The death of Marcus Aurelius leads to a succession crisis, in which the deceased emperor's son, Commodus, demonstrates that he is unwilling to let anything undermine his claim to the Roman Empire.
A RAF Bomber is shot down over Paris by the Germans. Its crew land there by parachute. With the help of some French civilians they try to escape over the demarcation line into the southern ...
A varied group of passengers boarding a ship bound for post-war Germany represents a microcosm of 1930s society.
In a North African military prison during World War II, five new prisoners struggle to survive in the face of brutal punishment and sadistic guards.
A 16th century prince falls in love with a court dancer and battles with his emperor father.
An American naval officer's talent for living the good life in wartime is challenged when he falls in love and is sent on a dangerous mission.
During the Civil War, a Virginia farmer and his family vow to remain neutral but one of the sons is captured by Union soldiers, sending the farmer to his rescue.
Small squad must hold off German attack.
In the Italy of WWII, a widow and her lonely daughter seek for distance between them and the horrors of war.
As the Allied armies close in, the Germans decide to blow up the last Rhine bridge, trapping their own men on the wrong side. But will it happen?
Four vignettes about the lives of the Cuban people set during the pre-revolutionary era.
During World War II, an American pilot and a marooned Japanese navy captain are deserted on a small uninhabited island in the Pacific Ocean. There, they must cease their hostility and cooperate if they want to survive, but will they?
The dramatic collapse of a wealthy, industrialist/Junker family during the reign of the Third Reich.
A reluctant hero, American Lieutenant Sam Lawson, is secunded to a motley British unit tasked with destroying a Japanese radio on a Philippine island.
Allied agents attempt to infiltrate the Nazis' rocket research site.
An inept British WWII commander leads his troops to a series of misadventures in North Africa and Europe.
An American colonel who has never been in combat is assigned to create a special forces unit from Canadian Army troops and a ragtag group of U.S. Army misfits.
The working-class Smiths change their initially sunny views on World War I after the three boys of the family witness the harsh reality of trench warfare.
A young Catholic priest from Boston confronts bigotry, Naziism, and his own personal conflicts as he rises to the office of cardinal.
In the late 1930s, in Ferrara, Italy, the Finzi-Contini are one of the leading families, wealthy, aristocratic, urbane; they are also Jewish. Their adult children, Micol and Alberto, gather...