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Son of SaulSon of Saul (2015) Aro Favourite
Dir. László Nemes
Feat. Géza Röhrig, Levente Molnár, Urs Rechn
Masterful, but deeply disturbing glimpse into the horror of Auschwitz seen through the perspective of a prisoner forced to burn the corpses of his…
1864 (TV Series)1864 (TV Series) (2014)
Dir. Ole Bornedal
Feat. Pilou Asbæk, Jacob Oftebro, Sidse Babett Knudsen
The most expensive Danish TV series made to date, this lavish historical war drama is based on two books by Tom Buk–Swienty about the Second…
DiplomacyDiplomacy (2014) Recommended
Dir. Volker Schlondorff
Feat. Andre Dussollier, Niels Arestrup, Burghart Klaussner
A thematically rich and expertly staged historical drama that depicts the relationship between Dietrich von Choltitz, the German military governor of…
TangerinesTangerines (2013) Recommended
Dir. Zaza Urushadze
Feat. Lembit Ulfsak, Elmo Nüganen
Immeasurably moving drama set durng the war in Georgia in which an Estonian man stays behind to harvest tangerines and care for a wounded fighter.
16121612 (2012)
Dir. Vladimir Khotinenko
Feat. Pyotr Kislov
Bloated Russian 'historical' epic renders the 17th century civil war that ravaged the divided country as a Peter Jackson–esque battle fantasy.…
In the FogIn the Fog (2012)
Dir. Sergey Loznitsa
Feat. Vladislav Svirskiy, Vladislav Abashin
Intense, slow burning Russian drama exploring the moralities of war through the story of a man wrongly accused of collaboration with the German…
SuskindSuskind (2012)
Dir. Rudolf van den Berg
Feat. Karl Markovics, Jeroen Spitzenberger
A serious, respectful historical dramatisation of the deeds of Walter Sueskind, a Jewish industrialist in Amsterdam who used his leverage as an…
Third Half, TheThird Half, The (2012)
Dir. Darko Mitrevski
Feat. Katarina Ivanovska, Sasko Kocev
A Macedonian football club hires a German coach to galvanize the team as Nazis prepare to enter the country in this wartime occupation drama.
War WitchWar Witch (Rebelle) (2012) Recommended
Dir. Kim Nguyen
Feat. Rachel Mwanza
A remarkable magical realist portrayal of the tragedy of child soldiering in one of Africa’s many civil wars, with the phenomenal Rachel Mwanza as…
White TigerWhite Tiger (2012)
Dir. Karen Shakhnazarov
Feat. Aleksey Vertkov, Vitaliy Kishchenko, Valeriy Grishko
A Red Army sergeant becomes obsessed with a mysterious white Tiger tank responsible for the destruction of his battalion.

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