I Escaped from the Gestapo

In the summer of 1941, the United States and Japan seem on the brink of war after constant embargos and failed diplomacy come to no end. "Tora! Tora! Tora!", named after the code words used by the lead Japanese pilot to indicate they had surprised the Americans, covers the days leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor, which plunged Am...

Runtime

2h 24m

Director

Richard Fleischer, Kinji Fukasaku

Cast

Martin Balsam, So Yamamura, Joseph Cotten

"Patton" tells the tale of General George S. Patton, famous tank commander of World War II. The film begins with Patton's career in North Africa and progresses through the invasion of Germany and the fall of the Third Reich. Side plots also speak of Patton's numerous faults such his temper and habit towards insubordination.

Runtime

2h 52m

Director

Franklin J. Schaffner

Cast

George C. Scott, Karl Malden, Stephen Young

As America's stock of athletic young men is depleted during World War II, a professional all-female baseball league springs up in the Midwest, funded by publicity-hungry candy maker Walter Harvey. Competitive sisters Dottie Hinson and Kit Keller spar with each other, scout Ernie Capadino and grumpy has-been coach Jimmy Dugan on their w...

Runtime

2h 8m

Director

Penny Marshall

Cast

Tom Hanks, Geena Davis, Madonna

The adaptation of the eponymous play by Carl Zuckmayer tells the story of renegade general Harras of the German Luftwaffe, who during WWII openly criticizes the Nazi regime. As a consequence, he is put under surveillance, and even imprisoned for a brief period of time. Still remaining outspoken, Harras realizes the horrific dimensions ...

Runtime

1h 57m

Director

Helmut Käutner

Cast

Curd Jürgens, Viktor de Kowa, Karl John

After a series of traumatic childhood events, a psychosomatically deaf, dumb and blind boy becomes a master pinball player and the object of a religious cult.

Runtime

1h 51m

Director

Ken Russell

Cast

Oliver Reed, Ann-Margret, Roger Daltrey