Forgotten Men

Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Švejkovy nehody ve vlaku(cs)

Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Z Hatvanu na hranice Haliče(cs)

All Quiet on the Western Front(en)

When a group of idealistic young men join the German Army during the Great War, they are assigned to the Western Front, where their patriotism is destroyed by the harsh realities of combat.

War Requiem(en)

During World War I, British soldier Owen is mortified by the examples of cruelty that surround him in the trenches. He combats these terrifying images by maintaining hope in his love for an army nurse. But he also begins to accept his fate as another battlefield sacrifice.

Wilhelm II. - Die letzten Tage des deutschen Kaiserreichs(de)

Documentary about the end of the regency of Kaiser Wilhelm II., Germany's last emperor.

The Battle of the Somme(en)

A documentary and propaganda film which shows the British Army's preparations for, and the early stages of, the battle of the Somme.

Beneath Hill 60(en)

The true story of Australia's cat-and-mouse underground mine warfare—one of the most misunderstood, misrepresented and mystifying conflicts of WW I. It was secret struggle BENEATH the Western Front that combined daring engineering, technology and science. Few on the surface knew of the brave, claustrophobic and sometimes barbaric work of these tunnellers.

The Red Baron, a Hero of Aviation(es)

A documentary of early airplane pilot and WW1 fighter ace Manfred von Richthofen, famously known as The Red Baron.

Who Goes Next?(en)

During the First World War, a number of captured British officers attempt to escape a prisoner-of-war camp.

The Millionaires' Unit(en)

A documentary about the First Yale Unit, a group of Yale students who trained for World War I.

The Intrigue(en)

A sci-fi/espionage film in which world powers vie for control of a death ray during World War I as an undercover countess infiltrates enemy ranks to prevent them from getting their hands on the weapon.

Sarajevo: Beginning of a Disaster(de)

Sarajevo, late June 1914: A Serbian nationalist shoots the Austro-Hungarian heir to the throne and his wife. A few weeks later, war raged in Europe with devastating consequences.

The Trench(en)

The Trench tells the story of a group of young British soldiers on the eve of the Battle of the Somme in the summer of 1916, the worst defeat in British military history. Against this ill-fated backdrop, the movie depicts the soldiers' experience as a mixture of boredom, fear, panic, and restlessness, confined to a trench on the front lines.

When Nations Quarrel(de)

Propaganda film released in 1915.

Journey's End(en)

A British Company in the WWI trenches await an inevitable German attack in this 1988 adaptation of R.C. Sherriff's play.

Stanford Prison Experiment: Psychology of Imprisonment(en)

The Stanford prison experiment was a landmark psychological study of the human response to captivity, in particular, to the real world circumstances of prison life, and the effects of imposed social roles on behaviour. It was conducted in 1971 by a team of researchers led by Philip Zimbardo of Stanford University.

Block-Heads(en)

It's 1938, but Stan doesn't know the war is over; he's still patrolling the trenches in France, and shoots down a French aviator. Oliver sees his old chum's picture in the paper and goes to visit Stan who has now been returned to the States and invites him back to his home.

Congrès de Tours 1920: The Birth of the French Communist Party(fr)

Heroes' War in Snow and Ice(de)

Heroic Struggle in Snow and Ice is a 1917 Austro-Hungarian propaganda newsreel film produced by Sascha-Film for the Imperial and Royal War Press Headquarters. The film is hand-colored and presented in two parts. It depicts the fighting on the Alpine Front between Italy and Austria-Hungary.

Duty and Sacrifice(en)

A story about countryside in Romania a little before WW1.