During World War 2, a beautiful, brave, deadly woman helps to fight against communist in the Greek Civil War.Read More »
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Giannis Hristodoulou – Guerrilla Girl (1953)
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Guy Hamilton – The Colditz Story (1955)
1951-1960DramaGuy HamiltonUSAWarAllied prisoners – British, Dutch, French and Polish – pool their resources to plan numerous escapes from the “escape-proof” German P.O.W. camp housed in a Medieval castle known as “Colditz”.Read More »
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Henri Verneuil – Week-end à Zuydcoote AKA Weekend at Dunkirk (1964)
1961-1970DramaFranceHenri VerneuilWarSet during World War II, and stuck on the beaches near Dunkirk, Julien Maillat tries to join England by boat with the English Army, but cannot succeed. He, then, tries to organize the life for him and his soldiers friends between German raids and shells.Read More »
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Santaro Marune – Kakute kamikaze wa fuku AKA Thus Blew the Divine Wind (1944)
1941-1950DramaJapanSantaro MaruneWarSet in the late thirteenth century, Kakute kamikaze wa fuku (Thus Blew the Divine Wind, 1944) depicts an important historical event as the defense of southern Japan led by the Kono clan against the Mongol invasion in 1281. It features a full-scale hurricane destroying enemy ships, a cast of thousands to drown, and an all-star cast in the lead roles.Read More »
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Burr Jerger – General Massacre (1973)
1971-1980BelgiumBurr JergerExploitationWarSynopsis: This one-man show for producer-writer-director-actor Jerger focuses on an army general (played by Jerger) who carries the ethics of war to an almost absurd extreme. Jerger seems to take his position much too seriously, using the morals developed in the military to approach civilian life. The plot centers around his stay in Belgium while awaiting his trial on the killing of innocent civilians in Vietnam. Flashbacks show Jerger catching his wife in an affair and then killing her. He does the same thing to his daughter when he finds her with his orderly, who then murders Jerger in retaliation. Though Vietnam is the setting for much of the film, GENERAL MASSACRE is not…Read More »
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Pierre Chevalier & Jesus Franco – Convoi de filles aka Convoy of Girls (1978)
1971-1980ExploitationFranceJesus FrancoPierre ChevalierWarYoung German officer Erich von Strasser (Jean-Marie Lemaire) leaves his fiance and heads off to war. Stock footage of Nazi desert warfare plays and before you know it Erich is back in Germany, recipient of the Iron Cross and a national war hero. First stop the whorehouse then, naturally. Where he bumps into his fiance, awkward. Cue a flashback showing how/why she ended up there and after a night of passion Erich goes to his superiors asking she be freed. Unfortunately, for reasons still unclear to me, she is shipped off to another location and Erich sets off in pursuit.Read More »
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Raoul Walsh – They Died with Their Boots On (1941)
1941-1950Raoul WalshUSAWarWesternThe story follows General George Armstrong Custer’s adventures from his West Point days to his death. He defies orders during the Civil War, trains the 7th Cavalry, appeases Chief Crazy Horse and later engages in bloody battle with the Sioux nation.Read More »
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Lewis Gilbert – Albert, R.N. (1953)
1951-1960DramaLewis GilbertUnited KingdomWarWhen several escapes at an German pow camp go wrong, the prisoners begin to think, that there is an informer revealing their plans to the enemy. Then Lt Ainsworth, an artist in civvie street, invents a model head of a fictious prisoner, who can take the place of an escaper, when the men march back from the bath house, which is situated outside the camp. Written by mike.wilsonRead More »
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Masud Kimiai – Dandan-e-mar AKA Snake Fang (1990)
1981-1990IranMasud KimiaiWarReza, the veteran worker of a print house whose sight is adversely affected because of his job, loses his mother. Finding the gloom reigning over the home beyond bearing, he departs to overcome his sorrows. He ends up at a hostel where he shares his room with a southern guy called Ahmad who has a group of orphan war-stricken children under his wing. After the initial inkling gives way to the friendship, Reza discovers that Ahmad’s patron plies his trade in black-market. At the same time, Reza’s sister is constantly beaten and humiliated by her husband for being infertile…Read More »