84 Films & TV Shows Set In Africa During The 1940s
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Heliopolis
๐ฉ๐ฟ Algeria The 1940sA Story Inspired by Real Events โ In the city of Guelma, which was once called Heliopolis in ancient times, the daily life of an Algerian family takes its usual course. But on May 8, 1945, the day the end of World War II was announced, demonstrations by the Algerian people against the French colonial power and for the country's independence took place, which were bloodily suppressed by the French army and French settler militias. The event went down in history as the Sรฉtif and Guelma massacre.
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Avengers: Endgame
New York New Jersey California ๐ณ๐ด Norway Tokyo Prefecture Africa - General The 1970s The 1940s The 2010s The 2020s The 2000sPart of the journey is the end. โ After the devastating events of Avengers: Infinity War, the universe is in ruins due to the efforts of the Mad Titan, Thanos. With the help of remaining allies, the Avengers must assemble once more in order to undo Thanos' actions and restore order to the universe once and for all, no matter what consequences may be in store.
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Dalida
๐ช๐ฌ Egypt The 1930s The 1940s The 1950s The 1960s The 1970s The 1980sBased on the true story of acclaimed music icon "Dalida" born in Cairo, who gained celebrity in the 50s, singing in French, Spanish, Arabic, Hebrew, German, Italian, playing in awarded Youssef Chahine's picture "Le Sixiรจme Jour", and who later committed suicide in 1987 in Paris, after selling more than 130 million records worldwide.
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All the Money in the World
California England ๐ซ๐ท France ๐ฎ๐น Italy ๐ธ๐ฆ Saudi Arabia ๐ฒ๐ฆ Morocco The 1970s The 1960s The 1950s The 1940sJ. Paul Getty had a fortune. Everyone else paid the price. โ The story of the kidnapping of 16-year-old John Paul Getty III and the desperate attempt by his devoted mother to convince his billionaire grandfather Jean Paul Getty to pay the ransom.
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A United Kingdom
England ๐ง๐ผ Botswana The 1950s The 1940sThe true story of a love that shook an empire โ The inspiring true story of Seretse Khama, the King of Bechuanaland (modern Botswana), and Ruth Williams, the London office worker he married in 1948 in the face of fierce opposition from their families and the British and South African governments. Seretse and Ruth defied family, Apartheid and empire - their love triumphed over every obstacle flung in their path and in so doing they transformed their nation and inspired the world.
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Allied
England ๐ซ๐ท France ๐ฒ๐ฆ Morocco The 1940sThe enemy is listening. โ In 1942, an intelligence officer in North Africa encounters a female French Resistance fighter on a deadly mission behind enemy lines. When they reunite in London, their relationship is tested by the pressures of war.
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Watchers of the Sky
๐ฉ๐ช Germany ๐ท๐ผ Rwanda ๐ธ๐ฉ Sudan ๐ธ๐พ Syria The 1910s The 1920s The 1930s The 1950s The 1990s The 1940sFive interwoven stories of remarkable courage from Nuremberg to Rwanda, from Darfur to Syria, and from apathy to action.
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Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
๐ฟ๐ฆ South Africa The 1970s The 1980s The 1990s The 1960s The 1940sIt is an ideal for which I am prepared to die. โ A chronicle of Nelson Mandela's life journey from his childhood in a rural village through to his inauguration as the first democratically elected president of South Africa.
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Outside the Law
๐ซ๐ท France ๐ฉ๐ฟ Algeria The 1960s The 1950s The 1940sThree brothers. One destiny. Freedom at all costs. โ After losing their family home in Algeria in the 1920s, three brothers and their mother are scattered across the globe. Messaoud joins the French army fighting in Indochina; Abdelkader becomes a leader of the Algerian independence movement in France and Saรฏd moves to Paris to make his fortune in the shady clubs and boxing halls of Pigalle.
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X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Pennsylvania Nevada Louisiana ๐ณ๐ฌ Nigeria Africa - General ๐จ๐ฆ Canada The 1970s The 1940s The 1910s The 1860s The 1840sWitness the Origin. โ After seeking to live a normal life, Logan sets out to avenge the death of his girlfriend by undergoing the mutant Weapon X program and becoming Wolverine.
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Valkyrie
๐ฉ๐ช Germany ๐น๐ณ Tunisia The 1940sMany saw evil. They dared to stop it. โ Wounded in Africa during World War II, Nazi Col. Claus von Stauffenberg returns to his native Germany and joins the Resistance in a daring plan to create a shadow government and assassinate Adolf Hitler. When events unfold so that he becomes a central player, he finds himself tasked with both leading the coup and personally killing the Fรผhrer.
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Tobruk
๐ฑ๐พ Libya The 1940sIt is the story of Jiri and Jan, two Czech soldiers, battling alongside the allied forces against the Germans, during World War II in Tobruk, Libya. Jiri Pospichal, eighteen years old, signs up as a volunteer in the Czechoslovak army. His naive ideas about heroism are rawly confronted with the hell of the African desert, complicated relationships in his unit and the ubiquitous threat of death.
