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Hannah Arendt
Hannah Arendt (2012)
, 1h53
Directed by Margarethe von Trotta
Origin German
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Films about writers, Philosophie, Films about religion, Political films, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Barbara Sukowa, Janet McTeer, Nicholas Woodeson, Julia Jentsch, Axel Milberg, Megan Gay

As the film opens Eichmann has been captured in South America. It is revealed that he escaped there via the "rat line" and with forged papers. Arendt, now a professor in New York, volunteers to write about the trial for The New Yorker and is given the assignment. Observing the trial, she is impressed by how ordinary and mediocre Eichmann appears. She had expected someone scary, a monster, and he does not seem to be that. In a cafe conversation in which the Faust story is raised it is mentioned that Eichmann is not in any way a Mephisto (the devil). Returning to New York, Arendt has massive piles of transcripts to go through. Her husband has a brain aneurysm, almost dying, and causing her further delay. She continues to struggle with how Eichmann rationalized his behavior through platitudes about bureaucratic loyalty, and that he was just doing his job. When her material is finally published, it immediately creates enormous controversy, resulting in angry phone calls and a falling out from her old friend, Hans Jonas.
I Accuse!
I Accuse! (1958)
, 1h32
Directed by José Ferrer
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical
Themes Spy films, Films about racism, Films about religion, Films about Jews and Judaism, Histoire de France
Actors Anton Walbrook, José Ferrer, Viveca Lindfors, Leo Genn, Emlyn Williams, David Farrar

Accusé à tort d'espionnage, le capitaine Alfred Dreyfus fut dégradé et condamné à la déportation à vie.
Focus
Focus (2001)
, 1h46
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about religion, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors William H. Macy, Laura Dern, David Paymer, Meat Loaf, Kenneth Welsh, Peter Oldring

In the waning months of World War II, a man is mistakenly identified as a Jew by his antisemitic Brooklyn neighbors. Suddenly the victims of religious and racial persecution, he finds himself aligned with a local Jewish immigrant in a struggle for dignity and survival.
Nina's House
Nina's House (2005)
, 1h52
Directed by Richard Dembo
Origin France
Genres Drama, War, Comedy, Historical
Themes Films about religion, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Agnès Jaoui, Sarah Adler, Katia Lewkowicz, Arié Elmaleh, Sébastien Knafo, Adèle Csech

L'action du film se déroule entre septembre 1944 et janvier 1946. Dans l'est de la France, Nina tient ce qu'on appelle « une maison de l'espoir », ces maisons qui ont hébergé des jeunes juifs, pour la plupart orphelins. La fin de la guerre approche et on lui demande de s'occuper d'autres jeunes juifs rescapés du camp de Buchenwald. Ces enfants, qui ont vu les pires horreurs se dérouler devant leurs yeux se tournent vers une pratique religieuse plus intensive. Nina doit gérer et reconstruire ces vies brisées, tout en protégeant les enfants qui ont passé la guerre dans son orphelinat.
A Tale of Love and Darkness
A Tale of Love and Darkness (2015)
, 1h38
Directed by Natalie Portman
Origin Israel
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Films about religion, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Natalie Portman, Makram J. Khoury, Dina Doron, Ohad Knoller

L'histoire du film débute en 1945, l'année de la fin de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, juste avant la Guerre israélo-arabe de 1948-1949. Une famille juive d'Europe migre vers la Palestine encore mandataire du Royaume-Uni afin d'éviter les persécutions. Le couple de Fania et d'Arieh Oz ne s'entend plus. Tandis qu'Arieh est plutôt confiant pour son avenir, Fania est traumatisée par la guerre et le fait d'avoir dû fuir son pays. Tous les deux ne restent ensemble que grâce à leur fils de 10 ans, Amos. Il découvre la poésie et la littérature selon un certain point de vue, expliqué par sa mère. Au fil du temps, constatant que la nouvelle vie dont elle rêvait ne voit pas le jour, Fania devient de plus en plus triste et finit même par se suicider, laissant à son fils une certaine vision de la littérature qui l'influencera dans ses écrits toute sa vie. L'histoire se termine en 1953, cinq ans après la proclamation de l'État d’Israël, quand Amos, maintenant âgé de 18 ans, s'en va habiter dans un kibboutz.
The Grey Zone
The Grey Zone (2001)
, 1h48
Directed by Tim Blake Nelson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Themes Films about religion, Political films, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors David Arquette, Steve Buscemi, Harvey Keitel, Mira Sorvino, Allan Corduner, Daniel Benzali

The film opens in October 1944, in the Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp. A small group of Sonderkommandos, prisoners assigned to dispose of the bodies of other dead prisoners, are plotting an insurrection that, they hope, will destroy at least one of the camp's four crematoria and gas chambers. They are receiving firearms from Polish citizens in the nearby village and gunpowder from the UNIO munitions factory; the female prisoners who work in the UNIO are smuggling the powder to the men’s camp amid the bodies of their dead workers. When the women's activity is eventually discovered by the Germans they are savagely tortured, but they don't reveal the plot.
Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr.
Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. (1999)
, 1h31
Directed by Errol Morris
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Documentary
Themes Prison films, Films about racism, Films about religion, Documentary films about racism, Documentary films about law, Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Documentary films about religion, Political films, Films about capital punishment, Films about Jews and Judaism, Documentary films about World War II, Documentary films about law enforcement, Négationnisme
Actors Errol Morris

