Svátek matek 1945

A Jewish woman named Jettel Redlich flees Nazi Germany with her daughter Regina, to join her husband, Walter, on a farm in Kenya. At first, Jettel refuses to adjust to her new circumstances, bringing with her a set of china dishes and an evening gown. While Regina adapts readily to this new world, forming a strong bond with her father'...

Runtime

2h 20m

Director

Caroline Link

Cast

Juliane Köhler, Merab Ninidze, Sidede Onyulo

Based on a real-life story, this drama focuses on a small group of Allied soldiers in Burma who are held captive by the Japanese. Capt. Ernest Gordon, Lt. Jim Reardon and Maj. Ian Campbell are among the military officers kept imprisoned and routinely beaten and deprived of food. While Campbell wants to rebel and attempt an escape, Gord...

Runtime

1h 48m

Director

David L. Cunningham

Cast

Ciarán McMenamin, Robert Carlyle, Kiefer Sutherland

Au revoir les enfants tells a heartbreaking story of friendship and devastating loss concerning two boys living in Nazi-occupied France. At a provincial Catholic boarding school, the precocious youths enjoy true camaraderie—until a secret is revealed. Based on events from writer-director Malle’s own childhood, the film is a subtle, pre...

Runtime

1h 45m

Director

Louis Malle

Cast

Gaspard Manesse, Raphael Fejtö, Francine Racette

After World War II, a woman refuses to believe her husband, missing on the Russian front, is dead. Flashbacks reveal their brief courtship and marriage. Years later, she travels to Russia with his photo, determined to find him. What will she discover?

Runtime

1h 49m

Director

Vittorio De Sica

Cast

Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, Ludmila Savelyeva

In the years before World War II, a penniless Japanese child is torn from her family to work as a maid in a geisha house.

Runtime

2h 26m

Director

Rob Marshall

Cast

Zhang Ziyi, Gong Li, Michelle Yeoh