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The Wedding Song
๐น๐ณ Tunisia The 1940sThe Nazi occupation of Tunisia strains the bonds of friendship between a Muslim woman and a Sephardic Jewess who are both preparing for their marriages.
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The Good Shepherd
Connecticut Virginia District of Columbia England ๐ฉ๐ช Germany ๐จ๐ฉ Congo Democratic Republic of the The 1960s The 1950s The 1940s The 1930sThe untold story of the most powerful covert agency in the world. โ Edward Wilson, the only witness to his father's suicide and member of the Skull and Bones Society while a student at Yale, is a morally upright young man who values honor and discretion, qualities that help him to be recruited for a career in the newly founded OSS. His dedication to his work does not come without a price though, leading him to sacrifice his ideals and eventually his family.
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Days of Glory
๐ซ๐ท France ๐ฎ๐น Italy ๐ฉ๐ฟ Algeria The 1940sThe true story of World War II's forgotten heroes. โ During WWII, four North African men enlist in the French army to liberate that country from Nazi oppression, and to fight French discrimination.
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OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies
๐ช๐ฌ Egypt The 1950s The 1940sSecret agent OSS 117 foils Nazis, beds local beauties, and brings peace to the Middle East.
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Exorcist: The Beginning
๐ช๐ฌ Egypt The 1940sGo back to where the horror began. โ Having lived through traumatizing events during WWII, Father Lankester Merrin takes a sabbatical from the Church to conduct archaeological excavations in British-administered East Africa. Merrin unearths an ancient Byzantine church believed have been built and then immediately buried to keep down evil from the crypt below. The natives are convinced that uncovering the church has unleashed a demon, and begin to violently clash with the British military troops. As the village rapidly disintegrates into chaos and war, Merrin must face-off with the demon which has taken possession of somebody close to him.
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El Alamein
๐ฑ๐พ Libya The 1940sWar seen through the eyes of Serra, a university student from Palermo who volunteers in 1942 to fight in Africa. He is assigned to the Pavia Division on the southern line in Egypt. Rommel and the Axis forces are bogged down; it's October, the British prepare an offensive. At first, boredom, heat, hunger, and thirst bedevil the Italians; then the Brits attack, and there's no luck or heroism in death. Finally, it's retreat in confusion. Serra, his sergeant Rizzo, and his lieutenant Fiori take a last walk toward home. It's said that each soldier gets three miracles; when Serra's are used up, what then?
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Nowhere in Africa
๐ฐ๐ช Kenya The 1940s The 1930sOne family's tale of a homeland lost... and a homeland found. โ A Jewish woman named Jettel Redlich flees Nazi Germany with her daughter Regina, to join her husband, Walter, on a farm in Kenya. At first, Jettel refuses to adjust to her new circumstances, bringing with her a set of china dishes and an evening gown. While Regina adapts readily to this new world, forming a strong bond with her father's cook, an African named Owuor.
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X-Men
New York District of Columbia Mississippi ๐ต๐ฑ Poland Africa - General ๐จ๐ฆ Canada The 2000s The 1940sEvolution Begins โ Two mutants, Rogue and Wolverine, come to a private academy for their kind whose resident superhero team, the X-Men, must oppose a terrorist organization with similar powers.
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Retro Puppet Master
๐ซ๐ท France ๐จ๐ญ Switzerland ๐ช๐ฌ Egypt The 1940s The 1900sThe Legacy Begins ... โ Toulon runs a puppet theatre in the heart of Paris and meets the sorcerer (the mysterious Afzel). When his life is saved by the lovely Swiss Ambassador's daughter Ilsa, we bear witness to the origin of the Puppet Master.
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Tale of the Mummy
๐ช๐ฌ Egypt The 1940s The 1990sThe curse is legend. The terror is real. โ Centuries ago, under the sands of ancient Egypt, a Prince was buried and his tomb eternally cursed so that no man would ever again suffer from his evil ways. But hundreds of years later on a greedy search for treasure, a group of archaeologists break the cursed seal of the tomb. Every man vanishes without a trace, leaving behind only a log book, and a deadly warning of the legend of the bloodthirsty Talos.
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The English Patient
๐ฎ๐น Italy ๐ช๐ฌ Egypt ๐ฑ๐พ Libya The 1940s The 1930sIn love, there are no boundaries. โ In the 1930s, Count Almรกsy is a Hungarian map maker employed by the Royal Geographical Society to chart the vast expanses of the Sahara Desert along with several other prominent explorers. As World War II unfolds, Almรกsy enters into a world of love, betrayal, and politics.
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Cry, the Beloved Country
๐ฟ๐ฆ South Africa The 1940sA South-African preacher goes to search for his wayward son who has committed a crime in the big city.
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The Ascent
๐ฐ๐ช Kenya The 1940sThe real-life adventure of a dashing Italian soldier who escapes a British prisoner-of-war camp because he dreams of climbing 17,000-foot Mt. Kenya and planting the Italian flag at the summit. The obsessive British camp commander pursues him, and the two men are locked in a battle of wills, fuelled by honor and their love for the same woman.
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