Five fascinating films about World War II: what to watch this weekend

Heartbreaking dramas of prisoners of war and tragedies in concentration camps, incredible feats of ordinary people, sharp minds and brave hearts - all this is for lovers of exciting films. UNN offers a selection of films about the Second World War.

The Imitation Game 2014 - At the beginning of World War II, British intelligence gathers the best mathematicians and sets them an important goal: to crack the code of the Nazi encryption unit. The film is based on the real life story of the legendary cryptanalyst Alan Turing. Guided by his personal methods, he selected people suitable for solving a secret and extremely difficult task. In the process, the team faces many obstacles, both technical and intellectual.

- Genre: Film, Drama, Thriller, Military, Biographical

- Country: UK, USA

- Director: Morten Tildum

- Cast: Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode, Rory Kinnear, Allen Leech, Matthew Beard, Charles Dance, Mark Strong, James Northcote, Tom Goodman-Hill.

FURY 2014 - In April 1945, as the Allies make their final push into the European theater, a battle-hardened army sergeant named Wardaddy leads a five-man crew of Sherman tanks on a suicide mission behind enemy lines. The crew faces enormous difficulties in their heroic attempts to defend a field hospital from Waffen SS troops.

- Genre: Film, Drama, Action, Military

- Country: USA, China, Great Britain

- Director: David Ayre

- Cast: Brad Pitt, Shia LaBeouf, Logan Lerman, Michael Pena, Jon Bernthal, Jim Perrak, Brad William Hank, Jason Isaacs, Scott Eastwood, Alicia von Rittberg.

Jojo Rabbit 2019 - This World War II comedy tells the story of a lonely German boy named Jojo who is excited to join the Hitler Youth. His best friend and advisor is the imaginary Fuhrer, his father is fighting somewhere in Italy, and Jojo himself is eager to go to war. His worldview is turned upside down when he learns that his single mother is hiding a young Jewish girl in the attic. This incident forces the boy to change his views on life...

- Genre: Drama, Film, Comedy, Military

- Country: New Zealand, Czech Republic, USA

- Director: Taika Waititi

- Cast: Roman Griffin Davis, Thomasin McKenzie, Scarlett Johansen, Taika Waititi, Sam Rockwell, Rebel Wilson, Alfie Allen, Stephen Merchant, Archie Yates.

Schindler's List (1993) - the film is based on the true story of Oskar Schindler, a member of the Nazi party, a successful manufacturer who managed to save about 1100 Jews in the Auschwitz concentration camp during World War II. This is the triumph of one man who was unlike any other, and the drama of those who survived a terrible period of human history thanks to him.

- Genre: Film, Drama, Historical, Biographical

- Country: USA

- Director: Director

- Cast: Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley, Ralph Fiennes, Caroline Goodall, Jonathan Segal, Ambeth Davidtz, Malgozata Goebel, Shmuel Levy, Mark Ivanir, Beatriz Macaulay.

For reasons of conscience (Hacksaw Ridge) 2016 - The film is based on real events that unfolded during the Second World War. A simple American boy Desmond Doss, unwilling to put up with cruelty, volunteers for the front. But Desmond wants to save lives, not take them, so he refuses to pick up a weapon during the shooting course. After a court martial and ridicule from his fellow soldiers, Desmond is finally assigned to a sanitary unit. During his service, he saved nearly a hundred people and became the first conscientious objector to receive the U.S. Medal of Honor.

- Genre: Film, Drama, Historical, Military, Biographical

- Country: Australia, USA

- Director: Mel Gibson

- Cast: Andrew Garfield, Sam Worthington, Theresa Palmer, Luke Bracey, Vince Vaughn, Hugo Weaving, Rachel Griffiths.