Movies and TvShows featuring "former-prisoner-of-war" theme.

Ku'damm 56 – Rebel With a Cause is a TV show set in post-war Germany in the year 1956. It follows the story of three sisters and their mother as they navigate the changing social dynamics of Berlin. The show explores themes of rebellion, emancipation, and gender equality, all set against the backdrop of a rapidly changing society. With dance, music, and drama, Ku'damm 56 showcases the struggles and triumphs of the characters as they strive to find their place in a world still recovering from the horrors of war.

My Wife's Husband is a hilarious comedy about a woman who accidentally ends up with two husbands. Chaos ensues as she tries to keep up the facade and navigate the complications of bigamy. With a mix of mistaken identities, secret affairs, and comedic misunderstandings, this film will keep you laughing from start to finish.

In Twilight's Last Gleaming, a crazy general takes control of a missile silo, threatening to launch nuclear weapons and demanding a ransom. It's up to a former prisoner of war and a team of commandos to stop him and prevent a nuclear catastrophe.

A Spanish Civil War veteran named John McKittrick returns to New York City after being held as a political prisoner of war in Nazi Germany. He is determined to uncover the truth about the murder of his friend. As he investigates, he discovers a Nazi spy ring and becomes caught up in a web of deception and danger. With the help of a femme fatale and a handicapped man, McKittrick must navigate the seedy underworld of espionage to bring the perpetrators to justice.

A test pilot with a troubled past is selected to be part of a top-secret mission to conquer outer space. As he faces his inner demons, he must also confront dangerous assignments, rivalries, and the challenges of supersonic flight. With the backdrop of the Cold War and the Korean War, he struggles to tame both the experimental aircraft and his own personal demons.

After being framed for a crime, a man seeks revenge in post-World War II Manchester, England. He navigates the urban setting, encountering theaters, speakeasies, and smuggling operations. Along the way, he forms relationships, uncovers secrets, and eventually discovers the truth.

Among others, Ernesto returns to Turin after the war from a German POW camp; his household destroyed and family deceased, he tries making an honest living.

Life in a one-parent family with a focus on the parent, Henri Neveu (Jean Gabin), is the topic of this standard drama with a dash of comedy. While Henri was a POW during the war, his wife passed away and he returned to face the challenges of bringing up three children alone. Henri may get drunk and angry at times but he also has a better side that will not stay buried. Since handling three children alone is no easy task, the single father has the choice of growing in the process or not.

A documentary about the making of the 1963 film THE GREAT ESCAPE, as well as some of the historical details on which it was based.

In 1950s Singapore, an Australian doctor sets out to organize a reunion for former prisoners of war. As he navigates through betrayal, communism, and personal struggles, he brings together a diverse group of individuals with the common goal of healing their past wounds.

This documentary tells the extraordinary story of a British prisoner of war tortured by the Japanese in World War II who spent 50 years trying to locate the man who cruelly interrogated him near Thailand's infamous Kwai bridge. Eric Lomax and Nagase Takashi met again on the bridge in a meeting that would profoundly change their lives. After this experience, Lomax wrote his famous autobiography "The Railwail Man", which was adapted to the cinema in 2013 with the same title. The documentary reveals exclusively what really happened when they both agreed to meet.