War, Drama, History
19 year old Irena Gut is promoted to housekeeper in the home of a highly respected Nazi officer in Poland when she finds out that the Jewish ghetto is about to be liquidated. Determined to help twelve Jewish workers, she decides to shelter them in the safest place she can think of – the basement of the German Major's house. Over the next eight months, Irena uses her wit, humour and immense courage to hide her friends as long as possible.
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
People with Wings
Lies of the Heart: The Story of Laurie Kellogg
The Street
Hershey
Beyond Utopia
Judy
Lap Dance
Woman in Gold
Mediterraneo
Lise Meitner: The Mother of the Atom Bomb
The Most Dangerous Man in Europe: Otto Skorzeny's After War
We Go in at Dawn
The Cranes Are Flying
The Square Peg
Shanghai
The Jack King Affair
Sound of Silence
Amrum
What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?
Lyvia's House
SIMILAR MOVIES
People with Wings
IMDB 5 | Aug , 1960
This film continues the story of radio operator Ludwig Bartuschek from “The Sailor’s Song”. Near the end of the Weimar Republic, Bartuschek (Erwin Geschonneck) is working as a mechanic in the Sperber airplane plant. Director Dehringer offers him the opportunity to train as an airplane constructor if he is willing to give up his communist beliefs under oath. Bartuschek will not allow himself to be bought and instead joins the underground resistance movement.Lies of the Heart: The Story of Laurie Kellogg
IMDB 6.6 | Jan , 1994
A young mother is accused of convincing four teenagers to murder her husband, who she claims abused her during their ten-year relationship.The Street
IMDB 0 | Jan , 2026
A feature adaptation of the 2022 Ann Petry novel about a young Black woman and her spirited struggle to raise her son amid the violence, poverty, and racial dissonance of late 1940s Harlem.Hershey
IMDB 0 | Jan , 2026
The story behind one of the most famous chocolate companies in the world.Beyond Utopia
IMDB 7.7 | Oct , 2023
A courageous pastor uses his underground network to rescue and aid North Korean families as they risk their lives to embrace freedom.Judy
IMDB 6.7 | Sep , 2019
Thirty years after starring in "The Wizard of Oz," beloved actress and singer Judy Garland arrives in London to perform sold-out shows at the Talk of the Town nightclub. While there, she reminisces with friends and fans and begins a whirlwind romance with musician Mickey Deans, her soon-to-be fifth husband.Lap Dance
IMDB 4.2 | Dec , 2014
An aspiring actress makes a pact with her fiancé to take a job as an exotic dancer to care for her cancer stricken father. Once the pact the couple made is broken, their lives are changed forever.Woman in Gold
IMDB 7.3 | Mar , 2015
Maria Altmann, an octogenarian Jewish refugee, takes on the Austrian government to recover a world famous painting of her aunt plundered by the Nazis during World War II, she believes rightfully belongs to her family. She did so not just to regain what was rightfully hers, but also to obtain some measure of justice for the death, destruction, and massive art theft perpetrated by the Nazis.Mediterraneo
IMDB 7.6 | Feb , 1991
Greek Sea, World War II. An Italian ship leaves a handful of soldiers in a little island; their mission is to spot enemy ships and to hold the island in case of attack. The village of the island seems abandoned and there isn't a single enemy in sight, so the soldiers begin to relax a little. Things change when their ship is hit and destroyed by the enemy, and the soldiers find themselves abandoned there.Lise Meitner: The Mother of the Atom Bomb
IMDB 9 | Feb , 2013
To historians, physicist Lise Meitner deserves to be placed on a par with Einstein, Heisenberg and Otto Hahn. In the 1930s on the verge of World War II, she led a small group of scientists who discovered that splitting the atomic nucleus of uranium releases enormous energy. This extraordinary film tells the story of a woman who was far ahead of her time as a scientist and a pioneer of feminism.The Most Dangerous Man in Europe: Otto Skorzeny's After War
IMDB 6.7 | Jan , 2020
Waffen-SS officer Otto Skorzeny (1908-75) became famous for his participation in daring military actions during World War II. In 1947 he was judged and imprisoned, but he escaped less than a year later and found a safe haven in Spain, ruled with an iron hand by General Francisco Franco. What did he do during the many years he spent there?We Go in at Dawn
IMDB 5.9 | Mar , 2020
When a high-ranking war planner is captured and held in a German prisoner of war camp, a team of specialists take on the dangerous mission of trying to break him out. Trouble is, he doesn't want to be rescued.The Cranes Are Flying
IMDB 7.9 | Oct , 1957
Veronika and Boris come together in Moscow shortly before World War II. Walking along the river, they watch cranes fly overhead, and promise to rendezvous before Boris leaves to fight. Boris misses the meeting and is off to the front lines, while Veronika waits patiently, sending letters faithfully. After her house is bombed, Veronika moves in with Boris' family, into the company of a cousin with his own intentions.The Square Peg
IMDB 6.5 | Dec , 1958
Norman Pitkin and Mr Grimsdale are council workmen mending the road outside an Army base when they come into conflict with the military. Shortly afterwards, they get drafted and fall into the clutches of the Sergeant they have just bested. They are sent to France to repair roads in front of the Allied advance but get captured. Pitkin takes advantage of a useful similarity to impersonate General Schreiber and manages to return a heroShanghai
IMDB 6.1 | Jun , 2010
An American man returns to a corrupt, Japanese-occupied Shanghai four months before Pearl Harbor and discovers his friend has been killed. While he unravels the mysteries of the death, he falls in love and discovers a much larger secret that his own government is hiding.The Jack King Affair
IMDB 5.8 | Nov , 2015
England, 1940, during World War II. An MI5 officer, codenamed Jack King, infiltrates a network of conspirators, a British fifth column sympathetic to Nazi Germany, in order to control the organization and destroy it in the event of a German invasion. But who was he? A single person or several?Sound of Silence
IMDB 8.7 | Oct , 2025
Lawyer Li Qi, driven by greed, becomes embroiled in a fraud case against deaf individuals, abandoning his deaf family background in pursuit of fame and fortune.Amrum
IMDB 7.4 | Oct , 2025
Amrum Island, Spring 1945. In the final days of the war, 12-year-old Nanning braves the treacherous sea to hunt seals, goes fishing at night, and works the nearby farm to help his mother feed the family. Despite the hardship, life on the beautiful, windswept island almost feels like paradise. But when peace finally comes, it reveals a deeper threat: the enemy is far closer than he imagined.What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?
IMDB 5.9 | Aug , 1966
A by-the-book Captain is ordered to capture a strategic village in Italy. The Italian soldiers are willing to surrender, if they can have a festival first. The lieutenant convinces the Captain this is the only way. Because of aerial reconnaissance, they must look like they are fighting. To sort this out an intelligence officer is sent in. Meanwhile the festival gets complicated with the Mayors daughter.Lyvia's House
IMDB 6 | Jan , 2024
When a young journalist suspects the disappearance of a beautiful artist is connected to murders that took place 20 years earlier, she uncovers a reality she never could have imagined. Inspired by true events.