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Midnight Clear, AMidnight Clear, A (1992) Recommended
Dir. Keith Gordon
Feat. Peter Berg, Kevin Dillon, Arye Gross
A provocative, suspenseful anti–war parable about a fresh–faced American platoon assigned to an abandoned chateau near the German border…
Last Butterfly, TheLast Butterfly, The (1991)
Dir. Karel Kachyna
Feat. Tom Courtenay, Brigitte Fossey, Freddie Jones
Another worthy drama based on facts surrounding Nazi death camps, stage mime Tom Courtenay is compelled by the Gestapo to put on a performance for…
Doctor PetiotDoctor 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 ButLife 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 YearsSandwich 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.
Going Hollywood - The War Years (1987)
Dir. Julian Schlossberg
Feat. Vivian Blaine, Dane Clark, Jackie Cooper
A glance back at Hollywood attitudes, movies and stars during the WW2 years 1941–1945. Compromising movie clips, newsreel footage and…
Kitchen Toto, TheKitchen Toto, The (1987)
Dir. Harry Hook
Feat. Edwin Mahinda, Bob Peck, Phyllis Logan
Rewarding drama set in Kenya, during the Mau Mau insurrection.
Assault, The (1986) Recommended
Dir. Fons Rademakers
Feat. Derek De Lint, Marc Van Uchelen, Monique Van de Ven
Exceptional near–epic tale of a young boy who witnesses the murder of a Nazi collaborator. Fine direction won this powerful drama the Best…
Sacred Hearts (1985)
Dir. Barbara Rennie
Feat. Anna Massey
Earnest drama set in a repressive convent (run by Anna Massey) during the Blitz.

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