Sir John Falstaff is the hero in this compilation of extracts from Shakespeare’s ‘Henry IV’ and other plays Read More »
War
Young Jesse James (1960) William F. Claxton, Ray Stricklyn, Willard Parker, Merry Anders
In this one, the father of Jesse and Frank James is unjustly hanged by Union troops Read More »
The Accompanist / L’accompagnatrice (1992) Claude Miller, Richard Bohringer, Elena Safonova, Romane Bohringer
In Nazi-occupied Paris, a young accompanist named Sophie Vasseur gets Read More »
Night Plane from Chungking (1943) Ralph Murphy, Robert Preston, Ellen Drew, Otto Kruger
Without lights and in a driving rain, a bus is lumbering along the muddy Assam Road Read More »
International Lady (1941) Tim Whelan
The film opens with a German air-raid over the skies of London Read More »
The Lost Squadron (1932) George Archainbaud
In hard times just after World War I, three ex-fighter pilots manage to land jobs Read More »
The Vulture (1981) Yaky Yosha, Shraga Harpaz
Boaz, a reserve soldier returns from the battlefield and becomes involved in editing a memorial Read More »
The Lion of Flanders (1984) Hugo Claus
A tale centered on the Battle of the Golden Spurs in 1302 where the Flemish Read More »
Those Who Return Shall Love to the End / Kto vernyotsa, dolyubit (1968) Leonid Osyka, Yelena Dimitriu, Yuriy Dubrovin, Liliya Gurova
The Siege of the Alcazar (1940) Augusto Genina, Fosco Giachetti, Mireille Balin, María Denis
Set during the Spanish civil war, the story of a commander of a fort Alcazar in Toledo, faithful to general Franco. Read More »