Battle for the Western Front

When a group of idealistic young men join the German Army during the Great War, they are assigned to the Western Front, where their patriotism is destroyed by the harsh realities of combat.

Runtime

2h 13m

Director

Lewis Milestone

Cast

Louis Wolheim, Lew Ayres, John Wray

Young Frenchwoman Mathilde searches for the truth about her missing fiancé, lost during World War I, and learns many unexpected things along the way. The love of her life is gone. But she refuses to believe he's gone forever — and she needs to know for sure.

Runtime

2h 13m

Director

Jean-Pierre Jeunet

Cast

Audrey Tautou, Gaspard Ulliel, Dominique Pinon

A young Catholic priest from Boston confronts bigotry, Nazism, and his own personal conflicts as he rises to the office of cardinal.

Runtime

3h 5m

Director

Otto Preminger

Cast

Tom Tryon, Romy Schneider, John Huston

The story of an idle rich boy who joins the US Army's Rainbow Division and is sent to France to fight in World War I, becomes friends with two working class men, experiences the horrors of trench warfare, and finds love with a French girl.

Runtime

2h 31m

Director

King Vidor

Cast

John Gilbert, Renée Adorée, Hobart Bosworth

A comic study of 20th-century history, reconstructing the life of writer, creator and professional prisoner Tulse Luper. Born in 1911 Newport and last heard of in 1989, Luper’s life is pieced together from the evidence found in 92 suitcases scattered across the globe. In the first of three parts, we follow Luper through three distinct ...

Runtime

2h 7m

Director

Peter Greenaway

Cast

JJ Feild, Raymond J. Barry, Ornella Muti