Because of his German parentage, government agent Carl Steelman is assigned to by his chief, Craig, to join the Nazi Bund, to obtain information on the underground activities of the group. Read More »
War
The Key (1958) Carol Reed, William Holden, Sophia Loren, Trevor Howard, Drama, Romance, War
Not well equipped with weaponry, the tugs are sitting ducks for enemy fire. As such, the crew working the tugs have precarious lives, many with deep seated emotional problems. Read More »
Eroica (1958) Andrzej Munk, Edward Dziewonski, Barbara Polomska, Ignacy Machowski, Comedy, Drama, War
Two sketches covering episodes from the World War II. In the first novel, “Scherzo alla polacca”, a shrewd son, trying to preserve his skin, ultimately becomes a hero and finds a reason for fighting. Read More »
Destination Unknown (1942) Ray Taylor, William Gargan, Irene Hervey, Sam Levene, Drama, Romance, War
In Shanghai, Elena Varnoff attempts to learn the secret of the priceless-and-hidden St. Petersburg from Karl Renner, an Axiz agent working with the Japanese. Read More »
La vie et rien d’autre / Life and Nothing But (1989) Bertrand Tavernier, Philippe Noiret, Sabine Azéma, Pascale Vignal, Drama, War
January, 1920. 350,000 French soldiers remain missing in action. Major Dellaplane tirelessly matches the dead and the wounded with families’ descriptions. Read More »
Perceval le Gallois (1978) Éric Rohmer, Fabrice Luchini, André Dussollier, Solange Boulanger, Drama, Music, Romance, War
The film chronicles Perceval’s knighthood, maturation and eventual peerage amongst the Knights of the Round Table Read More »
The Boy from Stalingrad (1943) Sidney Salkow, Tay Garnett, Bobby Samarzich, Conrad Binyon, Mary Lou Harrington, Drama, War
Russian children out in the fields gathering grain find themselves in the path of the invading German army making its way to Stalingrad, a target city of their onslaught. Read More »
Stalag 17 (1953) Billy Wilder, William Holden, Don Taylor, Otto Preminger, Drama, War
One night in 1944 in a German POW camp housing American airmen, two prisoners try to escape the compound and are quickly discovered and shot dead. Read More »
The Best of Enemies (1961) Guy Hamilton, David Niven, Alberto Sordi, Amedeo Nazzari, Adventure, Comedy, War
In 1941 the Italian and British forces face one another.Italian army Captain Blasi and his troops capture a British army Major Richardson and his pilot when their scout plane crashes. Read More »
Un pilota ritorna / A Pilot Returns (1942) Roberto Rossellini, Massimo Girotti, Michela Belmonte, Gaetano Masier, Drama, War
A young Italian pilot is interned in a British prison camp after his plane is shot down during the war against Greece. Read More »
The Triple Echo (1972) Michael Apted, Glenda Jackson, Oliver Reed, Brian Deacon, Drama, War
Barton is a soldier in WW2 England; he meets Alice, who is looking after her farm single-handed as her husband is a prisoner of the Japanese. Read More »
Zone Troopers (1985) Danny Bilson, Tim Thomerson, Timothy Van Patten, Art LaFleur, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, War
In Italy during WW II, a patrol of American soldiers discover a space ship that has crash-landed in the woods, and they come across its alien crew. Read More »
Khartoum (1966) Basil Dearden, Charlton Heston, Laurence Olivier, Richard Johnson, Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War
After an Egyptian army, commanded by British officers, is destroyed in a battle in the Sudan in the 1880’s, the British government is in a quandary. Read More »
Behold a Pale Horse (1964) Fred Zinnemann, Gregory Peck, Anthony Quinn, Omar Sharif, Drama, War
Manuel Artiguez, a famous bandit during the Spanish civil war, has lived in French exile for 20 years. When his mother is dying he considers visiting her secretly in his Spanish home town. Read More »
Sword in the Desert (1949) George Sherman, Dana Andrews, Märta Torén, Stephen McNally, Action, Drama, History, War
Cynical freighter captain Mike Dillon hopes to take the money and run after helping to smuggle Jewish refugees ashore in pre-Israel Palestine. Read More »