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The Old Gun. 1975 1h 43m R. 7.5 (4.9K) Rate. During World War II, a peaceful French surgeon decides to ruthlessly exterminate an SS squad because of the atrocities they'd just committed in his countryside home and childhood village. Director Robert Enrico Stars Philippe Noiret Romy Schneider Jean Bouise. 3.
Japan. The Legend of Tank Commander Nishizumi. Nishizumi senshacho-den (西住戦車長伝) Kōzaburō Yoshimura. Japanese tank commander fights in the Sino-Japanese War and dies in the Battle of Nanking. United Kingdom. Ten Days in Paris. Jeremy Brown. Comedy mystery.
CountryMain Title (alternative Titles)Original Title (original Script)United StatesNazi GermanyAttention! The Enemy Is Listening! †United KingdomJapanThe Blazing Heavens † ( The Burning Sky / ...Moyuru ōzora (燃ゆる大空)Saumur musée des blindés (tank museum) has the world largest collection of French WW2 and WW1 tanks in the world, along with 600 tanks of other nations, mostly of WW2 era. Panhard AMD 178, one of the most successful French armored scout cars. AMR 33, a fast cavalry French reconnaissance tankette, influenced by the British Carden-Loyd designs.
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- 11 Is Paris Burning?
- 10 This Land Is Mine
- 9 The Blood of Others
- 8 Odette
- 7 The Last Metro
- 6 The Train
- 5 Army of Shadows
- 4 Au Revoir Les Enfants
- 3 The Sorrow and The Pity
- 2 A Man Escaped
Is Paris Burning? (Paris brûle-t-il?)was directed by René Clément and focuses on the liberation of Paris in August 1944. The 1966 film is based on Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre’s novel of the same name and has an international ensemble cast including Kirk Douglas, Orson Welles, Jean-Paul Belmondo, and Gert Fröbe. Is Paris Burning?was nominat...
This Land is Mine was released on May 7, 1943, and set a record for its opening day gross. The American war drama was directed by Jean Renoir and written by Dudley Nichols. The film stars Maureen O’Hara, George Sanders, and Charles Laughton as the cowardly schoolteacher, Albert Lory. The acclaimed film takes place in occupied Europe during the heig...
The Blood of Others (Le sang des autres)was released on August 25, 1984, as a three-hour television film before being edited down and dubbed into French for a European Theatrical release. The drama was directed by Claude Chabrol and was based on Simone de Beauvoir’s 1945 novel. The Blood of Othersstars Jodie Foster as Hélène Bertrand, a young desig...
The 1950 British war film,Odette is based on the incredible true story of Special Operations Executive French agent, Odette Sansom (Anna Neagle). The movie was directed by Herbert Wilcox and written by Warren Chetham-Strode. Odette, which follows Sansom as she travels through France as an espionage agent, was based on the novel by Jerrard Tickell a...
One of Catherine Deneuve’s best movies is The Last Metro (Le Dernier Métro). The Last Metro premiered September 17, 1980, and was directed by François Truffaut. The film takes place during World War II in occupied France and follows Marion Steiner (Deneuve), the owner of the Théâtre Montmartre, and Bernard Granger (Gérard Depardieu), a young actor ...
The Train was directed by John Frankenheimer and starred Burt Lancaster, Paul Scofield, and Jeanne Moreau. The 1964 war film was based on Rose Valland’s non-fiction book Le front de l'art. The Train is set late into World War II and sets Resistance fighter Paul Labiche (Lancaster) against Nazi Colonel Franz von Waldheim (Scofield), who is in charge...
Army of Shadows (L’Armée des ombres) is a Franco-Italian drama directed and written by Jean-Pierre Melville. The 1969 film is an adaptation of Joseph Kessel’s 1943 novel about a small group of Resistance fighters as they move around the country and work with Allied forces. Army of Shadows stars Lino Ventura, Paul Meurisse, Jean-Pierre Cassel, and S...
Au Revoir Les Enfants is an autobiographical film that was written and directed by Louis Malle. The 1987 film stars Gaspard Manesse, Raphaël Fejtő, Francine Racette, and Philippe Morier-Genoud as Père Jean. Père Jean is based on the French Priest, Père Jacques, who attempted to hide Jewish children at his boarding school during the Holocaust. Au Re...
The Sorrow and the Pity (Le Chagrin et la Pitié) is a two-part documentary directed by Marcel Ophuls. The 1969 documentary discusses the collaboration between the Vichy government and the Nazis during World War II. Ophuls uses interviews and archival footage to look into the complexities of that time. The Sorrow and the Pityreceived positive review...
One of the best war movies of the 1950s is A Man Escaped(Un condamné à mort s'est échappé) is based on André Devigny’s memoir about his time in Montluc prison as a member of the Resistance. The 1956 film stars François Leterrier, Charles Le Clainche, and Maurice Beerblock, and was directed and written by Robert Bresson. A Man Escaped was well recei...
In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a plan to assassinate Nazi leaders by a group of Jewish U.S. soldiers coincides with a theatre owner's vengeful plans for the same. Director Quentin Tarantino Stars Brad Pitt Diane Kruger Eli Roth
Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom. Salon Kitty (film) The Savior (1971 film) A Secret. The Seventh Company Outdoors. Shock Troops (film) Shttl. Le Silence de la mer (1949 film)
The occupation of France by the Germans during most of World War II meant that no films about the First or Second World Wars were made during this period, and sensitivity to what happened to France during the Second World War made the subject an unattractive one to film directors and cinema-goers alike for some time after.
