A Portuguese soldier, who got stranded from his team during the La Lys battle Read More »
War
Two Deaths (1995) Nicolas Roeg, Sonia Braga, Patrick Malahide, Ion Caramitru
Set during a recent European revolution, when the students have just begun to rise Read More »
The Boat Is Full AKA Das Boot ist voll (1981) Markus Imhoof, Tina Engel, Hans Diehl, Martin Walz
During World War II, Switzerland severely limited refugees: “Our boat is full.” Read More »
The Camp AKA Naked Among Wolves AKA Nackt unter Wölfen (2015) Philipp Kadelbach, Florian Stetter, Peter Schneider, Sylvester Groth
Taking place at the Concentration camp Buchenwald at the end of March 1945 Read More »
Blockade (1938) William Dieterle, Madeleine Carroll, Henry Fonda, Leo Carrillo
A simple peasant is forced to take up arms to defend his farm during the Spanish Civil War. Read More »
The Scapular AKA El escapulario (1968) Servando González, Enrique Lizalde, Enrique Aguilar, Carlos Cardán
A woman who is about to die calls the town’s priest and hands him a scapulary, saying that she knows of its great powers. Read More »
The Big Blockade (1942) Charles Frend, Will Hay, Bernard Miles, John Stuart
Wartime propaganda piece reporting on the success of the economic blockade of Germany in the early years of the war. Read More »
Good Morning, Babylon AKA Good morning Babilonia (1987) Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani, Vincent Spano, Joaquim de Almeida, Greta Scacchi
After the bankruptcy of their father’s stonemasonry firm, brothers Nicola and Andrea emigrate to America to restore their fortunes. Read More »
Private (2004) Saverio Costanzo, Mohammad Bakri, Lior Miller, Hend Ayoub
A Palestinian family with five children lives outside town, near Israeli settlements. Read More »
The Black Chapel AKA Geheimaktion Schwarze Kapelle (1959) Ralph Habib, Dawn Addams, Peter van Eyck, Ernst Schröder
1933 in Germany. The rise of Nazism fears war and some officers, concerned the fate that hostilities Read More »
Hitler (1962) Stuart Heisler, Richard Basehart, Maria Emo, Cordula Trantow
Richard Basehart stars as one of the most influential and one of the most reviled men in history 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 »
Lazybones (1925) Frank Borzage, Madge Bellamy, Buck Jones, Zasu Pitts
Steve Tuttle, the titular lazybones, takes on the responsibility of raising a fatherless girl, causing a scandal in his small town. Read More »
Greenery Will Bloom Again AKA Torneranno i prati (2014) Ermanno Olmi, Claudio Santamaria, Camillo Grassi, Niccolò Senni
World War I, Italian north-eastern front after the 1917 bloody battles on the Altipiano. Read More »
The Scarlet Coat (1955) John Sturges, Cornel Wilde, Michael Wilding, George Sanders
In 1780 Major John Boulton is recruited by Colonial intelligence as a counterspy who will feign desertion to the British forces. Read More »