Yad Vashem Collections - Movies

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מלחמת העולם השנייה באיטליה, כפי שהיא מצטיירת לעיניה של ילדה בת שמונה. מרטינה מבלה את ימיה בהסתובבות חופשית, מחפשת את עצמה בשתיקה לאחר הטראומה של מות אחיה. המשפחה עקרה לכפר בבולוניה, וההורים המודאגים (האם בהריון) לא מסוגלים להעניק לה את תשומת הלב הרגשית לה היא כה זקוקה. ואז הצנחנים הגרמנים נוחתים מהשמיים, הפרטיזנים האיטלקים מכים חזרה, והמאבק הזה בא, בסופו של דבר, על גבה של האוכלוסייה האזרחית.

Director : Giorgio Diritti

Production Year : 2009

Duration : 116

Language : Italian

Escape to Athena

It's 1944 somewhere on a German-occupied Greek island. Major Otto Hecht (Roger Moore) runs Stalag VII Z, a unique POW. camp where archeologists like Professor Blake (David Niven) excavate ancient treasures which are then looted by the Nazis. Hecht, a one-time shady art dealer himself is also skimming off the top, secretly shipping the most valuable treasures to a secret warehouse in Switzerland.

Director : George P. Cosmatos

Production Year : 1979

Duration : 114

Language : English

Gladiators of WWII - The Desert Rats

This episode in the BBC documentary series "Gladiators of WW2" focuses on the 7th Armoured Division of the British Army, known as 'The Desert Rats'. Originally formed as 'Mobile Division' in Egypt following the Suez Canal opening in 1904, it was meant to increase British strength in the area. On 16.2.40, the Mobile Division became the 7th Armoured Division. The Desert Rat divisional flash was adopted about the same time. It originated from a sketch of a jerboa drawn by the divisional commander's wife after a visit to the Cairo Zoo. After the Italian declaration of war, the 'Rats' took part in most of the major...

Director : Charles Messenger

Production Year : 2001

Duration : 48

Language : English

Von Ryan's Express

דרמת מלחמה המבוססת על רב המכר האוטוביוגראפי מאת דיויד וסטהיימר (David Westheimer), לשעבר טייס חיל האויר האמריקאי אשר שהה יותר משנתיים במחנה שבויים באיטליה לאחר שמטוסו הופל. הסרט, עם פרנק סינטרה בתפקיד הראשי, עוסק בבריחת שבויי מלחמה של בנות הברית ממחנה מעצר. איטליה 1943. הגרמנים באיטליה נסוגים צפונה בעקבות פלישת בנות הברית לדרום איטליה. שומרים איטלקים נוטשים את עמדותיהם במחנה ואסירים אמריקאים ובריטים מנצלים את המהומה לבריחה מן המחנה, אך נתפסים בבריחתם ע"י כוחות גרמנים שמעמיסים אותם על רכבת בדרכה למחנה ריכוז. בהנהגת טייס אמריקאי, קולונל ג'וזף רייאן, האסירים משתלטים על הרכבת ומשנים את כיוון מסלולה לשווייץ.

Director : Mark Robson

Production Year : 1965

Duration : 112

Language : English

Foot Soldier - The Axis

"Foot Soldier - The Axis" is a look at the infantry men of the Axis armies - the men who fought for Hitler, Mussolini and Emperor of Japan Hirohito. Through documents, testimonies and experts commentary the film presents an up-close view at Rommel's devoted soldiers in Africa, Eastern Front troops enduring the bitter cold and dedicated Japanese soldiers in the South Pacific. Archival films, some in color, show the Axis soldiers at training exercises and at the combat fronts. Color reconstructions illustrate their routine activities. Participants: Dr. Wolfgang Seibt - German Mountain...

Production Year : 1998

Duration : 45

Language : English

The Righteous Enemy

This documentary describes how during WWII Italians officials prevented the deportation of some 40,000 Jews in Italian occupied zones. Including interviews Italian and German newsreels, archive photos and excerpts of Eichmann trial in Jerusalem.

Director : Josef Rochlitz

Production Year : 1987

Duration : 84

Language : English, Italian

German Newsreels no. 534 (28/11/40), 536 (20/12/40).

Newsreel no. 534 (28 November, 1940): Devastating Romanian earthquake prompts German aid; King Michael visits the disaster area. Mussolini tours the arms plant in Terni, central Italy. The Italian front lines in North Africa. Ethnic Germans (Volksdeutsche) depart Bessarabia for Fatherland. Foreign Minister of Spain Suner and Foreign Minister of Italy Ciano visit Hitler at Berchtesgaden; they meet with Field Marshal Keitel, ambassador Mackensen, Foreign Minister Ribbentrop. Hitler and Ribbentrop attend ceremony at Belvedere Palace in Vienna as Hungary joins Tripartite Pact; Hungarian Premier Teleki is...

Production Year : 1940

Duration : 43

Language : English, German

German Newsreels no. 531 (6/11/40), 533 (20/11/40).

Newsreel no. 531 (6 November, 1940): Bountiful vegetable harvest in Germany. Autobahn construction in Austria. SA officers tour liberated eastern districts. Cross section of activities in France under German occupation - communication helpers relieve occupying forces; French helpers sort articles and handle distribution under German supervision in the uniform supply center of the French Army; heavy armor is being amassed in occupied zones; signal corps drills in occupied territory. In Rome, Herman Niel is conducting a concert for wounded Italians soldiers. Italian troops pave roads through the desert after...

Production Year : 1940

Duration : 46 48

Language : English, German

German Newsreels no. 516 (22/7/40), 518 (7/8/40).

Newsreel no. 516 (22 July 1940): Italy's role in defeating France - skirmishes on Alpine front and French Rivera; Mussolini inspects Alpine front; Italian navy patrols Mediterranean; Italian fighters in East Africa. Gibraltar - Britain's Mediterranean choke-point. The British Empire shakes from the Med to the Orient; Hong Kong is under "mental siege"; Insecurely at Britain's home; Britain's crimes at Lorient. German-French cooperation in rebuilding occupied France. Germans evacuees return home to Merzig. Hitler's July 19 Reichstag address - "Churchill's last chance for peace". Joyful Berlin crowds greet...

Production Year : 1940

Duration : 44

Language : English, German

Giuseppe in Warsaw

The Italian soldier Giuseppe Santucci, on his way home from the Russian front, during World War II (in 1943), has his machine gun stolen in Warsaw. Afraid of consequences, he stays in Warsaw and occupies a flat of the Polish girl Maria, whom he suspects of stealing weapon. Maria indeed is an active member of the Polish resistance, contrary to her brother, Staszek, a painter, who only wants a calm living. In a course of funny events, Giuseppe falls in love, and, along with Staszek, becomes a hero of the Polish resistance.

Director : Stanisław Lenartowicz

Production Year : 1964

Duration : 94

Language : Polish