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Everything Is Illuminated 138 reviews Elijah Wood, Eugene Hutz
Warner Home Video, 2006
Everything is Illuminated
+ Inspiring + Surprisingly good + Movie with heart and extreme laughter
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Jacob the Liar 48 reviews Vlastimil Brodský, Erwin Geschonneck
First Run Features, 2004
Highly Recommended
+ Beware of the Reviews
Excellent film! Shows a realistic view of life in the Ghetto during WWII without the gore of "The Pianist." This is the only comedy that I have ever seen regarding the Holocaust; Robin Williams gives a stellar performance! I highly recommend this movie to anyone interested in WWII or the ...
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Out of the Ashes 28 reviews Christine Lahti, Beau Bridges
Showtime Ent., 2004
Mesmerizing
+ Poignant, Moving Story + just great + A double tragedy... + Out of the Ashes
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Facing Windows 28 reviews Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Massimo Girotti
Sony Pictures, 2004
NOT YOUR TYPICAL NONSCENSE KIND OF MOVIE.
+ Great Italian cinema. + un buen cine italiano
NO MATTER WHAT YOU MAY BE GOING THROUGH IN LIFE, THIS MOVIE GIVES YOU SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT. FROM SOMETHING NOT BEING GIVEN IN A RELATIONSHIP, GIVE IT BE BY YOU OR THE OTHER... OR EVEN SOMETHING THAT YOU ARE REALLY PASSIONATE ABOUT DOING BUT JUST TOO AFRAID TO, THIS MOVIE REALLY MAKES YOU THINK ...
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Black Book 86 reviews Carice van Houten, Sebastian Koch
Sony Pictures, 2007
Great movie on the Dutch Resistance during WWII
+ Very Surprising Bargain + Good watch! + Mesmerizing + Stunning!
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Nina's Journey ( Ninas resa ) [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - Sweden ]
SF(Fox)
Sweden released, PAL/Region 2 DVD:it WILL NOT play on standard US DVD player. You need multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player to view it in USA/Canada: LANGUAGES: Swedish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ),Swedish ( Dolby Digital 5.1 ),English ( Subtitles ),Swedish ( Subtitles ),WIDESCREEN (1.85:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: Interactive Menu,SYNOPSIS: Nina's Journey is a feature film, but with an authentic narrator. We ...
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Anne Frank - The Whole Story 135 reviews Ben Kingsley, Brenda Blethyn
Walt Disney Video, 2001
Anne Frank
+ Good Movie + Anne + Powerful, multi dimensional portrait + Excellence
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The Couple 8 reviews Martin Landau, Judy Parfitt
First Look Pictures, 2007
The Couple is a great movie
+ On my top 10 Holocaust films + Artistically filmed, authentically costumed, well acted + Great movie + .......The Horrors of the Nazi SS.......
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Divided We Fall 22 reviews Bolek Polívka, Anna Sisková
Sony Pictures, 2001
Heart felt
+ Do the Right Thing + A compelling nuanced story + Rebirth and Resurrection + Turning your back on a people, be they Jews, Czechs (as Britain & France did), or any people, only delays evil turning on you.
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Nowhere in Africa (German with English Subtitles) 70 reviews Juliane Köhler, Merab Ninidze
Sony Pictures, 2003
A wonderful film
+ From Refugee to Enemy Alien + A MUST-SEE gem for the entire family! + A Love Story + An affecting film but one which doesn't let us get too close
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Haven 2 reviews Natasha Richardson, Colm Feore
Miramax, 2005
Haven
+ Haven -- (originally a TV Miniseries)
Excellently done! We have no idea what so many people went through as they sought to live to the end of WWII.
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Sunshine 66 reviews Ralph Fiennes, Rosemary Harris
Paramount, 2001
Great story
+ What an experience! + Very Touching
Long but good. Shows how lucky Americans are to live in a stable environment.
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The Pianist 389 reviews Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann
Universal Studios, 2003
A quick review for those wishing to see a great film.
+ Thought provoking + I + Rare, but True Depiction of Polish Suffering. Good Poles, Jews, Germans & Bad as Well - PERIOD. Cada School/Library Should Have + Polanski comes back with a masterpiece
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The Grey Zone 72 reviews David Arquette, Velizar Binev
Lions Gate, 2003
The Grey Zone
+ Harrowing tale of absolute horror + The Grey Zone + Painful to Watch True Story + THE GREY ZONE
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Fateless 22 reviews Marcell Nagy, Béla Dóra
Velocity / Thinkfilm, 2006
The most painfully real of all Holocaust films.
+ Psycological Interesting. + On Par with Schindler's List + Powerful! + A shocking ordeal through the eyes of a young man!
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The Singing Forest 11 reviews Erin Leigh Price, Craig Pinkston
Vanguard Cinema, 2004
A Little Film Full of Fine Ideas, Some Under-realized
Writer/director Jorge Ameer may just be another edgy filmmaker waiting for larger budgets to set his ideas afire (think Gus van Sant, Gregg Araki, etc). Reading all the comments and reactions to this film is fairly good evidence that he is a controversial filmmaker - and that will probably work in ...
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Amen 22 reviews Ulrich Tukur, Mathieu Kassovitz
Kino International, 2003
All Catholics should watch this DVD
+ Overall a great film + An important film, but flawed a bit historically and technically... + COSTA-GAVRAS, OPUS 15 + An important story
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Rosenstrasse 14 reviews Katja Riemann, Maria Schrader
Sony Pictures, 2005
Love and Honour
+ Rosenstrasse + A street in Berlin, 1943 . . . + A Holocaust movie with a difference
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Uprising 69 reviews Leelee Sobieski, Hank Azaria
Warner Home Video, 2001
WW II Poland as it was.
+ The Uprising + One of the More Violent Accounts. + Uprising is worth the time + Rivetting Epic
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Divided We Fall 22 reviews Bolek Polívka, Anna Sisková
Sony Pictures, 2001
Heart felt
+ Do the Right Thing + A compelling nuanced story + Rebirth and Resurrection + Turning your back on a people, be they Jews, Czechs (as Britain & France did), or any people, only delays evil turning on you.
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