Ofelia har alltid vært glad i eventyr, og plutselig lever hun midt inne i et selv. Mens mor er syk i barsel og den nye stefaren er opptatt med å slakte lokalbefolkningen, finner Ofelia ut at hun er tronarving til et paradisisk rike under jorda. Men det er ikke bare å kreve sin fødselsrett, hun må utføre tre oppgaver før fullmåne... Vi er i Spania, og fascistene er i ferd med å sette inn nådestøtet. Tolv år gamle Ofelia bryr seg ikke mye om politikk, men når moren gifter seg med den nådeløse kaptein Vidal får hun se hva fascismen kan gjøre med et menneske. Bak huset hun nettopp har flyttet inn i finner hun en urgammel labyrint, og i labyrinten møter hun en mystisk skapning.

Bruno, en uskyldig og naiv 8-åring, tvinges uten forvarsel til å flytte fra sitt trygge hjem i Berlin til den tyske landsbygda. Rastløs og full av kjedsomhet ignorerer Bruno sin mors gjentatte formaninger om å holde seg unna bakhagen og setter kursen mot ”gården” han har sett i skogen. Der møter han en jevnaldrende gutt og et uventet vennskap oppstår… Gutten i den stripete pysjamasen utspiller seg under andre verdenskrig og er basert på John Boynes prisbelønnede roman. Denne bemerkelsesverdige og gripende historien vil definitivt engasjere deg og fengsle ditt hjerte…

A World War II satire that follows a lonely German boy whose world view is turned upside down when he discovers his single mother is hiding a young Jewish girl in their attic. Aided only by his idiotic imaginary friend, Adolf Hitler, Jojo must confront his blind nationalism.

Under krigen måtte den jødiske piken Anne Frank og hennes familie gjemme seg unna tyskerne. På et hemmelig loft i et hus i Amsterdam levde de i flere år inntil de ble oppdaget, fengslet og sendt til gasskamrene i Tyskland. Anne Franks dagbok ble senere funnet på loftet, og den kunne fortelle om hvordan familien hadde hatt det mens de levde i skjul.

While subjected to the horrors of WWII Germany, young Liesel finds solace by stealing books and sharing them with others. Under the stairs in her home, a Jewish refugee is being sheltered by her adoptive parents.

Orphaned after a Nazi air raid, Paulette, a young Parisian girl, runs into Michel, an older peasant boy, and the two quickly become close. Together, they try to make sense of the chaotic and crumbling world around them, attempting to cope with death as they create a burial ground for Paulette's deceased pet dog. Eventually, however, Paulette's stay with Michel's family is threatened by the harsh realities of wartime.

Jamie Graham, a privileged English boy, is living in Shanghai when the Japanese invade and force all foreigners into prison camps. Jamie is captured with an American sailor, who looks out for him while they are in the camp together. Even though he is separated from his parents and in a hostile environment, Jamie maintains his dignity and youthful spirit, providing a beacon of hope for the others held captive with him.

Disneys Oscar-belønnede Hokus Pokus Kosteskaft byr på en fortryllende opplevelse med både tegnede figurer og ekte skuespillere. Bli med på en reise fylt av fantasi og magi i denne Disney klassikeren. Det er krig og søsknene Rawlins blir flyttet fra London til et sikrere sted på landet, for å bo hos den utrivelige Eglantine Price. Det viser seg at Eglantine holder på å lære seg trolldom og heksekunster, men hun mangler den siste trylleformelen for å bli utlært. Før barna vet ordet av det blir de med på jakten etter en mystisk gammel bok hvor den siste formelen finnes. Med hjelp fra en flygende seng og en hel del tryllekunster får de oppleve det ene eventyret etter det andre – blant annet et besøk på den tegnede fantasiøyen Naboombu, hvor dyrene byr dem på en uforglemmelig fotballkamp!

The invasion of a village in Byelorussia by German forces sends young Florya into the forest to join the weary Resistance fighters, against his family's wishes. There he meets a girl, Glasha, who accompanies him back to his village. On returning home, Florya finds his family and fellow peasants massacred. His continued survival amidst the brutal debris of war becomes increasingly nightmarish, a battle between despair and hope.

Based on the experiences of Agu, a child fighting in the civil war of an unnamed, fictional West African country. Follows Agu's journey as he's forced to join a group of soldiers. While he fears his commander and many of the men around him, his fledgling childhood has been brutally shattered by the war raging through his country, and he is at first torn between conflicting revulsion and fascination.

In 1942, Friedrich Weimer's boxing skills get him an appointment to a National Political Academy (NaPolA) – high schools that produce Nazi elite. Over his father's objections, Friedrich enrolls. During his year in seventh column,Friedrich encounters hazing, cruelty, death, and the Nazi code. His friendship with Albrecht, the ascetic son of the area's governor, is central to this education.

A Jewish boy separated from his family in the early days of WWII poses as a German orphan and is taken into the heart of the Nazi world as a 'war hero' and eventually becomes a Hitler Youth.

In WW2, twelve year old Soviet orphan Ivan Bondarev works for the Soviet army as a scout behind the German lines and strikes a friendship with three sympathetic Soviet officers.

A group of German boys are ordered to protect a small bridge in their home village during the waning months of the second world war. Truckloads of defeated, cynical Wehrmacht soldiers flee the approaching American troops, but the boys, full of enthusiasm for the "blood and honor" Nazi ideology, stay to defend the useless bridge. The film is based on a West German anti-war novel of the same name, written by Gregor Dorfmeister.

The story of a close-knit group of young kids in Nazi Germany who listen to banned swing music from the US. Soon dancing and fun leads to more difficult choices as the Nazi's begin tightening the grip on Germany. Each member of the group is forced to face some tough choices about right, wrong, and survival.

A young boy, in an effort to have a normal childhood in 1980s El Salvador, is caught up in a dramatic fight for his life as he desperately tries to avoid the war which is raging all around him

Hisako loses her home in Tokyo to Allied bombing. With her husband fighting somewhere in Asia, she and her two children evacuate to a suburb of Kobe, where they share a house with Hisako's cousin, Kyoko. Kobe is bombed and Kyoko is killed. Hisako is forced to take care of Kyoko's two children in addition to her own, but there is not enough food for everyone.

Au revoir les enfants tells a heartbreaking story of friendship and devastating loss concerning two boys living in Nazi-occupied France. At a provincial Catholic boarding school, the precocious youths enjoy true camaraderie—until a secret is revealed. Based on events from writer-director Malle’s own childhood, the film is a subtle, precisely observed tale of courage, cowardice, and tragic awakening.

Turtles can fly tells the story of a group of young children near the Turkey-Iran border. They clean up mines and wait for the Saddam regime to fall.

Lore leads her four younger siblings across a war-torn Germany in 1945. Amidst the chaos she encounters a mysterious refugee who shatters her fragile reality with hatred and desire.