Film Snail

War

Berlin kaputt

Berlin kaputt

May 21, 1981

Story of three partisans whose fates are determined by different encounters with women.

Attack Force Z

Attack Force Z

June 1, 1982

Sent to rescue survivors from the site of a plane crash in the South Pacific during WWII, Captain Kelly and his elite squad of Australian commandos must keep tabs on a defecting Japanese official who could hold the secret to peace.

Attack at Dawn

Attack at Dawn

May 8, 1981

After the Japanese occupation, the Indonesian people began fighting for independence, culminating with the 1 March 1949 general attack on the Dutch-held capital at Yogyakarta, led by Suharto. Amidst this backdrop two families face their own, personal issues.

My Mother Gave Birth to Me Happy...

My Mother Gave Birth to Me Happy...

May 6, 1981

The film takes place in 1944 in a Moldovan village that had just been liberated by the Soviet Army. A young teacher creates a school pioneer organization. He is opposed by the school principal, who is hiding a fascist agent. With the help of a young teacher and his students, police officers manage to neutralize the criminal.

Inchon

Inchon

May 4, 1981

Gen. Douglas MacArthur leads a Korean War campaign, and the war tests a married couple's relationship.

All Things Pass

All Things Pass

May 3, 1981

During World War II in the Netherlands, resistance-leader Arie is shot by the Dutch SS-man Niels. Arie's comrades pledge to avenge his death. 35 years later one of them, Ab, is confronted with Niels again. He decides to round up his old friends to kill him. He finds out though, that they think this is useless or are not capable of doing so anymore. Only the former communist Gerben has not forgotten his pledge and is talked into joining the execution.

Jamal's Tree

Jamal's Tree

May 2, 1981

Story of Jamal, a Turkmen woman who is left to tend to the farm when her husband goes off to fight in WW2.

You Should Survive

You Should Survive

May 1, 1981

1945, an attack aviation regiment is based at the field airfield, which is served by a team of young girls. The last days of the war are coming... In one of the battles, Lieutenant Volynin’s attack aircraft, damaged by a shell fragment, landed in territory occupied by the Germans. Air gunner Shchepov carried the wounded commander out of the burning plane. With the help of the Polish teacher Anna, they managed to get to theirs. And everyday life at the front began again. A few days before the Victory, Dima Shchepov died. Volynin took the death of his friend seriously. But it was even harder for him to learn about the death of Anna, whom he loved and whom he promised to find after the war...

Women in Arms

Women in Arms

April 9, 1981

Interviews with key military woman guerrilla leaders, and young girls and old women who took part baring arms or making artisanal bombs, against the regime of General Somoza.

Au bon beurre

Au bon beurre

April 8, 1981

The Private History of a Campaign That Failed

April 6, 1981

Mark Twain tale of cowardly Confederate soldiers.

Broad Are the Leaves

Broad Are the Leaves

April 2, 1981

The action takes place in 1943 and today, and a Partisan school in Srem is in the center of action. A young journalist gets appointed to shoot a film report about the participants in the Liberation War from this area. In Srem village she meets common, simple people. She discovers that a free territory and a Partisan school was there. She also finds out that everybody acted as one. Deply going through all of those events, young reporter grows mature, identifying herself with the revolution participants.

When the Greeks

When the Greeks

April 1, 1981

At the turn of the twentieth century a young merchant is abducted by a group of brigands who are sheltered in a remote mountainous area of Greece aiming to extract ransom from his wealthy family. The young man develops a kind of sympathy to the arch-brigand and realizes that the underground life and moral code of his kidnappers actually represent a more genuine expression of “New Hellenism” than his bourgeois well-being.

Pugowitza

Pugowitza

March 26, 1981

World War II is over and Heinrich, a young German boy, influenced by the Russians, starts to act according to Communist principles in a small German village.

Дочь командира

Дочь командира

March 6, 1981

Operation Inchon

Operation Inchon

March 6, 1981

Recounts the so-called 'Battle of Inchon', an episode at the end of World War II during the amphibious invasion of Korea, resulting in a decisive victory and a strategic reversal in favor of the Allied forces.

The Boy Soldier

The Boy Soldier

March 4, 1981

In the 1930s a young fellow, Simon Chalumet, is sent to a military school by his overbearing father, an ex-soldier who has little sympathy for his son's more gentle temperament, or for his interest in films.

South Pacific 1942

South Pacific 1942

March 1, 1981

Follows the crew of a Canadian submarine in World War Two and their fight against the Japanese Imperial Navy.

Mercedes Runs Away from the Chase

Mercedes Runs Away from the Chase

March 1, 1981

The film is set during World War II. After capturing the "trophy" Mercedes, a group of scouts, disguised as German officers commits a daring raid behind enemy lines (the 116th Motorized Division) on roads controlled by the enemy.

The Last Train

The Last Train

February 28, 1981

With the failure of Linggarjati Agreement as the background, a heroic and also a love story are interwoven. The army headquarters in Yogja decides to withdraw all existing trains to Yogya.