This film tells the story of World War II as experienced by the inhabitants of Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, at the time a satellite of Moscow. The very rich oil deposits of the region aroused the covetousness of Hitler who needed the oil from Baku to carry out his program of world domination. His entire campaign of 1942-1943 was aimed at seizing them. But the Soviets and the Allies were determined to prevent him from doing so, by all means, including the most radical, even if it meant wiping the city off the map.

Why We Fight: Prelude to War
1942
6.5/10

Nazi Concentration Camps
1945
7.7/10

2000 Meters to Andriivka
2025
8.1/10

Night and Fog
1956
8.3/10

Five Came Back
2017
7.9/10

The War on Democracy
2007
7.5/10

The Memphis Belle
1944
6.7/10

The Battle of San Pietro
1945
6.1/10

Wolf Hound
2022
6.5/10

Night Will Fall
2014
7.6/10

Shoah
1985
8.2/10

For Sama
2019
8.2/10

They Shall Not Grow Old
2018
7.8/10

Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie
1995
7.3/10

Decision Before Dawn
1951
6.8/10

We Go In at Dawn
2020
5.9/10

Battle of Britain
1969
6.9/10

The Codes of War
2025
6.2/10

Father Soldier Son
2020
6.5/10

Virunga
2014
7.9/10
The Old Gun
1975
7.533/10