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Admiral, TheAdmiral, The (2008)
Dir. Andrei Kravchuk
Feat. Konstantin Khabensky, Elizaveta Boyarskaya, Sergey Bezrukov
Sweeping war time biopic of Russian war hero Admiral Kolchak covers the last years of his life focusing on his bravery in the face of insurmountable…
Bridge, TheBridge, The (Die Brücke) (2008)
Dir. Wolfgang Panzer
Feat. Franke Potente, François Goeske, Lars Steinhöfel
Inferior remake of the 1959 film based on the true story of a group of German teenagers who fight to defend a bridge from the approaching allied…
Female AgentsFemale Agents (Les femmes de l'ombre) (2008) Aro Favourite
Dir. Jean-Paul Salome
Feat. Sophie Marceau, Julie Depardieu, Marie Gillain
Substantial, exciting WWII espionage thriller following an all–female commando unit of the French Resistance recruited to rescue a British…
Flame and CitronFlame and Citron (2008)
Dir. Ole Christian Madsen
Feat. Thure Lindhardt, Mads Mikkelsen, Stine Stengade
Lavishly–appointed wartime thriller based on the true story of contrasting Danish resistance fighters as they take vengeance on the occupying…
Giovanna's FatherGiovanna's Father (2008)
Dir. Pupi Avati
Feat. Silvio Orlando, Francesca Neri, Alba Rohrwacher
Set during the second world ward this is a sad character study of a naive father who covers for his daughter's terrible crime.
Max Manus: Man of WarMax Manus: Man of War (2008) Recommended
Dir. Joachim Roenning, Espen Sandberg
Feat. Aksel Hennie, Agnes Kittelsen, Nicolai Cleve Broch
Rousing wartime actioner chronicles the exploits of irrepressible Norwegian resistance hero Max Manus, whose sabotaging of the Nazi’s stampede…
Nazi Number One: Herman GöringNazi Number One: Herman Göring (2008)
Dir. Guido Knopp
German director Guido Knopp continues his straightforward, biography–centric investigations into all things Nazi with this documentary on…
Red Baron, TheRed Baron, The (Der rote Baron) (2008)
Dir. Nikolai Müllerschön
Feat. Maxim Mehmet, Til Schweiger, Joseph Fiennes
Biographical melodrama focused around Baron Manfred von Richthofen, the celebrated showboating WW1 pilot. Thrilling airborne set–pieces make up…
SaunaSauna (2008)
Dir. Antti-Jussi Annila
Feat. Ville Virtanen, Tommi Eronen, Viktor Klimenko
Something of a hybrid of the historical epic and ghost story, this unique genre entry from Finland concerns two brothers haunted by a young girl whom…
Sky Crawlers, TheSky Crawlers, The (2008)
Dir. Mamoru Oshii
Mamoru Oshii’s (GHOST IN THE SHELL) latest head–scratcher conceives an alternate World War II–reality around another conceptually dense…

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