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Der Untergang (Downfall) and Das Boot, to note two more films regarding the Second World War.
THE DAM BUSTERS 1955
U571 was a true story except it was the Royal Navy that captured the German sub and the decoder [Not the US NAVY]
The Royal Navy deserves credit for that story
I remember hearing the ad for the movie, I was in my truck, so all I heard was U5.., so I immediately thought, good, a movie about the Americans capturing U505! Wrong, what a let down! Typical Hollywood, no history from them, just entertainment.U571 was a true story except it was the Royal Navy that captured the German sub and the decoder [Not the US NAVY]
The Royal Navy deserves credit for that story
Here's another Kenneth More: A Night to Remember. Lacking the effects of the later Titanic, but in every other way so far superior that to compare the two is somewhat insulting to the former. Still the best screen rendition of the Titanic story, by far.
Also the French film Joyeaux Noel, about the Christmas ceasefire on the Western front in 1914. Captures beautifully that brief moment of human triumph against the interests of clashing empires.