Using film made at American prisons, Leuchter talked about his upbringing where his father was a corrections officer. Through his family associations, young Leuchter claimed he was able to witness an execution performed in an electric chair. Leuchter's impression of the event was that the electric chairs used by American prisons were unsafe and often ineffective. The event led him to design modifications to the device that were adopted by many American states.
Bent
Bent (1997)
, 1h48
Directed by Sean Mathias
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Historical, Romance
Themes Films about religion, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Political films, Films about Jews and Judaism, Films based on plays, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Clive Owen, Lothaire Bluteau, Ian McKellen, Mick Jagger, Jude Law, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

Max (Clive Owen) is a promiscuous gay man living in 1930s Berlin. He is at odds with his wealthy family because of his homosexuality. One evening, much to the resentment of his boyfriend, Rudy (Brian Webber II), Max brings home a handsome SA man (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau). Unfortunately, he does so on the Night of the Long Knives, when Hitler ordered the assassination of upper echelon SA corps. The Sturmabteilung man is discovered and killed by SS men in Max and Rudy's apartment, and the two have to flee Berlin.
When Do We Eat?
When Do We Eat? (2006)
, 1h33
Directed by Salvador Litvak
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about families, Films about religion, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Michael Lerner, Lesley Ann Warren, Jack Klugman, Shiri Appleby, Meredith Scott Lynn, Mili Avital

When Do We Eat? is the story of a dysfunctional Jewish family's Passover Seder. This is the family's first Seder in three years and the tension is high. Before the Seder, Zeke (Ben Feldman) slips his father (Michael Lerner) a pill that he believes to be a combination of ecstasy and LSD. As the night continues, the family releases secrets that cause fights but bring them closer in the end.
Free Zone
Free Zone (2005)
, 1h33
Directed by Amos Gitaï
Origin Israel
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about religion, Transport films, Films about Jews and Judaism, Road movies
Actors Natalie Portman, Hiam Abbass, Hana Laszlo, Carmen Maura, Makram J. Khoury, Aki Avni

Rebecca est une Américaine qui vit à Jérusalem depuis quelques mois et qui vient de rompre avec son fiancé. Elle monte dans le taxi d'Hanna, une Israélienne. Mais celle-ci doit aller en Jordanie, dans la zone démilitarisée (en anglais, « free zone »), récupérer une grosse somme d'argent que leur doit l'Américain, l'associé de son mari. Rebecca la convainc de l'emmener avec elle. Quand elles arrivent dans la zone, Leila, une Palestinienne leur explique que l'Américain n'est pas là et que l'argent a disparu…
Mother Night
Mother Night (1996)
, 1h54
Directed by Keith Gordon
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Themes Films about writers, Films about religion, Political films, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Sheryl Lee, Alan Arkin, Nick Nolte, Zach Grenier, Kirsten Dunst, Anna Berger

Confined in an Israeli jail, Howard W. Campbell, Jr. writes a memoir about his career in Nazi Germany. During the buildup to World War II, Campbell, an American playwright of German language stage productions, is approached by War Department operative Frank Wirtanen. Wirtanen asks Campbell to work as a spy for the U.S. in the approaching war, though he promises no reward or recognition. Campbell rejects the offer, but Wirtanen adds that he wants Campbell to take some time to consider, telling him that Campbell's answer will come in the form of how he acts and what positions he assumes once the war begins.
Beyond the Walls
Beyond the Walls (1984)
, 1h43
Directed by Uri Barbash
Origin Israel
Genres Drama
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about religion, Political films, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Mohammad Bakri, Assi Dayan (אסי דיין)

The story takes place in the high-security block of the central Israel Prison Service jail. Uri and Issam are the leaders of the Israeli and Palestinian prisoner groups, respectively. After a musical performance in the prison, a row breaks out between Hoffman, a Jewish inmate, and a Palestinian. When Hoffman is killed, the security officer initiates a fight between the sides, pinning the blame for the murder on Issam's cell. Doron, the only Jewish prisoner in the Arab cell, is asked to sign a document implicating Issam in the crime, but refuses and commits suicide. He leaves a note saying that his cell was not responsible for the crime. As a result, Uri and Issam begin a general hunger strike, and make personal sacrifices in order not to break it.
Bethlehem
Bethlehem (2013)
, 1h39
Origin Israel
Genres Drama, Thriller
Themes Films about religion, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors George Iskandar

C'est l'histoire de loyauté et de trahison entre un agent des services secrets israéliens, Razi, et son jeune informateur palestinien, Sanfur (« Schtroumpf » en arabe), sur fond d'attentats suicides en Israël. Sanfur est tiraillé entre son amitié pour Razi et sa loyauté pour sa famille et notamment son frère Ibrahim, qui appartient aux Brigades des martyrs d'Al-Aqsa tout en étant financé par le Hamas. De nombreux protagonistes de ce thriller jouent en fait un double jeu, sur fond d'alliances politiques mouvantes inter-palestiniennes et israélo-palestiniennes.