Great WW2 Movies?

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    A Fistful Of Dollars said:

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    Looking for some good World War 1 and 2 movies to watch. Anything is welcome, thou I am most interested in the Eastern front. They don't have to be in English, but they must at least have subtitles. So far I have seen;

    A Bridge Too Far
    Downfall
    Stalingrad (1990 German Film)
    Saving Private Ryan
    Das Boot
    Saints and Soldiers
    All is Quiet on the Western Front (Both versions)
    Patton

    I only want movies of quality. Not looking to watch all of those crap 1940s-1950s American films.
     
  2. Stavroforos said:

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    The Longest Day, naturally.
     
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    Enemy at the Gates, set in Stalingrad
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    Erwin Rommel said:

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    Eastern front eh..

    Then I say the greatest Socialist Realism movie ever produced.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fall_of_Berlin_(film)

    Part 1

    Alexei Ivanov, a shy steel factory worker, greatly surpasses his production quota and is chosen to receive the Order of Lenin and to have a personal interview with Joseph Stalin. Alexei falls in love with the idealist teacher Natasha, but has difficulties approaching her. When he meets Stalin, who tends his garden, the leader helps him to understand his emotions and tells him to recite poetry to Natasha. Then, they both have a luncheon with the rest of the Soviet leadership in Stalin's home. After he returns from Moscow, Alexei confesses his love to Natasha. While they are both having a stroll in a wheat field, their town is attacked by the Germans, who invade the Soviet Union.

    Alexei loses his consciousness and sinks into a coma. When he awakes, he is told that Natasha is missing and that the Germans are at the gates of Moscow. In the capital, Stalin plans the defense of the city, explaining to the demoralized Georgy Zhukov how to deploy his forces. Alexei volunteers to the Red Army, takes part in the parade in the Red Square and in the Battle of Moscow. At Berlin, after receiving the blessings of his allies - Turkey, the Vatican, Romania and Japan - and watching a long column of Soviet slaves-laborers, Natasha among them, Adolf Hitler is furious to hear that Moscow has not fallen. He dismisses Walther von Brauchitsch from his office and offers the command of the army to Gerd von Rundstedt; the latter refuses, saying that Stalin is a great captain and Germany's defeat is certain. Hitler orders to attack Stalingrad. In the meanwhile, Göring negotiates with British capitalist Bedstone, who supplies Germany with needed materials. After the Soviet victory in Stalingrad, Vasily Chuikov tells Ivanov that Stalin is always with the Red Army. The storyline leaps to the Yalta Conference, where Stalin and his Western Allies debate the future of the war. The treacherous Winston Churchill intends to deny the Soviets access to Berlin and almost manages to convince the gullible Franklin Delano Roosevelt to accept his plans.
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    Part 2

    Stalin asks his generals who will take Berlin, they or the Western Allies. The generals answer that they will capture the city. Alexei's Guards Army advances towards Berlin, while Hitler has a nervous breakdown and demands that his soldiers fight to the end. The Germans plan to execute the inmates of the concentration camp in which Natasha is held before the arrival of the Red Army, but Alexei's unit liberates the prisoners before they carry through their design. Natasha faints, and he does not find her. Hitler and the German leadership fall into despair and lose their grip on reality the closer the Soviets get to Berlin. Hitler orders to flood the subway stations as the Soviets approach, drowning thousands of civilians. He then marries Eva Braun and commits suicide. Hans Krebs carries the news of Hitler's death to the Red Army and begs for a ceasefire. Stalin orders to accept only an unconditional surrender. Alexei is chosen to carry the Victory Banner, alongside Mikhail Yegorov and Meliton Kantaria. Their division storms the Reichstag and the three hoist the banner atop of it. The Germans surrender and Red Army soldiers from throughout the USSR celebrate victory. Stalin's plane lands in Berlin, and he is greeted by an enthusiastic crowd of soldiers and liberated slave-laborers, holding posters with his picture and waving red flags. Stalin carries a speech in which he calls for world peace. Standing in the crowd, Alexei and Natasha recognize each other and are reunited. Natasha asks Stalin to let her kiss him on the cheek, and they hug while prisoners praise Stalin in numerous languages. The film ends with Stalin wishing all peace and happiness.

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    Blatta Optima Maxima said:

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    LOL
     
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    edse said:

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    There is a huge amount of movies from Finland about WWII but only about the Finnish part of the front.

    Unknown Soldier(Tuntematon Sotilas) from 1955 (and 1985). Shows on public tv every year at independence day.
    The Winter War (Talvisota) from 1989. One of the best rated movies.
    Beyond Enemy Lines (Framom främsta linjen) 2004. About a Finnish-Swedish regiment at the front.
    Ambush (Rukajärven tie) 1999.

    These are the ones I've watched recently and remember.
     
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    Kameraden said:

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    Tuntematon Sotilas, I don't know if you can find it with subtitles though.
     
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    Cleitonx1 said:

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    Well... for WW I, I know: Beneath Hill 60, Passchendaele and Flyboys. And WW II have many good films. I like much of Enemy at the Gates.
     
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    Ojf said:

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    cross of iron
     
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    Inhuman One said:

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    Cassablanca.

    Great movie, one of its strenghts is that it was made during the war, they did know yet how it would end which is perfectly portrayed in the emotions as well.
     
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    Miroslav Klose said:

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    Die Brucke.











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    Ishan said:

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    Ulysses S. Grant said:

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    Here is a good one: Brest Fortress

    Background:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defense_of_Brest_Fortress

    Trailer:
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    'Gunny said:

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    U-571 (Western Front, captured German submarine)
    The Great Raid (Pacific Front)
    The Thin Red Line (Pacific front, but a great underrated movie)
    Come and See (Only Eastern Front one on my list I think actually It's pretty gritty)
    The Great Escape (Good story, but not if you are looking for big action)
    Last edited by 'Gunny; October 16, 2011 at 08:32 AM.
     
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    empr guy said:

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    Quote Originally Posted by 'Gunny View Post
    U-571 (Western Front, captured German submarine)

    U-571 was alright, but the seemingly increadibly unrealistic plot takes away from it. Other then that it's a good movie.

    Also "the lost battalion" is a good WWI movie, about an american battalion that gets surrounded.
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  16. Stavroforos said:

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    I tried watching come and see, but I thought it was too trippy for me.
     
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    'Gunny said:

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    Yea, It's a pretty crazy movie
     
  18. Stavroforos said:

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    Quote Originally Posted by 'Gunny View Post
    Yea, It's a pretty crazy movie
    Yeah, we saw the village scene with the Einsatzgruppen in one of my classes on the Holocaust in university, it was pretty extreme.
     
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    The Hedge Knight said:

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    Ice Cold In Alex.
     
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    General Brittanicus said:

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    Not technically movies and not set on the Eastern front, but i would reccomend Band of Brothers and the Pacific HBO tv series if you want something ww2 related to watch.