Films like Swing Kids
The story of a close-knit group of young kids in Nazi Germany who listen to banned swing music from the US. Soon dancing and fun leads to more difficult choices as the Nazis begin tightening the grip on Germany. Each member of the group is forced to face some tough choices about...
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The Book Thief
Film · 2013 · also dramaWhile subjected to the horrors of WWII Germany, young Liesel finds solace by stealing books and sharing them with others. Under the stairs in her home, a Jewish refugee i...
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Taking Sides
Film · 2002 · also drama and musicOne of the most spectacular and renowned conductors of the 1930s, Wilhelm Furtwangler's reputation rivaled that of Toscanini's. After the war, he was investigated as part...
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Hitler: The Last Ten Days
Film · 1973 · also dramaHitler: The Last Ten Days takes us into the depths of der Furher’s Berlin bunker during his final days. Based on the book by Gerhard Boldt, it provides a bleak look at th...
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The Island on Bird Street
Film · 1997 · also dramaAlex is an 11-year old boy who, during WWII, hides in the Jewish ghetto from Nazis after all his relatives have been sent to the concentration camp. The movie portrays th...
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Escape to Victory
Film · 1981 · also dramaA group of POWs in a German prison camp during World War II play the German National Soccer Team in this powerful film depicting the role of prisoners during wartime.
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The Jazz Singer
Film · 1927 · also drama and musicA young Jewish man is torn between tradition and individuality when his old-fashioned family objects to his career as a jazz singer. This is the first full length feature...
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The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
Film · 2008 · also dramaWhen his family moves from their home in Berlin to a strange new house in Poland, young Bruno befriends Shmuel, a boy who lives on the other side of the fence where every...
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The Boy in the Woods
Film · 2023 · also dramaThe remarkable true-life survival story of a Jewish boy hiding and being hunted in the forests of Nazi-occupied Eastern Europe, based on Maxwell Smart's memoir.
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White Bird
Film · 2023 · also dramaAfter being expelled from Beecher Prep for his treatment of a classmate with a facial deformity, Julian has struggled to fit in at his new school. To transform his life,...
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God on Trial
Film · 2008 · also dramaIn the Jewish tradition of arguing with God, Jewish prisoners in Auschwitz decide to put God on Trial.
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