December 1941. Leningrad. The story centers on the main character, who, together with other employees, saves zoo animals from shelling. The people themselves are on the brink of life and death, but they do not abandon the hippopotamus named Krasavitsa.
To mark the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War, Wim Wenders shot a short film that takes us to the most secret place in Europe at that time: a map room in a school in Reims, France, which served as a war room for the Allies. On May 7, 1945, Nazi Germany surrendered there and the world war ended.
Vittorio Cottafavi's television film Gente delle Langhe, consisting of three episodes, L'eremita (from the Cesare Pavese story of the same name), La torta di Riccio (from a chapter of Una questione privata by Beppe Fenoglio), Incontro con il padre (from the book Come e perché by Davide Lajolo).
Through a series of interviews and sparse contributions filmed for the occasion, it tells the story of the contribution made by women to the Resistance movement in Liguria, from the first hours of 8 September 1943.
Based on a chapter of 'Una questione privata' by Beppe Fenoglio, 'La torta di Riccio' recounts an episode of the Resistance. A Fascist officer of the Salò army is ordered to shoot two young men, captive partisan relay girls, in retaliation.
In the rubble of Germany following World War II, a newly released Jewish camp prisoner forms an alliance with a German soldier as they both seek revenge on a Nazi Schutzstaffel unit.
The film is about the Khojaly tragedy. It tells the story of two teenagers, a brother and sister, who endure incredible suffering to escape from enemy encirclement. The two teenagers, who witness the incredible suffering inflicted on Azerbaijani prisoners by the Armenians, see the only way out is to throw themselves off a mountain.
Following a deadly missile attack, 8-year-old Ukrainian boy Romchyk's life is shattered forever. Despite severe burns and wearing a medical mask, he pursues his dream of ballroom dancing, embodying resilience, hope, and the enduring human spirit amidst tragedy. Inspired by the true-life events of Roman Oleksiv.
Bound by unspoken grief, reclusive 91-year-old Stan and his young carer find unexpected solace on the windswept plains of a once-bustling WWII airfield, where memory still lingers.
This movie is a story of two brothers who couldn't be anywhere else besides on the front lines during the 44-day Artsakh war fighting for their homeland.