai akhirnya Muntze mengetaui tentang penyamaran Rachel dan mencoba menggali informasi tentang aksinya itu. Rachel menceritakan tentang kisah pelariannya dan memberitahu tentang aksi Gunther yang merampas harta para pengungsi yahudi. Muntze jatuh simpati dan kemudian melaporkan aksi Gunther kepada atasannya General Käutner (Christian Berkel) untuk memeriksa lemari besi yang ada di ruangan Gunther yang diduga sebagai tempat menyimpan harta tersebut. Tapi kemudian tidak terbukti, dan Muntze malah kemudian ditangkap dengan dakwaan bekerjasama dengan kaum pemberontak.

Saat yang bersamaan, beberapa orang dari kaum pemberontak di tangkap tentara NAZI dan dimasukkan kedalam penjara. Kemudian kaum pemberontak merencanakan pembebasan mereka dan Rachel juga bertugas untuk melancarkan jalan untuk masuk ke gedung penjara dengan imbalan Muntze ikut dibebaskan. Pembebasan itu gagal, dan hampir semua pasukan pemberontak dan para tahanan terbunuh. Rachel kemudian ditangkap. Namun tidak lama, berkat bantuan temannya, dia bisa melarikan diri bersama Muntze.

Ketika Belanda terbebas dari penjajahan Jerman, Rachel ditangkap atas dakwaan sebagai pengkhianat dan Muntze akhirnya di eksekusi mati. Rachel diselamatkan oleh Hans Akkermans (Thom Hoffman) yang ternyata adalah terlibat dalam pembunuhan kaum Yahudi. Hans juga mencoba membunuh Rachel dengan menyuntikkan insulin secara berlebihan. Tapi Rachel selamat dengan memakan coklat.

Rachel kemudian membuktikan bahwa dia bukan pengkhianat dengan menunjukkan buku yang ditulis secara detail oleh Smaal. Buku tsb diberikan oleh Smaal sesaat sebelum terbunuh, ketika Rachel mencari Smaal karena dia curiga atas keterlibatan Smaal dalam pembunuhan kaum Yahudi.  Dengan  bukti itulah,  Rachel bersama  Kuipers berhasil menangkap Hans. Setelah semua itu, Rachel kemudian pergi ke Israel dan memulai hidup baru disana.

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Australia (2008)

IMDb Ratings: 6.6/10 from 95,263 users 

Australia utara tahun 1939, Lady Sarah Ashley (Nicole Kidman), wanita aristokrat Inggris mewarisi sebuah peternakan di tenggara Darwin, millik mendiang suaminya. Saat para peternak Australia mencoba merebut tanah miliknya, Sarah mencoba melawan mereka, bersama si Penggiring Kuda (Hugh Jackman) menyusuri peternakan bermil-mil di kota yang tak terlupakan, hanya untuk menyaksikan pengeboman Darwin oleh tentara Jepang dimana Pearl Harbor diserang beberapa bulan sebelumnya

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A Woman in Berlin (2008)

IMDb Ratings: 7.1/10 from 4,086 users

A Woman in Berlin (German: Eine Frau in Berlin)
(1959/2003) is an anonymous memoir by a German woman (reputed in 2003 to be journalist Marta Hillers[citation needed]). It covers the weeks from 20 April to 22 June 1945, during the liberation of Berlin and its occupation by the Red Army. The writer describes the widespread rapes by Soviet soldiers, including her own, and the women's pragmatic approach to survival, often taking Soviet officers for protection. It was published first in English in 1954 in the United States. When published in German in 1953,[1] the book was either "ignored or reviled" in Germany,[citation needed] as people reacted negatively to the portrayal of their women as victims. The author refused to have another edition published in her lifetime.

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