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War

The Rays of the Rising Sun: Episode 2

The Rays of the Rising Sun: Episode 2

September 25, 1987

The work reflects the historical life of the great general D. Sukhbaatar, who started participating in the People's Revolution.

The Rays of the Rising Sun: Episode 1

The Rays of the Rising Sun: Episode 1

September 21, 1987

The work reflects the historical life of the great general D. Sukhbaatar, who started participating in the People's Revolution.

Field of Honor

Field of Honor

September 16, 1987

The surprising destiny of Pierre Naboulet, who became a soldier during the terrible war of 1870 that he crossed with a lost child.

The Lighthorsemen

The Lighthorsemen

September 10, 1987

In 1917 when the British forces are bogged down in front of the Turkish and German lines in Palestine they rely on the Australian light horse regiment to break the deadlock.

In the Name of Freedom

In the Name of Freedom

September 9, 1987

A wounded Greek partisan is helped by Albanian partisans and hidden in the house of an old woman, but his life is still in danger due to the presence of Nazis.

The Cloaks in Wax

The Cloaks in Wax

September 8, 1987

Film set during the Albanian Renaissance, focusing on a group of Albanian outlaws fighting against the Ottoman Empire.

Fury Of The Sea

Fury Of The Sea

September 7, 1987

The film depicts life in Iraq during the Iraq-Iran war through the characters of the fighters Jabbar and Imad (played by Jalal Kamel and Nizar Al-Samarrai). They live in the city of Basra and the Iraqi countryside amidst the war atmosphere. Jalal develops a love relationship with the beautiful girl Soha, and they both join their military duties.

Task Force

Task Force

September 6, 1987

An Iranian attack occurs on the middle sector, prompting a team of Iraqi special forces to attempt to repel the assault. A tough confrontation unfolds until an Iraqi aircraft intervenes, bombing enemy barracks, and allowing some of the soldiers to survive the battle.

Au Revoir les Enfants

Au Revoir les Enfants

October 7, 1987

Au revoir les enfants tells a heartbreaking story of friendship and devastating loss concerning two boys living in Nazi-occupied France. At a provincial Catholic boarding school, the precocious youths enjoy true camaraderie—until a secret is revealed. Based on events from writer-director Malle’s own childhood, the film is a subtle, precisely observed tale of courage, cowardice, and tragic awakening.

Strike Commando

Strike Commando

August 26, 1987

The sole survivor of a Vietnam mission is ordered by his commanding officer to photograph Soviets.

Wartime

Wartime

August 26, 1987

Somewhere in Eastern Europe during WW II. The Nazis have captured a Swedish scientist, whom they want to create weapons of mass-destruction for them, and then a group of local rebels will have to free him from the Nazis before they run out of time. To help them with this task, they have sought the aid of a couple of American pilots

Hope and Glory

Hope and Glory

September 3, 1987

A middle-aged man recalls his childhood growing up in and around London during World War II.

A Tale of a Loud Drum

A Tale of a Loud Drum

August 18, 1987

A tale of a twelve years old Larik, one of the young heroes of Civil War in Russia.

The Beech Forest

The Beech Forest

August 17, 1987

In August 1944 Romania, a group of telephone operators are caught in the events in a new center placed in a forest to evade bombardment.

Apocalypse Mercenaries

Apocalypse Mercenaries

August 14, 1987

An elite group of five mercenaries, each with highly specialised skills, who are hired to take out a German Command Center situated deep within a lime stone cavern system. Along the way to this objective, our intrepid soldiers of fortune also undertake various sub missions including blowing up an arms supply train and a German airfield.

The Other Person

The Other Person

August 13, 1987

1944. At the end of the war ensign Bojtár gets from the captivity of the partisans into that of the Hungarian Nazi and he escapes at the price of a quasi-murder. He has to hide, the more so because his victim did not die and searches for him.

Hamburger Hill

Hamburger Hill

August 7, 1987

The men of Bravo Company are facing a battle that's all uphill… up Hamburger Hill. Fourteen war-weary soldiers are battling for a mud-covered mound of earth so named because it chews up soldiers like chopped meat. They are fighting for their country, their fellow soldiers and their lives. War is hell, but this is worse. Hamburger Hill tells it the way it was, the way it really was. It's a raw, gritty and totally unrelenting dramatic depiction of one of the fiercest battles of America's bloodiest war. This happened. Hamburger Hill - war at its worst, men at their best.

My Happiness

My Happiness

August 4, 1987

A mother in modern-day Pyongyang reminisces to her daughter about how she got some medals, and the movie flashbacks to tell her story.

The Hero in Northeast

The Hero in Northeast

August 1, 1987

Living Dangerously

Living Dangerously

July 24, 1987

In 1950s Havana, a romance blooms between two young revolutionaries whose clandestine printing press publishes pamphlets meant to stir up rebellion against the dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista. As their popularity grows, so, too, does their revolutionary zeal and their desire to mobilize other urban guerilla units.