Life in the Forties, 1940s, World War II, Radar, Microwave oven, computers, State of Israel
Pulp novelist Holly Martins travels to shadowy, postwar Vienna, only to find himself investigating the mysterious death of an old friend, black-market opportunist Harry Lime.
Moods: 40s Confused Devious Distrust Losing My Mind
An emotionally self-destructive boxer’s journey through life, as the violence and temper that leads him to the top in the ring, destroys his life outside it.
The Pianist is a war drama film starring Adrien Brody. It is an adaptation of Death of a City, a World War II memoir by the Jewish-Polish musician Władysław Szpilman.
Cross of Iron is a war film directed by Sam Peckinpah, featuring James Coburn, Maximilian Schell, James Mason and David Warner. The film is set on the Eastern Front in World War II
The Big Red One is a World War II war film starring Lee Marvin and Mark Hamill. Written and directed by Samuel Fuller. The film details the experiences of several US soldiers from The Big Red One (the nickname of the 1st Infantry Division)
Moods: 40s Apprehensive Cynical Exhausted
A ragtag group of American stragglers battles against superior Communist troops in an abandoned Buddhist temple during the Korean War.
In 1945, when a one handed stranger arrives in a remote town it becomes clear that the locals possess a terrible past they want to keep secret, by violent means if necessary.
A young English boy struggles to survive under Japanese occupation in Shanghai during World War II.