Burning Country (Germany: Brennendes Land) is a 1921 German silent adventure film directed by Heinz Herald and starring Marie Wismar, Ernst Deutsch and Kurt Vespermann. It premiered in Berlin on 10 March 1921.
OriginCanada GenresThriller, Action, Adventure ActorsMarc-André Grondin, Marc Beaupré, Bosse Rating60% Anticipant un bris de normalité, Antoine, un père de famille, assiste à une formation survivaliste donnée par Alain dans sa base autonome durable, cachée loin au fond des bois. À la suite d’un grave accident, une partie du groupe refuse de se débarrasser des preuves et doit fuir dans une forêt remplie de pièges pour échapper aux attaques de leurs confrères, afin de contacter les autorités.
, 1h31 Directed byByron Haskin OriginUSA GenresDrama, Action, Adventure, Romance ThemesSeafaring films, Transport films, Pirate films ActorsBurt Lancaster, Joan Rice, Benson Fong, André Morell, Philip Ahn, Abraham Sofaer Rating60% Captain David O'Keefe (Burt Lancaster), seeking his fortune in the 19th century South Pacific, decides to enlist island natives to harvest copra, but runs into a wall of cultural problems. Backed by a Chinese dentist, he obtains a ship and sets about harvesting copra while fending off cantankerous native chieftains and ambitious German empire-builders. The natives, happy with their existence, see no reason to work hard to obtain copra, either for a German trading company or for O'Keefe. He finally motivates them by showing them how to produce large quantities of Rai stones, the stone money of Yap, their valued coinage.
, 1h40 Directed byAndrew Marton OriginUSA GenresDrama, Adventure, Romance ActorsStewart Granger, Grace Kelly, Paul Douglas, John Ericson, Murvyn Vye, José Torvay Rating59% Rugged mining engineer Rian Mitchell (Stewart Granger) discovers a lost emerald mine in the highlands of Colombia, which had last been operated by the Spanish conquistadors. Rian is a man consumed by the quest for wealth. However, he has to contend with local bandits and a savage jaguar.