1940s Movies

Affected by the powerful images in the pamphlet Om kriget kommer (If war comes), farmhand Karl-Göran Persson begins fortifying his house....

In this documentary about the exile of two famous French actors in Argentina during and after World War II, the director Cozarinsky returns to...

Bardhi, an orphan boy, goes to the city to work in the house of a rich man, where he learns how to play the violin.

In 1940's Florida: After a botched murder, a corrupt detective falls in love with a jazz singer whom he is sent to kill.

Vlado, an intelligent boy living in a small village, has fantasies that take him away from his humdrum life. But as the Nazi occupation begins to...

Thi is the story of a Kyiv boy who lives his life believing that the problems of his country do not interest him. However, everything changes when he...

Returning to his home town, seminarist Miguel is forced to trade the robes for a charro costume in order to solve several problems that appear in his...

The year is 1940, Croatian coast, Kingdom of Yugoslavia. Jakov, a poor peasant from hinterland, and his daughter Mala, go to the city, trying to find...

Detective Renthro gets more than he bargained for.

Documentary about the life and work of Mário Eloy, one of the greatest painters of the second generation of modernism in Portugal.

The year is 1940. Bethany is a beautiful hairdresser and owner of a barber shop in the city. On an ordinary day, the new clumsy customer Harry...

An injured stranger comes to a peasant family that lives in isolation, announcing that he can help them find water, as a drought threatens them.

Based on Larry Loftis’ bestseller of the same name, Dusko Popov is a double agent during World War II who was also a suave and sophisticated...

An earthy, naturalistically erotic and blood-soaked tale of young Martta's ill-fated affair with Oula, a womanizing reindeer herdsman in the Finnish...

After World War II, more than 85% of the Albanian people were illiterate. Partisan soldier Dritan Shkaba is tasked with opening new schools in north...

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...

Knatten and Janne, just released from the prison of Långholmen, meet a romantic Stockholm in the 40s. Knatten tries to earn money while Janne...

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

Film set in three different times. In the beginning, Miti is killed while defending his land. Then, the film focuses on his son Gjergji who fights...

In Japanese, “shi kata ga nai” means “it can't be helped”. As a phrase, it represents the philosophical basis of the Japanese...