During WWII, a small but strong-willed 12-year-old boy tries to steer his vocationally and maritally confused father straight Read More »
War
Difficult Years (1948) Luigi Zampa, Massimo Girotti
Aldo Piscitello, a minor government clerk, is forced in 1934 to join the Fascist party. Read More »
Every Young Man (1966) Pavel Jurácek, Pavel Landovský
Jurácek’s feature debut is shot in two parts. In the first, a corporal accompanies Read More »
Went the Day Well? (1942) Alberto Cavalcanti, Leslie Banks
The residents of a British village during WWII welcome a platoon of soldiers who are to be billeted with them. Read More »
Caterpillar (2010) Kôji Wakamatsu, Shinobu Terajima
During the Second Sino-Japanese War, in 1940, Lieutenant Kurokawa returns home as a honored Read More »
World War III (2022) Houman Seyyedi, Mohsen Tanabandeh
After being cast in a movie, a day laborer has to secretly shelter his lover Read More »
A Walk in the Sun (1945) Lewis Milestone, Dana Andrews
In the 1943 invasion of Italy, one American platoon lands, digs in, then makes its way inland to blow up a bridge next Read More »
Von Ryan’s Express (1965) Mark Robson, Frank Sinatra
Ryan, an American POW, leads his fellow prisoners on a dangerous escape from the Germans in Italy. Having seemingly made errors of judgement Read More »
Men Without Wings (1946) Frantisek Cáp, Gustav Nezval
The action takes place in occupied Czechoslovak Republic after assassination of Schutzstaffel (SS)-Obergruppenführer Read More »
The Girl with the Red Hair (1981) Ben Verbong, Loes Luca
Johanna ‘Hannie’ Schaft tells, in flash-backs, how she decides during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands Read More »