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The Last Butterfly 1992. Writ-
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ten and directed by Karel Kachy-
na. With Tom Courtenay, Brigitte
Fossey, Freddie Jones. From the
novel by Michael Jacot. Surreal
film set in Theresienstadt. French
mime subverts Nazi propaganda
in a puppet show he's been forced
to "perform" for the Red Cross.
The Last Metro 1980. Directed
by Francois Truffaut. With
Catherine Deneuve, Gerard De-
pardieu, Jean Poiret. A theater
company in occupied Paris is run
by a Jewish director forced into
hiding.
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Les Miserables 1935. Directed
by Richard Boleslaqski. With
Fredric March, Charles Laughton,
Cedricke Hardwicke, Frances
Drake. The first of a total of five
films based on the Victor Hugo
novel (including the 1995 version
directed by Claude' LeLouche and
starring Jean-Paul Belmondo, in
which the Valjean character helps
a Jewish family escape the Ger-
man occupation). Tale of injustice
in 18th-century France.
Les Violins du Bal 1974. Di-
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rected by Michael Drach. With
Marie-Jose Jat, Jean-Louis
Trintignant. A Jewish boy grows
up to tell the story of his family's
attempted escape from occupied
France through his filmmaking
Max and Helen 1990. Directed
by Philip Saville. With Treat
Williams, Alice Krige, Martin Lan-
dau. Made-for-TV drama of a man
dealing with the guilt of surviving
the Holocaust while his lover did
not.
Me and the Colonel 1958. Di-
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rected by Peter Glenville. With
Danny Kaye, Curt Jurgens, Nicole
Maurey. From Franz Werfel's play
Jacobowsky and the Colonel. A
Jewish man is stuck with an anti-
Semitic Polish colonel who also is
trying to escape Paris before oc-
cupation.
Mr. Emmanuel 1944. With Fe-
lix Aylmer, Greta Gynt, Jean Sim-
mons. In search of a German
refugee's mother, an elderly Jew-
ish man is subjected to the atroc-
ities of Germany.
Murderers Among Us: The Si-
mon Wiesenthal Story 1989. Di-
rected by Brian Gibson. With Ben
Kingsley, Renee Soutendjik, Craig
T. Nelson. Made-for-cable enact-
ment of the "Nazi-hunter's" strug-
gle.
The Nasty Girl 1990. Written
and directed by Michael Verho-
even (see The White Rose). With
Lena Stolze, Monika Baumgart-
ner, Michael Gahr. True story of
a young German student who en-
ters a national essay contest on
the topic of her hometown's histo-
ry during the Third Reich. She en-
dures harassment and is
terrorized as she finds out more
Robert Loggia, left, plays a boxer who survived the Holocaust by boxing for the sport of
the Nazis in Triumph of the Spirit. Filmed on location at Auschwitz-Bhicenau.
and more.
Never Forget 1991. Directed by
Joseph Sargent. With Leonard Ni-
moy, Blythe Danner, Dabney
Coleman. Made for cable film of a
camp survivor who fights in court
to prove the Holocaust really hap-
pened.
The Only Way 1970. With Jane
Seymour, Martin Potter, Ben-
jamin Christiansen. Account of
how many Danish Jews were
saved from persecution.
The Pawnbroker 1965. Direct-
ed by Sidney Lumet. With Rod
Steiger, Brock Peters, Geraldine
Fitzgerald. Based on Edward
Lewis Wallant's novel. A Jewish
pawnbroker is haunted by his ex-
periences during the Holocaust.
Playing for Time 1980. Direct-
ed by Daniel Mann. With Vanes-
sa Redgrave, Jane Alexander,
Maud Adams, Verna Bloom,
Melanie Mayron. Made-for-TV
drama of a camp prisoner who
survives by leading a camp or-
chestra. Redgrave's poi trayal of a
Jew is punctuated by the knowl-
edge of her real-life pro-Palestin-
ian politics.
Reunion 1988. Directed by Jer-
Schindler's List 1993. Directed
by Steven Spielberg. With Liam
Neeson, Ben Kingsley, Ralph Fi-
ermes, Embeth Davidtz. Based on
the novel by Thomas Kenneally.
Fictionalized account of a true sto-
ry of how one war profiteer saved
hundreds of Jewish lives.
The Serpent's Egg 1978. Writ-
ten and directed by Ingmar
Bergman. With David Carradine,
Liv Ullmann. Jewish trapeze
artists surviving in Berlin.
.
Shoah 1985. Directed by Claude
Lanzmann. Nine-hour documen-
tary chronicling the memories of
survivors of the Holocaust, both
victims and oppressors.
The Shop on Main Street 1965.
Directed by Jan Kadar, Elmar
Rios. With Ida Kaminska, Josef
Kroner, Hana Slivkoua. Czecho-
slovakian film of a Slovakian
working for a Jewish show and the
ensuing friendship.
The Sorrow and the Pity 1971.
Directed by Marcel Phuls. Docu-
mentary of a small French town
and the atrocities it endures.
The Summer Of My German
Soldier 1978. Directed by Michael
ry Schatzberg. With Jason Ro-
bards Jr., Christien Anholt, Sam
West. Based on Fred Uhlman's
novel. A Jewish man returns to
Germany 50 years after leaving,
hoping to find his boyhood Ger-
man, non-Jewish friend.
Tuchner. With Misty McNichol,
Esther Rolle, Bruce Davison.
Based on Bette Green's novel for
young adults. Made-for-TV story
of a young Jewish girl who be-
friends an escaped German pris-
oner of war in her Southern town.
Still holds up, for any age.
The Revolt of Job 1984. Direct-
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ed by Imre Gyongyossy, Barna
Kabay. With Fereno Zenthe, Hedi
Tenessy. Against the laws of war-
torn Hungary and the beliefs of
the Orthodox community, a Jew-
ish couple adopts a non-Jewish
boy.
1988. Directed by Wolfgang Gluck.
With Tobias Engel, Sunnyi Melles.
Wartime Vienna.
The Rose Garden 1989. Direct-
ed by Fons Rademakers. With Liv
Ullmann, Maximilian Schell, Pe-
ter Fonda. A Holocaust survivor
is on trial for assaulting an elder-
ly man who turns out to be a Nazi
war criminal.
Transport from Paradise 1965.
Directed by Zybnek Brynych.
Based on novel by Arnold Lustig.
Czech film of life in Terezin.
Triumph of the Spirit 1989. Di-
rected by Robert M. Young. With
Willem Dafoe, Robert Loggia, Ed-
ward James Olmos. Filmed on lo-
cation in Auschwitz; story of
Salamo Arouch, a boxer for the en-
tertainment of Nazi officers.