List of fiction feature films that present events of world war ii in the narrative made between 2000 2009. The second world war 2009 is a sixpart french documentary about the second world war. Melville was himself a resistance fighter and knew the life from inside. Anybody familiar with the film, the man who shot liberty valance, will remember that famous quip. Resistance features a sensational lead performances from british rising star andrea riseborough brighton rock, made in dagenham, w. Refine see titles to watch instantly, titles you havent rated, etc instant watch options. Benjamin joness book details the french resistance units affiliated with the free french government in exile and their relationship to the jedburgh operations prior to, during, and after dday.
The director, ole christian madsen, has said he was influenced by army of shadows 1969, jeanpierre melvilles film about the french resistance. Behind the scenes the paris police, eager to impress the nazis, supervise grisly tortures of suspected. When french director jeanpierre melvilles movie about the french resistance, army of shadows, was released in 1969, it was met with critical and boxoffice indifference. The film was about someone who refuses to take part either by going to the germans, or helping the french resistance.
Resistance military is the ability of an organized force to stand on the defensive resistance ybnp, from 2011, new name of young bnp ages 1830, a political youth organization hms resistance, the name of four ships of the royal navy, and one planned one. Unlike melvilles film, it pointedly disputes the idea of a unanimous french resistance. An inexperienced uboat crew has to survive a secret mission and a young german woman is torn between loyalty for her home country and the french resistance in the wwii drama. The story of a group of jewish boy scouts who worked with the french resistance to save the lives of ten thousand orphans during world war ii.
There were many small pockets made up of communist party members, socialist party members, and french. The resistance in france, and missak manouchians role. Films concerning the french resistance during world war ii pages in category films about the french resistance the following 60 pages are in this category, out of 60 total. Carole bouquet, daniel auteuil, patrice chereau, eric boucher. He was active in communist armenian literary circles. The film was perceived by the resistance movement as vilifying the native population, and the director was banned from making movies although this was shortlived.
Before he was the worldfamous mime marcel marceau, he was marcel mangel, an aspiring jewish actor who joined the french resistance to save the lives of thousands of children orphaned at the hands of the nazis. And like many of those directors, hed go on to make a film directly informed by his experiences, though lacombe, lucien takes a very different tack to most, examining the resistance. The quiet father is another rene clement film about the resistance, using the metaphor of a family to represent french opposition to the occupation. Richard mowe, who has run the french film festival in london and edinburgh for the past 14. As a young man growing up in nazioccupied europe, marcel jesse eisenberg has no intention of getting involved in the war his before. She also inspired a character in the 2009 french film korkoro, which follows a gypsy family under threat from the nazis. Jones is the dean of arts and sciences at dakota state university and formerly a usaf captain in the 352 nd special operations group. Winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. The film also introduces the local organization, a crew of men and women of all ages and professions. It screened at the 2012 cannes film festival on may 17, 2012. These 4 marines killed so many germans, the nazis thought they were an entire allied battalion duration.
As japanese imperial prince kyoto he becomes a target for the resistance in a monastery on his way to hitler again him. You couldnt imagine a more discreet tribute to the heroes of the wartime french resistance than this terrific late60s thriller by the exmaquis member melville, the. The remake, titled the th letter, was released only a few years later and directed by otto preminger, who would go on to make the aforementioned carmen jones. History of the french resistance the alliance reseau. The film deals with the development of the manouchian group, a 23. Jeanpierre melvilles silence of the sea made in the late 1940s, was the directors first film. Jesse eisenberg, clemence poesy, matthias schweighofer, felix moati. Army 101st airborne division, and their mission in world war ii europe, from operation overlord, through vj day. One might think that a film set in nazioccupied france with a lead and most of a cast that cant convincingly pull off a french accent would be a problem for a movie which it is, yet the astonishing failure of pretty much every other aspect of resistance manages to overshadow even that.
Two world war ii resistance films worth watching globalecco. Larmee du crime is a 2009 french dramawar film directed by robert guediguian and based on a story by serge le peron, who is also one of three credited for the screenplay. Resistance is thus at its best when dealing with the suspenseful nature of what rebellion means since marcel and the others are forever at risk of being caught and executed. Most popular french resistance movies and tv shows imdb. The documentary is composed exclusively of actual footage of the war as filmed by war correspondents, soldiers, resistance fighters and private citizens.
A list of films about resistance groups, saboteurs, partisans, assassins and other such types in the second world war. In 2009, france followed the partisan genre in releasing army of crime. In most renditions, the horizontal bars are graded with the upper bar being the shorter, though variations with the bars of equal length are also seen. Jesse eisenberg plays marceau, an aspiring young actor who works in his fathers kosher butcher shop on a french town next to the german border. About three months after dday, these individuals were joining forces with the canadian army at boulogne. It received a wide release in france on 16 september 2009 and opened in the united states in 2010. Men and women were part of the french resistance against hitler and germanys occupation of france. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, exciting, suspenseful, captivating and talky films and tv shows about with french resistance, world war two, nazi, soldier, death, nazi occupied france, resistance, german, war and wartime life plots mostly in drama, war and. See more ideas about french resistance, movies and war. Jan 24, 20 movies about the french resistance movement and life under german occupation during world war 2.
Writerdirector jonathan jakubowicz tries to balance lighthearted and. Francois leterrier, charles le clainche, maurice beerblock, roland monod. Tchakarian, who received multiple medals for his bravery after the war, was granted french citizenship in 1958. When a young fredrick is targeted by the gestapo for aiding an escaping jew, his only refuge is a band of hardened resistance fighters, led by the tacturn hans. Observer film critic philip frenchs top ten films about. A film, titled army of crime, was made about the group in 2009. The list contains the best, new and most relevant french resistance movies ordered by relevance. List of world war ii films made between 2000 2009 imdb. The french fight against the nazis paperback june 1, 20.
The opening of the film sets the stage for the tragic ending in an ominous way by naming the resistance members that were executed followed by the phrase. This is a list of selected movies concerning the french resistance during the second world war. Ms lundy was remembered on sunday for her work as a member of a resistance. Aside from the utterly generic title, resistance suffers from choosing to focus on the story of marcel marceau, the worlds most famous mime and his wartime activities with the french resistance. Watching marcel, alain, emma, and her sister mila vica kerekes enter the hotbed of nazi activity that was lyon is a tense ordeal. It examiners the question of moral responsibility in the resistance to evil exemplified by the.
The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, exciting, suspenseful, captivating and talky films and tv shows about with french resistance, world war two, nazi, soldier, death, nazi occupied france, resistance, german, war and wartime life plots mostly in drama, war and history. An armenian genocide survivor, he moved to france from an orphanage in lebanon in 1925. Jeanpaul belmondo in a french resistance of another sort. It was started during the time of german occupation in france in order to combat the german oppression. Edition discs price new from used from dvd apr 06, 2010 please retry 1. Movies about french resistance and collaboration in world. The saboteur game movie all cutscenes 2009 duration. May 2009 pierre didnt know where it came from, he only knew that it came and it helped in ohsomany ways. Of 1,723 consecutive febrile patients in cayenne hospital, 238 had dengue 174 early dengue fever cases and 393 had malaria 371 acute malaria. The series is shown in color, with the black and white footage.