Gianmarco Bellini: Gulf War POW (2023)
Gianmarco Bellini was shot down during the first Iraq War, captured, abused and returned beat up but able to rise to the rank of General.
Gênero : Guerra, Documentário
Runtime : 10M
Director : Maria Luisa Forenza
Sinopse
On the eve of the Operation Desert Storm in the first Gulf War, the Italian government deployed eight Tornado Fighter-bombers. Gianmarco Bellini was one of the pilots, shot down, captured, abused and returned beat up but able to rise to the rank of General.
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Two mercenaries are hired to commit a political assassination.
Iraquiano jura vingança a soldados americanos pelo tratamento recebido e libera uma criatura mítica poderosa para atacá-los. Os soldados têm de enfrentá-la em uma batalha sangrenta no Oriente Médio.
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An examination of the aftermath of Desert Storm and how servicemen and women were affected by it medically.
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Three Vietnam vets have become so conditioned to violence that they have developed psychotic tendencies. They kidnap people, brutalize them, then turn them loose and hunt them like animals. However the father of one of their earlier victims is plotting a vicious revenge against them.
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Several members of a platoon of American soldiers not only kill a Japanese general, but also rape and murder the man's wife. The couple's son, Kimon, witnesses these ghastly events and vows revenge. Thirty-three years later the platoon get back together in Manila for a reunion. The adult Kimon also shows up to pick off the platoon members who are responsible for butchering his parents.
Army Captain Edward Hall returns to the US after two years in a prison camp in the Korean War. In the camp he was brainwashed and helped the Chinese convince the other prisoners that they were fighting an unjust war. When he comes back he is charged for collaboration with the enemy. Where does loyalty end in a prison camp, when the camp is a living hell?
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True story of three British POWs and their attempt to escape from Nazi Germany
A Vietnam veteran gets caught in a mob war with a couple of double-crossers.
A Vietnam veteran returns to his Texas home but feels restless and decides to become a radio singer.
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Em 1939, quando a Polónia é invadida pela Alemanha Nazi, o pianista Wladyslaw Szpilman interpretava peças clássicas numa rádio em Varsóvia. O jovem pianista irá então partilhar o drama do povo judeu, testemunhando a sua transferência forçada para o gueto de Varsóvia e, depois, para os campos de extermínio. Determinado a sobreviver, foge do gueto dias antes da grande revolta que os alemães esmagarão com sangue. Com a ajuda de membros da resistência polaca, viverá uma existência de fome, solidão e medo, entre os escombros de um mundo que colapsa ao seu redor.