Jacobowsky a plukovník

In this contemporary take on William Shakespeare's classic tragedy, the Montagues and Capulets have moved their ongoing feud to the sweltering suburb of Verona Beach, where Romeo and Juliet fall in love and secretly wed. Though the film is visually modern, the bard's dialogue remains.

Runtime

2h

Director

Baz Luhrmann

Cast

Leonardo DiCaprio, Claire Danes, Jesse Bradford

London, 1929. Frank Webber, a very busy Scotland Yard detective, seems to be more interested in his work than in Alice White, his girlfriend. Feeling herself ignored, Alice agrees to go out with an elegant and well-mannered artist who invites her to visit his fancy apartment.

Runtime

1h 26m

Director

Alfred Hitchcock

Cast

Anny Ondra, Sara Allgood, Charles Paton

In April of 1945, Germany stands at the brink of defeat with the Russian Army closing in from the east and the Allied Expeditionary Force attacking from the west. In Berlin, capital of the Third Reich, Adolf Hitler proclaims that Germany will still achieve victory and orders his generals and advisers to fight to the last man. When the ...

Runtime

2h 35m

Director

Oliver Hirschbiegel

Cast

Bruno Ganz, Alexandra Maria Lara, Corinna Harfouch

The lives of Erik Lanshof and five of his closest friends take different paths when the German army invades the Netherlands in 1940: fight and resistance, fear and resignation, collaboration and high treason.

Runtime

2h 28m

Director

Paul Verhoeven

Cast

Rutger Hauer, Jeroen Krabbé, Lex van Delden

In 1924, Oskar Matzerath is born in the Free City of Danzig. At age three, he falls down a flight of stairs and stops growing. In 1939, World War II breaks out.

Runtime

2h 42m

Director

Volker Schlöndorff

Cast

Mario Adorf, Angela Winkler, David Bennent