1940s Movies

  • 2002
    Zoot Suit Riots

    Zoot Suit Riots

    Zoot Suit Riots

    02002HD

    On August 1, 1942, a 22-year-old Mexican American man was stabbed to death at a party. To white Los Angelenos, the murder was just more proof that...

    Zoot Suit Riots
  • 2020
    The Sign Painter

    The Sign Painter

    The Sign Painter

    6.32020HD

    A Latvian tragicomedy about a young artist who bears witness to the dramatic political upheavals of the WWII era. As brutal regimes come and go, his...

    The Sign Painter
  • 1996
    Eine kleine Jazzmusik

    Eine kleine Jazzmusik

    Eine kleine Jazzmusik

    01996HD

    Eine kleine Jazzmusik
  • 1970
    The Violinist

    The Violinist

    The Violinist

    01970HD

    It is Singapore in the late 1930s. Kai and Fei are childhood friends and aspiring violinists. When Japan invades Malaya in 1941, Kai chooses to forgo...

    The Violinist
  • 1979
    Crimson Shores

    Crimson Shores

    Crimson Shores

    81979HD

    Soviet propaganda film. After the end of the WWII, a group of bridge builders comes to the village of Lyubotin, but around them, disturbing the...

    Crimson Shores
  • 1949
    Kuckelikaka

    Kuckelikaka

    Kuckelikaka

    01949HD

    Annika and Bo want to surprise their mother with a homemade cake on Mother's Day. However, not everything works out so easily.

    Kuckelikaka
  • 2000
    Francisco Boix: A Photographer in Hell

    Francisco Boix: A Photographer in Hell

    Francisco Boix: A Photographer in Hell

    52000HD

    In 1939, just finished the Spanish Civil War, Spanish republican photographer Francesc Boix escapes from Spain; but is captured by the Nazis in 1940...

    Francisco Boix: A Photographer in Hell
  • 1980
    Tanglewoods' Secret

    Tanglewoods' Secret

    Tanglewoods' Secret

    01980HD

    Young brother and sister in 1940s New England learn about life, death and faith

    Tanglewoods' Secret
  • 2003
    Chaplin Today: 'The Great Dictator'

    Chaplin Today: 'The Great Dictator'

    Chaplin Today: 'The Great Dictator'

    6.42003HD

    A short documentary about the making of "The Great Dictator."

    Chaplin Today: 'The Great Dictator'
  • 1982
    Broken Sky

    Broken Sky

    Broken Sky

    61982HD

    Erika is 13 years and lives with her parents and her grandmother in the far north of Sweden in the 1940's. The family is depressed and disappointed...

    Broken Sky
  • 2010
    La Nueve, the Forgotten Men of the 9th Company

    La Nueve, the Forgotten Men of the 9th Company

    La Nueve, the Forgotten Men of the 9th Company

    7.52010HD

    The story of the Spanish Republicans of La Nueve, the 9th Company of the Régiment de marche du Tchad, part of the French 2nd Armored Division,...

    La Nueve, the Forgotten Men of the 9th Company
  • 1963
    Third Time

    Third Time

    Third Time

    4.21963HD

    The film is based on the real fact — football «The Death Match» between the German team and a team of Soviet prisoners of war,...

    Third Time
  • 1971
    Mountains Clad in Green

    Mountains Clad in Green

    Mountains Clad in Green

    101971HD

    Year 1943. A group of soldiers, carrying an injured comrade, are trying to reach the hospital.

    Mountains Clad in Green
  • 1979
    Rosnička

    Rosnička

    Rosnička

    01979HD

    Rosnička
  • 1994
    Saturnin

    Saturnin

    Saturnin

    7.61994HD

    Saturnin je sluha, který se stane pánem svého pána. Mladý muž dobrého společenského...

    Saturnin
  • 2011
    Hella W

    Hella W

    Hella W

    4.72011HD

    The life of a heroine. The life and work of Hella Wuolijoki. A poet, spy and millionaire, she turned into an internationally acclaimed businesswoman,...

    Hella W
  • 1970
    Elsa

    Elsa

    Elsa

    01970HD

    Set in Oslo 1945, Elsa the film explores national identity, heroism, vengeance, and sexual freedom.

    Elsa
  • 2009
    The Interrogation

    The Interrogation

    The Interrogation

    6.22009HD

    Finnish Kerttu Nuorteva is spying for the Russians in Helsinki during World War II. She is arrested and interrogated in the hope that she will...

    The Interrogation
  • 1967
    Victory Over Death

    Victory Over Death

    Victory Over Death

    101967HD

    World War II. Albania is under the Nazi occupation. The Germans capture two young girls and torture them to learn more about the communist movement.

    Victory Over Death
  • 1991
    A Day in October

    A Day in October

    A Day in October

    61991HD

    During the month of October 1943, the Danish resistance movement and just plain ordinary citizens joined together in staging a mass exodus by fishing...

    A Day in October