Filmography Keyword Search
This search mode allows you to look for titles by using one, or by combining two or more, search keys. You can search, for instance, for titles by one author, but also look for titles that cover a specific region and time period, or for titles on a specific war and country, published in a specific year or time period.
Please note that most of the search keys work on the basis of keywords and codes assigned to titles by the makers of this bibliography and for the purposes of this bibliography. This means that the number of keywords and codes is more limited, but also more specific, than those used in, for instance, a university library catalogue.
Title | Author | Year of Publication | Country | Abstract |
---|---|---|---|---|
Revolución: El Cruce de los Andes | Ipiña, Leandro | 2010 | Argentina |
A hagiographic biopic of José de San Martín, military and political leader of revolutionary Argentina commissioned to celebrate the 200th anniversary of independence. The story follows a 15-year-old Manuel Corvalán, who decides to leave his upper... |
Taita Boves | Lamata, Luis Alberto | 2010 | Venezuela |
This film recounts the life of Jose Tomás Boves, whose rebellion against Simón Bolívar led to the fall of the 2nd Republic of Venezuela. Although Spanish by birth, Boves led a group of slaves, mulattoes, Indians and mestizos who remained outside... |
Pa negre / Black Bread | Villaronga, Agustí | 2010 | Spain |
Based on the acclaimed novel by Emili Teixidor, secrets from the past destroy childhood innocence in post-civil war Spain. After Andreu's father is accused of murder, he and his mother move in with extended family. In his exploration of the... |
Pájaros de papel / Paper Birds | Aragón, Emilio | 2010 | Spain |
When entertainer Jorge del Pino loses his wife and son in the last days of the Spanish Civil War, there's not much left to fear. At war's end, jobs are scarce and hunger plentiful. The outspoken Jorge, his vaudeville partner Enrique and their... |
Amigo | Sayles, John | 2010 | United States |
Offering parallels to today's wars, this story about the Philippine-American War explores how ideological conflict often terrorizes local people. When American soldiers arrive in a fictional village, its leader Rafael declares himself their... |
Aghet - Ein Völkermord | Eric Friedler | 2010 | Germany |
This documentary focuses on the Armenian genocide by the Young Turk government of the Ottoman Empire during World War I. It is based on eyewitness reports by European and American personnel stationed in the Near East at the time, Armenian... |
Les trois guerres de Madeleine Riffaud | Rostan, Philippe | 2010 | France |
This documentary traces the life of Madeleine Riffaud, a French poet and journalist who participated in and documented resistance during war. After gaining notoriety for her bold actions in World War II, she turned her attention to the Vietnamese... |
Hors la loi | Bouchareb, Rachid | 2010 | France, Algier, Belgium |
Beginning with its controversial interpretation of the Setif massacre in 1945, in which French soldiers killed Algerians following riots and protests, Outside the Law, reveals how young Algerian men respond to colonialism. Three brothers... |
Je Vous ai Compris: De Gaulle 1958-1962 / I Have Understood You: De Gaulle 1958-1962 | Moati, Serge | 2010 | France |
This well-researched documentary dramatizes Charles de Gaulle's changing positions regarding the Algerian War. Recently elected as president of the new Fifth Republic of France in 1958, de Gaulle issues his support to nationals and partisans in... |
La rafle / The Round Up | Bosch, Rose | 2010 | France, Germany, Hungary |
La Rafle shows the planning and consequences of the Vel' d'Hiv Roundup in Paris during World War II. A product of Vichy-Nazi collaboration, the roundup removed 13,000 Jews from the capital to Auschwitz, an act of genocide the... |
Les amours secrètes / Louise's Diary 1942 | Phélizon, Franck | 2010 | France |
This film tells the story of forbidden love in occupied France during World War II. Sarah, a young Jewish woman, and Hans, an SS officer, fall in love. He uses his connections to protect her, placing her in a home of a Resistance fighter. While... |