The best Derek Jacobi’s war movies

Derek Jacobi

Derek Jacobi

22/10/1938 (85 años)
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Tolkien

Tolkien
6.8/10
England, early 20th century. The future writer and philologist John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892-1973) and three of his schoolmates create a strong bond between them as they share the same passion for literature and art, a true fellowship that strengthens as they grow up, but the outbreak of World War I threatens to shatter it.

Henry V

Henry V
7.5/10
Gritty adaption of William Shakespeare's play about the English King's bloody conquest of France.

Adam Resurrected

Adam Resurrected
6.2/10
  • Genre: DramaWar
  • Release: 08/08/2008
  • Character: Dr. Nathan Gross
Before the war, in Berlin, Adam was an entertainer- cabaret impresario, magician, musician-loved by all until he finds himself in a concentration camp, confronted by Commandant Klein. Adam survives the camp by becoming the Klein's "dog", entertaining him while his wife and daughter are sent off to die. "Adam Resurrected" is the story of a man who once was a dog who meets a dog who once was a boy.

There Be Dragons

There Be Dragons
5.7/10
  • Genre: DramaWar
  • Release: 25/03/2011
  • Character: Honorio
Arising out of the horror of the Spanish Civil War, a candidate for canonization is investigated by a journalist who discovers his own estranged father had a deep, dark and devastating connection to the saint's life.While researching the life of Josemaria Escriva, the controversial founder of Opus Dei, the young journalist Robert uncovers hidden stories of his estranged father Manolo, and is taken on a journey through the dark, terrible secrets of his family’s past.

Inside the Third Reich

Inside the Third Reich
7.3/10
A dramatization of the life of Albert Speer, Hitler's young architect and onetime confidant, and his meteoric rise into the Nazi hierarchy. Based upon Speer's own monograph of the same title.

The History of Love

The History of Love
6.3/10
The story of a long-lost book that mysteriously reappears and connects an old man searching for his son with a girl seeking a cure for her mother's loneliness.

Achilles

Achilles
6.7/10
With the loss of Patroclus (his undeclared male lover), Greek warrior Achilles returns to the Trojan War.

Charlotte

Charlotte
6.7/10
  • Genre: DramaWar
  • Release: 26/02/1981
  • Character: Daberlohn
In 1939, Charlotte Salomon leaves Berlin to seek refuge at her grandparents' villa in the south of France. A little later, war breaks out, and Charlotte must, besides forgetting all she left behind, deal with her grandmother's depression, and her mother's suicide. To fight despair, Charlotte starts to paint, producing over one thousand images. "Is my life real, or is it theater?" This is the title she gives her body of work, which highlights her former life in Berlin. She finds herself though her art, but in 1943 is deported to Germany and Auschwitz.

Two Men Went To War

Two Men Went To War
6.6/10
  • Genre: ComedyWar
  • Release: 01/01/2002
  • Character: Maj. Merton
Comedy drama based on the true story of two British Army dentists who in 1942, eager to see action, go AWOL and invade occupied France on their own.

Joe Maddison's War

Joe Maddison's War
6.9/10
  • Genre: DramaWar
  • Release: 19/09/2010
  • Character: Mr. Simpson
Newcastle, 1939. Shipyard worker Joe feels emasculated and past his prime; too old to serve in the war, and he’s shocked when his wife leaves him for a younger naval officer. Needing a new challenge, Joe and his friend Harry reluctantly volunteer to join the Home Guard.

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