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1) Julia
Pub. Date
[2005].
Description
Born to great wealth, the fiercely independent Julia devotes her life to political causes, fighting fascism in the 1930's. While traveling in Europe, playwright Lillian Hellman, a friend of Julia's, is swept into a dangerous world, smuggling money across hostile borders.
2) 13 Minutes
Pub. Date
2017
Description
The story of a man who nearly changed the world in an attempted assassination of Adolf Hitler on November 8, 1939.
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
How did an ordinary, middle-aged couple become a symbol of defiance against Nazi brutality? This tale of courage unfolds against the tumultuous backdrop of Berlin in 1940. Otto and Anna Quangel are a working class husband and wife doing their best to ride out the war. Their son is killed fighting on the frontlines. They begin pouring their rage and grief into postcards emblazoned with anti-Nazi slogans, risking everything to disseminate their messages...
Pub. Date
[2009]
Description
Centers on the events of July, 1944, when a party led by highly placed Nazi officers nearly killed their leader in the infamous 'Wolf's Lair,' where he spent 900 days directing the German war effort. Also uncovers never before released evidence of a top secret plot hatched in London to kill the Fuhrer. Provides extraordinary testimony of surviving conspirators and bodyguards. Discusses the personalities of the men involved in the plots and reveals...
5) 13 minutes
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
During Hitler's anniversary speech on November 8, 1939, a man is arrested on the Swiss border for possession of suspicious objects. Just minutes later, a bomb explodes in the Munich Burgerbraukeller, immediately behind the Fuhrer's lectern, killing eight people. The man is Georg Elser, a carpenter from Konigsbronn in the Swabia region. A story of a man who nearly changed the world.
Series
Pub. Date
c2010
Description
Filmed amid the actual bombed out ruins of Frankfurt and Berlin after World War II, this film recounts the dangerous attempts to unify Germany as four post-war heroes from Britain, France, Russia and the U.S. battle die-hard Nazis to rescue an anti-fascist German statesman.