"This is not a story of war, but of those who were left behind."
After the Germans flooded large parts of The Netherlands towards the end of WWII, the Brouwer family find themselves trapped in their attic surrounded by water. With their rations dwindling, tensions arise within the household.
Anne-Marie Marte
Lies
Carlo Voogt
Johan
Eva Machek
Anna
Madelief Schram
Sophia
Jelland Sprang
German Soldier
Sofie Vos
Poor Woman
After the Germans flooded large parts of The Netherlands towards the end of WWII, the Brouwer family find themselves trapped in their attic surrounded by water. With their rations dwindling, tensions arise within the household.
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A shy and quiet World War II evacuee is housed by a disgruntled old man, and they soon develop a close bond.
A middle-aged man recalls his childhood growing up in and around London during World War II.
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Great Britain, 1944, during World War II. Relentlessly pursued by several MI5 agents, Henry Faber the Needle, a ruthless German spy in possession of vital information about D-Day, takes refuge on Storm Island, an inhospitable, sparsely inhabited island off the coast of northern Scotland.
A WWII veteran escapes his care home in Northern Ireland and embarks on an arduous but inspirational journey to France to attend the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings, finding the courage to face the ghosts of his past.
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