Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story

A Jewish woman named Jettel Redlich flees Nazi Germany with her daughter Regina, to join her husband, Walter, on a farm in Kenya. At first, Jettel refuses to adjust to her new circumstances, bringing with her a set of china dishes and an evening gown. While Regina adapts readily to this new world, forming a strong bond with her father'...

Runtime

2h 20m

Director

Caroline Link

Cast

Juliane Köhler, Merab Ninidze, Sidede Onyulo

In occupied Paris, an actress wed to a Jewish theater owner must keep him hidden from the Nazis while doing both of their jobs.

Runtime

2h 11m

Director

François Truffaut

Cast

Catherine Deneuve, Gérard Depardieu, Jean Poiret

Au revoir les enfants tells a heartbreaking story of friendship and devastating loss concerning two boys living in Nazi-occupied France. At a provincial Catholic boarding school, the precocious youths enjoy true camaraderie—until a secret is revealed. Based on events from writer-director Malle’s own childhood, the film is a subtle, pre...

Runtime

1h 45m

Director

Louis Malle

Cast

Gaspard Manesse, Raphael Fejtö, Francine Racette

A Jewish ghetto in the east of Europe, 1944. By coincidence, Jakob Heym eavesdrops on a German radio broadcast announcing the Soviet Army is making slow by steady progress towards central Europe. In order to keep his companion in misfortune, Mischa, from risking his life for a few potatoes, he tells him what he heard and announces that...

Runtime

1h 40m

Director

Frank Beyer

Cast

Vlastimil Brodský, Erwin Geschonneck, Henry Hübchen

In 1943, while the Allies are bombing Berlin and the Gestapo is purging the capital of Jews, a dangerous love affair blossoms between two women – one a Jewish member of the underground, the other an exemplar of Nazi motherhood.

Runtime

2h 5m

Director

Max Färberböck

Cast

Maria Schrader, Juliane Köhler, Johanna Wokalek