521 Films & TV Shows Set In Europe During The 1930s
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Contraband
England The 1930s The 1940sWhen a neutral Danish merchant ship is forced to put into port after trying to evade British wartime contraband control, its captain becomes involved in a beautiful British Naval Intelligent agent's efforts to capture a group of German spies operating from a London cinema.
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The Proud Valley
Wales The 1930sIn a Welsh coal mining valley, a young man with a beautiful singing voice is called upon to make the ultimate sacrifice when a pit disaster threatens.
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Four Sons
๐จ๐ฟ Czechia The 1930sFour Sons is a 1940 film directed by Archie Mayo. It stars Don Ameche and Eugenie Leontovich. It is a remake of the 1928 film of the same name.
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The Earl of Chicago
England Illinois The 1930sCan a Lord of England be a Czar of the underworld? โ A behind the times Chicago bootlegger goes to England with his lawyer to claim his estate as the Earl of Gorley.
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Arise, My Love
๐ช๐ธ Spain ๐ซ๐ท France The 1930sHere's the gay, glorious story of a war correspondent and a war ace...a romance that could happen only in 1940! โ In 1939, American Tom Martin, who fought in the Spanish Civil War, awaits execution at the hands of the Fascist victors when reporter Augusta 'Gusto' Nash, for a scoop, aids him in an audacious escape. Of course, Tom tries to romance Gusto; but though she likes him, her career comes first, and Tom himself prefers freedom-fighting to settling down. Comedy becomes drama as their mixed feelings lead them on a circuitous path through the deepening chaos and catastrophe of the early days of World War II.
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The Man I Married
๐ฉ๐ช Germany The 1930sAn American (Joan Bennett) vacations in Europe with her husband (Francis Lederer) and watches him turn into a Nazi.
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Wunschkonzert
๐ช๐ธ Spain ๐ฉ๐ช Germany Atlantic Ocean The 1930sGerman propaganda film spinning a story around the popular radio broadcast "Wunschkonzert".
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Days of Hope
๐ช๐ธ Spain The 1930sSpanish Civil War, 1937. A platoon of Republican soldiers plans to stop the advance of the rebel troops by bombing a bridge on the road to Zaragoza, near the city of Linรกs. With the close collaboration of the peasants of the area, the soldiers try to overcome the continuous bombardments and endure the harsh and tireless opposition of the powerful enemyโฆ
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Ski Patrol
๐ซ๐ฎ Finland ๐ฉ๐ช Germany The 1930sIn 1939, a group of Finnish soldiers defend the border from Russian invaders.
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The Siege of the Alcazar
๐ช๐ธ Spain The 1930sSet during the Spanish civil war, the story of a commander of a fort Alcazar in Toledo, faithful to general Franco.
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Enemies
๐ต๐ฑ Poland The 1930sThe focus of this wartime propaganda film from 1940 is the foreman Keith, who works at a Polish sawmill, not far from the German border. It is 1939 and the War is fast approaching. The Polish workers at the sawmill revolt and kill the mill's German owner, as well as threaten their German colleagues. Keith flees with the children of his dead boss and joins other German refugees on their way to safety across the borders of the Reich.
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Escape to Glory
England The 1930sForget All The Action Pictures You Ever Saw... And Brace Yourself For A New Kind Of Thrill! โ The Grand Hotel formula that was so overworked in the 1930s made an encore appearance in 1940's Escape to Glory. The story is given timeliness by placing the characters on a British merchant ship on the very day that World War II is declared. The ship is attacked by a Nazi U-Boat, resulting in a variety of reactions from the diverse passengers--one of whom (Erwin Kalser) is a German doctor. Constance Bennett is glamorous, Pat O'Brien is boozy, John Halliday is pensive, and everybody else (except for the German medico) is plain fearful.
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The Knight of Kruja
๐ฆ๐ฑ Albania The 1930sVenice Film Festival 1940
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The Shining Path
๐ท๐บ Russia The 1930sTanya Morozova, an illiterate but industrious textile factory worker, finds happiness through her education and the Stakhanovite movement. She becomes a shock labourer and ascends through the Party ranks, ultimately being elected as a member of the Supreme Soviet.
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Under Your Hat
England ๐ซ๐ท France The 1930sIn pre-Second World War England, a leading film star and his wife attempt to recover a secret carburetor stolen by enemy agents. Based on a popular stage musical starring Hulbert and Courtneidge, a husband-and-wife team who had made a series of successful comedy films during the 1930s.
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The Rules of the Game
๐ซ๐ท France The 1930sA weekend at a marquisโ country chรขteau lays bare some ugly truths about a group of haut bourgeois acquaintances.
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Ninotchka
๐ซ๐ท France ๐ท๐บ Russia ๐น๐ท Turkey The 1930sGarbo Laughs โ A stern Russian woman sent to Paris on official business finds herself attracted to a man who represents everything she is supposed to detest.
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Goodbye, Mr. Chips
England The 1930s The 1910s The 1900s The 1870s The 1880sAt The Top Of The Year's "Ten Best" - The picture that earns for 1939 a proud place in motion-picture history! โ A shy British teacher looks back nostalgically at his long career, taking note of the people who touched his life.
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Q Planes
England The 1930sAn eccentric Scotland Yard inspector thinks something beamed from a spy ship is dropping planes.
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Tractor Drivers
๐บ๐ฆ Ukraine The 1930sThe story takes place in a Soviet placed in what is now Ukraine. A mechanic arrives in the Soviet, lead by a young independent woman driving tractors and, between many comedy sketches and propaganda mottoes, a love comes to light.
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Spies of the Air
England The 1930sSet just before the outbreak of WWII, this is the story of a test pilot who works for the (unnamed) enemy. Made in 1939, by the time it was released in 1940, war had been declared.
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Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations
๐ฉ๐ช Germany The 1930sThe First part of Olympia, a documentary about the 1936 Olympic games in Berlin by German Director Leni Riefenstahl. The film played in theaters in 1938 and again in 1952 after the fall of the Nazi Regime.
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Alexander's Ragtime Band
New York California England ๐ซ๐ท France The 1930s The 1920s The 1910sAn American Cavalcade! โ Classical violinist, Roger Grant disappoints his family and teacher when he organizes a jazz band, but he and the band become successful. Roger falls in love with the band's singer, Stella, but his reluctance to lose her leads him to thwart her efforts to become a solo star. When the World War separates them in 1917, Stella marries Roger's best friend and, when Roger returns home after the war, an important concert at Carnegie Hall brings the corners of the romantic triangle together.
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Bank Holiday
England The 1930sA 1930s British summer Bank Holiday starts at midday on Saturday with a rush for the trains to the seaside. Doreen and Milly are off to a beauty contest, Geoffrey and Catherine are having an illicit weekend in the Grand Hotel and May and the kids are set for a more straightforward holiday of sea, sand, and pub. Meanwhile, the manager and performers on the pier are praying for rain.
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