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Since the beliefs that parents want to instill in their children can vary greatly, we ask that instead of adding your personal opinions about what is right or wrong in a film, that you instead use this feature to help parents make informed viewing decisions by describing the facts of relevant scenes in the title for each one of the different categories: Sex and Nudity, Violence and Gore, Profanity, Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking, and Frightening/Intense Scenes.
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Sex & Nudity

none.

Violence & Gore

Beating scene. A boy gets beaten to death by german soldiers; although it doesn't show anything, the sounds and screams are greatly graphic and very disturbing. An old man helpless in his wheelchair gets thrown off an apartment balcony to his death. People are shot to the ground and then are run over with big german vehicles. A woman is shot in the head because she asks a german soldier a question. People are violently smothered into a small train sadly including a woman who is about 7 months pregnant, along with young and old people. A man is beaten to death with the butt of a gun. A man is whipped until he falls to the floor because he dropped a pile of bricks he was carrying on his back. There are numerous gorey scenes of dead bloody bodies. There are numerous scenes of people being lined up and shot to death.

Profanity

Language including about 2 uses of the "F" word. the language is strong in only a single scene

Alcohol in a scene, and brief smoking.

A brief speech of Hitler is heard on the radio. A starving old man robs a starving old womans pot of food, she screams for help and then watches the man run off it with is which makes the food fall to the floor. The man bends down to eat it, while the old woman is sobbing hitting the man with her purse. Germans mock the jews by forcing them along with jews who are handicap to dance with each other close together while an accordian is being played; the germans laugh. A german man almost catches a jewish man hiding weapons in a bag of potatoes and then threatens to kill him. A jewish man is almost exposed by a angry german woman which causes him to run for his life. A man has severe jaundice; his skin is yellow and he dellusionally mumbles to himself. A group of Germans warn people in an apartment complex to leave because they are to bomb the building but a jewish man hiding there is locked in and can't get out, so he panics. A man gets caught in hiding by a german soldier.

The treatment of civilians by the german soldiers is disturbing and may upset some people

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MPAA:
Rated R for violence and brief strong language.
Certification:
Iceland:14 / Iceland:16 (video rating) / Argentina:16 / Australia:MA / Brazil:14 / Canada:13+ (Quebec) / Chile:TE / Denmark:11 / Egypt:(Banned) / Finland:K-15 / France:U / Germany:12 (bw) / Hong Kong:IIA / Ireland:15 / Netherlands:12 (re-rating) / New Zealand:R15 / Norway:15 / Peru:PT / Singapore:PG / South Korea:12 / Spain:13 / Sweden:15 / Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) / Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) / Switzerland:14 (canton of the Grisons) / UK:15 / USA:R / Canada:AA (Ontario)

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