Шпанија 1944. године. Званично, грађански рат је завршен пре пет година, али мала група побуњеника је наставила борбу у северним планинама Наваре. Десетогодишња Офелија, девојчица бујне маште, досељава се у Навару заједно с трудном мајком код свог новог очуха Видала. Он је фашистички официр који је добио задатак да очисти територију од побуњеника. Опседнут послом, нема времена да се зближи са својом новом пасторком. Усамљена, Офелија се зближава с Мерцедес, куварицом у чети њеног очуха. Офелија, која је фасцинирана бајкама, открива лавиринт иза млина где су стационирани војници које води њен очух.
When his family moves from their home in Berlin to a strange new house in Poland, young Bruno befriends Shmuel, a boy who lives on the other side of the fence where everyone seems to be wearing striped pajamas. Unaware of Shmuel's fate as a Jewish prisoner or the role his own Nazi father plays in his imprisonment, Bruno embarks on a dangerous journey inside the camp's walls.
The invasion of a village in Byelorussia by German forces sends young Florya into the forest to join the weary Resistance fighters, against his family's wishes. There he meets a girl, Glasha, who accompanies him back to his village. On returning home, Florya finds his family and fellow peasants massacred. His continued survival amidst the brutal debris of war becomes increasingly nightmarish, a battle between despair and hope.
Сатира из Другог светског рата која прати усамљеног немачког дечака, чији је се поглед на свет окреће наглавачке када открије да његова самохрана мајка скрива младу девојку у свом поткровљу. Уз помоћ свог идиотског имагинарног пријатеља, Адолфа Хитлера, Џоџо се мора суочити са својим наивним патриотизмом.
The true, harrowing story of a young Jewish girl who, with her family and their friends, is forced into hiding in an attic in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam.
Jamie Graham, a privileged English boy, is living in Shanghai when the Japanese invade and force all foreigners into prison camps. Jamie is captured with an American sailor, who looks out for him while they are in the camp together. Even though he is separated from his parents and in a hostile environment, Jamie maintains his dignity and youthful spirit, providing a beacon of hope for the others held captive with him.
Three children evacuated from London during World War II are forced to stay with an eccentric spinster. The children's initial fears disappear when they find out she is in fact a trainee witch.
Нацистичка Немачка, година 1939. Земља задржава дах. Смрт никада није имала толико посла. Деветогодишња Лизел живи са својом старатељском породицом. Док се ситуација погоршава и мржња постаје све већа и опипљивија, Лизел почиње да краде књиге, и дели их са другима. У подруму њене куће, њени старатељи, Немци, скривају једног Јеврејина.
Based on the experiences of Agu, a child fighting in the civil war of an unnamed, fictional West African country. Follows Agu's journey as he's forced to join a group of soldiers. While he fears his commander and many of the men around him, his fledgling childhood has been brutally shattered by the war raging through his country, and he is at first torn between conflicting revulsion and fascination.
In 1942, Friedrich Weimer's boxing skills get him an appointment to a National Political Academy (NaPolA) – high schools that produce Nazi elite. Over his father's objections, Friedrich enrolls. During his year in seventh column,Friedrich encounters hazing, cruelty, death, and the Nazi code. His friendship with Albrecht, the ascetic son of the area's governor, is central to this education.
Au revoir les enfants tells a heartbreaking story of friendship and devastating loss concerning two boys living in Nazi-occupied France. At a provincial Catholic boarding school, the precocious youths enjoy true camaraderie—until a secret is revealed. Based on events from writer-director Malle’s own childhood, the film is a subtle, precisely observed tale of courage, cowardice, and tragic awakening.
Hisako loses her home in Tokyo to Allied bombing. With her husband fighting somewhere in Asia, she and her two children evacuate to a suburb of Kobe, where they share a house with Hisako's cousin, Kyoko. Kobe is bombed and Kyoko is killed. Hisako is forced to take care of Kyoko's two children in addition to her own, but there is not enough food for everyone.
In WW2, twelve year old Soviet orphan Ivan Bondarev works for the Soviet army as a scout behind the German lines and strikes a friendship with three sympathetic Soviet officers.
Orphaned after a Nazi air raid, Paulette, a young Parisian girl, runs into Michel, an older peasant boy, and the two quickly become close. Together, they try to make sense of the chaotic and crumbling world around them, attempting to cope with death as they create a burial ground for Paulette's deceased pet dog. Eventually, however, Paulette's stay with Michel's family is threatened by the harsh realities of wartime.
Јеврејски дечак који се одвојио од своје породице у раним данима Другог светског рата постаје немачко сироче и узимају га у срце нацистичког света као „ратни херој“ и на крају постаје Хитлерова омладина. Иако су немогућности и случајност камен темељац филма, он се заснива на истинитој причи.
The story of a close-knit group of young kids in Nazi Germany who listen to banned swing music from the US. Soon dancing and fun leads to more difficult choices as the Nazi's begin tightening the grip on Germany. Each member of the group is forced to face some tough choices about right, wrong, and survival.
A story about the effect of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on a boy's life and the lives of the Japanese people.
A young boy, in an effort to have a normal childhood in 1980s El Salvador, is caught up in a dramatic fight for his life as he desperately tries to avoid the war which is raging all around him
About young British journalist, George Hogg, who with the assistance of a courageous Australian nurse, saves a group of orphaned children during the Japanese occupation of China in 1937.
A middle-aged man recalls his childhood growing up in and around London during World War II.