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Subgenre Sampler
Stalingrad (1992)
- Dir. Joseph Vilsmaier
Feat. Dominique Horwitz, Thomas Kretschmann, Jochen Nickel - Superlative evocation of WW2 tragedy from a German perspective. A unit of soldiers are posted to the front line in the merciless Russian winter to…
Europa, Europa (1991)
- Dir. Agnieszka Holland
Feat. Marco Hofschneider, Salomon Perel, Rene Hofschneider - A riveting account of the real–life ordeal experienced by German Jew Soloman Perel, who concealed his ethnicity for seven years when drafted…
Mediterraneo (1991)- Dir. Gabriele Salvatores
Feat. Claudio Bigagli, Diego Abatanthono, Giuseppe Cederna - Oscar–winning tale of eight Italian soldiers who find themselves stranded on a remote Greek isle during WW2. An affecting and surprising…
Olivier Olivier (1991)- Dir. Agnieszka Holland
Feat. Francois Cluzet, Brigitte Rouan, Gregoire Colin - After disappearing from his country home six years earlier, a boy's mysterious return brings with it a mix of salvation and suspicion to his…
Bullet in the Head (1990)- Dir. John Woo
Feat. Tony Leung (Chiu-wai), Jacky Cheung, Waise Lee - John Woo's indictment of war as raw and visceral as its title. Three friends flee Hong Kong and find themselves knee deep in the corruption and…
Doctor Petiot (1990)- Dir. Christian De Chalonge
Feat. Michel Serrault, Pierre Romans, Berangere Bonvoisin - A dark, expressionistic account of a depraved physician who, in occupied Paris, used his practise to facilitate emigration for hopeful Jews, only to…
Life and Nothing But (1990)- Dir. Bertrand Tavernier
Feat. Philippe Noiret, Sabine Azema - Philippe Noiret plays a Missing–in–Action chief officer whose obsession to account for the anonymous casualties of WW1 draws him to a…
Five Days in June (1989)- Dir. Michel Legrand
Feat. Sabine Azema, Annie Girardot, Matthieu Roze - Yet another addition to the canon of dramas based on childhood memoirs. A renowned composer takes the helm to recall five days in his life on the…
Sandwich Years (Les années sandwiches) (1989)- Dir. Emile Ghigo
Feat. Michel Aumont, Clovis Cornillac - In post–war France, a young Jewish boy befriends an elderly op–shop owner after his parents are arrested.
Hanussen (1988)- Dir. Istvan Szabo
Feat. Klaus Maria Brandauer - Klaus Maria Brandauer adds to his list of distinctive roles in this allegedly true tale of an Austrian soldier who recovers from shotgun wounds and…
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