Christmas Eve '45

Tells the true story of American Gwen Terasaki, who falls in love with, then marries a Japanese diplomat. When World War II breaks out, they encounter animosity and trouble from both sides.

Runtime

1h 53m

Director

Étienne Périer

Cast

Carroll Baker, James Shigeta, James Yagi

Eustace and Dorrie Edgehill have decided to leave Samola, a British protectorate in the Pacific. After the failure of his latest harebrained scheme, no one is likely to give Eustace a job now. Or are they?

Runtime

1h 22m

Director

Gavin Millar

Cast

Judi Dench, Ian Holm, Rachel Gurney

Poland, during World War II. Martha Weiss, a Jewish woman, arrives at the Auschwitz extermination camp with her family. She is assigned the role of interpreter, but her loved ones are much less fortunate.

Runtime

1h 47m

Director

Wanda Jakubowska

Cast

Wanda Bartówna, Huguette Faget, Tatyana Guretskaya

The film charts the fortunes of two women who loved each other as sisters, but whose paths diverge when the Revolution brings an end to their old way of life in the brothel.

Runtime

1h 58m

Director

Li Shaohong

Cast

Wang Ji, Wang Zhiwen, He Saifei

The deportation of 4000 Jews from Budapest to Auschwitz in July 1944, as told by George Tabori, and how the narrator’s mother escaped it, owing to coincidence, courage and some help from where you’d least expect it.

Runtime

1h 33m

Director

Michael Verhoeven

Cast

George Tabori, Pauline Collins, Ulrich Tukur