This is really season 7 of Days Of Honor, though the timings are out as some of the events in this series pre-date season 6. More about Polish resistance to the Nazis during WWII
Warsaw 44 is a moving film that depicts the harrowing events of the Warsaw Uprising in 1944, where Polish resistance fighters bravely fought against the Nazi occupation. The story follows a group of young rebels as they face the atrocities of war, navigate love and betrayal, and make unimaginable sacrifices for their country. With its powerful portrayal of heroism and tragedy, Warsaw 44 captures the courage and resilience of the Polish people during one of the darkest periods in history.
Set in Nazi-occupied Poland, 'Uprising' follows the brave resistance fighters of the Warsaw Uprising in 1944. With their city devastated and their lives at stake, they engage in guerilla warfare and create tunnels and bunkers to fight against the brutal Nazi regime. This TV movie showcases the heroic struggle of the Warsaw Ghetto against all odds.
This 9-episodes documentary series extensively examines the history of Poland in the 20th Century, telling the story through archival films, newsreels, interviews, and readings from novels and poems.
The story of the last year of the war in Europe, from the D-Day landings in Normandy in June 1944 to the dual German surrender, first in Reims then Berlin, in May 1945. Eleven months of unprecedented combat.This was the deadliest year of WW2.
Kanal is a black-and-white war drama set during the 1944 Warsaw Uprising. The film follows a group of Polish resistance fighters as they attempt to navigate the city's sewers to evade capture by the Wehrmacht. Faced with hopelessness and despair, the group discovers the true cost of their fight for freedom.
In the aftermath of World War II, a widow in Poland deals with violence and insecurity. She faces challenges such as gang rape, robbery, and the death of her loved ones. As the war comes to an end, she navigates the complexities of Polish-German relations and tries to rebuild her life in post-war Poland.
Eroica is an anthology film that portrays various stories set in a prisoner-of-war camp during the Warsaw Uprising in World War II. It encompasses the struggles, humor, and resilience of the prisoners.
This is the true story about a group of Romani's (gypsy) in occupied Poland during World War II as they confront the atrocities and tragedies of a forgotten holocaust.
Warsaw Uprising (2014) is a documentary film that tells the story of the brave Polish resistance fighters who fought against the Nazi occupation during World War Two. The film highlights the struggles and sacrifices of the people of Warsaw as they fought for freedom and independence.
This film tells the story of lieutenant Stefan Wyszynski (Ksawery Szlenkier) - the future Primate of Poland, unknown to a wider audience. It is 1944, in the heat of war, we meet a young priest Wyszynski, who has recently been appointed chaplain of the branch in the Kampinos Forest. It is also active in the insurgent hospital. Everyone knows him there under the pseudonym "Radwan III". The reality of the war is for Fr. Wyszynski, a forge of character, a fight for hope and love, especially against enemies. How are we to forgive in everyday warfare? The hero asks, turning to the Source of his vocation.
Forbidden Songs is a story set in Nazi-occupied Warsaw, Poland during World War Two. The film tells the tale of a young musician who becomes involved in the resistance movement and fights against the oppression of the Nazis. Through music and acts of courage, the protagonist and his comrades confront their fears and strive for freedom and national identity. The movie explores themes of patriotism, bravery, and the power of music in times of war.
A dramatic re-enactment of the Warsaw Ghetto Jewish uprising in April 1943 were 650 armed members of the Jewish Fighting Organization of Poland held off a 3,000 strong Nazi force in which only a handful of Jews survived. Tom Conti plays Dolek Berson, a Jewish smuggler who joins the resistance movement and is aided on the Aryan side of the wall by a former teacher named Regina Kowalski played by Rachel Roberts in her final role.
The history of the Warsaw Ghetto (1940-43) as seen from both sides of the wall, its legacy and its memory: new light on a tragic era of division, destruction and mass murder thanks to the testimony of survivors and the discovery of a ten-minute film shot by Polish amateur filmmaker Alfons Ziółkowski in 1941.
A Polish Resistance fighter who survived the Nazi years cannot accept the new Communist power.
The short life and vast legacy of the legendary Polish wartime poet of the lost generation, Krzysztof Kamil Baczynski.
The four sequences in the film cover four days in a life of young Warsaw lad in September 1938, 1939, 1943 and 1944. In the first sequence Jurek decides not to study in the Sorbonne but enlists in a Polish military school instead. In the second sequence the war starts and Warsaw is occupied. In the third sequence he works in the underground resistance. The final sequence takes place during the Warsaw uprising.
A young Polish partisan flees from the Warsaw Uprising. Whilst hiding in the yard of a countryside manor, he is chased up a tree by a large wolfhound. With his rifle out of reach, there seems to be no way to escape his predicament.
September 13, 1944. On the right bank of the Vistula, a group of young people is getting ready to cross to help the fighting Warsaw. Tadeusz, a young poet with amputated legs meets Katarzyna. Two officers of the Home Army and the AL, Polish and Soviet soldiers come here. A fight ensues with the Nazis trying to get out of the encirclement. Katarzyna is raped by one of them in front of the powerless Tadeusz. . . Two boats are sinking crossing the Vistula. Tadeusz falls into the river with a wheelchair ...