Back home

The Silent Village

4 votes

Producing House

The true story of the massacre of a small Czech village by the Nazis is retold as if it happened in Wales.

movie

Status: Released

Released Date: 1943-06-17

Runtime: 36 mins

Director: Humphrey Jennings

Spoken language: Deutsch, Cymraeg, English

Genres: Documentary, Drama, History, War

Original title: The Silent Village

Production Companies: Crown Film Unit, Ministry of Information, Czechoslovak Ministry of Foreign Affairs, South Wales Miners Federation

Production Countries: United Kingdom, Czechoslovakia

Recommendations

Gandhi
3.8

Gandhi

1982-12-01

In the early years of the 20th century, Mohandas K. Gandhi, a British-trained lawyer, forsakes all w

Closely Watched Trains
3.6

Closely Watched Trains

1966-11-18

At a village railway station in occupied Czechoslovakia, a bumbling dispatcher’s apprentice longs to

Night and Fog
4.1

Night and Fog

1959-04-27

Filmmaker Alain Resnais documents the atrocities behind the walls of Hitler's concentration camps.

Judgment at Nuremberg
4

Judgment at Nuremberg

1961-12-18

In 1947, four German judges who served on the bench during the Nazi regime face a military tribunal

Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade
3.7

Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade

1999-11-17

A member of an elite paramilitary counter-terrorism unit becomes traumatized after witnessing the su

The Bridge on the River Kwai
3.9

The Bridge on the River Kwai

1957-10-11

The classic story of English POWs in Burma forced to build a bridge to aid the war effort of their J

Enemy at the Gates
3.7

Enemy at the Gates

2001-02-28

A Russian and a German sniper play a game of cat-and-mouse during the Battle of Stalingrad in WWII.

Saving Private Ryan
4.1

Saving Private Ryan

1998-07-24

As U.S. troops storm the beaches of Normandy, three brothers lie dead on the battlefield, with a fou

Vláčik do stanice víťazstvo
0

Vláčik do stanice víťazstvo

1985-01-01

The Chosen Ones
2.1

The Chosen Ones

1983-04-01

A man wants to flee wartime Germany and the detested Nazis to Columbia, where his brother lives. In

On the Black Hill
3.1

On the Black Hill

1988-09-12

The story covers eighty years in the lives of a pair of Welsh identical twins with an unusual bond,

Chicago
3.6

Chicago

2002-12-10

Murderesses Velma Kelly and Roxie Hart find themselves on death row together and fight for the fame

Nowhere in Africa
3.5

Nowhere in Africa

2001-12-11

A Jewish woman named Jettel Redlich flees Nazi Germany with her daughter Regina, to join her husband

Hitman
3.1

Hitman

2007-11-21

A genetically engineered assassin with deadly aim, known only as "Agent 47" eliminates strategic tar

The Dirty Dozen
3.8

The Dirty Dozen

1967-06-15

12 American military prisoners in World War II are ordered to infiltrate a well-guarded enemy châtea

Just Mercy
3.9

Just Mercy

2019-12-25

The powerful true story of Harvard-educated lawyer Bryan Stevenson, who goes to Alabama to defend th

Atonement
3.8

Atonement

2007-02-27

As a 13-year-old, fledgling writer Briony Tallis irrevocably changes the course of several lives whe

The Lady Banker
2.7

The Lady Banker

1980-08-27

Ambitious Emma Eckhert successfully makes her way into a world previously reserved for men: that of

Hitler's Museum
0

Hitler's Museum

2006-11-03

One and a half years before the begin of the Second World War during the annexation of Austria in Ma

1900
3.9

1900

1976-08-28

The epic tale of a class struggle in twentieth century Italy, as seen through the eyes of two childh