War

Deckname Schlier

January 31, 1986

Since the spring of 1943 and during the national socialist regime, a branch of the Mauthausen concentration camp had been located in the Upper Austrian village of Zipf. The prisoners were forced to work in a factory in which the propellants for the "Wunderwaffe" (wonder weapon), the V2 rocket were tested. Most of the people who live in the vicinity of the former concentration camp deny this. A documentary film which confronts a historic actuality with oral witnesses.

Victory

Victory

April 1, 1985

30 years after the end of World War II, a Soviet and an American journalist meet again for realizing post war paths of their countries.

Flash Back

March 30, 1985

Life flashes before a soldier's eyes in his moment of death

Going and Coming Back

Going and Coming Back

March 27, 1985

Salomé Lerner just finished writing an autobiography. She goes to a TV show called "Apostrophes", hosted by French TV showman Bernard Pivot. Pivot then imagines a film that could be created from her gripping story. A film entirely made of music because after seeing the young pianist Erik Berchot, Salomé believes seeing her long lost brother, who was a musician as well. A brother she had lost along with her parents in 1943. However, the Lerners did in fact escape the gestapo and might have based themselves in Paris...

Gunpowder

Gunpowder

March 25, 1985

At the end of September 1941, Soviet artillery troops in besieged Leningrad realize that pretty soon they will fire their last shot, and after that the defense of the city will be doomed. The film is based on a true event: a small group of fearless soldiers transported a large supply of gunpowder through enemy lines to Leningrad.

Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Romance of the Three Kingdoms

March 20, 1985

Sangokushi is set in the waning days of the Han dynasty. Central rule has disintegrated, and the land is controlled by multiple warlords. Liu Bei Xuande is a warrior who aspires to build a just state and to serve the people.

The Bridge Under the Castle

The Bridge Under the Castle

March 18, 1985

War film written and directed by Rikard Ljarja.

Three Cloaked Men

Three Cloaked Men

March 17, 1985

Three cloaked partisans are carrying out their duty in the harsh winter. During the way, they are disovered by the Germans.. The shepherd, Xhemo use a brave trick to save them, thus risking his life.

The Lion of Flanders

The Lion of Flanders

March 14, 1985

A tale centered on the Battle of the Golden Spurs in 1302 where the Flemish rank and file won a major victory over the glorious French knights.

The Heifer

The Heifer

March 6, 1985

During the Spanish Civil War a platoon of mismatched Republican soldiers cross the front-line to steal the bull that the enemy is going to fight on the local holiday of the nearby village. In addition to ruining the Nationalist faction's celebration they want the animal in order to butcher it and feed their famished troops. They get caught in the process and have to go through a series of funny and pathetic incidents before they can get back to their side.

Missing in Action 2: The Beginning

Missing in Action 2: The Beginning

March 1, 1985

Prequel to the first Missing In Action, set in the early 1980s it shows the capture of Colonel Braddock during the Vietnam war in the 1970s, and his captivity with other American POWs in a brutal prison camp, and his plans to escape.

Latino

Latino

February 28, 1985

The fighting between the Sandinista government in Nicaragua and the Contra rebels backed by U.S. money and expertise is the focus of this pro-Sandinista film by Haskell Wexler. On a secret mission to help the U.S. Special Forces train Contra rebels in the jungles of Nicaragua, American soldier Eddie Guerrero begins to question the morality of the task at hand and consider how his actions may influence the fate of a nation.

Orchestra of One Youthhood

Orchestra of One Youthhood

February 27, 1985

True story about the brass band of a fire brigade during WW2.

Batallions Ask for Fire

Batallions Ask for Fire

February 18, 1985

A story of a several days of intense fighting on the Eastern Front during one of the Soviet offensives in WWII.

Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil

Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil

February 17, 1985

The two-part TV movie Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil crystallizes that evil by concentrating on two Berlin brothers. In 1931, Helmut Hoffman a brilliant student and self-styled opportunist, joins Hitler's SS. At the same time, his younger brother Karl, a top athlete and idealist, becomes a chauffeur for the "S.A.".

Mama, I'm Alive

Mama, I'm Alive

February 12, 1985

In 1943 a group of children are forced to join the partisan detachment in the forests of Belarus.

Privates

Privates

February 9, 1985

The action takes place shortly before the Victory in the ruins of Berlin. But it is not the military actions that are at the center of what is happening, but the fate of people, their sorrows and hopes. A young first-year Dandelion, drafted in the last days of the war, suffers completely childishly from the fact that he will not get military glory. His older friend, Dervoed, in front of whom his wife and son died, is suffering unable to cope with the mental pain. In contrast, the Rebel, who was taken to the military enlistment office right from his own wedding, is nervous and fierce. A real "war dog", he only knows how to kill. What to do when the war is over, where to put yourself?

Bitter Spring

Bitter Spring

February 8, 1985

At the center of the film is a patriot photographer, who sees how the city moves on the eve of invasion by focusing his camera at the heroic resistance of the people.

Area 88 Act I: The Blue Skies of Betrayal

Area 88 Act I: The Blue Skies of Betrayal

February 5, 1985

Shin Kazama, tricked and forced into flying for the remote country of Aslan, can only escape the hell of war by earning money for shooting down enemy planes or die trying. Through the course of the series, Shin must deal with the consequences of killing and friends dying around him as tries to keep his mind on freeing himself from this nightmare.

The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission

The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission

February 4, 1985

Major Reisman is "volunteered" to lead another mission using convicted army soldiers, sentenced to either death or long prison terms. This time their mission is to kill a Nazi general who plans to assassinate Hitler.