320 Films & TV Shows Set In Europe During The 1920s
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I Aim at the Stars
New Mexico ๐ฉ๐ช Germany The 1940s The 1950s The 1930s The 1920sFROM THE EARTH TO THE STARS...this is the story of Wernher von Braun...the man who thrust the world into the Space Age. โ The life story of the famed rocket scientist Dr. Werner von Braun, one of the most brilliant and controversial figures of the space age. Dr. von Braun literally pioneered man's adventure into space through his rocket experiments; his was the brain behind the V-2 rockets which blasted London in World War II; his was also the brain which led America into the development and the launching of space satellites.
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Probation
๐ท๐บ Russia The 1920sTwo young friends are starting their careers as criminal investigators during the first years after revolution.
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The Nun's Story
๐ง๐ช Belgium ๐จ๐ฉ Congo Democratic Republic of the The 1930s The 1920sHer Faith Remained Strong and True in the Face of Africa's Terrors! โ After leaving a wealthy Belgian family to become a nun, Sister Luke struggles with her devotion to her vows during crisis, disappointment, and World War II.
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Shake Hands with the Devil
๐ฎ๐ช Ireland The 1920sA story of love and hate...and the sudden sound of guns! โ In 1921 Dublin, the IRA battles the "Black & Tans," special British forces given to harsh measures. Irish-American medical student Kerry O'Shea hopes to stay aloof, but saving a wounded friend gets him outlawed, and inexorably drawn into the rebel organization...under his former professor Sean Lenihan, who has "shaken hands with the devil" and begun to think of fighting as an end in itself. Complications arise when Kerry falls for a beautiful English hostage, and the British offer a peace treaty that is not enough to satisfy Lenihan.
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Aren't We Wonderful
๐ฉ๐ช Germany The 1950s The 1940s The 1930s The 1920s The 1910sKurt Hoffmannโฒs satire concerning Germanyโฒs development during the first half of the 20th century tells the story of two schoolmates - Hans and Bruno. They could not be more different. While Hans is ambitious and must always work hard for his career, it seems that the happy go lucky Bruno is carefree.
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The Lovers of Montparnasse
๐ซ๐ท France The 1920s The 1910sBiographic film chronicling the last year of the life of the Italian painter Amedeo Modigliani, 1919, who falls in love with a girl from a wealthy family. Her parents are against this relationship and stop financial help. Modigliani worked and died in abject poverty in the Montparnasse Quarter of Paris, France.
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The Spirit of St. Louis
New York Missouri Texas ๐ฎ๐ช Ireland ๐ซ๐ท France The 1920sOne of the Great Adventures of Our Time! โ Charles 'Slim' Lindbergh struggles to finance and design an airplane that will make his New York to Paris flight the first solo transatlantic crossing.
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The Sun Also Rises
๐ซ๐ท France ๐ช๐ธ Spain The 1920sA group of disillusioned American expatriate writers live a dissolute, hedonistic lifestyle in 1920's France and Spain.
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Quiet Flows the Don
๐ท๐บ Russia The 1920s The 1910sThe epic film based on Mikhail Sholokhov's classic novel in COLOR โ Based on the novel of the same name by Mikhail Sholokhov, about the fate of people broken by the First World War, the October Revolution of 1917 and the Civil War in Russia (1917-1922), about the collapse of the foundations and ideals of the Don Cossacks of Russia at the beginning of the XX century, about the personal tragedy of the protagonist โ Grigoriy Melekhov.
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He Who Must Die
๐ฌ๐ท Greece The 1920sGreece, in the 1920s, is occupied by the Turks. The country is in turmoil with entire villages uprooted. The site of the movie is a Greek village that conducts a passion play each year. The leading citizens of the town, under the auspices of the Patriarch, choose those that will play the parts in the Passion. A stuttering shepherd is chosen to play Jesus. The town butcher (who wanted to be Jesus) is chosen as Judas. The town prostitute is chosen as Mary Magdalene. The rest of the disciples are also chosen. As the movie unfolds, the Passion Play becomes a reality. A group of villagers, uprooted by the war and impoverished, arrive at the village led by their priest. The wealthier citizens of the town want nothing with these people and manipulate a massacre. In the context of the 1920s, each of the characters plays out their biblical role in actuality.
