Alfred Hitchcock's Aventure Malgache
While preparing backstage, an actor tells his castmates about an adventure he had during World War II in the Axis-controlled French colony of Madagascar working for the Resistance and clashing with the collaborationist local police chief.
Alfred Hitchcock's Bon Voyage
A short absorbing drama of wartime espionage and murder, rediscovered! Legendary master of suspense Alfred Hitchcock directed this forgotten classic in 1944 to aid the French resistance.
Alfred Hitchcock's Bon Voyage & Aventure Malgache
Two short, absorbing dramas of wartime espionage and murder, rediscovered! Legendary master of suspense Alfred Hitchcock directed these forgotten classics in 1944 to aid the French resistance.
Amrum
Director Fatih Akin (In the Fade) reunites with frequent collaborator Diane Kruger in this tender coming-of-age tale about the loss of innocence in the waning days of WWII. On the windswept island of Amrum in northern Germany, a young farmboy sets out on a quest in an attempt to bring solace to his …
Anatahan
NEW RESTORATION! Inspired by an actual event during WWII, Josef von Sternberg's Anatahan, tells the story of a dozen Japanese sailors who are stranded on the remote island of Anatahan during the waning days of the war. The war ends, unbeknownst to the men, and they engage in their ow…
Armadillo
Janus Metz's Armadillo follows a platoon of Danish soldiers on a six-month tour of Afghanistan in 2009. An intimate, visually stunning account of both the horror and growing cynicism of modern warfare that provoked a national debate over government policy and the rules of engagement.
Army of Crime
In Robert Guédiguian’s taut, internationally acclaimed thriller, set during the French Resistance, Armenian poet Missak Manouchian (Simon Abkarian) and his French wife (Virginie Ledoyen) lead a ragtag assortment of volunteers — Jews, Poles, Hungarians, Italians, Spaniards and Arme…
Battleship Potemkin
For eight decades, Sergei Eisenstein's 1925 masterpiece has remained the most influential silent film of all time. Yet each successive generation has seen BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN subjected to censorship and recutting, its unforgettable power diluted in unauthorized public domain editions from dubious so…
Beaufort
Oscar Nominee for Best Foreign Language Film, BEAUFORT chronicles the final days of an Israeli army unit's tense, painful withdrawal in 2000 from a strategic bunker inside a 12th century Crusader fortress near the Lebanese border, marking the end of nearly two decades of controversial occupation.
The Birth of a Nation
Almost a century after its release, The Birth of a Nation remains one of the most controversial films ever made... a landmark achievement of filmmaking that undeniably demonstrates the deep roots of America's racist history.
Black Gravel
In this gripping Cold War noir, tensions simmer between residents of a small German village and the soldiers of a U.S. military base.
The Boat is Full
Nominated for an Academy Award® for Best Foreign Language Film (1981), The Boat is Full is a tense and heartbreaking drama that captures the plight of refugees during WWII.
Caterpillar
Caterpillar tells the story of a village woman given the grueling task of looking after (and fulfilling the sexual needs of) her quadruple amputee husband, a Japanese soldier in the Second Sino-Japanese War who has been decreed a "War God" by the Emperor. The film serves as a powerful indictment of …
Circle of Deceit
Set in Beirut during the 1970s Civil War, Bruno Ganz and Hanna Schygulla star in this extraordinary film about how the West in general and jouralists in particular confront terrorism in the Middle East. This film has only become more relevant with age.
Confidence
1980's Confidence was nominated for the Academy Award and Szabó won Berlin's Silver Bear for Best Director. In World War II-era Hungary, the resistance pairs two unrelated members to act as husband and wife in an effort to stay hidden in plain sight. Will they be able to maintain the illusion…
The Double Headed Eagle
A fascinating experiment in documentary filmmaking, THE DOUBLE HEADED EAGLE charts the stealthy rise of the Nazi party in the wake of World War I.
