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War

Прерванный полёт Гарри Пауэрса

Прерванный полёт Гарри Пауэрса

January 1, 2009

Bad Omen

Bad Omen

January 1, 2009

Forty year old Mohammad turns to a 7-year-old boy in front of the camera and narrates the story of the Iran-Iraq war.

Noroshundor

Noroshundor

January 1, 2009

Set against the backdrop of the Pakistan Army crackdown during Bangladesh’s 1971 war, this political thriller follows a student activist who takes refuge from the Pakistan army in a local barbershop.

Neighbours

Neighbours

January 1, 2009

Graphically depicts the brutalities on Afghan prisoners in an Iranian camp, Safaid Sang (White Stone) near the Iranian-Afghan border. Based on true life accounts from Afghan prisoners.

Zen and War

January 1, 2009

Explores how Zen Buddhist monks actively got involved in the Second World War and their position now regarding that participation.

Democracy in Daylight

Democracy in Daylight

January 1, 2009

The story of life of an Iranian army leader who has faults in his life and now in purgatory wants to retaliate for his faults.

Yawarpampa: campo de sangre

Yawarpampa: campo de sangre

January 1, 2009

In 1424, the Chancas tried to conquer a small kingdom: the Incas. In this war, the destiny of the Andean world was decided with the rise of Pachacutec as the leader in Cusco, and the genesis of the Incan Empire and its expansion under his rule. This short narrates the decisive battle between the two factions, along with mythological elements.

Indochine: A People's War in Colour

Indochine: A People's War in Colour

January 1, 2009

A major documentary which tells the remarkable story of the people of South East Asia who fought three wars over three decades to gain their freedom using entirely original colour archive footage.

Werewolf Hunt

Werewolf Hunt

January 1, 2009

A small group of Russian soldiers with mixed skills are assembled to go on a covert mission to map out the area of Hitler's new HQ in the Ukraine known as Wehrwolf. But it's not until they get to their destination that the squads leader then decides to unveil the true details of the mission.

Anthrax War

Anthrax War

January 1, 2009

Filmmakers investigate 2001 anthrax attacks and uncover a nightmare world.

A Lonely Place for Dying

A Lonely Place for Dying

January 1, 2009

In 1972, the conflict in Vietnam continues. The creeping threat of communism grips the nation in fear. In an abandoned prison on the US/Mexican border, KGB mole Nikolai Dzerzhinsky waits for his contact from the Washington Post. He holds explosive evidence against the CIA, information he will trade for asylum in the United States. Special Agent Robert Harper's orders are clear: take the documents from Dzerzhinsky and kill him.

War Dogs of the Pacific

War Dogs of the Pacific

January 1, 2009

It’s 1942, somewhere in the Pacific: Deadly ambushes by entrenched Japanese in the thick jungles take a heavy toll on American troops. Marine commanders were willing to try anything, including using dogs to sniff out the hidden enemy. But even with their superior senses, nobody anticipated just how effective they would be.

Great Battleships of WWII

December 31, 2008

Great Battleships of WWII focuses on the most powerful British and German Battleships of WWII and explains the great battles and sea chases of the Graf Spee in the Battle of The River Plate, the battles of the Scharnhorst and sister ship Gneisenau, the tragic sinking of the Hood, the dramatic chase of the powerful Bismarck and final sinking by the British battleships King George V and Rodney.

See Through

See Through

December 31, 2008

Two countries started a full out war to take over an island.

Defiance

Defiance

December 31, 2008

Based on a true story, during World War II, four Jewish brothers escape their Nazi-occupied homeland of West Belarus in Poland and join the Soviet partisans to combat the Nazis. The brothers begin the rescue of roughly 1,200 Jews still trapped in the ghettos of Poland.

Baler

Baler

December 25, 2008

In 1898, a band of Spanish soldiers heroically defended Baler against Filipino forces for 337 long and grueling days. The battle, now referred to as the Siege of Baler, is the setting of a forbidden love between a Mestizo soldier and a Filipina lass who lived at the end of the 19th century.

Valkyrie

Valkyrie

December 25, 2008

Wounded in Africa during World War II, Nazi Col. Claus von Stauffenberg returns to his native Germany and joins the Resistance in a daring plan to create a shadow government and assassinate Adolf Hitler. When events unfold so that he becomes a central player, he finds himself tasked with both leading the coup and personally killing the Führer.

What the War Meant

What the War Meant

December 24, 2008

The drama stars Beat Takeshi as General Hideki Tojo, who served as Prime Minister of Japan during World War II and was later executed as a war criminal. The story's theme is said to be a look at how the Pacific War began, focusing mostly on the three month period between the Imperial Conference (Gozen Kaigi) on September 6, 1941, and the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

Life at It's Worst

December 23, 2008

In a battle during World War One, a young man tries to make it through without hurting anyone, but is forced to make a horrible choice.

Max Manus: Man of War

Max Manus: Man of War

December 18, 2008

Max Manus is a Norwegian 2008 biographic war film based on the real events of the life of resistance fighter Max Manus (1914–96), after his contribution in the Winter War against the Soviet Union. The story follows Manus through the outbreak of World War II in Norway until peacetime in 1945.