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During the German occupation, Mrs. Dimitra, widow of pilot Nikiforos Avgeris, lives with her daughter Natasha and her mother-in-law. One day, she happens to meet Haris, a stuntman who bears a striking resemblance to her late husband, and asks him to play the role of her husband for the sake of her daughter. Haris agrees, and for a while they live together. However, the Germans, believing him to be the real Avgeris, arrest him. He does not reveal his true identity...

Brothers George and Robert enlist on opposite sides in the Civil War. Robert is captured as a spy for the South, but escapes and hides in his parents' house. George leads the search party, but doesn't reveal his brother's hiding place, and Robert escapes. After the war, George is a hero and Robert is down on his luck. George cautiously welcomes him back into the family home.

When George Price arrived at basic training in 1944, he became brothers in arms with men of a diverse set of backgrounds and cultures from across America. For many of these young men being at war was their first time experiencing the melting pot that America was becoming. The war was not only fought on foreign soil but in the hearts and minds of the men who fought. This is a story about pride, identity and brotherhood set during a crucial turning point in American History.

16 year old aspiring director Elliott Hasler's epic depiction of his great-grandfather's WW2 experiences; an escaped POW's battle for survival whilst on the run in war-torn Italy, as his wife and young son eagerly await news in England.

Alor Michil is a 1974 Bangladeshi patriotic film which focuses on the independence movement of 1971. Written and directed by Narayan Ghosh Mita, it stars Abdur Razzak, Babita, Faruk and Anwar Hussain in lead roles. It has been selected for preservation by the Bangladesh Film Archive

Theatrical Inka - Danuta Siedzikówna - survived the death of her mother, who was murdered by the Gestapo in Bialystok in 1943. Her father died in Tehran after leaving a Soviet gulag. The orphaned sisters, Inka and her siblings, were raised by their grandmother. The heroine was an AK nurse. She was sentenced to death for joining the unit of Major Szendzielarz alias Łupaszko, which was subordinate to the legal authorities of the Republic of Poland in exile. The judges relied on false testimony from militiamen, which, by the way, did not fully incriminate her. In a secret message to her grandmother, Siedzikówna wrote: "Tell my grandmother that I behaved as I should."

Sailor Popeye, faced with many menial tasks, fastens a couple of mops to the prop of his plane, substitutes water for bullets in his machine gun and goes about cleaning the deck of the ship.

OBAIDA, a short film by Matthew Cassel, explores a Palestinian child’s experience of Israeli military arrest. Each year, some 700 Palestinian children undergo military detention in a system where ill-treatment is widespread and institutionalized. For these young detainees, few rights are guaranteed, even on paper. After release, the experience of detention continues to shape and mark former child prisoners’ path forward.

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During World War II, 7,000 Filipino Americans volunteered their services to the U.S. Army and helped liberate their homeland from Japanese occupation. Director Noel M. Izon captures their stories through the voices of the veterans themselves – only half of whom are still alive today – and delivers touching personal accounts of the men’s contributions and sacrifices during the war. Despite the fact that they endured a bleak, racist prewar climate and were not even considered U.S. citizens, these individuals rallied to join the war effort and cement their rightful place in American history.

A young mother in a Harlem housing project realizes the arrival of two Army officers brings news she can’t allow herself to accept.

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An old woman from Caucasian Mountains goes to the front line do give her sons weapons of their ancestors.

All birds in the sky in human wars.

Montenegro in 1944. A highland farmer tries to change his only son's decision to join the partisans, while minding his own business and not taking any side himself. During the work field they are both captured by Chetniks who previously killed some local shepherds, and their fate is about to be decided by a reckless gang of murderers.

Historic archives shed new light on the secret history of Klaus Barbie, head of the Gestapo in Lyon in 1943-44, with particular attention being given to the scandalous protections that the German and American secret services provided him with.

They were young, their life was in bloom and their hearts were longing to love.

A Gallifreyan soldier undergoes initiation in the use of a headcam, as well as the defence of Arcadia.