Film Snail

War

The Quiet American

The Quiet American

November 22, 2002

Cynical British journalist Fowler falls in love with a young Vietnamese woman but is dismayed when a naïve U.S. official also begins vying for her attention. In retaliation, Fowler informs the communists that the American is selling arms to their enemy.

The Four Feathers

The Four Feathers

September 8, 2002

A young British officer resigns his post when he learns of his regiment's plan to ship out to the Sudan for the conflict with the Mahdi. His friends and fiancée send him four white feathers as symbols of what they view as his cowardice. To redeem his honor, he disguises himself as an Arab and secretly saves their lives.

House of Fools

House of Fools

December 6, 2002

The war film that's not a war film. A film about the mental institution which backdrop is the Chechen war. A story about the patients living in an institution during the war on the border of Chechnia and Russia during the war. The patients have to continue living their day to day life after being invaded twice over, and they have to deal with their sicknesses.

Yossi & Jagger

Yossi & Jagger

August 28, 2002

A sociological study of two men in the Israeli army who are lovers. The others in the unit react to their situation, suspecting, but not always understanding. One will leave the military soon, a few months away, as a snowy and desolate outpost is guarded from attack.

The Boy and the Sea Turtle

The Boy and the Sea Turtle

August 15, 2002

The first film in Shin-Ei's series of annual WWII themed anime television movies for children "Sensou Douwa"

Secret Lives: Hidden Children and Their Rescuers During WWII

Secret Lives: Hidden Children and Their Rescuers During WWII

August 2, 2002

Through interviews we meet some of the people who risked their lives to hide Jewish children during World War II and how this experience has continued to affect the survivors.

Embun

Embun

August 1, 2002

Set in Malaya during the Japanese occupation in the 1940s, this film tells the story of a girl, Embun, who's thrown into the forefront of the struggle against the Japanese when her freedom-fighter brother, Bayu, and father are detained by the Japanese. In the midst of it all, she's also attracted to the Japanese army public relations man, Koishi, who is assigned to explain the Japanese propaganda to the Malays and win their support. Koishi also has a personal mission to fulfil in Malaya to find the Malay man who married his mother (in other words, his father) when she served as a Japanese spy prior to the occupation.

K-19: The Widowmaker

K-19: The Widowmaker

July 19, 2002

When Russia's first nuclear submarine malfunctions on its maiden voyage, the crew must race to save the ship and prevent a nuclear disaster.

Special Operations: America's Secret Soldiers

Special Operations: America's Secret Soldiers

July 4, 2002

US Army Green Berets patrol the roads, small towns and villages in Southeast Afghanistan near the Pakistani border, supporting the local police against attack, training the local militia and dealing with the local warlords.

Andreas Hofer

Andreas Hofer

June 29, 2002

Le Puits

Le Puits

June 14, 2002

When the Big war started, the 2nd of August 1914, Louis is one of those first mobilized. He has to leave Marie and his village in Corsica for the plains of the Marne where the fights rage. On the front, he is a stretcher-bearer and crosses the battlefield, at night, in search of the wounded. One day, while the trench is sorely lacking water, he is chosen to go to a well situated halfway between the French and German territories in what they called "no-man's-land". There, he finds himself in front of a German soldier who has also come too stock up.

Windtalkers

Windtalkers

June 14, 2002

Joe Enders is a gung-ho Marine assigned to protect a "windtalker" - one of several Navajo Indians who were used to relay messages during World War II because their spoken language was indecipherable to Japanese code breakers.

Netto Perde Sua Alma

Netto Perde Sua Alma

June 11, 2002

The story of a man who invented a country.

Soldati di Pace

Soldati di Pace

June 2, 2002

Snipers Alley

Snipers Alley

June 1, 2002

Two German UN soldiers are confronted by a sniper in Kosovo.

Shinobi: The Law of Shinobi

May 31, 2002

In the world of the Ninja, fighting skills play a small role in one's rank in the Shinobi order. Kageru is the best in his class, but his birth predestines him to the lower class. His friend Aoi is dealt the same fate; together they'll have to question themselves.

Price for Peace

Price for Peace

May 27, 2002

This powerful and thought provoking film chronicles the compelling events in the Pacific Theater of WWII, from the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941 to the American occupation of Japan in 1945. It depicts the strength and courage of America's youth, while examining how these men and women dealt with being thrust into this brutal war. The film includes interviews with war veterans, both American and Japanese, from all branches of the military. It features testimony from medics, nurses, dog handlers, as well as Japanese-Americans who were imprisoned at internment camps in the United States. The film also includes a first hand account of the tragic impact of the atomic bomb on Japanese citizens. Among the veterans who appear is Zenji Abe, a Japanese veteran who flew the mission to bomb Pearl Harbor, and retired General Paul Tibbets who flew the mission to bomb Hiroshima.

The Pianist

The Pianist

September 17, 2002

The true story of pianist Władysław Szpilman's experiences in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. When the Jews of the city find themselves forced into a ghetto, Szpilman finds work playing in a café; and when his family is deported in 1942, he stays behind, works for a while as a laborer, and eventually goes into hiding in the ruins of the war-torn city.

Marooned in Iraq

Marooned in Iraq

October 9, 2002

During the war between Iran and Iraq, a group of Iranian Kurd musicians set off on an almost impossible mission. They will try to find Hanareh, a singer with a magic voice who crossed the border and may now be in danger in the Iraqi Kurdistan. As in his previous films, this Kurdish director is again focusing on the oppression of his people.

Ararat

Ararat

May 20, 2002

Interrogated by a customs officer, a young man recounts how his life was changed during the making of a film about the Armenian genocide.