Showing posts with label War. Show all posts
Showing posts with label War. Show all posts

January 24, 2015

Brothers (2004) Trailer

Brødre


Brothers (DanishBrødre) is a 2004 Danish drama film directed by Susanne Bier and written by Bier and Anders Thomas Jensen.

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Michael has everything under control: a successful military career, a beautiful wife and two daughters. His younger brother Jannik is a drifter, living on the edge of the law. When Michael is sent to Afghanistan on a UN mission the balance between the two brothers changes forever. Michael is missing in action - presumed dead - and Sarah is comforted by Jannik, who against all odds shows himself capable of taking responsibility for both himself and the family. It soon becomes clear that their feelings have developed beyond mutual sympathy. When Michael comes home, traumatized by being held prisoner in the mountains of Afghanistan, nothing is the same... Written by Anonymous

January 22, 2015

Wallenberg: A Hero's Story (1985) Trailer

Wallenberg: A Hero's Story


Wallenberg: A Hero's Story is a 1985 NBC television film starring Richard Chamberlain as Raoul Wallenberg, a Swedish diplomat instrumental in saving thousands of Hungarian Jews from the Holocaust.

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The story of Raoul Wallenberg, a Swedish diplomat responsible for saving thousands of lives from the Nazi Holocaust.

January 17, 2015

Captains of April (2000) Trailer

Capitães de Abril


Há momentos em que a única solução é desobedecer.

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Film dedicated to the Carnation Revolution of April 25, 1974 in Portugal.

Loose Change 9/11: An American Coup (2009) Trailer

Loose Change 9/11: An American Coup


Does History Repeat Itself?


Loose Change 9/11: An American Coup was the 2009 edition that was written, directed, and edited by Dylan Avery.

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This version started with a history of false flag operations. The graphics, interviews, and footage were changed and updated. There were interviews with Dr. Stephen Jones about the alleged nano-thermite residue found at the bottom of World Trade Centers 1, 2, and 7.

January 14, 2015

Karl May (1974) Excerpt

Karl May


Karl May is a 1974 West German biographical drama film directed by Hans-Jürgen Syberberg, starring Helmut Käutner as the writer Karl May.

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This Land Is Mine (1943) Trailer

This Land Is Mine


This Land Is Mine is a 1943 American war drama film directed by Jean Renoir and starring Charles LaughtonMaureen O'Hara and George Sanders.

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When Nazi troops seize his town, timid schoolmaster Albert Lory (Charles Laughton) submits to his new masters, although he cannot help but be inspired by the defiance of many of his fellow citizens. Then Albert is hauled before a tribunal, falsely accused of murder. Standing alone against the power of the Third Reich, this seemingly weak man then reveals an invincible soul. Three of cinema's most acclaimed talents -- Laughton, director Jean Renoir (Grand Illusion) and screenwriter Dudley Nichols (Stagecoach) -- unite for this moving portrait of the heroism of everyday men and women. The stellar cast includes Maureen O'Hara (Laughton's protégée and his The Hunchback of Notre Dame costar) as the colleague he secretly loves, George Sanders as a covert collaborator, and Walter Slezak as a wily Nazi officer who holds Albert's fate in his hands. "A courageous film...a story cleanly and maturely told" (Bosley Crowther, The New York Times). 

January 13, 2015

Nang-Nak (1999) Trailer

Nang Nak - Return from the Dead


Death Do Never Us A Part


Nang Nak (Thaiนางนาก) is a romantic tragedy and horror film directed by Nonzee Nimibutr in 1999 through Buddy Film and Video Production Co. in Thailand, based on a legend. It features the life of a devoted ghost wife and the unsuspecting husband.

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Based on a Thai legend. Mak leaves for Bangkok and is seriously wounded in the Chiang Toong War. When Mak returns, his wife and baby continue to live together till a revelation leads to an unexpected paradigm shift . Written by L.H. Wong <lhw@sfs.org.sg>

January 11, 2015

Green Zone (2010) Trailer

Green Zone


Chief Warrant Officer Roy Miller is done following orders

Green Zone is a 2010 British-French-American war thriller film directed by Paul Greengrass

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Discovering covert and faulty intelligence causes a U.S. Army officer (Damon) to go rogue as he hunts for Weapons on Mass Destruction in an unstable region.

