Film Snail

War

Romance of an Orphan Girl

Romance of an Orphan Girl

January 2, 1986

A female orphan falls in love with an army platoon leader fighting Kazakh bandits but she is puzzled when he joins the bandits.

Evening Bells

Evening Bells

January 2, 1986

Trials and tribulations of a Croatian communist intellectual in the turbulent years before, during and after the Second World War.

Avanti Popolo

Avanti Popolo

January 2, 1986

A beautiful anti-war movie. It describes the surreal journey of two Egyptian soldiers as they're coming back to Cairo from the Six-day War of 1967. One is an aspiring actor, whose biggest role so far was that of Shakespeare's Shylock (the irony of fate), who contributes the role of the sad clown (played by the Arab-Israeli actor Salim Daw).

Tandra Paparayudu

Tandra Paparayudu

January 1, 1986

The story of an Indian Freedom fighter who fought the French even before the British could establish their authority in India

The Trembing Gold Wings

The Trembing Gold Wings

January 1, 1986

Forest workers need protection from bugs.

Jungle Escape

Jungle Escape

January 1, 1986

In the 90s, Kuomintang troups rejected by Chiang Kai-shek live in the forest on the border of China

Dreamless Sleep

Dreamless Sleep

January 1, 1986

Silently conveys a couple's fear of an immanent nuclear blast. Part of Sweet Disaster; a 1986 series of short films made for Channel 4. It consists of “animated visions of the apocalypse”.

Conversations by a Californian Swimming Pool

Conversations by a Californian Swimming Pool

January 1, 1986

Part of Sweet Disaster; a 1986 series of short films made for Channel 4. It consists of “animated visions of the apocalypse”.

Death of a Speechwriter

Death of a Speechwriter

January 1, 1986

Part of Sweet Disaster; a 1986 series of short films made for Channel 4. It consists of "animated visions of the apocalypse".

Tao chu zui'e shijie

January 1, 1986

Po xi zhan

Po xi zhan

January 1, 1986

Kolysanka

Kolysanka

January 1, 1986

The Passage‏

The Passage‏

January 1, 1986

Four Iranian soldiers are sent deep into Iraqi territory during the Iran-Iraq War to conduct a reconnaissance mission, with the chances of their safe return slim to none.

Cards on the Table: The Last Warning

Cards on the Table: The Last Warning

January 1, 1986

Luan continues to serve as the governor of Kien Hoa province and receives classified information sent by Y5, an agent installed by Kien Hoa Security in the Communist Party of Vietnam. He tries to identify Y5. The coup in 1960 ends with victory for the Republic's government, but unrest soon proves this result impermanent.

Saigon Rangers: The Meeting Place

Saigon Rangers: The Meeting Place

January 1, 1986

Posing as a privileged man working for his wealthy industrialist uncle, Commander of the Saigon Rangers Tư Chung prepares with his comrades for a secret meeting with a coming Vietcong officer, alias "K9". The first part of a series based on a real-life organization involved in intelligence activities in South Vietnam before 1975.

I Did Everything I Could

I Did Everything I Could

January 1, 1986

In the fall of 1941, a man who called himself a doctor appeared in a prisoner of war camp near Kiev and convinced the Germans of the need to organize a hospital outside the camp.

Secret Order Intercept

Secret Order Intercept

January 1, 1986

Set in the anti-Japanese war, a Japanese commander who killed a lot of Chinese receives an order to return to Japan. Scouts from the eighth route army must intercept the executioner before he leaves China.

Karma

Karma

January 1, 1986

Binh is a South Vietnamese soldier whose wife Nga turns to a life of prostitution after Binh is classified as missing. When Binh does return, he finds it impossible to forgive the repentant Nga. The couple's doomed future continues, as Binh joins the Vietnamese Special Forces and a friend struggles to reunite the two.

Song of Retrospection

Song of Retrospection

January 1, 1986

Mr. Komak, a musician from one foreign power, and Ra Sol Ju, Navy communicator of DPRK, who also does have a sense of music, met twice. First, on the Korean War, where she captured him, and then at the Festival of Youth and Students in Berlin. Many years later, Komak is coming to the festival in Pyongyang, with hope to find her.

2nd War Hats

January 1, 1986

Somewhere in a bombed city: transvestite heads show beautiful ladies hats. We see the latest fashion and hear cheerful music while the war continues.