In 1917, the First World War is raging. Julien is from Luxemburg, so instead of having to go to war he studies piano in Paris. Read More »
War
The Sullivans (1944) Lloyd Bacon, Anne Baxter, Thomas Mitchell, Selena Royle
The lives of a close-knit group of brothers growing up in Iowa during the days of the Great Depression and of World War II Read More »
Jack London (1943) Alfred Santell, Michael O’Shea, Susan Hayward, Osa Massen
Episodes in the novelist’s life: In 1890, young Jack London quits a cannery job to try oyster piracy. Read More »
Homecoming (1948) Mervyn LeRoy, Clark Gable, Lana Turner, Anne Baxter
Self-absorbed Dr. Lee Johnson enlists with the Army medical corps during World War II, more out of a feeling that it’s “the thing to do” rather than deep-seated patriotism. Read More »
The Heroes (1973) Duccio Tessari, Rod Steiger, Rosanna Schiaffino, Claude Brasseur
Four soldiers and a beautiful Greek nurse, thrown together in North Africa during World War II, team up to pull off a heist of two-million pounds in boxes marked “plasma.” Read More »
The Peach Thief (1964) Vulo Radev, Nevena Kokanova, Rade Markovic, Mikhail Mikhajlov
World War I is coming to its end. Prisoners of war are coming into the town with Serb Ivo among them. Read More »
The Conqueror (1956) Dick Powell, John Wayne, Susan Hayward, Pedro Armendáriz
In ancient times, the Mongolian warlord Temujin must do battle against the rival tribe that killed his father. Read More »
Taras Bulba (1962) J. Lee Thompson, Tony Curtis, Yul Brynner, Christine Kaufmann
A “Romeo and Juliet” story that takes place in the late 16c. Ukraine. Taras has settled into comfortable farm life after years of adventures Read More »
Battle of the Commandos (1969) Umberto Lenzi, Jack Palance, Thomas Hunter, Claudio Undari
Irish Colonel Charlie McPhearson has just had his platoon of twenty-eight slaughtered by German troops. Read More »
In the Mouth of the Wolf (1988) Francisco J. Lombardi, Gustavo Bueno, Toño Vega, José Tejada
The military anti-terrorist army takes control of “Chuspi”, an unknown and faraway small village Read More »
Act of Love (1953) Anatole Litvak, Kirk Douglas, Dany Robin, Barbara Laage
A former soldier on holiday in the French Riviera recalls his time in France during WWII, and his love for a French peasant woman. Read More »
Battle in the Sea of Japan (1969) Seiji Maruyama, Toshirô Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Yûzô Kayama
Japan and Russia clash in what comes to be known as the Russo-Japanese War. An attempt by the Japanese fleet and army to take Port Arthur fails Read More »
The Battle of Algiers (1966) Gillo Pontecorvo, Brahim Hadjadj, Jean Martin, Yacef Saadi
A film commissioned by the Algerian government that shows the Algerian revolution from both sides. Read More »
One chance out of a thousand (1969) Leon Kocharyan, Bagrat Oganesyan, Anatoliy Solonitsyn, Arkadiy Sviderskiy, Aleksandr Fadeyev
In 1942, a detachment of scouts led by Captain Migunko is thrown into the Crimea occupied by the Germans. Read More »
Darkness Fell Over Gotenhafen (1960) Frank Wisbar, Sonja Ziemann, Gunnar Möller, Erik Schumann
At the beginning of 1945, Germany is a defeated nation. Its armies in the east are in full retreat. Read More »