La rival (1948)

Sitiados por el avance japonés en Birmania, el capitán Langford (Stanley Baker) y sus exhaustas tropas británicas se refugian en un pueblo enemigo en medio de la selva. A pesar de las protestas de un anciano sacerdote (Guy Rolfe) y del corresponsal de guerra Max Anderson (Leo McKern), Langford ordena al sargento McKenzie (Gordon Jackson) que dispare a dos aldeanos inocentes, con el fin de "persuadir" a un prisionero japonés a entregar información vital. Cuando los japoneses recuperan el pueblo, su comandante utiliza las mismas tácticas de guerra que había usado Langford, con el fin de extraer información de los británicos.

Primavera de 1945. Son los últimos días de la batalla de la liberación de Hungría. Jóska, el protagonista, tiene 17 años. Como miembro de una joven organización de estudiantes desertores es llevado a Alemania, pero se escapa.

In 1940s Germany, a young boy stumbles upon a Jewish girl in hiding.

Jack Hardy is the sole survivor of a mysterious submarine disaster in World War II. Now, in 1981, the ill-fated submarine Scorpion has resurfaced, miraculously intact. Naval Intelligence need Hardy's expertise to retrace the course and mission that led to her original disappearance. But what's waiting for them under the grey waters of the Baltic Sea turns out to be much worse than the Russian submarines they're expecting. Wherever Scorpion has been all this time, it's brought some very bad luck back with it...

Durante el día D, varias personas quedan atrapadas mientras se esconden en un búnker y el intenso fuego de artillería hace que se derrumbe. Los cautivos tienen un montón de comida y agua, por lo que deciden esperar a que alguien los rescate. Y así esperan año tras año, tras año.

Crudo retrato de la vejez y de la muerte. Jean-Louis Trintignant y Emmanuelle Riva forman una pareja ya octogenaria, músicos retirados, que viven en París. Isabelle Huppert interpreta a la hija de ambos. El amor de la pareja será puesto a prueba en el momento en que ella sufre una grave parálisis.

Ali Abd-El-Zaher is a member of an Islamic radical group which has been launching attacks against the government and the society under the orders of the spiritual leader Brother Saif. Ali manages to assasinate an officer, but as he escapes from the authorities he gets hit by a car driven by Sewsan, the daughter of a respected Muslim family living in the Maadi district. Sewsan's father who is a surgeon and his family take care of the injured terrorist who then tries to conceal the truth about his personality, such as his dislike of music, unveiled women and Western life styles.

Durante la guerra de Corea (1950-1953), dos oficiales del ejército de los Estados Unidos se enamoran de la misma mujer y compiten por ella. Ella se casa con uno de ellos, pero el otro, lejos de rendirse, prepara toda clase de tretas para poner en peligro su matrimonio.

It's war time London and the Crazy Gang (Flanagan & Allen, Nervo & Knox, Naughton & Gold) are doing their bit for the war effort by running a fish and chip stall using their platoon's barrage balloon for advertising. Their Sgt Major is not happy about this and orders them to take the balloon down, but a freak heavy wind accidentally carries the gang away to Nazi Germany. They are captured and placed in a detention camp where they meet an elderly prisoner named Jerry, who possess a map for the location of a secret weapon which will win the war! Fortunately Teddy Knox's impersonation of Hitler lands him the spot of pretending to be the Fuhrer at a gala dinner and the gang are allowed out of the camp. However the Nazis have other ideas for their substitute leader.

El P-47 Thunderbolt fue el caza monomotor más caro y grande de cuantos se diseñaron a lo largo de la guerra. Se trataba de un avión versátil que mostró gran eficacia en el combate aéreo, pero fue en el ataque terrestre donde se reveló como un arma mucho más poderosa. En esta ocasión, tendremos oportunidad de ver a los P-47 realizando operaciones sobre Italia, un escenario, donde sin la presencia de estos aviones, los aliados hubieran encontrando dificultades prácticamente insalvables.

Un grupo de amigos celebran una cena que tiene un carácter anual. Pero no cuentan con el comienzo de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, que los separará en distintos bandos. Unos estarán en el ejército aleman, otros combaten junto a la resistencia. Acabada la guerra, sólo tres de los amigos acuden a su cita anual.

A young girl's brother comes home from the army, and brings an army buddy with him. The three of them go out that night to celebrate, and after much drinking has been done, the brother's friend rapes the sister. After the two men have gone back, the girl finds that she's pregnant--and discovers that her parents don't blame the soldier, but blame her.

Esta película documental trata sobre la batalla de San Pietro, un pequeño pueblo de Italia. Más de 1.100 soldados estadounidenses murieron al intentar tomar este lugar, que bloqueó el camino de las fuerzas aliadas de los alemanes.

Dana Andrews plays Bill Roberts, an American radio commentator station in Berlin in the months before Pearl Harbor. Having witnessed Nazi brutalities first hand, Roberts hopes to alert his listeners of impending dangers, and does so by sending out coded messages during his broadcasts. The Gestapo begins to suspect something and assigns glamorous secret agent Karen Hauen (Virginia Gilmore) to spy on Roberts. When she discovers that her own father (Erwin Kaiser) is supplying Roberts with vital secrets, she turns her back on the Nazis and joins our hero in his efforts.

Cuando un crucero de lujo (el Crescent Star) se hunde al chocar contra una mina flotante, en un bote salvavidas de capacidad para nueve personas se refugian 26 supervivientes. Pronto se acaba el repelente de tiburones, se acerca un huracán, hay pocos alimentos y poca agua y, en estas circunstancias, no queda más remedio que decidir sobre quién se queda y quién debe abandonar el bote.

The fainthearted cigar trader Ducker keeps himself quiet during World War II. That changes when parachutist Dorbeck lands in his backyard. It turns out the parachutist bears a remarkable resemblance to Ducker. Ducker follows Dorbeck blindly, becomes involved in the Dutch resistance and soon starts killing people. When he escapes through German lines to the freed South Netherlands, no one has ever heard of Dorbeck.

A small town doctor mistakenly ingests an experimental drug made from the blood of vampire bats which transforms the kindly medic into a bloodthirsty monster.

A seductive and ruthless spy in the service of Germany steals state secrets- including the formula for poison gas-from England and France during World War I. British intelligence, in turn, tries to hunt her down.

"I learn that Chris McIntyre served in Vietnam and that "21 and a Wakeup," set in an Army hospital in the waning days of the war, is based on events that he experienced and heard about." - Roger Ebert

Scion of the once-rich Mitchell family, Herbert Wynn is found shot to death. Nurse Adams, bored by hospital routine, is recruited by the police to ferret out clues as she tends to Wynn's elderly aunt Julia. Jokingly given the 'rank' of Miss Pinkerson, after the famous detective agency, Adams probes into the mystery, but not before a second death.