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Directed by Alexeï GuermanGenres Drama,
WarThemes Politique,
Political filmsActors Rolan Bykov,
Anatoli Solonitsyne,
Vladimir Zamansky,
Oleg Borisov,
Maïa Boulgakova,
Maya BulgakovаRating78%
This film is Alexei German's solo directorial debut which took a philosophical approach to the Soviet usage of "heroes" and "traitors". Screenplay by A. German and Eduard Y. Volodarsky (1941-2012), the film is based on the novel of his father (Operatsiya "S Novym Godom", or Operation "Happy New Year"), Yuri German (1910-1967), a famous Soviet novelist, screenwriter, and journalist. It was shot brilliantly in black-and-white by a crew of cinematographers (B. Aleksandrovsky, Lev Kolganov, Yakov Sklyansky) and Production Designer (Valery Yurkevich)., 2h14
Directed by Lajos KoltaiOrigin HongrieGenres Drama,
WarThemes Films about religion,
Political films,
Films about Jews and JudaismActors Daniel Craig,
Piroska MolnárRating69%
Un jeune garçon fait l'expérience de la guerre dans ses aspects les plus tragiques (port de l'étoile jaune, rafles, déportation, travaux forcés, dégradations en tout genres, etc.), et dans le même temps, il fait l'apprentissage de la vie et passe de l'enfance au monde adulte (coming of age)., 2h10
Directed by James IvoryOrigin USAGenres Drama,
War,
Historical,
RomanceThemes Medical-themed films,
Films about disabilities,
Political films,
La cécitéActors Ralph Fiennes,
Natasha Richardson,
Vanessa Redgrave,
Hiroyuki Sanada,
Lynn Redgrave,
Allan CordunerRating64%
Having escaped the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia, Countess Sofia Belinskaya is working as a taxi dancer in a seedy Shanghai bar to support her family of White émigrés, including her daughter Katya, her mother-in-law Olga, her sister-in-law Grushenka, and an aunt and uncle by marriage, Princess Vera and Prince Peter. Despite the fact employment is scarce and her meagre income is the family's only source of revenue, Sofia's once-aristocratic relatives scorn her for her choice of profession and insist she keep it a secret from her child., 1h44
Directed by Michael McCarthyOrigin United-kingdomGenres Drama,
War,
Thriller,
Action,
HistoricalThemes Political filmsActors Peter Finch,
Eva Bartok,
Tony Britton,
Alexander Knox,
Alfred Burke,
Tim TurnerRating63%
In May 1940, as the German invasion of the Netherlands is under way, the British government decides to send a team to the Netherlands on board HMS Walpole to secure stocks of industrial diamonds before the invaders can get to them. Accordingly, two Dutch diamond experts, Jan Smit (Peter Finch) and Walter Keyser (Alexander Knox) with a British Army Intelligence officer, Major Dillon (Tony Britton), are dropped by ship off the Dutch coast. Dodging German bombs and suspicious Dutch police and soldiers, they commandeer a car driven by Anna (Eva Bartok), whom they have just saved from trying to commit suicide. The four of them drive to Amsterdam., 2h
Directed by Rainer Werner FassbinderOrigin GermanGenres Drama,
WarThemes Pregnancy films,
Films about sexuality,
Political films,
Films about marriageActors Hanna Schygulla,
Klaus Löwitsch,
Gisela Uhlen,
Ivan Desny,
Gottfried John,
Rainer Werner FassbinderRating76%
The film starts in Germany in 1943. During an Allied bombing raid Maria (Hanna Schygulla) marries the soldier Hermann Braun (Klaus Löwitsch). After "half a day and a whole night" together, Hermann returns to the front. Postwar, Maria is told that Hermann has been killed. Maria starts work as a hostess in a bar frequented by American soldiers. She has a relationship with an African-American soldier Bill (George Byrd), who supports her and gives her nylon stockings and cigarettes. She becomes pregnant by Bill., 1h18
Directed by Ray EnrightOrigin USAGenres Drama,
War,
Action,
AdventureThemes Political filmsActors Randolph Scott,
Ruth Warrick,
Anthony Quinn,
Ellen Drew,
Carol Thurston,
Richard LooRating59%
Dr. Gray Thompson, (Randolph Scott) an American missionary doctor, works alongside Dr. Sara Durand (Ruth Warrick) in a hospital he has built in a small hilltop Chinese village, while Japanese forces descend on China. When Gray returns for a trip, he shocks Sara (who is in love with him) by introducing his new socialite wife, Louise (Ellen Drew). Bored and feeling out of place, Louise tries to persuade him to give up his dangerous cause. In the midst of aerial bombing attacks on the village, Dr. Thompson unselfishly helps the local residents, and especially the insurgent leader Chen-Ta (Anthony Quinn) who loves nurse Siu-Mei (Carol Thurston), betrothed to Dr. Kim (Philip Ahn), a sympathetic Chinese/Korean doctor., 1h40
Directed by Robert ParrishOrigin United-kingdomGenres Drama,
War,
Action,
AdventureThemes Seafaring films,
Transport films,
Aviation films,
Political films,
Disaster films,
Films about aviation accidents or incidentsActors Gregory Peck,
Maurice Denham,
Brenda De Banzie,
Lyndon Brook,
Bernard Lee,
Anthony BushellRating64%
Bill Forrester (Gregory Peck), a Canadian pilot serving in the Royal Air Force in Burma, flying de Havilland Mosquitos, a two-seat fighter-bomber. Forrester is emotionally distraught after losing his new wife in the ‘’Blitz’’ in London and has become self destructive, seeking to end his life in action. "You'd think that would be easy in a war", he explains to a Burmese woman, Anna, "but I just kept getting medals instead." With Anna's support, Bill begins to recover his emotional stability., 2h14
Directed by Masanobu DemeGenres Drama,
War,
Historical,
MusicalThemes Prison films,
Political filmsActors Ken Matsudaira,
Hiroshi Abe,
Jun Kunimura,
Bruno Ganz,
Kostja Ullmann,
Suzuka ŌgoRating59%