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Christmas 1944, the Germans make one final push against the attacking allied armies in the west. Lt. Robert Cappa and his platoon of second infantry division soldiers have been ordered to hold a vital road junction against the German aggressors. Cappa and his men must find their faith and strength to stand against their enemy in the epic fight known as The Battle of The Bulge.

"On Christmas Eve, US Soldier John Myers and his platoon of men become trapped behind enemy lines during the Battle of the Bulge and seek refuge in a young woman's cottage. Her name is Alina. Myers and Alina fall in love during a brief Christmas Truce called with a German platoon who was seeking medical services for their Commandant's wife. However, the war is far from over and when the truce ends Myers and Alina make a pact to meet on Christmas Eve,...

A singing-dancing sister act is helped by a mysterious "somebody" who buys them an empty warehouse, where they can open up an ideal canteen to entertain the servicemen. Courtship by the Army & Navy, the mystery of who "somebody" might be, and a multitude of musical numbers occupy their time at the canteen.

A one-handed stranger comes to a tiny town possessing a terrible past they want to keep secret, by violent means if necessary.

Summer 1939. Influential families in Nazi Germany have sent their daughters to a finishing school in an English seaside town to learn the language and be ambassadors for a future looking National Socialist. A teacher there sees what is coming and is trying to raise the alarm. But the authorities believe he is the problem.

A military commander dispatches an elite team of American soldiers on a deadly rescue mission after a WWII plane crashes. Trapped behind enemy lines in Germany's Black Forest, the men are confronted by a coven of witches.

Major Wright leads 12 convicts on a raid into Nazi-occupied France to destroy a poison gas factory.

In the early 1930's Hitler began firing Jewish musicians across Europe. Overcoming extraordinary obstacles, violinist Bronislaw Huberman moved these great musicians to Palestine and formed a symphony that would become the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. With courage, resourcefulness and an entourage of allies including Arturo Toscanini and Albert Einstein, Huberman saved nearly 1000 Jews-and guaranteed the survival of Europe's musical heritage.

Catch-22: Yossarian, a reluctant bombadier stationed in the Mediterranean in World War II, has come to the utterly sane conclusion that everyone is trying to kill him. The Germans, yes, but also commanding officers supposedly on his own side like Col. Cathcart, who keeps raising the number of missions his flyers must perform to finish their tours. Everybody seems equally dead-set on his destruction, and Yossarian is just as determined to stay alive....

Nazi-occupied Holland, 1945. In a snow-covered village, thirteen year-old Michiel (Martin Lakemeier) is drawn into the Resistance when he aids a wounded British paratrooper. Michiel's boyish sense of defiance and adventure soon turns to danger and desperation as Michiel is forced to act without knowing whom to trust among the adults and townspeople around him. Wartime's harsh reality encroaches on childhood innocence as Michiel confronts good and...