List of World War II films (1950–1989)
Year Country Main title ( Alternative titles ) Original title ( Original script ) Director Battles , campaigns , events depicted
1955 Italy The Abandoned Gli sbandati Francesco Maselli The beginning of partisan warfare in Italy after the Armistice
1955 United Kingdom Above Us the Waves Ralph Thomas Submarine attacks on German battleship Tirpitz
1955 United States Bad Day at Black Rock John Sturges Thriller . Disabled veteran tries to deliver a medal
1955 United States Battle Cry Raoul Walsh US Marines and battles of Guadalcanal , Tarawa , Saipan
1955 United Kingdom The Cockleshell Heroes José Ferrer Royal Marine commandos launch Operation Frankton
1955 United Kingdom The Colditz Story Guy Hamilton British , Dutch and French POWs in special escape-proof castle prison
1955 United Kingdom The Dam Busters Michael Anderson RAF bombers launch Operation Chastise
1955 West Germany Austria The Devil 's General Des Teufels General Helmut Käutner Drama based on Gen. Ernst Udet . Successful Luftwaffe General courted by Widerstand
1955 West Germany 08/15 Part 2 08/15 - Im Krieg ( 08/15 - Zweiter Teil ) Paul May Drama . End of war for German soldiers ; second of three parts
1955 West Germany 08/15 at Home 08/15 - In der Heimat Paul May Drama . End of war for German soldiers ; third of three parts
1955 United Kingdom The End of the Affair Edward Dmytryk Romance drama . British homefront and illicit romance
1955 East Germany Ernst Thälmann - Leader of his Class Ernst Thälmann - Führer seiner Klasse Kurt Maetzig Drama . Ernst Thälmann leads Communist opposition to Hitler
1955 United States The Eternal Sea John H. Auer Pacific War
1955 Poland A Generation Pokolenie Andrzej Wajda Polish resistance
1955 West Germany Hanussen , Hitler 's Astrologer Hanussen O. W. Fischer , Georg Marischka Drama . Jewish psychic Erik Jan Hanussen collaborates with Nazis
1955 West Germany Austria Hitler : The Last Ten Days ( The Last Act ) Der letzte Akt Georg Wilhelm Pabst Drama based on novel by Nuremberg judge Michael Musmanno . Hitler 's last days in Reichstag bunker through perspective of bunker guard
1955 Poland The Hours of Hope Godziny nadziei Stanisław Bareja , Jan Rybkowski Poland , 1945
1955 United States It 's Always Fair Weather Stanley Donen , Gene Kelly Musical comedy-drama . US soldiers vowing to reunite after war in 1955
1955 West Germany Jackboot Mutiny Es geschah am 20 . Juli Georg Wilhelm Pabst July 20 plot to assassinate Hitler
1955 Poland Men of the Blue Cross Błękitny krzyż Andrzej Munk Tatra Mountains , Poland on Eastern Front , 1945
Late 1950s
This is a list of fictional feature films or miniseries released since 1950 which feature events of World War II in the narrative.