The Dirty Dozen (1967) Trailer

The Dirty Dozen



Train them! Excite them! Arm them!...Then turn them loose on the Nazis!


The Dirty Dozen is a 1967 American war film.

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A US Army Major is assigned a dozen convicted murderers to train and lead them into a mass assassination mission of German officers in World War II.

The Four Feathers (2002) Trailer

The Four Feathers


 Freedom. Country. Honor. Passion. To save his best friend, one man must risk everything he loves.


The Four Feathers is a 2002 action drama film directed by Shekhar Kapur, starring Heath LedgerWes BentleyDjimon Hounsou and Kate Hudson.

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A British officer resigns his post just before battle and subsequently receives four white feathers from his friends and fiancee as symbols of what they believe to be his cowardice.

January 10, 2015

Little Boy (2015) Trailer

Little Boy


Little Boy is American drama film directed by Alejandro Gómez Monteverde and written by Monteverde and Pepe Portillo.

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LITTLE BOY is the magical story of a 7-year old boy who is willing to do whatever it takes to end World War II so he can bring his father home. The story reveals the indescribable love a father has for his little boy and the love a son has for his father.

December 28, 2014

The Incredible Mr. Limpet (1964) Trailer

The Incredible Mr. Limpet


will leave you limp with laughter!


The Incredible Mr. Limpet is a 1964 American live-action/animated adventure film from Warner Bros.

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Meek and mild mannered bookkeeper Henry Limpet has few passions in life. It's mid-1941 and he would love to join the Navy but has been rated 4F. His friend George Stickle is in the Navy and lays it on pretty thick. If Henry could have one thing it would be to become a fish. While on a visit to Coney Island, Henry falls into the water and miraculously gets his wish. Now a fish, he makes friends, Ladyfish and Crabby the hermit crab and loves his new life. He also uses his abilities to help the US Navy locate and sink Nazi U-Boats, forcing the Germans to create a new weapon to deal with the Allies secret weapon. When years later the Navy finds intelligent activity among dolphins, they may also know who is teaching them.

December 27, 2014

The Turkish Gambit (2005) Trailer

Turetskiy gambit


The Turkish Gambit is a 2005 Russian historical spy film, an adaptation of Boris Akunin's novel The Turkish Gambit featuring his most famous character, the detective Erast Fandorin. 

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The film is based on the second book from the Adventures of Erast Petrovich Fandorin series of novels written by the Russian author Boris Akunin. The film takes place in 1877 during the Russian-Turkish war. Erast Fandorin has just escaped from Turkish prison and is trying to get on the Russian side as soon as possible to give important information about the upcoming attack of the enemy. On his way he meets Varvara Suvorova, a young lady who is going to see her fiancée - a soldier of the Russian army. Erast also knows that there is a spy somewhere in the Russian army, everyone is under suspicion... Written by Pavel P.

December 25, 2014

Sarah's Key (2010) Trailer

Elle s'appelait Sarah



Uncover the mystery

Sarah's Key (French: Elle s'appelait Sarah) is a 2010 French drama directed and co-written by Gilles Paquet-Brenner and an adaptation of the novel with the same title byTatiana de Rosnay.

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Julia Jarmond (KRISTIN SCOTT THOMAS), an American journalist married to a Frenchman, is commissioned to write an article about the notorious Vel d'Hiv round up, which took place in Paris, in 1942. She stumbles upon a family secret which will link her forever to the destiny of a young Jewish girl, Sarah.
 Julia learns that the apartment she and her husband Bertrand plan to move into was acquired by Bertrand's family when its Jewish occupants were dispossessed and deported 60 years before. 
She resolves to find out what happened to the former occupants: Wladyslaw and Rywka Starzynski, parents of 10-year-old Sarah and four-year-old Michel. The more Julia discovers—especially about Sarah, the only member of the Starzynski family to survive—the more she uncovers about Bertrand's family, about France and, finally, herself. "Kristin Scott Thomas delivers one of her best performances".

