Ab heute heißt du Sara

After his father is murdered by the Nazis in 1938, a young Viennese Jew named Ferry Tobler flees to Prague, where he joins forces with another expatriate and a sympathetic Czech relief worker. Together with other Jewish refugees, the three make their way to Paris, and, after spending time in a French prison camp, eventually escape to M...

Runtime

1h 49m

Director

Axel Corti

Cast

Johannes Silberschneider, Barbara Petritsch, Armin Mueller-Stahl

The true, harrowing story of a young Jewish girl who, with her family and their friends, is forced into hiding in an attic in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam.

Runtime

2h 59m

Director

George Stevens

Cast

Millie Perkins, Joseph Schildkraut, Shelley Winters

A touching story of an Italian book seller of Jewish ancestry who lives in his own little fairy tale. His creative and happy life would come to an abrupt halt when his entire family is deported to a concentration camp during World War II. While locked up he tries to convince his son that the whole thing is just a game.

Runtime

1h 56m

Director

Roberto Benigni

Cast

Nicoletta Braschi, Giorgio Cantarini, Giustino Durano

In April of 1945, Germany stands at the brink of defeat with the Russian Army closing in from the east and the Allied Expeditionary Force attacking from the west. In Berlin, capital of the Third Reich, Adolf Hitler proclaims that Germany will still achieve victory and orders his generals and advisers to fight to the last man. When the ...

Runtime

2h 35m

Director

Oliver Hirschbiegel

Cast

Bruno Ganz, Alexandra Maria Lara, Corinna Harfouch

The true story of pianist Władysław Szpilman's experiences in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. When the Jews of the city find themselves forced into a ghetto, Szpilman finds work playing in a café; and when his family is deported in 1942, he stays behind, works for a while as a laborer, and eventually goes into hiding in the ruins of...

Runtime

2h 30m

Director

Roman Polanski

Cast

Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann, Frank Finlay