The Corporal and the Others (1965)
Género : Comedia
Tiempo de ejecución : 1H 50M
Director : Márton Keleti
Sinopsis
PFC Molnár decides his WWII services are over, and with serious money hidden in his hand grenades, he heads to an abandoned mansion where he encounters not only the sour butler but a bunch of others who also try to wimp out of their duties.
Berlín, año 1940. El padre de Michael es deportado a un campo de concentración donde muere. Tres años más tarde, Michael, de 10 años, y su madre Anna deciden huir de su hogar con papeles e identidades falsas. Pero alguien les descubre…
Romania, 1944. Six intelligence agents, Russians and Romanians, at the cost of their own lives, prevented the Nazis from destroying a strategically important object — a tunnel on the path of the Soviet Army.
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In 1941, a few months after German tanks forced Yugoslav Royal Army to capitulate, organized resistance is turning into massive uprising against occupying forces. Partisans, led by the Communist party, manage to chase Germans from huge territory later known as the Uzice Republic. However, forces loyal to King have some other ideas.
Stranded behind enemy lines when the Japanese attack the Philippines in late 1941, Lt. Bailey must lead a group of soldiers and their families (including Bailey's curvaceous fiancée Alex) to safety and the streets of Manila. During the perilous trek Alex befriends a virginal young soldier whose only desire is to have sex once before he dies.
Paralleling the dramatic student protests and riots that were exploding across the world in the 1960s at the time the film was made, The Confrontation is a story of protest and rebellion in 1947 Hungary when the Communist Party have just taken power. Jancsó's first colour film is another virtuoso display by a director at the peak of his powers, and eloquently explores the complex issues and inherent problems of revolutionary democracy.
This movie is about the love and protection of a man from another culture for the lowly horsemen of the the plains in Hungary during World War II.
Tras la invasión de Polonia por los alemanes, que marcó el comienzo de la Segunda Guerra Mundial (1939-1945), las tropas del Tercer Reich invadieron Noruega, Dinamarca y los Países Bajos en un auténtico paseo militar. Pero para conquistar toda Europa Occidental era preciso ocupar Francia, una nación que apenas se resistió y acabó firmando una rendición, que sirvió a los alemanes para resarcirse de la humillante paz de Versalles (1919). A partir de ese momento, Gran Bretaña tendrá que hacer frente en solitario a los ataques alemanes. Así comienza la llamada "Batalla de Inglaterra"
Tercero de una serie de documentales de propaganda conocidos como "Why We Fight".
Documentary focusing on the contributions to the American war effort of African-American soldiers.
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National Geographic follows underwater explorer Bob Ballard as he searches for the aircraft carrier sunk during the Battle of Midway.
It is 1945 in Zagreb, and everyone is settling into the new regime following the disturbances of the war. Matilda is a wealthy widow of a war hero and has an apartment so spacious that she is required to take a boarder. Fortunately for her, the handsome young Lt. Horvat, the communist housing officer, has taken a fancy to her and has assigned his fiancee to be Matilda's new roommate. Where Matilda is soft and rounded, Lilijana is hard, skinny, and given to revolutionary pronouncements rather than tender endearments. The lieutenant loves them both, though he naturally finds Matilda more attractive. His situation is simplified when Lilijana, though pregnant, is transferred to another post. However, his commander is horrified that he has a lover in addition to his fiancee and demands that he choose whether to continue his career or continue his affair.
In 1945 Mexico sent special forces to the World War II. This is a documentary about those known as the “Aztec Eagles,”the 201st Air Fighter Squadron sent to the Philippines to fight on the war.
Esta espectacular producción revela los aspectos clave de la Segunda Guerra Mundial como nunca antes se habían visto. Gracias a un satélite ficticio que sobrevuela la Tierra, creado por ordenador, obtendremos una nueva visión sobre el mayor conflicto de la Historia. Este viaje en el espacio y el tiempo desde las alturas nos hará ver aquellos grandes momentos en su contexto global, y traerá al primer plano datos e información hasta hoy desconocidos. Ahora, podremos reinterpretar la Segunda Guerra Mundial colocando los hechos clave en perspectiva, mostrando la importancia de la simultaneidad y recreando acontecimientos que nunca podrían haberse captado con una cámara.
Documentary about the female fighter pilots in the 588th Night Bomber Regiment of the Soviet Union. In small planes made out of plywood and canvas they risked their lives every night during the last part of the second world war.
“Death is my Trade” centers on the life of Rudolph Höss, the commandant of Auschwitz II-Birkenau for the majority of its existence. The main character's name in the film is Franz Lang. This name change was deliberate to ensure that the character is not automatically viewed as being some sort of villain or demon. Franz is an average German kid growing up during World War I. The film follows Franz as he grows up and becomes a hard, efficient, organized worker who eventually joins the National Socialist party in Germany. Impressionable young Franz takes orders as one of the utmost points of honor and duty, so when he is eventually asked by Heinrich Himmler to become commandant of the largest extermination camp built during WWII he barely hesitates to consider how heavy such a burden will be.
Clara Somolof, la locutora de radio más famosa de Argentina, casada con un prestigioso cirujano y madre de tres hijos, recibe la noticia de la muerte, en extrañas circunstancias, de su padre, Boris, un ruso de raza judía, periodista muy conocido en los ambientes políticos bonaerenses y del que Clara llevaba muchos años alejada. Boris luchaba, desde los años treinta, contra el nazismo y ahora, terminada la II Guerra Mundial, consumado su asesinato, Clara recibe de una manera misteriosa la relación de los jerarcas nazis que se han infiltrado en Argentina. Allí estaban Eichman, Menguele, Borman... Clara fue asesinada el 16 de octubre de 1945.
En la primera parte de su trilogía bélica, Zafranovic cuenta la historia de la distinta evolución ideológica y moral de tres jóvenes amigos y la hermana de uno de ellos durante el auge del fascismo, ya a las puertas de la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Película extremadamente cruda en algunos de sus pasajes (que recrean el terrorismo y crímenes de la Ustacha), lírica en otros, de narrativa enérgica, que plantea un profundo dilema moral y constituye un gran fresco de la sociedad croata en aquellos convulsos años. (FILMAFFINITY)
On June 4, 1944 Captain Daniel Gallery and his men of the U.S. Naval Task Force 22.3 did the nearly impossible - they captured a German U-boat. It was the first enemy vessel-of-war captured in battle on the high seas by the U.S. Navy since 1815. Climb aboard the historic U-505 and relive its journey from a powerhouse of the German fleet to a display at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago. Witness archival footage and rare interviews with both German and American crew members involved in the capture of the U-505. And view even rarer footage of Captains Daniel Gallery and Harold Lange, captain of the 505 at the time of its capture..
