Strange Cargo

It's a dreary Christmas 1944 for the American POWs in Stalag 17 and the men in Barracks 4, all sergeants, have to deal with a grave problem—there seems to be a security leak.

Runtime

2h

Director

Billy Wilder

Cast

William Holden, Don Taylor, Robert Strauss

The Nazis, exasperated at the number of escapes from their prison camps by a relatively small number of Allied prisoners, relocate them to a high-security 'escape-proof' camp to sit out the remainder of the war. Undaunted, the prisoners plan one of the most ambitious escape attempts of World War II. Based on a true story.

Runtime

2h 53m

Director

John Sturges

Cast

Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough

Billy Hayes is caught attempting to smuggle drugs out of Turkey. The Turkish courts decide to make an example of him, sentencing him to more than 30 years in prison. Hayes has two opportunities for release: the appeals made by his lawyer, his family, and the American government, or the "Midnight Express".

Runtime

2h 1m

Director

Alan Parker

Cast

Brad Davis, Irene Miracle, Bo Hopkins

Frank is an expert professional safecracker, specialized in high-profile diamond heists. He plans to use his ill-gotten income to retire from crime and build a nice life for himself complete with a home, wife and kids. To accelerate the process, he signs on with a top gangster for a big score.

Runtime

2h 3m

Director

Michael Mann

Cast

James Caan, Tuesday Weld, Robert Prosky

When French criminal Corey gets released from prison, he resolves to never return. He is quickly pulled back into the underworld, however, after a chance encounter with escaped murderer Vogel. Along with former policeman and current alcoholic Jansen, they plot an intricate jewel heist. All the while, quirky Police Commissioner Mattei, ...

Runtime

2h 20m

Director

Jean-Pierre Melville

Cast

Alain Delon, Bourvil, Gian Maria Volonté

Inspired by true events, Olympic swimmer Harry Melchior defects from East Germany in the 1960s and hatches a daring plot to help his sister and others flee East Berlin through a 145-yard underground tunnel.

Runtime

2h 30m

Director

Roland Suso Richter

Cast

Heino Ferch, Nicolette Krebitz, Sebastian Koch

At a Dresden hospital in 1945, nurse Anna Mauth (Felicitas Woll) cares for badly injured British pilot Robert Newman (John Light), whom Anna believes to be a German deserter. As Allied forces close in, Anna grows close to Robert despite her engagement to Dr. Alexander Wenninger (Benjamin Sadler). The gripping historical romance won a 2...

Runtime

3h

Director

Roland Suso Richter

Cast

Felicitas Woll, John Light, Benjamin Sadler

The incredible true story of Lufthansa Flight 181, which was hijacked by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine in October of 1977, and the noble efforts of stewardess Gabriele Dillmann (Nadja Uhl) to ensure the safety of the terrified passengers throughout the harrowing ordeal. When terrorists sympathetic to the cause of th...

Runtime

1h 48m

Famous Nazi doctor Josef Mengele — the 'Death Angel of Auschwitz', who killed more than 300.000 people — emerges from his hideout in Argentina to Germany as a 87-year-old man, and must stand for his crimes in court. The young solicitor Peter Rohm is assigned to defend him, but Rohm himself — an expert on Mengele and his crimes — feels ...

Runtime

2h 8m

Director

Roland Suso Richter

Cast

Götz George, Kai Wiesinger, Karoline Eichhorn

A family of a German linguist lives with an indigenous tribe in Papua New Guinea.

Runtime

2h 11m

Director

Roland Suso Richter

Cast

Thomas Kretschmann, Nadja Uhl, Michael Baral