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-- Hollywood's pact with Hitler2013., Adult, The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press Call No: 791.43 U72c Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: To continue doing business in Germany after Hitler's ascent to power, Hollywood studios agreed not to make films that attacked the Nazis or condemned Germany's persecution of Jews. Ben Urwand reveals this bargain for the first time--a "collaboration" (Zusammenarbeit) that drew in a cast of characters ranging from notorious German political leaders such as Goebbels to Hollywood icons such as Louis B. Mayer.
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-- FÃnlscher.2008, p2007., Adult, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Call No: DVD Fic Counterfeiters Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Germany, 1936. Salomon "Sally" Sorowitsch is the king of counterfeiters. He lives a life of cards, booze, and women. Suddenly his luck runs dry when he is arrested by Superintendent Friedrich Herzog. He is immediately thrown into the Mauthausen concentration camp. There, Salomon exhibits exceptional skills and is soon transferred to the upgraded camp of Sachsenhausen. Upon his arrival, he once again comes face to face with Herzog, who is there on a secret mission. Hand-picked for his unique skill, Salomon and a group of professionals are forced to produce fake foreign currency under the program Operation Berhard. The team, which also includes detainee Adolf Burger, is given luxury barracks for their assistance. Salomon attempts to weaken the economy of Germany's opponents. But, Adolf refuses to use his skills for Nazi profit and would like to do something to stop the operation. Now faced with a moral dilemma, Salomon must decide whether his actions are ultimately the right ones.
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-- Lola rennt.2005., Columbia TriStar Home Video Call No: DVD Fic Run Lola Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Sony Pictures classics.Summary Note: Set against the gritty urban scenescape of Berlin and a pounding techno soundtrack, Run Lola run is a frenetic, inventive existential thriller that explores the life-altering impact of seemingly inconsequential actions. Beautiful, hip, and young, poor Lola has but 20 minutes to locate a missing bag containing 100,000 Deutsche marks or come up with the money some other way--if she can't, gangsters are going to kill her boyfriend. A pulse-raising race against time, the film employs a startling array of innovative techniques to present three separate scenarios, all departing from a single split-second decision Lola makes.
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C2005., Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Call No: DVD Fic Walk on Availability:0 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: While on assignment in Berlin, a homophobic Israeli intelligence agent is tasked with offing a Nazi war criminal. However, he has a crisis of conscience after he befriends a target's gay grandson.
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2010, p2009., Adult, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Call No: DVD Fic WhiteR Edition: Anamorphic widescreen. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Several accidents and deaths in a small German village just prior to the start of World War I appear to have connections to the suppressed children of the villagers.
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By Furst, Alan2002., Random House Trade Paperbacks Call No: Fic Fur Edition: 1st trade pbk. ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library