War

  • Granaz Moussavi – When Pomegranates Howl (2020)

    2011-2020AustraliaDramaGranaz MoussaviWar

    Hewad is a nine-year-old boy who supports his family by selling goods from a cart on the harsh streets of Kabul after the death of his father. At home he is also facing the challenge of the forced marriage of his mother to his uncle. He dreams of escaping his war-torn poverty existence by becoming a rich and famous actor, taking care of his mum himself and buying his family a fancy new house. An Australian photojournalist befriends Hewad and starts documenting his life in order to depict an empathetic image of the children of this war-torn society. Inspired by this, Hewad sets out to enlist his friends to help him create an imaginary Hollywood style action film.Read More »

  • Hajrudin Krvavac – Valter brani Sarajevo AKA Walter Defends Sarajevo (1972)

    Hajrudin Krvavac1971-1980ActionWarYugoslavia

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    World War II is coming to an end, large German forces are retreating and they are in desperate need of fuel. The German command is planning a complex operation to provide them with the supplies they need to retreat. The mysterious Sarajevo illegal Valter will stand in their way.Read More »

  • Charles Vidor – Thunder in the East (1952)

    Charles Vidor1951-1960DramaUSAWar

    In a remote region of post-independence India, the love of a blind British woman pricks the conscience of an arms dealer.Read More »

  • Falk Harnack – Unruhige Nacht AKA The Restless Night (1958)

    Falk Harnack1951-1960DramaGermanyWar

    Synopsis: During the Russian campaign, a military pastor was to assist Private Baranowski, who was sentenced to death for his desertion, on his last night. It is also the last night before the departure for Stalingrad that the soldiers know that it means certain death. The pastor leaves his room to a captain so that he can meet his fiancé again. He himself remains in Baranowski’s cell and struggles with his conscience and emotion – even more than when he learns that the young doomed man fled for love. But the execution is carried out, and a member of the firing squad finds only cynical words for the fate of the soldier.Read More »

  • John Woo – Dip huet gai tau AKA Bullet in the Head (1990) (HD)

    John Woo1981-1990ActionHong KongWar

    When three close friends escape from Hong Kong to war-time Saigon to start a criminal’s life, they all go through a harrowing experience which totally shatters their lives and their friendship forever.Read More »

  • Bagrat Oganesyan – Hndzan AKA Sour Grapes (1973)

    1971-1980ArmeniaBagrat OganesyanDramaWar

    Far behind the lines Vahe receives the news of his father’s death. Small boy neither could accept it nor reconcile himself with the new family of his mother who married to another man. The boy prefers to live with his handicapped uncle and every day visits the railway station waiting the trains coming from the frontline.Read More »

  • Jayme Monjardim – Olga (2004)

    2001-2010BrazilDramaJayme MonjardimWar

    Plot: Based upon the true story of Olga Benário, the German-born wife of Brazilian communist leader Luís Carlos Prestes. During the dictatorship of Getúlio Vargas (1930-1945) she was arrested and…Read More »

  • Andrew Legge – LOLA (2022)

    2021-2030Andrew LeggeIrelandSci-FiWar

    1940, Thom and Mars have built a machine, LOLA, that can intercept radio and TV broadcasts from the future. Unknown to them sharing these broadcasts the devastating changes it will have on the future of world but to them also.Read More »

  • Pierre Schoendoerffer – Le Crabe-Tambour AKA Drummer-Crab (1977)

    Pierre Schoendoerffer1971-1980DramaFranceWar
    Le Crabe Tambour (1977)
    Le Crabe Tambour (1977)

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    A chance remark leads three French naval officers to reminisce, together and privately, about the compelling young commander Willsdorf, nicknamed The Drummer Crab, recalling his exploits from the fog-shrouded rivers of Indochina to an attempted military coup in Algeria to his lonely, anonymous vigil in the North Atlantic fishing lanes nearby. Joseph Conrad would have loved this film, arguably the finest modern seafaring adventure ever made: a thoughtful and thrilling study of man versus the elements, where the past itself becomes an elemental force even more unyielding than the vivid Winter seascapes captured by Raoul Coutard’s breathtaking cinematography. In metaphor, Willsdorf’s fate is the fate of French colonialism, and only by pursuing his memory, through crashing waves and hissing spindrift, can his three erstwhile companions (a dying captain, a middle-aged medical officer, and a robust, veteran Chief Engineer) confront and endure their collective loss. This is a spellbinding film, rich in history and detail.Read More »

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