Popular War Movies - Page 356
Anne Morgan, une Américaine sur le front
2018
Between 1917 and 1924, 350 Americans landed in France to participate in the immense reconstruction effort. At their head, Anne Morgan, daughter of the famous banker John P. Morgan and founder of the American Committee for Devastated Regions. To encourage donations in the USA, she commissioned numerous films and photos, admirable testimonies of life at that time. Entirely made up of audiovisual and photographic archives, this documentary plunges us into an embodied and living post-war period as we have rarely seen it.Sun, Moon and Star: Part 2
1961
star 6.3Part 1 ended with Jianbai and Su Yanan among the students fleeing the invading Japanese. Part 2 follows the efforts of all four characters to participate in the war effort. Su Yanan joins the army and fights. Jianbai enlists to be near her. A-Lan becomes a nurse at a battlefront hospital and Qiuming entertains the troops. (Grace Chang, Cathay's leading musical star at the time, performs some rousing patriotic numbers in these scenes.) Jianbai is reunited with Su in the battlefield, but...Sniping 2
2020
Sniping 2
2020
star 5During the Anti-Japanese War, Yang Haotian, a soldier of the New Fourth Army, is leading his fallen comrades back to his unit when he meets Qin Yu, a Nationalist intelligence officer who is being pursued by the Japanese at Lost Cloud Ridge.Mexicanos al Grito de Guerra
1943
star 6In times of the French Intervention, a student of Nunó, author of the Mexican National Anthem, falls in love with the niece of the French Ambassador, which causes quite amusing complications.Szczury, ptaki
2022
Szczury, ptaki
2022
Homeward Borne
1957
Homeward Borne
1957
star 8Just after World War Two ends, an American woman takes in a Polish war orphan boy, a concentration camp survivor. But conflict arises when her husband, a returning Air Force bomber pilot,hates the boy and his psychological baggage.Branded
2024
Branded
2024
A woman struggles with the isolation of being confined as a prisoner in a war-torn country.Shock
1934
Shock
1934
star 7.3Captain Bob Hayworth, his brother Lieutenant Gilroy Hayworth and Captain Derek Marbury are in a World-War 1 trench on the front-lines in France. Bob Hayworth resents Marbury greatly as the latter had married the girl, Lucy Neville, Marbury was courting in pre-war London. Ordered to go on a night patrol, the cowardly Gilroy committed suicide rather than face his fear. Bob and Derek arrange it to appear that Bob had been killed by a shell-burst, and Derek, with his face camouflaged, takes the patrol posing as Gilroy. While on patrol, Derek is hit by a shell-burst and found by the German Red Cross, who turn him over to a family of French peasants.1939/1945: German Women Against Hitler
2020
star 8.3Coming from all social strata, a priory model citizens of the Third Reich, one thing unites these women: hatred against the Hitler regime and the desire to end the Führer.The Invisible Wall
1944
The Invisible Wall
1944
star 6.4In an unnamed country under occupation, a senior officer is killed in an attack by a member of the resistance.The Counterfeiters
2010
The Counterfeiters
2010
star 4.7The plot revolves around Bernard – a schoolfriend of Olivier's who is preparing for his bac – discovering he is a bastard and taking this as a welcome pretext for running away from home. He spends a night in Olivier's bed (where Olivier describes a recent visit to a prostitute and how he did not find the experience very enjoyable). After Bernard steals the suitcase belonging to Edouard, Olivier's uncle, and the ensuing complications, he is made Edouard's secretary. Olivier is jealous and ends up in the hands of the cynical and downright diabolical Comte de Passavant, who travels with him to the Mediterranean.Enemies
2007
Enemies
2007
star 5.4Belarus, summer 1942. The war has moved on, far off to the east. The life of a small town where the German authorities of the region have set themselves up is getting back to "normal". The Germans study Russian, flirt with the local girls, the women wash their clothes and feed them. They have to carry on somehow... But suddenly the teenage son of the film's heroine decides to run away to the partisans and blows up a German train so that they could accept him. He gets caught and the Germans have to execute him in order "to teach others a lesson". That's the order and it can't be disobeyed. The Germans know that this execution will bring an end to their peaceful lives. The local commandant understands this better than anyone as he is already involved in a close relationship with the boy's mother. But he can't ignore an order from his commanders...Noche sin cielo
1947
The Legend of Battal Gazi
1971
star 6.1Depiction of the life of the legendary Muslim Serdar of Malatya, Battal Gazi.Red and Black
1942
Red and Black
1942
star 6.1Since childhood, Luisa and Miguel have always been good friends; but several years later, as adults, when Spain faces the abyss of the Civil War (1936-1939), they support ideologically opposed camps.Contra Paraguay
2016
Contra Paraguay
2016
In the 19th century, a little-known event occurred, given its importance: the largest war in South America, in which four countries were involved. Was it a war between countries? Did Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay join forces against Paraguay? Why is it called by so many different names?Der Transport
1961
Der Transport
1961
star 6.8March, 1945: The insecure and hesitant reserve lieutenant Felix Bleck receives orders to lead a transport of 40 prisoners to the Western Front, where the men are to be burned up in a punishment battalion. On the way there, Bleck realizes the inhuman futility of his assignment and makes a fateful decision.Flukten fra Dakar
1951
Flukten fra Dakar
1951
star 6MS Lidvard was shipping corn from Vietnam, arriving in Dakar, Senegal May 30th 1940. The ship was immediately held back by the government, together with eight other norwegian ships. After a year, July 27th 1941, the ship fled from Dakar, to the British in Freetown, Sierra Leone.Six Days
1968
Six Days
1968
star 9The story of the Arab-Israeli War of 1967, in which the 'occupied territories' were won.
