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The Mission is based on events surrounding the Treaty of Madrid in 1750, in which Spain ceded part of Jesuit Paraguay to Portugal. A significant subtext is the impending suppression of the Jesuits , of which Father Gabriel is warned by the film's narrator, Cardinal Altamirano, who is himself a Jesuit.
Pages in category "World War II films based on actual events" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 325 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Against the Sun is a 2014 American survival drama film.Based on a true story from World War II, the film was written, produced, and directed by Brian Falk and starred Garret Dillahunt, Tom Felton, and Jake Abel.
A haunting anti-war statement almost without peer, adapted from the story by Akiyuki Nosaka and based on his own experiences in the firebombed city of Kobe. 5. Dunkirk (Christopher Nolan, 2017)
Biography of Zhang Zizhong during Sino-Japanese War 1974 United States The Execution of Private Slovik (TV) Lamont Johnson: Drama based on William Bradford Huie book. Pvt. Eddie Slovik, the only US soldier to be executed for desertion during war 1974 Japan Father of the Kamikaze: Ā Kessen Kōkūtai (あゝ決戦航空隊) Kosaku Yamashita: Drama.
The film or miniseries must be concerned with World War II (or the War of Ethiopia and the Sino-Japanese War) and include events which feature as a part of the war effort. For short films, see the List of World War II short films. For documentaries, see the List of World War II documentary films and the List of Allied propaganda films of World ...
The Boat Is Full (German: Das Boot ist voll) (1981) – Swiss war drama film depicting an account of the true story of six refugees entering Switzerland during World War Two, and the conflicted attitudes of the Swiss villagers and authorities towards Jewish refugees, political refugees, and deserters [69]
Other relevant films during these years include Espaldas mojadas (Wetbacks) by Alejandro Galindo, Aventurera a melodrama starred by Ninón Sevilla, Dos tipos de cuidado (1951), El Rebozo de Soledad (1952) and Los Olvidados (The Young and the Damned) (1950), a story about impoverished children in Mexico City directed by the Mexican of Spanish ...