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This part in a documentary series of Hitler's career chronicles the largest amphibious invasion in history. Decisions, losses, battles and strategies come alive with footage and interviews with soldiers, commanders and civilians. The program traces the development of D-Day from the initial plans to the final breakthrough and follows the strategies of Eisenhower, Montgomery, Marshall and Bradley and the counter-attacks and defences of their German opponents. Archive footage, color illustrations, commentaires.

Director : Robert Lihani

Production Year : 1994

Duration : 50

Language : English

Das Boot (Director's Cut)

Adapted from the book by Lothar-Gunther Buchheim (1974), Das Boot conveys an anti-war message through the story of a German U-boat crew during the last months of 1941 in the North Atlantic from beginning to end, as seen by a journalist who has been assigned to join the sub's mission. Das Boot earned six Academy Award nominations and won several other film awards.

Director : Wolfgang Petersen

Production Year : 1981

Duration : 120

Language : German

More Great Escapes of World War Two

Documentary film that presents a collection of escape stories from World War II through testimonies of former war prisoners, underground fighters and resistance movements, soldiers and guards, dramatic reconstruction, archival photographs and films. Narration by the American actor Ed Asner.

Director : Scott Paddor

Production Year : 1998

Duration : 95

Language : English

One Day You'll Understand

To be translated

Director : Amos Gitai

Production Year : 2008

Duration : 89

Language : French

Live From The Past - The Controversial End of World War II

Production Year : 1995

Duration : 17

Language : English

When Willie Comes Marching Home

A feature film comedy. When Willie leaves home to join the war effort he is all ready to become a hero, but he is only frustrated when his posting ends up to be in his home town, and he is recruited into training, keeping him from the action. However, when he finds himself accidently behind enemy lines he unexpectedly becomes a hero after all. Nominated and won as follows: Best Writing, Motion Picture Story Academy Awards, USA 1951. Best Actor - Comedy Golden Globes, USA 1951. Winner of the Grand Prix at Locarno International Film Festival 1950.

Director : John Ford

Production Year : 1950

Duration : 82

Language : English

The Great Escape

Based upon the factual book of the same name (1950) by Paul Brickhill, this acclaimed war drama recounts the events of the 1944 Allied officers escape from the German prisoner of war camp Stalag Luft III. Although the film features several fictional events, it is usually regarded as true to the real story. One of the film’s projecting inaccuracies, though, is its failure to show how cold, hungry and sore prison life really was. Featuring an all-star cast including McQueen (whose motorcycle chase is the film's most remembered action scene), James Garner, Richard Attenborough, James Coburn, Charles Bronson and...

Director : John Sturges

Production Year : 1963

Duration : 167

Language : English, French, German

הלבוי- גרסת הבמאי

Science fiction movie. A supernatural-superhero fbased on the Dark Horse Comics graphic novel Hellboy: Seed of Destruction by Mike Mignola. A demonic beast-turned superhero known as Hellboy secretly works to keep the world safe from paranormal threats with his team, the Bureau of Paranormal Research and Defense. In 1944, with the help of Russian mystic Grigori Rasputin, the Nazis build a dimensional portal off the coast of Scotland and intend to free the Ogdru Jahad to aid them in defeating the Allies. . An Allied team destroys the portal, guided by a young scientist. The German team is killed and the portal...

Director : Guillermo Del Toro

Production Year : 2004

Duration : 122

Language : English

D-Day In Colour - The Overlord Experience

In this episode of D-Day in Color, veterans reflect on the experience of the Invasion and establishment of Allied forces in Normandy, France, during Operation Overlord in WW2. Their intimate first-hand accounts explore those decisive yet perilous days that proved crucial to the outcome of the Second World War. Their recollections are intertwined with vivid color archival film footages that illustrate the reality of battle, the complexity of human emotions and the sacrifices that were made in the fateful summer of 1944. Narration by British actor John Hurt.

Production Year : 2004

Language : English

לקט סרטי מוזיאון יד ושם - גלריה 8

מאסטר אינטרנשיונל של רצף סרטים לפי הופעתם במוזיאון יד ושם

Director : ראובן הקר, Noemi Schory, Itay Ken-Tor

Production Year : 2005

Duration : 60

Language : Hebrew

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