1940s Movies

The first part of Bill Douglas' influential trilogy harks back to his impoverished upbringing in early-'40s Scotland. Cinema was his only escape - he...

Chapter 9 of the series 18 decades of life in Mexico in the twentieth century. Images of the cultural, social and political life in Mexico from 1940...

In 1940s outport Newfoundland, young Sadie struggles to cope with the tragic death of both her parents.

To celebrate his eleventh birthday, a young boy selects his gift - little knowing that his choice will change the world.

In Manchuria during the 1940's, a karate master named Sazaki and hapkido champion Wang make plans to rob the Korean Independence Army of its funds....

Tomka is a boy who likes playing football with his friends. When the German army captures his town, the German soldiers establish their camp in the...

Shpresa goes to the house of fascist collaborators to commit an assassination. After that, dressed as a bride, she becomes an illegal.

The Second World War is experienced through the journey of Private Cole, a dramatic study of the contrasting nature between the innocence of...

In May 1946, Maria José of Savoy ascends to become Queen of Italy, only to face the realisation that the monarchy is ending and her reign will...

Marvels of modern science, including the U.S. Army's latest tanks; pretty models demonstrate massage and exercise machines.

Dora Maar, a world-class photographer who began her artistic career in the French Surrealist scene of the 30s, lived in the shadow of Spanish painter...

Follows German-American actress Marlene Dietrich across four decisive days in four different decades, portraying her in shifting cultural and...

October 1945. A young Japanese boy in the devastated city of Nagasaki, two months after the atomic bomb, carries on his back the lifeless body of his...

Preparation of "spawn" for commercial mushrooms, which grow to the tune of "You Came Along." Also: extraction & uses of snake venom; personal dress...

A fatherless family immigrates to Israel from Egypt during the British Mandate period. The film traces the hardships the family suffers in the...

This documentary tells the story of the Ustashe. These Croatians nationalists had been involved in several murderous attacks before WWII until they...

A musical tale about two impoverished sisters' anguish over whether or not to sell the final masterpiece of their recluse father days before the...

Saturnin is a servant who becomes his master's master. A young man of good social standing and upbringing, somewhat conservative, acquires, through...

The story of two adolescents, Moni and Zhozho, who meet 17-year-old Zheni in 1943 and with whom both fell in love. The events that follow unfold...