The Eleanor Roosevelt Story
Pulitzer prize winner Archibald MacLeish scripted this touching portrait of the woman who emerged from a privileged but painful childhood to become a powerful humanitarian. Academy Award winner for Best Documentary. Introduced by Hillary Rodham Clinton.
F.T.A.
In 1971, at the height of the Vietnam War, Jane Fonda and Donald Sutherland toured an anti-war comedy show across Southeast Asia. Despite being highly controversial, it was a huge success among stationed soldiers. Out of circulation and difficult to see for decades, F.T.A. has now been fully restore…
Fabian: Going to the Dogs
In this dazzling adaptation of Erich Kästner’s classic of Weimar literature, a young ad-man spends his days working for a cigarette company and his nights wandering the streets of Berlin, where he meets and falls in love with a beautiful actress. As her career begins to blossom, prospects…
Fear and Desire: Premiere Version
Stanley Kubrick's first feature is an existential drama that has the feeling of a waking dream rather than a conventional war film. Following a complicated history of cuts and versioning, audiences can finally see Fear and Desire as it was first released and witness the tentative blossoming of …
Good Fight
2,800 American volunteers fought with distinction in the Abraham Lincoln Brigade during the Spanish Civil War. They returned home after the Loyalist defeat to encounter suspicion as premature anti-fascists. Branded Communist sympathizers, blacklisted for years and unable to get work, many paid dearl…
Horses of God
Ten year-old Yachine and his 13-year-old brother Hamid live in Sidi Moumen, an impoverished slum on the outskirts of Casablanca. Hamid, though just a child, works hard to sustain his family by any means, but eventually get involved with the "wrong crowd" and becomes one of the local neighborhood bos…
Kedma
May 1948, some days before the creation of the state of Israel. Upon arrival in Palestine, a boat of concentration camp survivors is confronted by hostile British soldiers. The hopeful emigrants have then to follow the Jewish forces to immediately take up arms against the Arabs.
Kippur
Acclaimed filmmaker Amos Gitai's semi-autobiographical account of the 1973 Yom Kippur war from the point of view of a young soldier. Kippur is not a traditional "blood, guts and glory" war film. There are no men in battle, only the rescue crews trying to pick up the broken pieces. Kippur is the shel…
Korkoro
In this passionate WWII drama, a tightly-knit family of Gypsies journeys through occupied France, trying to avoid the violent Vichy patrols. Directed with wit and vigor by Tony Gatlif (Latcho Drom), Korkoro unearths the hidden story of the Romany people's joys and struggles during the war.
Let There Be Light
Labeled too disturbing and controversial for its time, John Huston's legendary film about the effects of war and post-traumatic stress returns with fully restored sound and visual quality.
Master Shot: The Films of Miklós Jancsó
Kino Lorber is proud to bring to North American theaters this touring series featuring restorations of six films by Miklós Jancsó, "the greatest Hungarian film director of all time" (Béla Tarr). All films are restored in 4K from their original 35mm camera negative by Nation…
Open City
The downtrodden people of Rome battle poverty and fascism in this Neorealist classic starring Anna Magnani.
Peshmerga
Bernard-Henri Lévy travelled to the front lines of ISIS, seeking first-hand understanding of the ongoing conflict.
The Red and The White
A haunting, powerful film about the absurdity and evil of war. Set in Central Russia during the Civil War of 1918, The Red and The White details the murderous entanglements between Russia's Red soldiers and the counter-revolutionary Whites in the hills along the Volga. The epic conflict moves with s…
The Round-Up
Miklós Jancsó’s most renowned work depicts a prison camp in the aftermath of the 1848 Hungarian Revolution. After the Hapsburg monarchy succeeds in suppressing Lajos Kossuth's nationalist uprising, the army sets about arresting suspected guerillas, who are subject to torture and …
The Russians Are Coming The Russians Are Coming
When sightseeing Soviet commander (Alan Arkin, The In-Laws) runs his submarine aground off the New England coast, his crew's attempts to find a boat to dislodge the sub almost starts World War III. Arkin leads and all-star cast that includes Carl Reiner, Eva Marie Saint, Brian Keith and Jonathan Win…
Seven Beauties
COMING SOON IN A NEW 2K RESTORATION! Nominated for four Academy Awards® including Best Director, Seven Beauties stars Giancarlo Giannini (Swept Away) as Pasqualino Frafuso, known in Naples as "Pasqualino Seven Beauties." A petty thief who lives off of the profits of his seven sisters while…
Sir! No Sir!
