The film about the friendship of two boys did not leave indifferent those who watched it. Shmul is a Jewish boy, and Bruno is the son of a commandant.
Through children's eyes, all people are the same, and it’s difficult for Bruno to understand why people wear striped pajamas through the bars and cannot get outside the farm. Following his friend, Bruno did not suspect that he was waiting.
The final of the film causes tears, amazes to the core ... The boy finds himself in a gas chamber with his Jewish friend.
The atmosphere of the film is created perfectly, the film is not prolonged and there is no cruelty in it. After watching, there is a residue, because funny, curious children have nothing to do with it.
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10. The Diary of Anne Frank (1959)
«Anne Frank Diary"- a film based on real events. The girl kept records in Dutch from June 12, 1942 to August 1, 1944 during the Nazi occupation.
Anna Frank is a 13-year-old Jewish girl who witnessed World War II. She, her sister Margot and their parents have been hiding in an abandoned attic for 2 years, fleeing the Nazi persecution.
The action takes place in Amsterdam. In addition to them, they also stop in the attic: Mr. Dassel is a dentist by profession, the Van Daah family and their son.
The girl tells in her diary what kind of trials they all have to face, about hardships, living in a tiny attic and fear of danger ... that is in the air.
9. Sophie's Choice (1982)
Sophie's woman lives in Brooklyn. Terrible memories of her past do not leave her - in the fascist concentration camp she lost the closest people - her husband and children, and is still not used to a quiet life.
A neighbor lives in the apartment with her - Nathan, he was also oppressed. It’s difficult for Nathan to stay in society, and besides, he suffers from paranoia.
To the two victims of the Nazi regime, a young writer named Stingo is hooked up. He has to watch how two people try to hide their grief from others ...
Each of the men is trying to gain Sophie's trust, but will any of them succeed? Watch in the movie "Sophie's Choice».
8. Life is beautiful (1997)
Sometimes, so that loved ones do not worry, they have to be deceived ... And hold on with all their might. So did the hero of the film "Life is Beautiful».
Second World War. Father and son were sent to a concentration camp for Jews, and the woman, an Italian woman, voluntarily followed her family.
Arriving at the camp, the father told the boy that everything he sees is just a game, and if he manages not to catch the eye of the overseers, he will win a real tank. The man wanted to save his child, so he made efforts so that his son believed in the reality of the game and behaved quietly, hiding in the hut.
“Life is beautiful” - this is the film, after watching which you will not regret the time spent. It touches those soul strings, which, sometimes, you don’t even see in yourself ...
7. Surviving the Wolves (2007)
1941, Belgium. Girl Misha was left completely alone, as her parents were deported. The girl decides to go east to find them.
To survive, Misha has to sleep in the forest, drink water from a stream, steal what catches his eye.
In the forest, wolves save the girl from death, gradually she begins to adopt their habits, and becomes a full member of the pack among her new friends.
For 4 years, while the girl wandered through the blood-drenched Europe, she discovered the love and kindness of wild animals, and the inhuman cruelty of people.
«Surviving with wolves"- a very moving, sincere film. Throughout the film, you worry about the fate of a little girl, because the actress played so believably that everything that happens on the screen seems real.
6. Addiction (1997)
Second World War. Max is a gay guy who is sent to the Dachau concentration camp. He tries to deny his orientation, and they give him a yellow patch (this one was intended for Jews), which he is forced to wear.
In the camp, Max meets Horse and falls in love with him. He wears a pink patch in the form of a triangle (such was worn by gay men in concentration camps) and is not at all embarrassed of who he really is.
Both men try in a place full of horror to somehow forget themselves with the help of the love that arose between them.
Film "Addiction"Permeated with suffering, pain, the director was perfectly able to convey the mood and atmosphere of those times.
5. The pianist (2002)
Film "Pianist"Filmed on the autobiography of one of Poland's best pianists of the 30s - Vladislav Shpilman.
The new rules no longer allow the musician to touch the piano, now he is an outcast. The life of all Jews is changing, because they are being placed in the Warsaw ghetto. Vladyka has to adapt to a new place and survive in terrible conditions.
He is forced to work and wear a bandage stating that he is Jewish. To survive in the ghetto, as he will understand later, not everyone succeeds. By order of the Nazis, all Jews were transported to a concentration camp, but he was lucky - Vladeka was saved by his friend, sheltering him in his apartment. But even there, the pianist feels unsafe, he is forced to remain in constant fear and survive. He hopes that one day he will return to music ...
4. Schindler's List (1993)
«Schindler's list"- a film based on real events about the mysterious Oscar Schindler. He was a member of the Nazi party who saved nearly 1,200 Jews from death during World War II.
Oscar arrives in Poland, intending to start production in the city of Krakow. He flawlessly manages to conduct business, so he quickly acquires useful connections.
Schindler is recruiting Jewish prisoners at his factory, thereby saving on labor. It is 1939, for permission to get out of the ghetto sometimes, the Jews are ready for a lot, therefore, we can say that Oscar's adventure was a success.
Jewelery products sell well. Things are going well, but the SS officer, Amon Get, has completely different plans ... He wants to send all the Jews to Auschwitz, but Schindler will try to save at least one of them.
3. Goodbye, children (1987)
«Bye, kids"- a picture inspired by a dramatic event from the childhood of 11-year-old Louis Mal. In January 1944, a Jewish boy was taken to the Gestapo in the middle of a lesson.
Director Louis Mal says: "This moment turned my whole life upside down, a lot of time has already passed, but I decided to put all my tenderness and memory into my script».
Friends never met again - one of them became a director, and the other was sent to a concentration camp.
The film depicts a life story - in the Catholic College of France, Jews find shelter for themselves, but one of them, a Frenchman, draws close to a Jewish boy. The police, on someone's tip, find out what is happening, and the children, along with the abbot, are taken away to the Gestapo.
2. Empire of the Sun (1987)
1942, World War II. The Japanese invade Shanghai, and it so happens that the English boy Jim Graham is left without his family.
During the wanderings in the film "Empire of the SunJim finds a friend - a boy called Basie. Together they find themselves in a prison camp.
Amid the terrible atmosphere, lack of food, Jim fights for survival, as much as he can, making betrayals ... Jim, despite all the horror, tries to maintain his honor and dignity.
Japan was capitulated. Jim has transformed from a joyful child from a wealthy family into a tormented teenager, but finally, having gone through all the horrors, he will again see his parents ...
1. Run, boy, run (2013)
This is a story about an 8-year-old boy who lost his family, escaped from the Warsaw ghetto and received help from good strangers.
One Pole gives the boy shelter and advises him to all lie, saying that he is a Catholic and a Pole, this will help him in the future. Due to some circumstances, the boy is forced to leave the house of the woman who sheltered him and go on a dangerous trip ... Thanks to Polish families, the boy is trying to survive the horrors of the occupation.
«Run boy run"- this is a film for the soul, shot on the same book by Uri Orlev. The film was shot wonderfully and very emotionally, it is worth watching for everyone.