Popular War Movies - Page 464
Soviet Border
1938
Soviet Border
1938
star 7.5The Soviet Far East and Manchukuo are separated by a border river, on one side of which Russian White Guards have settled in a small Manchurian village, while on the opposite bank lives the Vlasov family. Wanting to destroy the Vlasovs, the White Guards break into their house. A detachment of soldiers led by border guard commander Captain Tarasov comes to their aid. A long and exhausting battle ensues.The Wind Dropped Before Dawn
1959
star 6.6Members of Jasna's group are suspicious because of her firing from occupation Special police squad and they start avoiding her. She finds out the members of the group have been betrayed but they become even more suspicious. At the moment when they were ready to liquidate her the true traitor is revealed. Thanks to Jasna's courage an action becomes success and she regains their trust.The Last Parade
1931
The Last Parade
1931
star 9During the war two friends love the same nurse. After the war one becomes a detective, the other a racketeer.Our Father
2015
Our Father
2015
star 6The Second World War is experienced through the journey of Private Cole, a dramatic study of the contrasting nature between the innocence of childhood and the reality of war, and the emotional struggle that accompanies it.Vi mötte stormen
1943
Vi mötte stormen
1943
star 6News reel film sequences from September 1938 until the end of 1942, integrated with the fictive Swedish family Söderberg in their everyday life at home and the changes, because of the escalating war, that are brought upon them.The Neutron Bomb
2022
The Neutron Bomb
2022
star 7.5We've all heard of the atomic bomb, but in the late 1950s, an idea was conceived of a bomb which would maximize damage to people, but minimize damage to buildings and vital infrastructure: perfect for an occupying army. This is the story of a man and his bomb: a melding of world events and scientific discovery inspire the neutron bomb, one of the most hated nuclear weapons ever invented.Hitler's Mountain: Hidden Traces
2016
star 7The Obersalzberg was an ordinary Bavarian mountain until Adolf Hitler discovered it in 1923. There at the Berghof, the Nazi leader spent his time surrounded by his most faithful lieutenants and his mistress, Eva Braun. Though mostly destroyed, remnants of the vast building complex still exist.Caesura
1985
Caesura
1985
War film set in Vietnam in February 1966. A wounded American soldier, marooned by the crash of his helicopter, shares a poignant moment with a Viet Cong soldier who spares his life through a common love of music. They play a brief duet on harmonica and flute and exchange instruments before the arrival of a rescue helicopter sends the VC away.Wniebowstąpienie
1969
Wniebowstąpienie
1969
star 6.5The strain of German persecution causes a mental breakdown in a young Jew, which prompts his wife to take desperate measures.Deckname Schlier
1986
Deckname Schlier
1986
star 9Since the spring of 1943 and during the national socialist regime, a branch of the Mauthausen concentration camp had been located in the Upper Austrian village of Zipf. The prisoners were forced to work in a factory in which the propellants for the "Wunderwaffe" (wonder weapon), the V2 rocket were tested. Most of the people who live in the vicinity of the former concentration camp deny this. A documentary film which confronts a historic actuality with oral witnesses.Hoor on Fire
1991
Hoor on Fire
1991
Four Methods of Flush Riveting
1942
star 4Flush riveting is a way of connecting two pieces of sheet metal together, using rivets whose heads do not protrude above the surface of the metal. In aircraft construction, a flush rivet reduces drag, thus increasing aircraft performance. This World War II-era Walt Disney industrial-training film teaches four methods of flush-riveting aircraft aluminum sheet metal: the Countersink method, the Double Dimple method, the Pre-Dimple method, and the Combination Pre-Dimple and Countersink method. The choice of method to use is based upon the thicknesses of the top and bottom metal sheets.The Burning Blue
2020
The Burning Blue
2020
Lost in a desert, a couple's relationship is put to the test when they discover they are not alone.The Decisive Battle
1971
The Decisive Battle
1971
star 9The film depicts how the young Yue Fei learned martial arts, got his mighty weapon, and romanced his wife. Later he entered the national contest of martial arts, and had to fight his way out of a legion of challengers.Above the Best
2019
Above the Best
2019
star 5.7Army Aviators say they fly "above the best" see the lengths these heroes will go to, to protect the soldiers on the ground, and each other during intense combat in the most dangerous places on Earth.L'Épopée napoléonienne 1 - Napoléon Bonaparte
1903
star 8First part in Napoleon's short film life adaptation, followed by L'Empire (grandeur et décadence). The scenes are: At school in Brienne. On the bridge of Arcole. The campaign in Egypt. Passage of the St. Bernard Pass. Garden party in Malmaison. According to Ferdinand Zecca's notes (labelled "1904"), this is the first film Lucien Nonguet shot for Pathé.
