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This is an index of articles that features lists of films based on real-life events. As new entries are produced, they should be included to ensure the list remains current and complete. List of films based on actual events (before 1940)
A Norwegian drama film based on the true story of the Norwegian boxer Charles Braude and his family being persecuted, arrested and murdered by the Nazis during World War II with the collaboration of the Norwegian government as a plan to exterminate all Jews in Europe.
The classic novel All Quiet on the Western Front has been adapted to film twice before, but this version by director Edward Berger is the first in the book’s native German. Newcomer Felix ...
The film was received positively by critics. On the review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an 89% approval rating based on 9 reviews. [3] Roger Moore of Movie Nation said that the film's story is "a hard story to screw up, and appreciating its simple authority, how quickly this one breezes by and how moving it is in the end, they didn't."
Unsurprisingly, Netflix has a treasure trove of movies based on true stories. In addition to original programming, the streamer offers endless options for outside projects that draw inspiration ...
The scene also had a lasting effect on Hopkins, who said filming it was a “unique experience” for him as someone whose earliest memories include footage of the atrocities of World War II.
The filmmakers call Remembrance "a story about the effects of chance and the notion of the path not taken and the life not lived." [ 3 ] Pamela Katz, who wrote the screenplay, has extensively researched Germany's pre-war and wartime history but admitted to feeling some trepidation about the prospect of writing a film about Auschwitz, especially ...
In post-war occupied Germany, the Nakam paramilitary organization, consisting of traumatized Holocaust survivors led by Abba Kovner, plans to murder six million German people as indiscriminate revenge for the Holocaust and other crimes. With this goal in mind, Kovner leads Nakam in a plan to poison the drinking water in multiple major German ...