The World at War (1973)

Summary: A groundbreaking 26-part documentary series narrated by the actor Laurence Olivier about the deadliest conflict in history, World War II.

Release Date: October 31, 1973

Genres: Documentary, History, War

Runtime: 0 h 52 min

MPAA: TV-PG

Production: Imperial War Museum, Thames Television

Country: United Kingdom

Language: English

The Sorrow and the Pity (1969)

Summary: An in-depth exploration of the various reactions by the French people to the Vichy government's acceptance of the German invasion.

Release Date: March 25, 1972

Genres: Documentary, History, War

Director: Marcel Ophüls

Writers: André Harris

, Marcel Ophüls

Runtime: 4 h 11 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Télévision Rencontre, Société Suisse de Radiodiffusion et Télévision (SSR), Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR)

Countries: Switzerland, West Germany

Language: French

Domestic: $ 13,082

Anthropoid (2016)

Summary: Based on the extraordinary true story of Operation Anthropoid, the WWII mission to assassinate SS General Reinhard Heydrich, the main architect behind the Final Solution and the Reich's third in command after Hitler and Himmler.

Release Date: September 09, 2016

Genres: Action, Drama, Biography

Director: Sean Ellis

Writers: Sean Ellis

, Anthony Frewin

Runtime: 2 h 00 min

MPAA: R

Production: LD Entertainment, 22h22, Lucky Man Films

Distributor: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE)

Countries: United Kingdom, France, United States, Czechia, Czech Republic

Language: English

Domestic: $ 2,964,845

International: $ 2,114,374

Weapons of the Spirit (1987)

Summary: Pierre Sauvage was born in a small village in France in 1944, among what would become as many as 5000 Jews who were helped by the collective efforts of the town, hidden from occupying Nazis by the kindly residents. This is a docum...

Release Date: October 10, 1990

Genre: Documentary

Director: Pierre Sauvage