1940s Movies

  • 2022
    Shantaye's World

    Shantaye's World

    Shantaye's World

    02022HD

    A film and novel of romance, drama, and strength. A story that highlights the beauty of Caribbean culture and tells the story of every Caribbean...

    Shantaye's World
  • 1943
    The Herring Murder Mystery

    The Herring Murder Mystery

    The Herring Murder Mystery

    01943HD

    A man working in a fish cannery has a guilty conscience and begins to imagine he is a murderer. In his delirium/dream the fish try him for murder in...

    The Herring Murder Mystery
  • 1970
    Death March

    Death March

    Death March

    01970HD

    British RAF Wing Commander James Wright is captured by the Japanese during WWII and forced to fight in brutal hand-to-hand combat. The Japanese...

    Death March
  • 1970
    Wittgenstein's Poker

    Wittgenstein's Poker

    Wittgenstein's Poker

    01970HD

    On October 25, 1946... in a small crowded room at Cambridge University, two of the world’s greatest twentieth-century philosophers, Ludwig...

    Wittgenstein's Poker
  • 1997
    Hitler's Forgotten Victims

    Hitler's Forgotten Victims

    Hitler's Forgotten Victims

    101997HD

    The story of black and mixed race people in Nazi Germany who were sterilised, experimented upon, tortured and exterminated in the Nazi concentration...

    Hitler's Forgotten Victims
  • 2020
    Stolen Children

    Stolen Children

    Stolen Children

    02020HD

    June 1941, during World War II. Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler orders the mass abduction of particularly well-bred young children from Poland...

    Stolen Children
  • 2007
    The Reckoning: Remembering the Dutch Resistance

    The Reckoning: Remembering the Dutch Resistance

    The Reckoning: Remembering the Dutch Resistance

    02007HD

    Documentary - The Reckoning: Remembering the Dutch Resistance is the international award-winning documentary that captures the compelling story and...

    The Reckoning: Remembering the Dutch Resistance
  • 2005
    Suzanne

    Suzanne

    Suzanne

    02005HD

    In 1943, Joseph, a Jewish man, was arrested by the Germans in front of his 13-year-old daughter, Suzanne, in the apartment where they were hiding. By...

    Suzanne
  • 2020
    Akiko's Piano: Chords Played by the Surviving Piano

    Akiko's Piano: Chords Played by the Surviving Piano

    Akiko's Piano: Chords Played by the Surviving Piano

    02020HD

    1940, Kawamoto Akiko lives in Hiroshima with her father and mother, Genkichi and Shizuko, as well as her two younger brothers. Akiko loves playing...

    Akiko's Piano: Chords Played by the Surviving Piano
  • 2019
    The Crying Fields

    The Crying Fields

    The Crying Fields

    02019HD

    A deep dive into the history of the Canadian Government and the Department of National Defence leasing First Nations reserves as practice bombing...

    The Crying Fields
  • 2021
    A Barber's Kiss

    A Barber's Kiss

    A Barber's Kiss

    02021HD

    The year is 1940. Bethany is a beautiful hairdresser and owner of a barber shop in the city. On an ordinary day, the new clumsy customer Harry...

    A Barber's Kiss
  • 1970
    Elsa

    Elsa

    Elsa

    01970HD

    Set in Oslo 1945, Elsa the film explores national identity, heroism, vengeance, and sexual freedom.

    Elsa
  • 2020
    Echoes

    Echoes

    Echoes

    02020HD

    The story of the events of 1941, the beginning of the occupation of Vinnytsia, when the mass extermination of Jews began.

    Echoes
  • 2013
    The Voyage

    The Voyage

    The Voyage

    02013HD

    The year is 1941 in Sweden and Astrid seeks independence by trying to become a train conductor. On the train she meets an older passenger Dora, which...

    The Voyage
  • 2020
    Los últimos españoles de Mauthausen

    Los últimos españoles de Mauthausen

    Los últimos españoles de Mauthausen

    02020HD

    The story of the more than nine thousand Spaniards who were interned in the Nazi concentration camps, through the testimony of a group of survivors...

    Los últimos españoles de Mauthausen
  • 1997
    Exodus 1947

    Exodus 1947

    Exodus 1947

    01997HD

    Exodus 1947 is a one hour PBS documentary narrated by Morley Safer with a score by Ilan Rechtman. The Exodus 1947 voyage acted as a catalyst in...

    Exodus 1947
  • 1970
    The Yellow Tie

    The Yellow Tie

    The Yellow Tie

    01970HD

    Sergiu Celibidache's fairy tale journey: from Moldavia to the Berlin Philharmonic. Despite World War II and countless challenges, he pursued his...

    The Yellow Tie
  • 2014
    Landauer: Gefeiert, verbannt, vergessen

    Landauer: Gefeiert, verbannt, vergessen

    Landauer: Gefeiert, verbannt, vergessen

    02014HD

    Documentary about Kurt Landauer, the long-time Jewish president of FC Bayern München, who led the club to its first German championship, was...

    Landauer: Gefeiert, verbannt, vergessen
  • 2020
    My Lovely Grandma

    My Lovely Grandma

    My Lovely Grandma

    02020HD

    If your family photographs could speak, what stories would they share? Interweaving interviews with family artefacts, 'My Lovely Grandma' is an...

    My Lovely Grandma
  • 1970
    My Soul Is a Witness

    My Soul Is a Witness

    My Soul Is a Witness

    01970HD

    In the heart of colonial Senegal, moving to the devastating battlefields of Europe during WWII, Awa and Ibrahim are a young couple whose lives are...

    My Soul Is a Witness