From ancient battles to civil, Vietnam, Gulf and world wars to science fiction-laden battles set in a distant future. Wars were and are a much-discussed topic in film history. And so the Second World War was again and again at the center of many screenplays. Sometimes it is the battle itself that is at the center of attention. Sometimes it is the fate of the people far away from the trench. Some films are clearly against war in their message, others celebrate their protagonists as honorable war heroes who have just experienced an exciting adventure. Some films want to enlighten and convey history, while others are mainly about action-packed images. There are many platforms available online to watch movies and tv shows such as smart iptv which offers variety of tv shows.

By the way: There were already many films during the war. They were mainly used as propaganda tools. The Nazis wanted to motivate the population to persevere. The Americans also used war propaganda with films like “Air Force” (1943). However, this ended with the end of the war in 1945. In the years after the war, very few films were made about it. Nobody wanted to see the fight, homeland and love movies as well as comedies enjoyed greater popularity.

The Bridge

This film can probably be described as the first (anti-)war film from Germany. The Oscar-nominated drama tells the story of seven young people from a small German town who are drafted in shortly before the end of the war. They are supposed to monitor a bridge in their hometown, a supposedly harmless task, which in the end, however, costs the lives of a large part of the young men and once again illustrates how many people lost their lives in this war.

The Boat

The Boat by Wolfgang Petersen was similarly depressing. The story takes place at the end of 1941 and describes the experiences of the crew of a German submarine during the submarine war in the Atlantic. The film was expensively produced for the time, was showered with praise in other countries and was nominated for all major film awards. In Germany, on the other hand, he was initially harshly criticized by the press, sometimes even misinterpreted as a Nazi sympathizing. Only the much longer television version of the film, which aired in 1985, changed this. In 2018, Sky launched a remake of the story as a series – with rather mediocre success.

The Soldier James Ryan

Over time, technical aspects become more important than historical ones in many war films. The viewer should get the feeling of being in the middle of it instead of just being there. With five Oscars, the American film “The Soldier James Ryan” (1998) by Steven Spielberg is one of the most successful films about the Second World War. The frame story of the film – the rescue of a man whose three brothers have supposedly already fallen – is based on a true story. Most of the details are fiction. In terms of the realistic depiction of war events, however, Spielberg’s film set new standards at the time.

Schindler’s List

Steven Spielberg shifted the focus from the war to the Holocaust in “Schindler’s List” in 1993 and tells the story of the German industrialist Oscar Schindler, who saved his Jewish associates from deportation.

The Boy In Striped Pajamas

The drama “The Boy in Striped Pajamas” (2008) by Mark Herman also offers a scene far from the front. The film accompanies the eight-year-old son of a Nazi officer who befriends a concentration camp inmate of the same age.

When Hitler Stole The Pink Rabbit

Also in the film “When Hitler stole the pink rabbit” (2019), which films the book of the same name by Judith Kerr, a child is in the foreground with little Anna Kemper. In 1933, her life completely went apart: after Hitler’s seizure of power, her father Arthur was forced to leave the country. The famous theatre critic and declared enemy of the National Socialists decides to flee from Berlin to Switzerland. His wife Dorothea and Anna and son Max follow. But it has to be fast to pack time, hardly remains: And so it happens that Anna has to leave her pink stuffed rabbit behind. While Anna misses her beloved cloth rabbit painfully, she is convinced that everything will be fine as long as her family stays together.