During the Holocaust, a Jewish waiter and his son are taken to a concentration camp. The father uses his wit and imagination to shield his son from the horrors around them, creating a game to win a tank and escape. Despite the harsh reality, the father sacrifices himself to ensure his son's survival and reunites with his mother after the camp is liberated.
In Nazi-occupied Italy during World War II, a group of prisoners of war led by their newly appointed leader, Col. Joseph L. Ryan, plan an escape from a train bound for a German prison camp.
Anzio is a movie based on the true story of the allied forces in World War II, where they land on the Italian coast and face numerous challenges and dangers behind enemy lines.
Rome, Open City is a powerful portrayal of life in Nazi-occupied Rome during World War II. It follows the lives of a group of courageous individuals who become involved in the resistance movement and risk everything to fight against oppression. The movie explores themes of betrayal, sacrifice, and the resilience of the human spirit.
In this crime drama, a public defender named Caspar Leinen takes on a high-profile murder case in which his childhood friend is the prime suspect. As he digs deeper into the case, Leinen discovers a shocking connection to Germany's dark past and a hidden truth that could change everything.
During World War II, the residents of an Italian village must find a way to hide and protect a valuable wine collection from the occupying German army.
Cloak and Dagger is a World War Two suspense thriller that follows the story of an undercover agent who infiltrates Nazi-occupied Italy to sabotage their atomic weapon research. Along the way, he encounters danger, romance, and moments of self-sacrifice as he strives to complete his mission and save the world from nuclear catastrophe.
Everybody Go Home! is a comedy-drama film that takes place in Italy during the 1943 Italian Civil War. It follows the story of an Italian soldier who tries to go back home after the armistice between Italy and the Allies, but faces various comedic obstacles along the way.
A group of rich young intellectuals hiding from the war in rural Italy play at being partisans when some disbanded soldiers and some refugees ask them for shelter in their villa. The young and aristocratic Andrea strikes up a friendship with a peasant girl, Lucia. Then the Germans suddenly appear, looking for the real partisans, and the time comes for serious decisions.
Massacre in Rome is a dramatic retelling of the true story of the Ardeatine massacre, where 335 Italian civilians were executed by the SS in retaliation for an attack by Italian partisans. Set in Nazi-occupied Rome, the movie follows the events leading up to the massacre, the resistance efforts, and the aftermath. It explores the atrocities committed during the war and the struggle of the Italian people against fascist oppression.
During World War Two, two marshals find themselves on the run from the Nazis in Italy. In order to evade capture, they disguise themselves as priests and seek refuge among a group of resistance fighters. As they navigate the dangers of Nazi-occupied Italy, they get caught in hilarious situations, slapstick comedy, and identity swaps.
This film sheds light on the role of the Catholic Church and the people of Assisi in rescuing Italian Jews from the Nazis in 1943.
An American Infantry officer assigned to a cloak-and-dagger role in Rome uses homing pigeons for outside contact, with humorous results.
Alvaro Cosenza, also known as the Hunchback from Quarticciolo, during Rome's occupation by Nazis in 1943, decides to revolt.
In 1943 Italy is crumbling. Salvo D'Acquisto, a Carabinieri officer is trying to maintain law and order. One tragic incident will unravel a chain of events leading to him having to stand between the Germans and people he swore to protect.
A cinematographic account of the reprisal ordered by the ruthless Austrian colonel Kappler in 1944 in Rome. In Via Rasella (Rasella Street) ten Italian civilians were sentenced to death for each German soldier killed in a partisan attempt.
The real story of the partisan Silvio Corbari (Giuliano Gemma). Silvio forms a band of partisans in Northern Italy, completely independent from the Italian organized resistance (CLN). Ines (Tina Aumont), leaves her husband to join the band and becomes Silvio's lover. Silvio seems to suceed in creating a free-zone, his personal republic, independent from Nazi-occupied Italy, in a little village called Tregnano.
An opera singer hides an American soldier in his house in Nazi-occupied Rome.
In Milan, in the winter of 1944, the ruthless Cane Nero leads the fascists against the partisans. Enne 2, one of the leading figures of the C.N.L., meets Berta, whom he loved three years ago, but Berta refuses to leave her husband for him. Enne 2 is pursued by the fascists of Cane Nero and, instead of running away to Turin, waits for Berta to rejoin him
How will the Germans react to the armistice of the 8th of September 1943, due to which Italy betrays them and sides with the allied forces? This is the distressing questions that a group of 16 Italian - Greek Jews evacuated at The Meina Hotel ask themselves.