The article states that almost any U.S. citizen, born in the early 1930's or a watcher of television movies, could name at least a few vintage World War II films about the Nazis. Most of the U.S. citizens can recall a Conrad Veidt...
The first plot involves Lieutenant Aldo Raine (Brad Pitt), who leads a group of Jewish-American soldiers known as the Basterds, on a mission to kill Nazis in gruesome ways. Parallel to this, Shosanna Dreyfus (Mélanie Laurent), a French-Jewish cinema proprietor, prepares her own schem...
When their country is invaded by the Nazis, Jan and Antonina are forced to report to the Reich's newly appointed chief zoologist, Lutz Heck. The Zabinskis covertly begin working with the Resistance and put into action plans to save the lives of hundreds from what has bec...
Pumping club scenes are used sparingly and the best parts are shot in more solitary locations. There's an intergenerational romance and a subplot involving the Nazis. On paper, it sounds like it should be rubbish, but it's actually worth a watch more than the synopsis suggests. All about J...
In the film, he seeks to recover the biblical Ark of the Covenant ahead of the Nazis, who believe that possession of this object will give them superhuman powers. In later films, Jones dodges a bloodthirsty cult, thwarts a Communist plot, and reunites with his estranged father in a ...
sadistic activities of their past and perform them in a more romantic, passionate light. There’s a deeper aspect to all of this, which adds to the tension in the plot, which is that the other few surviving Nazis, who obviously disapprove of this relationship, have discovered the lovebugs ...
Synopsis:Mathematician John Nash makes a brilliant discovery, but in what should have been the brightest time of his life, he starts participating in a disturbing hallucination where he cracks a code that is used by the Nazis. The hallucinations and voices he hears become so real that this dom...
While the film never goes full-fledged dark, there are snippets of beatings and ridicule at the hands of the Nazis, powerful stuff and tough to take, especially given the Jewish religion of some of the principals. Liza Minnelli has never had a better role as she simplybecomesSally. The ...
Story:A gang of young thieves flee Paris during the violent aftermath of a political election, only to hole up at an Inn run by neo-Nazis. Style:scary, suspenseful, rough, bleak, disturbing ... Plot:cannibalism, psychopath, sadistic horror, torture, survival, macabre, human monster, gory,...
The Nazi occupation of Poland might not sound like the stuff of comedy gold, but director Ernst Lubitsch makes it work in this 1942 satire. After their theater company gets shut down by the Nazis, a troupe of stage actors become unlikely operatives for the resistance. Using their collective ...