Conscience and the Constitution

In the 1930s, Count Almásy is a Hungarian map maker employed by the Royal Geographical Society to chart the vast expanses of the Sahara Desert along with several other prominent explorers. As World War II unfolds, Almásy enters into a world of love, betrayal, and politics.

Runtime

2h 42m

Director

Anthony Minghella

Cast

Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Binoche, Willem Dafoe

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

The true story of how businessman Oskar Schindler saved over a thousand Jewish lives from the Nazis while they worked as slaves in his factory during World War II.

Runtime

3h 15m

Director

Steven Spielberg

Cast

Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley, Ralph Fiennes

In Yugoslavia during WWII, a small band of courageous commandoes are sent to kidnap an important German commander in exchange for an American general being held in a German fortress.

Runtime

1h 30m

Cast

Richard Conte, Rory Calhoun, Aili King

A German submarine hunts allied ships during the Second World War, but it soon becomes the hunted. The crew tries to survive below the surface, while stretching both the boat and themselves to their limits.

Runtime

2h 30m

Director

Wolfgang Petersen

Cast

Jürgen Prochnow, Herbert Grönemeyer, Klaus Wennemann