Universal’s Air Cadet stars Stephen McNally as the obligatory tough topkick, here assigned to whip a bunch of green pilots into shape. Read More »
War
The Age of the Earth AKA A Idade da Terra (1980) Glauber Rocha, Maurício do Valle, Jece Valadão, Antonio Pitanga
The day that Pier Paolo Pasolini was killed, Glauber Rocha decided to make this film about the life of Christ in the Third World. Read More »
This England (1941) David MacDonald, Emlyn Williams, John Clements, Constance Cummings
This British- National-Anglo American production reinforces the theme that whoever assails Read More »
Prisoner of War (1954) Andrew Marton, Ronald Reagan, Steve Forrest, Dewey Martin
An American army officer, troubled by reports of brutality, volunteers to investigate conditions inside North Korean POW camps. Read More »
Tarnished Heroes (1961) Ernest Morris, Dermot Walsh, Anton Rodgers, Patrick McAlinney
In this wartime drama, a band of soldiers prefer to drink, steal, and leave the army to fighting. Read More »
Hero on the Front AKA Soldado Milhões (2018) Gonçalo Galvão Teles, Jorge Paixão da Costa, João Arrais, Miguel Borges, Raimundo Cosme
A Portuguese soldier, who got stranded from his team during the La Lys battle Read More »
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 »