(Perhap these films will suffice until the rumored release of The Book Thief in late 2010)

Movies @ your library

The film based on the John Boyne book, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas: A Fable, will be shown at the South Sioux City Public Library Thursday, February 11 at 6:30 p.m. and again on Saturday, February 20 at 2 p.m.

Films about artistic censorship and book burning

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (DVD Fah). In a future where people watch wall-sized reality TV and do not think or act independently, firemen burn books and start fires.

Pleasantville (New DVD Ple). A brother and sister are magically transported into a black-and-white 1950s sitcom where they alter the environment, dividing the town into people for and against change.Portrait of an Unknown Woman by Vanora Bennett (Fiction Ben). An epic tale in which an artist flees to the safety of Tudor England to escape artistic censorship.

Films about the Holocaust

THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PAJAMAS
Sheila Hancock, David Thewlis, David Hayman, Jim Norton, Vera Farmiga
Miramax; Directed by Mark Herman
Rated PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested); 94 minutes; 2008
An innocent and naive 8-year-old ignores his mother and sets off on an adventure in the woods. Soon he meets a young boy, and a surprising friendship develops. Set during World War II, this remarkable and inspiring story about the power of the human spirit will capture your heart and engage your mind.

DEFIANCE
Daniel Craig, Liev Schreiber, Jamie Bell
Paramount Vantage; Directed by Edward Zwick
Rated R; 137 minutes; 2008
It is 1941 in Eastern Europe and amid the massacre of the Jews, three brothers manage to escape into the woods near their home. Initially just surviving, they soon begin a desperate battle against the Nazis. Their bravery attracts others to their fight for freedom as they find a way to avenge the deaths of their loved ones.

THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK (As Seen On BBC)
Ellie Kendrick, Iain Glen, Tamsin Greig
Directed by Jon James
Rated PG (Parental Guidance Suggested); 150 minutes; 2008
The new Diary of Anne Frank production is the first true and authentic account of life in hiding under Nazi terror during World War II from the unique perspective of a teenage Jewish girl. The Diary of Anne Frank is a modern, timeless classic of literature and a extraordinary social document that has endured the world over. The BBC worked directly with the Anne Frank-Fonds estate to ensure complete authenticity for the film.

INTO THE ARMS OF STRANGERS: STORIES OF THE KINDERTRANSPORT
Judi Dench, Alexander Gordon, Lory Cahn, Kurt Fuchel, Eva Hayman
Warner Home Video: Directed by Mark Jonathan Harris
Rated PG (Parental Guidance Suggested); 122 minutes; 2000
This Academy Award-winning documentary (produced with the cooperation of the United States Holocaust Museum) chronicles one of the lesser-known stories of the Holocaust: that of the kindertransport, which saved the lives of 10,000 Jewish children. In the late 1930s, England agreed to accept these children seeking refuge from Nazi oppression.

JAKOB THE LIAR
Robin Williams, Alan Arkin, Bob Balaban, Michael Jeter
TriStar Pictures; Directed by Peter Kassovitz
Rated PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested); 114 minutes; 1999
In Nazi-occupied Poland during World War II, poor Jewish café owner Jakob (Robin Williams) accidentally overhears a forbidden radio news bulletin signaling Soviet military successes against German forces. To combat the overwhelming depression that pervades the ghetto, Jakob tells fictitious news bulletins about Allied advances against the Nazis. These lies keep hope and humor alive among the ghetto inhabitants. The Germans learn of the mythical radio, however, and begin a search for the resistance hero who dares operate it.

THE HARMONISTS
Ben Becker, Heino Ferch, Ulrich Noethen, Heinrich Schafmeister
Miramax Films; Directed by Joseph Vilsmaier
Rated R; 114 minutes; 1999
Based on the memories of the longest surviving member of a 1930s German barbershop sextet, this musical drama chronicles the life and times of six musicians who form a harmony group. Shortly after their rise to fame, authorities pressured them to either lose the three Jewish members in the group or perform material more fitting to National Socialism. While a successful trip to New York tempted several members to stay, they all returned home to perform a final, heart-wrenching concert.

LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL
Claudio Alfonsi, Lidia Alfonsi, Gil Baroni, Massimo Bianchi, Sergio Bini Bustric
Miramax; Directed by Roberto Benigni
Rated PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested); 116 minutes; 1998
Shipped off to a concentration camp in the waning days of the war, a father is determined to shelter his son from the evils around them and convinces him they're in an elaborate contest to win (of all things) a tank.

JUDGMENT AT NUREMBERG
Spencer Tracy, Burt Lancaster, Maximilian Schell
MGM/UA; Directed by Stanley Kramer
Black and White; Not Rated; 179 minutes; 1961
A poignant film concerning the historic Nuremberg trials of Nazi war criminals, incorporating the idea of personal responsibility for criminal acts committed in the service of country—an issue still current today. The cast of international stars gives moving performances, accurately recreating the actual people and events.