German cinematography is significantly different from Hollywood and Russian. The directors have their own vision of military events, so we suggest that you familiarize yourself with the list of the best German feature films about the war of 1941-1945; The plot of the paintings tells about tragic events, and tells what deeds the soldiers were ready to go to in order to stop the bloody battles.
Flags over Berlin 2019
- The slogan of the film is "The truth will come out."
The plot of the film tells about one of the most important reconnaissance operations during the Second World War. Mark Spencer is a British intelligence officer assigned to a Red Army unit. Under the cover of a journalist, the hero must complete a dangerous secret mission. Mark arrives in besieged Berlin in April 1945, when the Red Army begins to storm the last beachhead of Nazi Germany. There are several plot lines in the film, the main one of which tells about the feat of Lieutenant Rakhimzhan Koshkarbaev and Private Grigory Bulatov. The soldiers were among the first to plant a red flag with their names on the pediment of the Reichstag on April 30, 1945 at 14:25.
A Hidden Life 2019
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 7.3, IMDb - 7.6
- In 2007, Franz Jägerstätter was canonized.
Franz Jägerstetter is an Austrian living in a picturesque alpine village called Radegund. Every day a man thanks God for the peaceful sky over his head. He plays with little daughters, walks in the hay with his wife, who easily understands him without words.
Once a quiet life comes to an end - the Second World War begins, and Franz is sent to the training unit. Without smelling gunpowder, the man returns home and firmly decides that he will not go to the front under any pretext. He hated the ideas of the Austrian authorities, and Franz spoke about it openly. But retribution found Jägerstätter. He was captured and put through a series of agonizing tortures. After going through unthinkable horrors, Franz prepares to be shot ...
Captain (Der Hauptmann) 2017
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 7.2, IMDb - 7.4
- The slogan of the picture is "Follow the leader."
Captain is a highly rated, captivating World War II movie. Germany, April 1945. Only a few days remain until the end of the war, the soldiers of the German army are deserting from the front. A Wehrmacht private, fleeing a military patrol, stumbles upon a car stuck in a field with documents in the name of Captain Willie Herold.
The private appropriates the documents of an unknown captain and comes up with a special task for himself - allegedly, on the personal instructions of the Fuhrer, he must find out and report to him about the true state of affairs in the front-line zone. On the way, the protagonist will meet the innkeeper, the camp commander, and even deserters like himself. Naturally, they guess who is actually in front of them. All of them skillfully play along with him and take him for a real captain, since each of them has his own interest in him.
Invisible (Die Unsichtbaren) 2017
- Rating: IMDb - 7.1
- Actor Max Mauff starred in The Spy Bridge (2015).
The film is set in Berlin in February 1943. The harsh Nazi regime declares the capital of the Third Reich "free of Jews." About seven thousand Jews were able to escape by hiding underground. Another 1,700 people were saved in other ways. In the center of the film are four stories of completely different people who managed to survive under the harsh fascist regime - thanks to false documents, hair dyeing and banal cunning.
Paradise
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 6.7, IMDb - 7.0
- During filming, actress Yulia Vysotskaya unexpectedly found out that she would have to shave her head.
During a surprise check, the Nazis arrested Russian aristocrat Olga, a member of the French Resistance, for hiding Jewish children. In prison, the French collaborator Jules shows special attention to her, who, in exchange for an intimate relationship, seems ready to soften her fate. The girl is ready to do anything, even closeness with this bastard, just to break free, but events take an unexpected turn.
Olga is sent to a concentration camp, where her life becomes a real nightmare. Here she meets a high-ranking German SS officer Helmut, who was once hopelessly in love with a Russian girl, and still has warm feelings for her. Helmut is ready to betray his homeland and run away with Olga even to the ends of the world. The girl has already stopped hoping for salvation, and suddenly her idea of paradise suddenly changes ...
August fog (Nebel im August) 2016
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 7.2, IMDb - 7.2
- The film's budget was $ 8,000,000.
"August Fog" - an interesting war film made in Germany about the Second World War (1941-1945); it is best to watch the film with your family, so as not to get lost in the intricacies of the plot. World War II is in full swing. The film tells the story of a gypsy boy Ernst, who was placed in a psychiatric hospital, where experiments are carried out on children. The child's personal file says that he is prone to theft and asocial.
Little Ernst is trying with all his might to survive in this terrible place and from fear begins to rage, which causes the anger of the staff. The hero is sent to the field. Realizing that the danger is pursuing him everywhere, the boy tries to resist and wants to save the comrades who have appeared. It is almost impossible to carry out his plan, because the Nazis control his every movement.
Bunker (Der Untergang) 2004
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 7.7, IMDb - 8.2
- The slogan of the film is "The Last 10 Days of Hitler's Life."
April 1945. The most difficult time for all participants in a grueling war. Soviet troops begin to tighten the ring around the capital of the Third Reich - Berlin. In the face of imminent defeat, the Nazis seek salvation in a secret bunker, not wanting to leave the distraught Fuhrer. Hitler claims that victory is close, so he abandons the idea of escape. Adolf orders to raze Germany to the ground and discusses the details of his suicide. The executioners' last refuge is riddled with agony and fear. Only those who come out alive from the concrete trap of death will be able to tell the real story about the last minutes of life and the fall of a tough dictator along with his regime.
