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A Canterbury Tale(1944)

Three modern day pilgrims investigate a bizarre crime in a small town on the way to Canterbury.

Two Women(1960)

A young widow flees from Rome during WWII and takes her lonely twelve-year-old-daughter to her rural hometown but the horrors of war soon catch up with them.

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For Me and My Gal(1942)

Two vaudeville performers fall in love, but find their relationship tested by the arrival of WWI.

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Cruel Train(1995)

In wartime England, railway official Ruben Roberts discovers that his wife was sexually abused as a child by the Chairman of the Line, also her godfather. With her assistance, Ruben plots murder on the Brighton Express.

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Hope and Glory(1987)

A middle-aged man recalls his childhood growing up in and around London during World War II.

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The Naked and the Dead(1958)

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Education for Death: The Making of the Nazi(1943)

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Commando Duck(1944)

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Waterloo Road(1945)

During WW2 a former railway employee who had been drafted, goes AWOL to hunt down the spiv and draft dodger who is having an affair with his wife.

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Millions Like Us(1943)

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Step by Step(2011)

At the beginning of the war in Croatia, Vjera refuses to leave the ruins of her home on the front line . Her husband flees town while their son goes to battlefield. Working as an interpreter she starts her path of self-discovery.

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National Theatre Live: Good(2023)

As the world faces its Second World War, John Halder, a good, intelligent German professor, finds himself pulled into a movement with unthinkable consequences.

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In The Trap

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Little Bird(2017)

A young woman seeks to expand her limited horizons, set against a backdrop of wartime London.

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Tender Comrade(1944)

Jo Jones, a young defense plant worker whose husband is in the military during World War II, shares a house with three other women in the same situation.

6.3

Mr. Winkle Goes to War(1944)

Wilbert Winkle, a henpecked, mild-mannered, middle-aged bank clerk and handyman finds himself in the midst of battle in the South Pacific.

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The Grand Budapest Hotel(2014)

The Grand Budapest Hotel tells of a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars and his friendship with a young employee who becomes his trusted protégé. The story involves the theft and recovery of a priceless Renaissance painting, the battle for an enormous family fortune and the slow and then sudden upheavals that transformed Europe during the first half of the 20th century.

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Arise, My Love(1940)

A dashing pilot and a vivacious reporter have romantic and dramatic adventures in Europe as World War II begins.

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Our Queen at War(2020)

Learn how the longest reigning monarch in British history was shaped by World War II. Princess Elizabeth’s experiences during the war mirrored those of the public and helped shape her into the Queen she is today.

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She's a Soldier Too(1944)

Wartime workers deal with homefront dramatics.

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