The Blue Whale

Retired farmer and widower Alvin Straight learns one day that his estranged brother Lyle has suffered a severe stroke. Alvin is determined to make things right with Lyle while he still can, but his brother lives in Wisconsin, while Alvin is stuck in Iowa with no car and no driver's license. He then has the idea of making the trip on hi...

Runtime

1h 52m

Director

David Lynch

Cast

Richard Farnsworth, Sissy Spacek, Jane Galloway Heitz

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

Director helmut Dietls and Patric Susskinds illustrate a legendary story of two lovers who cant keep themselves away from death.

Runtime

1h 45m

Director

Helmut Dietl

Cast

Moritz Bleibtreu, Alexandra Maria Lara, Uwe Ochsenknecht

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