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War

Heroes Stand Alone

Heroes Stand Alone

January 1, 1989

Chad Everett and his crack team of commandoes are sent into enemy territory in South America to recover the black box from a crashed Air Force cargo plane. They are sabotaged every step of the way, and one by one the ruthlessness of their guerilla tactics takes its toll on the commando men.

Vietnam War Story: The Last Days

Vietnam War Story: The Last Days

January 1, 1989

The Rat

The Rat

December 31, 1988

A tenant of a huge apartment building has a rat problem. While the news on television speaks of nothing but weapons and disarmament agreements, the rats steadily destroy his home.

The Dressmaker

The Dressmaker

December 16, 1988

In England during World War II, a repressed dressmaker and her sister struggle looking after their 17-year-old niece, who is having a delusional affair with an American soldier.

Mannigan's Force

Mannigan's Force

December 13, 1988

An ex-GI gathers together some of his army friends to travel to a Central American dictatorship to free some American POWs being held there.

Men Behind the Sun

Men Behind the Sun

December 1, 1988

The film is a graphic depiction of the war atrocities committed by the Japanese at Unit 731, the secret biological weapons experimentation unit of the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. The film details the various cruel medical experiments Unit 731 inflicted upon the Chinese and Soviet prisoners at the tail-end of the war.

The Man Who Lived at the Ritz

The Man Who Lived at the Ritz

November 28, 1988

In this drama, an American art student is trapped amidst the political turmoil of war-torn Europe while visiting Paris and staying at the fabulous Ritz hotel. Rather than cope constructively with it all, the fellow opts to ignore it and continue living the high-life for as long as possible.

Iron Eagle II

Iron Eagle II

November 11, 1988

Chappy Sinclair is called to gather together a mixed Soviet/U.S. strike force that will perform a surgical strike on a massively defended nuclear missile site in the Middle East. Chappy finds that getting the Soviet and U.S. Pilots to cooperate is only the most minor of his problems as he discovers someone in the Pentagon is actively sabotaging his mission.

Spite

Spite

November 7, 1988

Jozo and Mujo are mobilized in the Austro-Hungarian Army. Reluctantly drawn into the war they make a bond of unbreakable friendship. To realize the plan to leave hated Army, Jozo are pretending to be deaf and dumb. But his firm determination comes into question when his friend's life comes into mortal peril.

Famous Like Sarajevo

Famous Like Sarajevo

November 7, 1988

The authorities in favor of the Nazis are trying to restore order in a small town in Silesia. Their actions are fiercely resisted by a small group of residents.

The Great Escape II: The Untold Story

The Great Escape II: The Untold Story

November 5, 1988

Allied prisoners tunnel out of a stalag, then return to avenge fellow escapees executed by the Nazis.

Private War

Private War

November 1, 1988

An army sergeant terrorizes his troops in this war drama.

Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie

Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie

November 1, 1988

Marcel Ophuls' riveting film details the heinous legacy of the Gestapo head dubbed "The Butcher of Lyon." Responsible for over 4,000 deaths in occupied France during World War II, Barbie would escape—with U.S. help—to South America in 1951, where he lived until a global manhunt led to his 1983 arrest and subsequent trial.

The French as Seen by…

The French as Seen by…

October 26, 1988

In 1988, Figaro magazine asked a few famous directors to direct a series of short movies to celebrate the 10 years of the revue. The movies have been released for the French revolution bicentenary. Includes: Werner Herzog's Les Gaulois, David Lynch's The Cowboy and the Frenchman, Andrzej Wajda's Proust contre la déchéance, Luigi Comencini's Pèlerinage à Agen, Jean-Luc Godard's Le dernier mot.

Red Scorpion

Red Scorpion

December 24, 1988

A Russian KGB agent is sent to Africa to kill an anti-Communist black revolutionary. However, he has a change of heart when he sees how the Russians and their Cuban allies are killing and repressing the locals, so he switches sides and helps the rebels.

Paradise Road

Paradise Road

October 21, 1988

The love story between a German prisoner of war and a British Army nurse, in an English prison camp in Rhodesia, during World War II.

Fragments of War: The Story of Damien Parer

October 19, 1988

The life story of Damien Parer, the acclaimed World War II photographer, who spent most of the war on the frontline.

哗变

哗变

October 18, 1988

Mandoukhai the Wise: Episode 4

Mandoukhai the Wise: Episode 4

October 18, 1988

Set in the 15th century after the collapse of Genghis Khan's empire, and follows Mandoukhai from her youth when she's forced to marry the new ruler to her violent death after unifying the vast Mongolian empire.

Generał Berling

October 12, 1988

Zygmunt Berling (27 April 1896 – 11 July 1980) was a Polish general who fought for the independence of Poland in the early 20th century.