Nameless - One Woman in Berlin (Anonyma - Eine Frau in Berlin) 2008
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 6.0, IMDb - 7.1
- The slogan of the picture is “The Second World War ends and its history begins”.
Berlin, May 1945. The war with the Russians is coming to an end, I don't even want to remember the terrible events. In the center of the story is a 34-year-old German woman who is waiting for her husband, who has gone to the front. The woman was repeatedly raped by Soviet soldiers. The heroine decides to survive at any cost, so she goes to bed with the officer to avoid violence from the soldiers.
Soon she meets Major Andrey and a trusting relationship is established between them. In the story, the German woman's husband returns from the front, but, without forgiving, leaves her. Off-screen, the viewer hears a voice quoting the diary of the German journalist Martha Hillers, who in her notes explains the psychological experiences and motivation of the main character's actions.
Death Academy (Napola - Elite für den Führer)
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 7.8, IMDb - 7.4
- Slogan - “People make history. We make men. "
The year is 1942. A boy from a poor family, Friedrich Weimer, who has just graduated from school, dreams of achieving something meaningful in life. His only hobby is boxing, and he already has significant success in this sport. Once he has a unique chance to prove himself, and at one of the training sessions the hero is noticed by a teacher from the elite academy Heinrich Vogler. It seemed that the doors to a successful future were opened in the face of the boy, but not everything is so simple. The father forbids his son to study at this academy because of the national-patriotic inclination of this school. However, the cunning boy forges the permission of the pope and goes to study without his knowledge. This school is known as the "Academy of Death", as it trained the elite of the Third Reich.
Resurrected Adam (Adam Resurrected) 2008
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 6.1, IMDb - 6.3
- Director Paul Schroeder directed Taxi Driver (1976).
The film tells the story of Adam Stein, who escaped death in a concentration camp thanks to his artistic talent. Before the war, Adam worked as a circus performer in Berlin, and now he is a patient in a psychiatric hospital. Stein still remembers a terrible past, and his self-centered behavior scares the medical staff, but at the same time makes him a hero in the eyes of patients. One day a boy is brought to the hospital after being tortured and now he considers himself a dog. Adam is faced with an almost impossible task - to return the young hero to a human form ...
The last movement of the hand (Der letzte Zug) 2006
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 7.0, IMDb - 6.6
- Actor Gedeon Burkhard starred in the TV series "Commissioner Rex" (1994 - 2004).
Germany, April 1943. The German invaders almost completely "cleared" Berlin: more than 70,000 Jews have already been deported, and another train to Auschwitz leaves the Grunwald station. Heat, hunger and thirst make 688 people travel hell. Some of the prisoners try to escape in despair, including the spouses Lea and Henry Neumann, the brave Albert Rosen and Ruth Silberman. The heroes need to develop a plan as soon as possible, because time is running out and Auschwitz is very close ...
Edelweisspiraten 2004
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 6.1, IMDb - 6.2
- The script of the film is based on real events, which were told to the director by one of their participants, who wished to remain anonymous.
Germany, Cologne, November 1944. The plot of the film tells the story of a working-class teenager Karl and his younger brother Peter. Like all children, they are young, rebellious and a little cocky. But the boys are not just rebels, but members of an anti-fascist underground organization called the Pirates of Edelweiss. They oppose the Nazis and are being persecuted by the Gestapo. Together with the fugitive prisoner of the concentration camp, Hans, they commit acts of sabotage until the Gestapo took on them in full force ...
Ghetto (Vilniaus getas) 2005
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 6.6, IMDb - 6.8
- Actor Heino Ferch starred in The Tunnel (2001).
The film tells about a theater created by Jewish artists and musicians in Vilnius during the Nazi occupation. The actors put on plays and gave performances. Among them were local theater stars, such as a wonderful girl named Haya, who immediately fell in love with the assertive and domineering SS officer Kittel. It is worth knowing that from time to time “actions” were held in the ghetto, during which everyone was shot. One can only guess what the people who played on the stage thought about, knowing that sooner or later death will grab them with its strong claws.
Lore 2012
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 6.9, IMDb - 7.1
- The slogan of the film is "When your life is a lie, who can trust you"?
Germany, 1945, the very end of the war. A group of children embark on a journey through the ruins of Germany to reach their grandmother, who lives in the north of the country. The elder Laura was left alone with four little brothers and a sister after their parents, who were members of the SS, were arrested by the Allies. This long and grueling road will show the guys the cruel real world. On the way, Lore meets a young Jew, Thomas, a strange fugitive who reveals to her the terrible truth about her past. Now she is forced to trust the one whom she previously considered the enemy.
Wunderkinder 2011
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 7.3, IMDb - 6.8
- Actress Catherine Flemming starred in the TV series Victoria.
"Wunderkind" - a German feature film about the 1941-1945 war; one of the best on the list with an interesting plot. 1941 year. The pianist Larisa and the violinist Abrasha are gifted and famous children living in Ukraine. The young heroes were invited to play at Carnegie Hall. Hannah, the daughter of a German brewer, wants to perform with them, but she is refused, and only financial donations to the parents of Jewish children provide an opportunity for joint activities, during which Larisa and Abrasha find a new friend in the person of a German woman. After the Nazis invaded the Soviet Union, the parents of the pianist and violinist hide in a German family, while Hannah's dad tries to save them from the SS.