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The Rising of the Moon
๐ฎ๐ช Ireland The 1920sActually filmed in the Emerald Isle! โ Three vignettes of old Irish country life, based on a series of short stories. In "The Majesty of the Law," a police officer must arrest a very old-fashioned, traditional fellow for assault. The man's principles have the policeman and the whole village, including the man he slugged, sympathizing with him. "One Minute's Wait" is about an little train station and glimpses into the lives of the passengers, with a series of comic setups. The third piece is called "1921" and is about a condemned Irish nationalist and his daring escape. Tyrone Power introduces each story.
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Miles of Fire
๐ท๐บ Russia The 1920sCivil War. Southern steppes of Russia. Circumstances bring together various people: the Chekist, professor, actor, nurse and White Guard officer posing as a vet. On two tachanka's they make their way into the city.
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After the Ball
England The 1920s The 1910s The 1900s The 1890s The 1880sThe life and loves of Music hall singer Vesta Tilley, who married into the nobility
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Reach for the Sky
England The 1940s The 1930s The 1920sThe true story of airman Douglas Bader who overcame the loss of both legs in a 1931 flying accident to become a successful fighter pilot and wing leader during World War II.
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Anastasia
๐ฉ๐ฐ Denmark ๐ซ๐ท France The 1920sThe most amazing conspiracy the world has ever known... and love as it never happened to a man and woman before! โ Russian exiles in Paris plot to collect ten million pounds from the Bank of England by grooming a destitute, suicidal girl to pose as heir to the Russian throne. While Bounin is coaching her, he comes to believe that she is really Anastasia. In the end, the Empress must decide her claim.
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The Trapp Family
๐ฆ๐น Austria The 1930s The 1920s"The Trapp Family" is a true story based on the popular novel by the Baroness Von Trapp of Austria. The film was made in 1961, a few years before the other film based on the Trapp Family's life was released - a little movie named "The Sound of Music".
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Pavel Korchagin
๐ท๐บ Russia The 1920sA Soviet era ideological drama based on Nikolai Ostrovsky's famous novel "How Steel Was Tempered".
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Anastasia - Die letzte Zarentochter
๐ฉ๐ช Germany The 1920sIn 1920, an unknown 24-year-old woman was fished out of Berlin's Landwehr kanal after a suicide attempt. Since she has no papers and no answers to any questions, they soon assign them to the insane asylum Dallendorf. A co-patient believes she recognizes the Czar's daughter Anastasia Romanowa - who apparently was the only one who survived the murder of the tsar's family in 1918.
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Hostile Whirlwinds
๐ท๐บ Russia The 1920s The 1910sAbout the first years of the formation of Soviet power, about the life and work of Feliks Dzerzhinsky in 1918-1925. The film covers the most important episodes of his biography. In July 1918, as a result of a revolt of the Left Socialist Revolutionaries, the German ambassador Mirbach was killed. Feliks Dzerzhinsky alone goes to the headquarters of the Left Socialist Revolutionaries and Anarchists, he manages to persuade ordinary soldiers and sailors, participants in the rebellion, who are now cracking down on their leaders. In 1921, Dzerzhinsky was aimed at combating homelessness, as a result of which, by 1925, former homeless children, having completed their studies, were sent to the construction of Yugostal, the largest industrial plant in Ukraine.
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I Often Think of Piroschka
๐ญ๐บ Hungary The 1920sAndreas, a young German student comes to Hungary on an exchange programme. In the Hungarian village he falls in love with the stationmaster's daughter Piroschka and spends much of his time with her. They have an enchanting summer until Andreas gets an invitation to join another young woman at a nearby resort. Piroschka is jealous and follows him there, causing trouble. It takes a long time for Andreas and Piroschka to even talk to each other again. When Andreas has to leave Hungary at the end of his holiday, he is determined to return some day.
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Ordet
๐ฉ๐ฐ Denmark The 1920sA Legend for Today โ The three sons of devout Danish farmer Morten have widely disparate religious beliefs. Youngest son Anders shares his father's religion, but eldest son Mikkel has lost his faith, while middle child Johannes has become delusional and proclaims that he is Jesus Christ himself. When Mikkel's wife, Inger goes into a difficult childbirth, everyone's beliefs are put to the test.
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The Jubilee of Mr Ikel
๐ญ๐ท Croatia The 1920sA man wakes up in his grave and realizes that he's been buried alive. He gets up and arrives home only to find out that his wife and relatives threw a party instead of mourning, looking forward to his big inheritance.
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