This is the story of one of the most vibrant and widespread upheavals of the 1960’s–one that had profound impact on American society, yet has been virtually obliterated from the collective memory of that time. SIR! NO SIR! tells an almost entirely forgotten story of the military men and …
The Sorrow and the Pity
What did French people of do during WW II? Marcel Ophüls' Oscar-nominated documentary shattered the myth of an undivided and universally resistant France under the Vichy government.
The Sun
The final portrait in a series on the lives of dictators by Alexander Sokurov, THE SUN is a re-imagining of Emperor Hirohito's final days in power during the waning days of WWII. Hirohito wanders through his palace in a child-like state of denial. But reality soon intrudes as American soldiers overr…
The High Sun
Three different love stories, set in three consecutive decades, in two neighbouring Balkan villages burdened with a long history of inter-ethnic hatred: this is a film about the dangers – and the enduring strength – of forbidden love.
The War Tapes
Immediate, raw, and direct, THE WAR TAPES is the first film shot by the soldiers themselves; bypassing the "embedded reporter" filter and providing an intimate front-row look at how soldiers cope with life on the battlefield moment by moment. First-time filmmaker Deborah Scranton dire…
Time of Favor
Winner of six Israeli Academy Awards including Best Picture, TIME OF FAVOR is a taut thriller about the volatile relationship between Orthodox nationalists and the Israeli army. Stars Assi Dayan as a charismatic West Bank Rabbi.
Tommy Guns
This Locarno award-winner has elicited comparisons to the work of Claire Denis, Miguel Gomes, and even M. Night Shyamalan. What starts out as a portrait of the final days of Portuguese colonial rule in Angola playfully swerves from art house drama to war film to zombie flick to escape thriller with …
The Troubles We've Seen
One of the most important films of director Marcel Ophüls' career, THE TROUBLES WE'VE SEEN explores the ethical challenges of war commentary, interlacing footage of 1993 Sarajevo with caustic references to Hollywood depictions of war.
Unknown Soldier
Unknown Soldier follows a platoon of Finnish soldiers on a tour of duty that lasts for more than three years at the end of World War II. Based on the classic novel by Väinö Linna, Unknown Soldier broke box office records in Finland, becoming the highest-grossing movie in dec…
War Requiem
British cinema's enfant terrible teams with his muse Tilda Swinton and Laurence Olivier, for a spectacular and moving interpretation of composer Benjamin Britten's 1961 orchestral masterpiece.
Watermarks
Debut helmer Yaron Zilberman's WATERMARKS is the story of the champion women swimmers of the legendary Vienna sports club Hakoah, a wildly victorious Jewish organization created in response to Austrian anti-Semitism. Alternating between historical footage and contemporary interviews with the women, …
Wife of a Spy
Master filmmaker Kiyoshi Kurosawa (Pulse, Tokyo Sonata) won the Silver Lion (Best Director) at the Venice Film Festival for this riveting, gorgeously crafted, old-school Hitchockian thriller, which follows a Japanese woman during WWII who begins to suspect her husband’s Western connections may…
Winstanley
Filmmaking team Kevin Brownlow and Andrew Mollo weave a nearly perfect rendering of historical events in WINSTANLEY, the true story of one Englishman's quest to reclaim land for the poor.
Winter Soldier
Winter Soldier is a documentary chronicle of an extraordinary investigation conducted by Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW) in 1971, when vets from all branches of the US military came from across the country to speak out about the atrocities they had committed and witnessed while stationed in …