Coming Out Under Fire

April, 1940. The eyes of the world are on Narvik, a small town in northern Norway, a source of the iron ore needed for Hitler's war machine. Through...

Based upon the true story of Olga Benário, the German-born wife of Brazilian communist leader Luís Carlos Prestes. During the...

Steven Okazaki presents a deeply moving look at the painful legacy of the first -- and hopefully last -- uses of nuclear weapons in war. Featuring...

During 1941 in Belgrade, two well-known thieves try to carry out the biggest robbery of Nazi authorities ever.

An account of the life and work of the charismatic Spanish writer Terenci Moix (1942-2003).

In autumn 1944, during the Liberation of Brittany, writer Louis Guilloux worked as an interpreter for the American army. He was a privileged witness...

This High Definition, PBS miniseries uses letters, diaries, speeches, journalistic accounts, historical text and military records to document and...

In Burma during the closing days of WWII, a Japanese soldier separated from his unit disguises himself as a Buddhist monk to escape imprisonment as a...

During World War II, French Commandos join forces with a German officer in order to survive the African desert.

A Polish spy who works for the British during the Second World War. After a betrayal, she is compromised in Warsaw and finds herself in a murky world...

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...