The Emperor's Bed

Enraged at the slaughter of Murron, his new bride and childhood love, Scottish warrior William Wallace slays a platoon of the local English lord's soldiers. This leads the village to revolt and, eventually, the entire country to rise up against English rule.

Runtime

2h 58m

Director

Mel Gibson

Cast

Catherine McCormack, Sophie Marceau, Patrick McGoohan

During the Nazi occupation of Poland, an acting troupe becomes embroiled in a Polish soldier's efforts to track down a German spy.

Runtime

1h 39m

Director

Ernst Lubitsch

Cast

Carole Lombard, Jack Benny, Robert Stack

In Casablanca, Morocco in December 1941, a cynical American expatriate meets a former lover, with unforeseen complications.

Runtime

1h 42m

Director

Michael Curtiz

Cast

Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid

A German submarine hunts allied ships during the Second World War, but it soon becomes the hunted. The crew tries to survive below the surface, while stretching both the boat and themselves to their limits.

Runtime

2h 30m

Director

Wolfgang Petersen

Cast

Jürgen Prochnow, Herbert Grönemeyer

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