Near the end of World War II, Gen. Dietrich von Choltitz receives orders to burn down Paris if it becomes clear the Allies are going to invade, or if he cannot maintain control of the city. After much contemplation Choltitz decides to ignore his orders, enraging the Germans and giving hope to various resistance factions that the city will be liberated. Choltitz, along with Swedish diplomat Raoul Nordling, helps a resistance leader organize his forces.
After World War II, Antonia and her daughter, Danielle, go back to their Dutch hometown, where Anton...
It's the hope that sustains the spirit of every GI: the dream of the day when he will finally return...
Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecu...
The attractive Oberleutnant Paul Wendlandt is stationed in North Africa as a fighter pilot. While in...
Out of prison after a five-year stretch, jewel thief Tony turns down a quick job his friend Jo offer...
A commanding officer defends three scapegoats on trial for a failed offensive that occurred within t...
Austrian mountaineer Heinrich Harrer journeys to the Himalayas without his family to head an expedit...
A woman’s lover and her ex-boyfriend take justice into their own hands after she becomes the victim ...
The true story of the most decorated dog in American military history -- Sgt. Stubby -- and the endu...
A self-assured businessman murders his employer, the husband of his mistress, which unintentionally ...
In 1920s Ireland young doctor Damien O'Donovan prepares to depart for a new job in a London hospital...
The true story of anti-apartheid activists in South Africa, and particularly the life of Patrick Cha...
The story of the battle of Iwo Jima between the United States and Imperial Japan during World War II...
A 19-year-old searches for her twin brother after he runs away from home, following a fight with the...
When Isabelle and Theo invite Matthew to stay with them, what begins as a casual friendship ripens i...
A weekend at a marquis’ country château lays bare some ugly truths about a group of haut bourgeois a...
A group of French soldiers, including the patrician Captain de Boeldieu and the working-class Lieute...
In the early years of the 20th century, Mohandas K. Gandhi, a British-trained lawyer, forsakes all w...
At a village railway station in occupied Czechoslovakia, a bumbling dispatcher’s apprentice longs to...
Filmmaker Alain Resnais documents the atrocities behind the walls of Hitler's concentration camps.