Palme d'or 1939-1949

Resistance and reprisals in Nazi occupied Czechoslovakia

Escaping a Nazi prison train in war-torn Italy, an American and a British soldier set out for the Swiss border and find themselves leading a multi-national party of refugees for the Italian underground.

An idealistic adolescent suffering under the thumb of a sadistic schoolmaster falls in love with a loose girl who is bullied and tormented by another lover.

In Xochimilco 1909, María Candelaria and Lorenzo Rafael long for getting married but the odds are against them. María Candelaria is segregated for being a prostitute's child and the couple faces the greed of Mr. Damian, the town's shop owner who secretly desires María. When María falls sick with Malaria, Lorenzo Rafael steals a quinine bottle from Damian's shop, unleashing tragedy for the lovers.

Meeting a stranger in a railway station, a woman is tempted to cheat on her husband.

A minister falls in love with a blind young woman he sheltered, but so does his son.

The memories of a Danish saboteur as he awaits his execution in a German wartime prison.

Released after the Russian victory over the Germans in WWII, the film stresses the role of the officer staff during the Battle of Stalingrad.

When Bill and Connie Fuller are forced to move out of their Manhattan apartment because of their pet dog, Connie purchases a dilapidated old Pennsylvania house where George Washington allegedly slept, and persuades Bill to renovate it.

Recounts the courageous efforts by French railroad workers who were part of an organized resistance during German World War II occupation.

A beautiful young woman takes her father's place as the prisoner of a mysterious beast, who wishes to marry her.

At the height of the Roman Civil War, a young Cleopatra (Vivien Leigh) meets a middle-aged Julius Caesar (Claude Rains), who teaches her how to rule Egypt.

The adventurous life of Portugal's epic poet, Luis de Camões.

In 1940, a concentration camp escapee assumes the identity of a dead British officer, only to become a prisoner of war.

A small-time gambler hired to work in a Buenos Aires casino discovers his employer's new wife is his former lover.

The story of one of the Soviet women transported to Germany after the Nazi invasion in World War II for forced labor, this one forced to become a household drudge.

The ordinary life of the prudent employee Mr Travet accelerates as he and her wife meet his new chief.

A ballet producer returns to his native town and schemes to avenge himself on the family who tried to murder him 20 years before.

Biography of the famous--and notorious--Italian violinist Nicolo Paganini.

Animation done to contemporary popular music.

In the Charente, during the Nazi occupation, Edouard Martin, a fifty-year-old man with apparently peaceful life is in fact the leader of a resistance network.

A popular, inspirational biography of a World War II Soviet heroine, showing her life in flashback as she is captured and tortured fighting the German invaders.

A beautiful actress invites Cantinflas to work at a film studio, where he falls asleep and dreams he is D'Artagnan.

Obsessed with perfecting his craft, young gemcutter Danilo visits the mystical Copper Mountain to uncover the secret behind its infamous attraction - the Stone Flower, a stone carving so captivating that no one can leave after seeing it.

Working class couple Antoine and Antoinette dream of a better life. In the midst of constantly fending off the unwanted attention of men, especially the grocer Monsieur Roland, Antoinette purchases a winning lottery ticket. But when Antoine loses their ticket out of poverty, their dreams seem like they'll remain just that.