I'm not sure what you mean by "old". Two movies with drowned sisters come to mind. Neither one has a body kept in a casket though the first has a shrine at the bottom of the lake.In both of these, the brother blames himself for the accident.
Dementia 13 (1963) It's a b&w film. You can read the plot summary here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dementia_13Haunted (1995) You can read the plot summary here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haunted_(1995_film)I'll look around for other possibilities.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.