Movies and TvShows featuring "czech-german-relations" theme.
Sir Nicholas 'Nicky' Winton, a young London broker, risks his life to rescue Jewish children from the Nazis during World War II. He embarks on a race against time to save as many children as possible before the borders close. Years later, haunted by the children he couldn't save, Nicky finds redemption when he meets the surviving adults on a live TV show.
In the eve of World War II, a Czech scientist and a British secret agent must escape from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia on a night train to Munich, facing danger and intrigue along the way.
In pre-World War II Prague, a young waiter named Jan Dite dreams of becoming a millionaire and serving the king. As he navigates his way through various jobs and encounters with wealthy women, he becomes entangled in the political turmoil of the time. With wit and satire, the film explores themes of opportunism, social prejudices, and the effects of war.
Kafka, an insurance clerk, gets caught in a web of secret organizations and paranoia in an alternate reality version of Prague. As he uncovers the truth, Kafka becomes entangled in a revolution and struggles to maintain his sanity.
Based on a true story, Operation: Daybreak (1975) follows a group of Czech resistance fighters who are tasked with assassinating Reinhard Heydrich, one of the key architects of the Holocaust. As they carry out their mission, they face betrayal, danger, and the ultimate sacrifice.
In a small Czech village occupied by the Nazis, a young train dispatcher apprentice navigates love, politics, and sexual awakening while working at the train depot.
Dark Blue World is a movie set during World War II, where a group of Czech pilots join the Royal Air Force (RAF) to fight against Nazi Germany. The film explores themes of friendship, love, and sacrifice as the pilots face the challenges of war.
Set against the backdrop of Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia, Diamonds of the Night tells the harrowing story of two Jewish boys who flee from a train transporting them to a concentration camp. On the run in the deep forest, they face hunger, exhaustion, and the constant threat of capture. With very little dialogue and a surrealistic visual style, the film explores the themes of survival, desperation, and the indomitable spirit of the human will.
Nicky's Family is a documentary film that tells the incredible story of Nicholas Winton, a British stockbroker who organized the rescue of 669 Jewish children from Czechoslovakia just before the outbreak of World War II. Winton's actions went largely unnoticed for over 50 years, until his wife discovered a scrapbook in their attic containing a list of the children he had saved. The film explores Winton's remarkable efforts and sheds light on the impact he had on the lives of those he saved.
Set in Prague, Czechoslovakia during World War Two, All My Loved Ones tells the story of Nicholas Winton and his efforts to save Jewish children from the horrors of the Holocaust. The film explores themes of family relationships, tragedy, and the resilience of the human spirit.
The story of Antonio, an Italian clarinetist, and Martina, a Czech violinist, who fall in love with each other during the World War II, in Prague.
In Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia, a schoolteacher becomes caught up in a web of betrayal, vengeance, and international relations as he navigates life under the oppressive regime. Based on a true story and featuring a courageous teenage protagonist, Higher Principle explores the themes of occupation, resistance, and the power of education.
A West German businessman Friedrich Schmidt is arriving to Czechoslovakia with private mission and mission for Intelligence service. He wants to settle the old event from the time of the Second World War when he as a student of the Czech grammar school in the town of Kostelec took part at the denunciation of his schoolmate Pavel Richter. Pavel was during the period of Nazi terror following the assassination of Acting Reich Protector of Bohemia and Moravia Heydrich executed. Schmidt has also to enter into relations with persons suitable for cooperation with the West Intelligence service. Schmidt - earlier, before the German occupation Smíd - meets the schoolmates and endeavors to avert suspicion that arose already at the time of the tragic event.
Czechoslovak drama film about soldiers returning from World War II
The first animated picture made by Jiří Trnka for adults. It is a comic story of a legendary chimney-cleaner who, with the help of a spring from an old lounge-chair, became the terror of the Prague-occupying SS troops in World War II.
Emil (Vaclav Chalupa as a teen, Ondrej Vetchy as an adult) has been naughty, and his family is at a loss about what to do with him. He's been dallying with the family maid. They decide to ship him off to spend time with his uncle Ernst Michel Piccoli), who married his family maid. The boy has a good relationship with his uncle, and a touching picture of Czech family life just at the advent of World War II emerges. Since Emil and Ernst are both Jewish, they are eventually carted away by the Nazis.
In 1936, a boxer finds himself caught in the crossfire of Czech-German relations. As tensions rise, he must navigate the politics and personal struggles of the time while pursuing his passion for boxing.
In the snowy Giant Mountains at the end of the German occupation, a group of child heroes rescue a downed French pilot. Their actions resemble the principle of the well-known 'telephone game' – the pilot is passed between mountain villages like a secret message – secret delivery – at school. But the children play a highly risky game. They are confronted by deadly soldiers of the occupying army, they must outwit traitors and informers and, last but not least, survive in the harsh conditions of winter in the mountains.