Movie
20th Century Memory
War, ideology, and the making of the modern world
Focuses on wars, political conflicts, social movements, and historical turning points of the 20th century, reconstructing modern historical memory from state systems to individual experience.
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Curator's Note
The 20th century is not only about conflicts between nations, but about how modern identity is shaped through war, ideology, and transformation.
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Depicts systemic violence and moral choice within the Holocaust.
The true story of how businessman Oskar Schindler saved over a thousand Jewish lives from the Nazis while they worked as slaves in his factory during World War II.
Reconstructs WWII combat realism through immersive warfare.
A survival narrative set within wartime destruction.
A temporal reconstruction of collective wartime evacuation.
A philosophical reflection on war and nature.
Reframes WWII from the opposing side's perspective.
Satirical critique of nuclear Cold War logic.
After the insane General Jack D. Ripper initiates a nuclear strike on the Soviet Union, a war room full of politicians, generals and a Russian diplomat all frantically try to stop it.
Explores media resistance during the Cold War.
The story of journalist Edward R. Murrow's stand against Senator Joseph McCarthy's anti-communist witch-hunts in the early 1950s.
Depicts surveillance and ideological control in East Germany.
A dense portrayal of Cold War espionage systems.
Cold War diplomacy through prisoner exchange narrative.
Nonviolent resistance against colonial rule.
A biographical view of the civil rights movement.
Reconstructs political conspiracy narratives in US history.
Follows the investigation into the assassination of President John F. Kennedy led by New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison.
Chronicles LGBTQ political activism in the US.
Spring in wartime. Each day a milkman crosses the frontline on a donkey, dodging bullets to bring his precious wares to the soldiers. Blessed with good fortune on his mission, loved by a beautiful villager, a peaceful future seems to await him… until the arrival of a mysterious Italian woman turns his life upside down. Thus begins a story of passio
Depicts civil rights marches and systemic change.
Humanity preserved within Holocaust tragedy.
Subjective immersion into Holocaust experience.
Explores guilt and memory in post-war Germany.