1940s Movies

Short version of the film 'Eingeschneit in Lager IV', released for the home market. The film shows images of the 1938 German expedition to Nanga...

Documentary film material was produced during the 1938 expedition to Nanga Parbat, led by Paul Bauer. The German Himalaya Foundation had planned a...

An account of a young Italian boy who was taken in by a Canadian military unit during World War II.

In this documentary about the exile of two famous French actors in Argentina during and after World War II, the director Cozarinsky returns to...

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...

An engineer struggles with his rival to receive the order to carry out an important construction in the Valle d'Aosta. Both opponents embark on a...

An ambitious girl is hired by a group of thieves as a maid in the apartment of a famous actress. The thieves thus prepare the ground for a...

Rock climbing on the "Cobbler". Awarded first prize by Michael Powell in the 1948 Scottish Amateur Film Festival

Based on a true story, set during the drainage of the Maliq swamp.

Bardhi, an orphan boy, goes to the city to work in the house of a rich man, where he learns how to play the violin.

The documentary that captures the compelling story and eyewitness account of six survivors in war-torn Netherlands during World War II.

A brisk visual summary of the changing faces of the English town throughout the ages, from the ancients and their hill-forts to the Second World War...

German war documentary about Yugoslavia from 1941.

Dover made over: this quirky and pointed public information film reveals how the heavily-bombed and shelled Kent town was being replanned after the...

Many members of the Dutch Underground were gay and lesbian. This film pays homage to them and recounts their story.

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 film about the collective psychological traumas of Ukrainians.

A judgmental toy jumps from owner to owner, seeking a Christian boy who can provide him a home.