Documentary, History, War
The little-known story of Ukrainian children torn from their homes in the crush between the Nazi and Soviet fronts in World War II. Spending their childhood as refugees in Europe, these inspiring individuals later immigrated to the United States, creating new homes and communities through their grit, faith and deep belief in the importance of preserving culture.
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
Men Behind the Sun
The Shop on Main Street
24 Hours to D-Day
Train of Life
The Lamp Still Burns
Ismail's Dilemma
The Toth Family
Great Times
Female Agents
Paisan
The Dead Don't Sing
The Thin Red Line
Spitfire Over Berlin
The Final Countdown
Flame & Citron
Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!
The Counterfeiters
Ghosts of War
Prisoner of War
Two Sisters
SIMILAR MOVIES
Men Behind the Sun
IMDB 6.1 | Dec , 1988
Japanese troops round up Chinese and Russian prisoners of war and take them to unit 731, where they're horribly tortured and experimented on to test new biological weapons.The Shop on Main Street
IMDB 7.1 | Jun , 1965
In a small town in Nazi-occupied Slovakia during World War II, decent but timid carpenter Tono is named "Aryan comptroller" of a button store owned by an old Jewish widow, Rozalie. Since the post comes with a salary and standing in the town's corrupt hierarchy, Tono wrestles with greed and guilt as he and Rozalie gradually befriend each other. When the authorities order all Jews in town to be rounded up, Tono faces a moral dilemma unlike any he's known before.24 Hours to D-Day
IMDB 4.7 | Sep , 2024
Just hours before the D-Day invasion of Normandy, a team of American Special Forces parachutes into German-occupied France. Their mission: avoid capture and activate critical drop zone beacons to guide the 101st Airborne’s assault.Train of Life
IMDB 7.3 | Sep , 1998
In 1941, the inhabitants of a small Jewish village in Central Europe organize a fake deportation train so that they can escape the Nazis and flee to Palestine.The Lamp Still Burns
IMDB 5.8 | Nov , 1943
A tribute to the important work of female nurses during World War II.Ismail's Dilemma
IMDB 0 | Oct , 2020
As Nazi's arrive in his village, an Albanian peasant is torn between protecting his family or saving two Jewish men he's been hiding for a year.The Toth Family
IMDB 6.9 | Nov , 1969
The Toth family resides in Northern Hungary. The couple has a daughter and a son, the latter a member of the armed forces. When his weary major is ordered to take a vacation, the son talks him into a visit to his family home. Comedy ensues when the Toths go overboard trying to make things pleasant for the visiting major in hopes of an easier life for their son the soldier.Great Times
IMDB 4.8 | Jan , 1979
The drama of the last days of the second world war through the eyes of children in rural areas.Female Agents
IMDB 6.6 | Feb , 2008
May 1944, a group of French servicewomen and resistance fighters are enlisted into the British Special Operations Executive commando group under the command of Louise Desfontaines and her brother Pierre. Their mission, to rescue a British army geologist caught reconnoitering the beaches at Normandy.Paisan
IMDB 7.5 | Dec , 1946
Six stories unfold in various regions, from Sicily to the northern Po Valley as American military personnel interact with a variety of Italian locals over eighteen months in the push north during the Italian Campaign of WWII as German forces retreat.The Dead Don't Sing
IMDB 0 | Jan , 1965
A two-part television film based on the novel of the same name by Rudolf Jašík, depicting a realistic picture of life and interpersonal relationships during World War II in the mixed Slovak-German environment of the town of Pravna and the nearby village of Planice, as well as life and relationships between soldiers on the Eastern Front. From this perspective, the plot follows a unit of Slovak soldiers, their realisation that they are fighting for foreign interests, their dissatisfaction and distrust of everything, especially their officers.The Thin Red Line
IMDB 7.4 | Dec , 1998
The story of a group of men, an Army Rifle company called C-for-Charlie, who change, suffer, and ultimately make essential discoveries about themselves during the fierce World War II battle of Guadalcanal. It follows their journey, from the surprise of an unopposed landing, through the bloody and exhausting battles that follow, to the ultimate departure of those who survived.Spitfire Over Berlin
IMDB 5.5 | May , 2022
August 1944. With the American Eighth Air Force poised to strike over Nazi Germany, British Intelligence learns that they could be flying into a deadly trap. With only hours to spare, Flight Lieutenant Edward Barnes must fly a life and death mission over Berlin in his unarmed Spitfire to obtain photographic evidence and save the lives of 1200 men.The Final Countdown
IMDB 6.6 | Jan , 1980
During routine manoeuvres near Hawaii in 1980, the aircraft-carrier USS Nimitz is caught in a strange vortex-like storm, throwing the ship back in time to 1941—mere hours before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.Flame & Citron
IMDB 6.8 | Mar , 2008
Gunman Flame and his partner Citron assassinate Nazi collaborators for the Danish resistance. Assigned targets by their Allies-connected leader, Aksel Winther, they relish the opportunity to begin targeting the Nazis themselves. When they begin to doubt the validity of their assignments, their morally complicated task becomes even more labyrinthine.Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!
IMDB 7.9 | Dec , 1966
During World War II, two French civilians and a downed British Bomber Crew set out from Paris to cross the demarcation line between Nazi-occupied Northern France and the South. From there they will be able to escape to England. First, they must avoid German troops – and the consequences of their own blunders.The Counterfeiters
IMDB 7.4 | Mar , 2007
The story of Jewish counterfeiter Salomon Sorowitsch, who was coerced into assisting the Nazi operation of the Sachsenhausen concentration camp during World War II.Ghosts of War
IMDB 6.2 | Jul , 2020
A group of World War II American soldiers encounter a supernatural enemy as they occupy a French castle previously under Nazi control.Prisoner of War
IMDB 7.1 | Sep , 2025
British RAF Wing Commander James Wright is captured by the Japanese during WWII and forced to fight in brutal hand-to-hand combat. The Japanese soldiers get more than they bargained for when Wright’s years of martial arts training in Hong Kong prove him to be a formidable opponent.Two Sisters
IMDB 6.4 | Feb , 2025
Two sisters set out from Warsaw to Kharkiv to pick up their seriously injured father.