1943 Movies

A 1943 Soviet war propaganda film by Ukrainian director Oleksandr Dovzhenko and Yuliya Solntseva. It is Dovzhenko's second World War II documentary, and dealt with the Battle of Kharkiv. The film incorporates German footage of the invasion of Ukraine, which wa...

A gambler is about to stand trial for a crime he actually didn't commit. In order to brush up his "image", he adopts an orphaned newsboy.

A spider attempts to lure a ladybug into his web. When she manages to escape and hide in a tulip, a storm comes that batters the spider, while the ladybug remains safe.

"As everyone knows," the narrator begins, "goldfish must have water... and cats hate water." And so it goes.

Texas Ranger O'Brien has an outlaw twin brother. When his sibling is killed, O'Brien assumes his identity in order to infiltrate a gang of stagecoach robbers.

This propaganda film was partly inspired by the story of the first Italian heavyweight champion Primo Carnera who, after winning the title with Al Capone’s help in 1933, was beaten the following year by the Jewish Max Bear and then again by the ‘Brown Bomber’...

Najma is a 1943 Indian film directed by Mehboob Khan and starring Ashok Kumar and Veena. The film's music is by Rafiq Ghaznavi with lyrics by Anjum Pilibhiti. Najma was the first film under Mehboob Khan's Mehboob Productions banner. Due to its financial succes...

An elderly woman whose son disappeared years before refuses to move when her apartment building is turned into a college dormitory for male students, as she is convinced that he will return one day. She continues to live in the building after it becomes a dorm...

Professor Örnstedt is having a hard time at home.

An industrial animated newsreel with the following items: British underground munitions factories and women shipbuilders

The three sons of a Mexican family emigrated to USA end up fighting in WWII.

In the difficult 30'ies, the poor working family Jensen is struggling in affording their sons education, and it ends in tragedy. The son befriends the daughter of the, not liked by the rich employer West, which sends his daughter away.

A 1943 film starring Gong Qiuxia. The film features a musical interlude sung by Gong, with lyrics by Chen Gexin. The title is sometimes translated into English as "Torrents"

A sideshow barker uses magic and visual aids to alert the public that proper food management is both a resource and a weapon that could be to America's advantage if conserved properly in winning the then current World War. Preserved by the Academy Film Archiv...

Robert Benchley answers questions ranging from across the political spectrum.

A state-sponsored film centered on Shinsaku Takasugi’s theories on coastal defense.

Fazlu, a lifelong servant, is wrongly imprisoned after being blamed for his master's son's death. He escapes, believing his newborn is the child reincarnated. The film follows Fazlu's heartbreaking journey as he watches his family crumble under economic hardsh...

To take the wind out of the sails of the sculptor Karl Schwerfeger—who is in the process of modeling her head—Herta pretends that a complete stranger, a young university student, is her boyfriend, and even accompanies him to one of his lectures. The student’s...

2 GI's about to go into battle in WW2 discuss how to deal with the mental issues of actual combat and how to cope with it. An honest portrayal of how hard it really is for men to kill each other.