A classic tale of bravery and courage during WWII, Odette tells the true story of female war hero Odette Hallowes. After volunteering her services to the Special Operations Executive, Odette is despatched into Nazi occupied France and thrown into an intense world of espionage.Read More »
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Herbert Wilcox – Odette (1950)
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Philip Scheffner – The Halfmoon Files (2007)
2001-2010DocumentaryGermanyPhilip ScheffnerWarPhillipe Scheffner’s film is about Indian soldiers detained in a German War Camp during World War I. Here is a synopsis from the official website:
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“There once was a man.
This man came into the European war.
Germany captured this man.
He wishes to return to India.
If God has mercy, he will make peace soon.
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Dzhanik Fayziev – Avgust. Vosmogo AKA August. Eighth (2012)
2011-2020ActionDzhanik FayzievRussiaWarThe story is about a young single mother who is compelled to make her way at risk of her life to Ckhinvali, where her son is, whom she had sent there on the eve of the conflict. The film can be divided into two parts that alternate one with the other: one shows how in the eyes of a young boy the South Ossetian conflict transforms into a fantastic war story with super-robots, and the second shows the reality of the war situation and the journey of the main heroine.Read More »
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Andriy Donchik – Kisnevij Golod AKA Oxygen Starvation (1992)
Drama1991-2000Andriy DonchikUkraineWarSoviet army was one the worst for human dignity places to be. The task of the army was to turn freethinkers into normal dumb Soviet people. An intelligent Ukrainian guy refuses to obey.Read More »
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John Ford & Gregg Toland – December 7th (1943)
USA1941-1950DocumentaryGregg TolandJohn FordWarQuote:
Utilizing stock military footage of Pearl Harbor, December 7th departs from the typical documentary form to present a narrative framing device featuring Walter Huston as a character representing Uncle Sam, Harry Davenport as a folksy representation of “conscience” called Mr. C, and Dana Andrews as the ghost of an American soldier. The story opens on December 6, 1941, the day before the attack, with Uncle Sam and Mr. C carrying on a discussion about the history of Hawaii and the country’s war preparations. One of the approaches taken by co-directors John Ford and Gregg Toland was to paint the Japanese-American citizens of Hawaii (37 percent of the population, according to the film) as potential traitors, fifth-columnists spying on their “American” employers for information to hustle back to the “homeland.” Read More »
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Nicolas Farkas – Port Arthur (1936)
1931-1940DramaGermanyNicolas FarkasThird Reich CinemaWar

Espionage, war and romance in the Far East in 1904: Russian naval officer Boris Ranewsky marries Youki, the sister of a fanatical Japanese officer – but war is imminent…Read More »
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Dito Tsintsadze – Shindisi AKA A Batalha de Shindisi (2019)
2011-2020Dito TsintsadzeDramaGeorgiaWarGeorgia’s Oscar submission tells a harrowing true story taken from the Russo-Georgian War of 2008.
Shindisi is the name of the sleepy village where director Dito Tsintsadze’s passionately told tale of soldiers and civilians is set, a story made all the more poignant because it is taken from a real-life incident from the brief Russo-Georgian War of August 2008. For those turned off by war films, this is not your typical macho fantasy, though there is a long and well-filmed sequence of shooting, shelling, torching and grenades. But the pic’s real focus is on the compassion and bravery of the villagers who risked their lives to rescue wounded Georgian troops.Read More »
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Kabir Khan – Tubelight (2017)
2011-2020DramaIndiaKabir KhanWarIn a small picturesque town in North India, Laxman (Salman Khan) lives with his younger brother Bharat (Sohail Khan). The two have no other family and are inseparable. Laxman’s world comes crashing down, when war breaks out and Bharat gets drafted into the Army. A helpless Bharat leaves a devastated Laxman behind. News from the border only worsens, as the tension continues to escalate. Seeing the carnage around him and worried for his brother, Laxman decides he must stop this conflict and get his brother back.Read More »
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Satsuo Yamamoto – Tsubasa no gaika AkA A Triumph Of Wings (1942)
1941-1950DramaJapanSatsuo YamamotoWarA drama film produced during WW2 about a japanese fighter squadron and their families.
Directed by Satsuo Yamamoto and co-written by Akira Kurosawa.Read More »







