Greatest War Films (Part 1)
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Audio on all: English.

Subs on all: Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish



Boys from Brazil (1978)
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"If they survive...will we?"

IMDB: 
http://imdb.com/title/tt0077269/

Plot outline:
Barry Kohler, a young Nazi hunter, tracks down a group of SS officers meeting in Paraguay in the late 1970s. The Nazis, led by Dr Mengele, are planning something. Old Nazi hunter, Ezra Lieberman, is at first uninterested in Kohler's findings. But when he is told something of their plan, he is eager to find out more. Lieberman visits several homes around Europe in order to uncover the Nazi plot. It is at one of these houses he notices something strange, which turns out to be a horrible discovery.


The Heroes of Telemark (1965)
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"COME FROZEN HELL OR HIGH ADVENTURE...Their Mission: Stop the Nazis from developing the atom bomb!"

IMDB: 
http://imdb.com/title/tt0059263/

Plot outline:
During WW2 Norway was occupied by Germany. In the clear deep fjords they tried to produce "heavy" water; a vital component in the making of an atomic bomb. A weapon that would win the war for Germany. Norwegian resistance movement finds out about this and the allied are alerted. But will they have the time and opportunity to stop this from happening?


Escape to Athena (1979)
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"The patriot, the professor, the comic and the stripper, were fighting for what they believed in. Getting rich!"

IMDB: 
http://imdb.com/title/tt0079117/

Plot outline:
During the World War II, the prisoners of a German camp in a greek island are trying to escape. They don't want only their freedom, but they also seek for an ineffable treasure hidden in a monastery at the top of the island's mountain.


Escape from Sobibor (1987)
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"The true story of the greatest escape from Nazi KZ-camps!"

IMDB: 
http://imdb.com/title/tt0092978/

Plot outline:
The historical recreation of the escape from the Nazi Death Camp Sobibor, where approximately one-quarter million Jews were executed. Of approximately 600 prisoners who attempted escaped in October 1943, around 300 succeeded. However, nearly all were ultimately recaptured; only about 60 people survived Sobibor.


Return from River Kwai (1989)
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"They have one goal: Escape. They have one weapon: To stay."

IMDB: 
http://imdb.com/title/tt0095985/

Plot outline:
A group of war prisoners has spilt blood, sweat and tears to construct a bridge over the river Kwai in Thailand. Just when the bridge is ready, an American bomber arrives and destroys it. Camp commander Tanaka wants to set an example and orders that some of the prisoners must be executed. Just in time major Harada arrives with orders that the healthiest prisoners must be transported to Japan by train and boat. A treacherous journey since the allied forces keep a close eye on railroads and practically own the seas. The prisoners are thinking of plans to escape. Meanwhile the American bomber has been shot down and it's pilot, Leyland Crawford, is being rescued by the indigenous people, the Meo. The Meo have formed a resistance group against the Japanese, led by the British colonel Grayson.


The Eagle has Landed (1976)
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"The daring World War II plot that changed the course of history."

IMDB: 
http://imdb.com/title/tt0074452/

Plot outline:
Oberst Steiner, a German parachute unit commander, is sent to England on a covert mission to kidnap Prime Minister Winston Churchill and bring him to Berlin. The seemingly impossible assignment becomes more and more feasible as the mission grows nearer with Steiner and his men arriving in England to a very real possibility of success.


The Triple Cross (2002)
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"The story of the bank-robber who became a double agent."

IMDB:
none

Plot outline:
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Wheels of Terror (1987) aka "The Misfit Brigade"
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"The war movie nobody wants to release."

IMDB: 
http://imdb.com/title/tt0093546/

Plot outline:
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