December 24, 2014

The Opium War (1997)

Yapian zhanzheng


The Opium War is a 1997 Chinese historical epic film directed by Xie Jin.

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Historical Drama starting in 1839 in Guangzhou where British merchants dealing with opium are to be executed because the opium is destroying the Empire. After the burning of 20,000 boxes of opium by the Chinese England declares war, because the burned opium was the property of the British commercial attache who had bought it from the British merchants.Written by Marco Radke <radke@krypta.aball.de>

December 23, 2014

Max Manus: Man of War (2008) Trailer

Max Manus


Max Manus: Man of War is a 2008 Norwegian biographic war film based on the real events of the life of resistance fighter Max Manus (1914–96). 

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The true story about one of the most brilliant saboteurs during WWII and his battle to overcome his inner demons. Directed by Joachim Roenning & Espen Sandberg, starring Aksel Hennie as Max Manus.

December 21, 2014

King of Hearts (1966) Trailer

Le roi de coeur


De Broca's Crowning Touch!


King of Hearts (original French title: Le Roi de Cœur) is a 1966 French comedy-drama film directed by Philippe de Broca and starring Alan Bates.

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During the latter part of World War I, Private Charles Plumpick is chosen to go into the French town of Marville and disconnect a bomb that the German army has planted. However, Charles is chased by some Germans and finds himself holed up at the local insane asylum, where the inmates are convinced that he is the "King of Hearts." Feeling obligated to help the inmates, Charles attempts to lead them out of town, but they are afraid to leave and frolic about the streets in gay costumes. Will Charles be able to deactivate the bomb in time and save his newfound friends?Written by Rick Gregory <rag.apa@email.apa.org>

December 16, 2014

Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (1983) Trailer

Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence



Java, 1942 - A clash of cultures, a test of the human spirit.

Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (Japanese: Senjō no Merī Kurisumasu (戦場のメリークリスマス, "Merry Christmas on the Battlefield"), also known in many European editions asFuryo (俘虜, Japanese for "prisoner of war")) is a 1983 Japanese-British film directed by Nagisa Oshima, produced by Jeremy Thomas and starring David BowieTom Conti,Ryuichi SakamotoTakeshi Kitano and Jack Thompson.

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In 1942 British soldier Jack Celliers comes to a Japanese prison camp. The camp is run by Yonoi, who has a firm belief in discipline, honor and glory. In his view, the allied prisoners are cowards when they chose to surrender instead of committing suicide. One of the prisoners, interpreter John Lawrence, tries to explain the Japanese way of thinking, but is considered a traitor. Written by Mattias Thuresson

December 14, 2014

Europa Europa (1990) Trailer

Europa Europa


Europa Europa is a 1990 film directed by Agnieszka Holland. Its original German title is Hitlerjunge Salomon, i.e. "Hitler Boy Salomon".

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A Jewish boy separated from his family in the early days of WWII poses as a German orphan and is taken into the heart of the Nazi world as a war hero, and eventually becomes a Hitler Youth.

The Counterfeiters (2007) Trailer

Die Fälscher


It takes a clever man to make money, it takes a genius to stay alive

The Counterfeiters (GermanDie Fälscher) is a 2007 Austrian-German drama film written and directed by Stefan Ruzowitzky.

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The Counterfeiters is the true story of the largest counterfeiting operation in history, set up by the Nazis in 1936. Salomon "Sally" Sorowitsch is the king of counterfeiters. He lives a mischievous life of cards, booze, and women in Berlin during the Nazi-era. Suddenly his luck runs dry when arrested by Superintendent Friedrich Herzog. Immediately thrown into the Mauthausen concentration camp, Salomon exhibits exceptional skills there and is soon transferred to the upgraded camp of Sachsenhausen. Upon his arrival, he once again comes face to face with Herzog, who is there on a secret mission. Hand-picked for his unique skill, Salomon and a group of professionals are forced to produce fake foreign currency under the program Operation Bernhard. The team, which also includes detainee Adolf Burger, is given luxury barracks for their assistance. But while Salomon attempts to weaken the economy of Germany's allied opponents, Adolf refuses to use his skills for Nazi profit and would like to... Written by Sony Pictures Classics

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