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Siła Bezsilnych (Power of the Powerless) series tells the story of the Polish resistance movement against the Communist government during World War II. This chapter is dedicated to Joseph Kuras, nicknamed "Fire", who was the commander of the partisan organization "Lightning". The organization acted to release anti-communist underground prisoners from the "Saint Michala" prison in the center of Krakow near military camps and secret police headquarters with not a single shot fired. The last living witness Zbigniew Plobodah describes the action. The history of "Fire" reflects the history of post-war Poland. The...

Director : Tadeusz Pawlicki

Production Year : 2008

Duration : 49

Language : Polish

Arian Brotherhood

In the maximum-security prison world of murderers and rapists, they are the most feared. With nicknames like "The Beast" and "The Hulk," the warriors of The Aryan Brotherhood are the most violent criminals behind bars-men who strangle with their bare hands, shank guards, gouge out their enemies' eyes at the slightest sign of disrespect. We go behind bars to unveil the secrets of the vicious gang of white supremacists in prisons. Jailhouse interviews, surveillance footage that reveal their deadly tactics.

Production Year : 2007

Language : English

Anton the Magician

This DEFA political comedy tells the story of Anton Grubske, a witty car mechanic who takes over his master's workshop and marries Liesel, his master's daughter. He converts old cars into tractors for landowners, whom he rips off wholesale. This, however, does not please god-fearing Liesel. Therefore, Anton leaves her and ends up with Sabine, his accomplice. He becomes a millionaire, but later put in prison. On the day the Berlin Wall is built, 13.08.61, Sabine takes off to Switzerland with her daughter and Anton's money, which he had deposited at a West Berlin bank. In prison Anton turns activist and soon after...

Director : Günter Reisch

Production Year : 1978

Duration : 101

Language : German

Fuhrer Ex

הסרט על שני צעירים מתוסבכים ממזרח גרמניה שנופלים שדודים למרגלות האידיאולוגיה ואורח החיים הניאו-נאצי, לאחר שהושלכו לכלא.

Director : Winfried Bonengel

Production Year : 2002

Duration : 105

Language : German

Rudolf Hess - The Man Who Died Twice

Rudolf (1894-1987) Hess was one of the most important members of the Nazi party in its early years, and was arrested on May 10th, 1941, after parachuting into a Scottish field. Everything else about Hess has been vague and controversial. Through documents, interviews and news accounts, this documentary try to uncover the true story about this Nazi who spent 46 years in jail and. It suggests that he was not, as both Churchill and Hitler contended, a madman who had acted alone in coming to England, but rather, was engaged on a secret peace mission with Hitler's full knowledge and British authorities and examines...

Production Year : 2001

Duration : 43

Language : English

Warsaw Ghetto - German Occupied Poland, 1942 - edited version

Excerpts from archival films that document the Warsaw Ghetto in 1942.

Production Year : 1942

Duration : 32

Le Fosse Ardeatine - 335 Voci per non Dimenticare

visable today -Historical pictures, the germans didn't respesct the status of Rome, occupied Rome . -Via Rassella a small street, where a German troup(Batalion Bosen) passed each day, cart used for attacking the troup. -3 testimonies speak about the attack, saw it and was arrested . Pictures from "Porta Barberimi" where the arrested people living in Via Rasella stood . -Inside a Prison, Cappler list of the people destinated to die for the killing of german soilders(10 for each soilder). On the list are 260 people, from them 47 jews, arrested without any...

Director : Daniel Toaff

Production Year : 1991

Duration : 60

Language : Italian

Hitler - The Whole Story, The Early Years, Part 1

The first part of a documentary trilogy analyzing Hitler's career and focuses on his early years and an discussion of the factors behind his successful rise to power.

Director : Christian Herrendoerfer, Joachim Fest

Production Year : 1989

Duration : 50

Language : English

The Trial

Made for TV docudrama that reconstructs Adolf Eichmann inquiry by Avner Less, an Israeli police investigator, during his detention in Israeli Prison. The actual inquiry took place on 29th May 1960.

Director : Dieter Wedel

Production Year : 1983

Duration : 110

Language : German

אסתר והקצין - סיפורה של אסתר מירון

סרט מתוך הסדרה "הסיפור שלנו - רוח האדם בשואה" המספרים את סיפורם של ניצולי שואה. סיפורה של נערה יהודייה בכלא ההונגרי הפתיעה את קצין הכלא בחוצפתה ותעוזתה יוצאת הדופן . נשלחה לאושוויץ , שרדה 17 פעמים את הסלקציות של מנגלה ועלתה לארץ.

Director : שירה מישר

Production Year : 2020

Duration : 6

Language : Hebrew

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