During the Suez Crisis of 1956, two young clerks at the stuffy Foreign Office Read More »
War
Wild Flower AKA Flor silvestre (1943) Emilio Fernández, Dolores del Rio, Pedro Armendáriz
Completed before his immensely successful Maria Candelaria, Emilio Fernandez’ Flor Sylvestre was released Read More »
The Grey Zone (2001) Tim Blake Nelson, David Arquette, Velizar Binev, David Chandler
The true story of Dr. Miklos Nyiszli, a Hungarian Jew chosen by Josef Mengele Read More »
Days of Glory (1944) Jacques Tourneur, Gregory Peck, Tamara Toumanova, Alan Reed
In late 1941, with the Nazi invasion of Russia still advancing, the Red Army Read More »
The Navy Comes Through (1942) A. Edward Sutherland, Pat O’Brien, George Murphy, Jane Wyatt
A U.S. Navy crew aboard a merchant marine ship battle Nazis. Read More »
Desert Mice (1959) Michael Relph, Alfred Marks, Sidney James, Dora Bryan
WW2 British entertainment troupe bring comedy and chaos to North Africa. Read More »
Rough Riders (1997) John Milius, Tom Berenger, Sam Elliott, Gary Busey
In 1898, the U.S. Government decided to intervene on the side of the Cuban rebels in their struggle against Spanish rule. Read More »
The Last of the Vikings AKA L’ultimo dei Vikinghi (1961) Giacomo Gentilomo, Cameron Mitchell, Edmund Purdom, Isabelle Corey
Harald and younger brother Guntar return to Norway after a 10-year voyage to find their father Read More »
Alfred the Great (1969) Clive Donner, David Hemmings, Michael York, Prunella Ransome
While Old England is being ransacked by roving Danes in the ninth century, Alfred is planning to join the priesthood. Read More »
Journey’s End (1930) James Whale, Colin Clive, Ian Maclaren, David Manners
In France, 1917, an alcoholic captain is afraid that his new replacement, his sweetheart’s brother, will betray his downfall. Read More »
Operation: Daybreak (1975) Lewis Gilbert, Timothy Bottoms, Martin Shaw, Joss Ackland
In 1942 Czechoslovakia, SS-General Reinhard Heydrich is appointed to become the Reich Protector of Bohemia and Moravia. Read More »
Captain Lechi AKA Kapetan Lesi (1960) Zivorad ‘Zika’ Mitrovic, Aleksandar Gavric, Petar Prlicko, Dimitar Kostarov
Kosmet in the fall of 1944. The Partisans have successfully liberated the town of Prizren Read More »
Pilot 5 (1943) George Sidney, Franchot Tone, Marsha Hunt, Gene Kelly
A small group of Allied soldiers and airmen on Java are being bombed by Japanese planes daily. Read More »
Shadow of Victory AKA In de schaduw van de overwinning (1986) Ate de Jong, Jeroen Krabbé, Edwin de Vries, Linda van Dyck
During WWII, two members of the Dutch resistance share the same goal Read More »
The Last Butterfly AKA Poslední motýl (1991) Karel Kachyna, Tom Courtenay, Brigitte Fossey, Ingrid Held
Stage mime Antoine Moreau (Tom Courtenay) is compelled by the Gestapo to put on a performance Read More »