Decisive Engagement: The Huai-hai Campaign

During the Nazi occupation of 1944 Rome, Resistance leader Giorgio Manfredi is pursued by the Nazis as he seeks refuge and a means of escape.

Runtime

1h 44m

Director

Roberto Rossellini

Cast

Aldo Fabrizi, Marcello Pagliero, Harry Feist

A woman and her daughter struggle to make their way through the aftermath of the Balkan war.

Runtime

1h 30m

Director

Jasmila Žbanić

Cast

Mirjana Karanović, Luna Mijović, Leon Lučev

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

Because of a technical defect an American bomber team mistakenly orders the destruction of Moscow. The President of the United States has but little time to prevent an atomic catastrophe from occurring.

Runtime

1h 52m

Director

Sidney Lumet

Cast

Henry Fonda, Walter Matthau, Fritz Weaver

At the turn of the century, Lodz, Poland, was a quick-paced manufacturing center for textiles, replete with cutthroat industrialists and unsafe working conditions. Three young friends, a Pole, a Jew, and a German, pool their money together to build a factory.

Runtime

2h 59m

Director

Andrzej Wajda

Cast

Daniel Olbrychski, Wojciech Pszoniak, Andrzej Seweryn