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Round Up, TheRound Up, The (La Rafle) (2010)
Dir. Rose Bosch
Feat. Jean Reno, Mélanie Laurent, Gad Elmaleh
A sensitive recreation of the tragic events and personal stories surrounding the Vel' d'Hiv Roundup of 1942, where some 13,000 French Jews were…
Army of Crime, TheArmy of Crime, The (2009)
Dir. Robert Guediguian
Feat. Simon Abkarian, Virginie Ledoyen
Part of a recent wave of prestigious WWII resistence dramas, this one reconstructs events around a group of Paris–based resistance fighters,…
BetrayalBetrayal (2009)
Dir. Hakon Gunderson
Feat. Lene Nystrøm, Götz Otto, Kåre Conradi
Deceit and opportunism are the currencies traded in this passable wartime thriller, recommended for fans of MAX MANUS. Lene Nystrøm (of 90’s pop…
City of Life and DeathCity of Life and Death (2009)
Dir. Chuan Lu
Feat. Ye Liu, Yuanyuan Gao, Hideo Nakaizumi
This first serious depiction of the atrocities wrought on Chinese refugees and soldiers during the occupation of Nanking is a harrowing, expertly…
City of WarCity of War (John Rabe) (2009)
Dir. Florian Gallenberger
Feat. Ulrich Tukur, Daniel Bruhl, Steve Buscemi
Riveting dramatisation of an unlikely true story in which a Nazi industrialist conspires to save the lives of 200,000 Chinese during the infamous…
LebanonLebanon (2009) Recommended
Dir. Samuel Maoz
Feat. Yoav Donat, Itay Tiran, Oshri Cohen
Intense, multi–faceted battle thriller set during the height of the Israeli–Lebanon conflict in 1982 in which four young soldiers sent by…
Man Who Will Come, TheMan Who Will Come, The (L'uomo che verrà) (2009)
Dir. Giorgio Diritti
Feat. Maya Sansa, Alba Rohrwacher, Greta Zuccheri Montanari
Moving Italian war drama told through the eyes of an eight–year–old mute, who witnesses the brutal struggle between Italian partisans and…
Message, TheMessage, The (2009)
Dir. Kuo-fu Chen, Qunshu Gao
Feat. Bingbing Li, Xun Zhou, Zhiwen Wang
Sino–Japanese tensions are foregrounded in this enthralling cat and mouse thriller, set in a clifftop mansion during the height of World War…
Un Village Francais (TV Series)Un Village Francais (TV Series) (2009-2017) Recommended
Feat. Robin Renucci, Audrey Fleurot
Confronting the difficult subject of French collaboration with the Germans during WW2, this series details the lives of the people of a fictional…
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…

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