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War

Occupation in 26 Pictures

Occupation in 26 Pictures

June 7, 1978

Set in Dubrovnik, this drama chronicles a friendship between three men, that began just before World War II. One of the men is of Italian origin, another is the wealthy heir of a shipping fortune, and the third is the son of a Jewish antique-store owner. Before the war, they are fast friends, enjoying one another's company at carnivals and at a private fencing club. However, when the war comes, the Italians and Germans move in to create the Independent State of Croatia. The Italian friend becomes a fascist and courts and marries the sister of his rich friend. Soon enough, atrocities are being committed, and anyone suspected of Jewish or Serbian parentage or anti-fascist leanings, is killed.

Summer Trip to the Sea

Summer Trip to the Sea

June 6, 1978

A story about a group of Arkhangelsk kids during 1942.

The End of the Emperor of the Taiga

The End of the Emperor of the Taiga

June 6, 1978

The film plays one of a little-known pages of the biography of Arkady Gaidar, the young man when he was appointed commander of the detachment CHON (special-purpose parts)...

Tactics of Long-Distance Running

Tactics of Long-Distance Running

June 1, 1978

Special forces unit

Special forces unit

June 1, 1978

Intelligence-diversionary group of athletes who know how to shoot snipers, run, jump, feel free in the water and under water, to withstand the monstrous load of hand-to-hand fights, will be able to reach the goal only going together, passing the task as a relay. Seven of them. Among them is a girl swimmer. It will be the most difficult, the last stage of the journey. The plot is based on the real facts of the great Patriotic war.

Sodybų tuštėjimo metas

Sodybų tuštėjimo metas

May 25, 1978

The Bastard

The Bastard

May 22, 1978

Phillipe Charboneau is the illegitimate son of an English duke. When he travels from France to England to claim his inheritance, he incurs the wrath of his father's family and is forced to flee to America, where he becomes involved in the events leading to the American Revolution. (Episodes 1 and 2 of the Kent Chronicles miniseries.)

Un Balcon en forêt

Un Balcon en forêt

May 16, 1978

An adaptation of the novel of the same name by Julien Gracq. Four soldiers await a possible German attack on a fortified house in the forest of the Ardennes.

The Gypsy Warriors

The Gypsy Warriors

May 12, 1978

American soldiers (Tom Selleck and James Whitmore Jr.) must travel behind enemy lines to procure the formula for a deadly Nazi toxin in this World War II adventure.

I Want to See You

I Want to See You

May 4, 1978

Film by Veiczi.

Pastorale 1943

Pastorale 1943

April 20, 1978

In a Dutch village during the German occupation, a small group of badly organized resistance fighters attempt to assassinate a collaborator.

Keefer

Keefer

March 16, 1978

An U.S. Army colonel leads a crack group of secret agents operating behind enemy lines in occupied France during World War II.

Civil Wars in France

March 15, 1978

The Soldier and the Elephant

March 11, 1978

Soldier Armenak is given an extraordinary task: to transport an elephant from Germany to the Yerevan Zoo.

The Girls with the Red Ribbons

The Girls with the Red Ribbons

March 5, 1978

Jeta is a student who is a member of the illegals and tries to create a group of antifascist girls in her school.

两个小八路

两个小八路

March 3, 1978

Winterspelt 1944

Winterspelt 1944

March 3, 1978

In the Second World War, spring 1944: shortly before the planned Ardennes offensive, Germans and Americans stand waiting on the German-Belgian border. The small Eifel village of Winterspelt threatens to become the scene of a bloody battle. A German officer comes up with a plan to hand over his battalion to the Americans without a fight. He finds support from three inhabitants of the small village, who help him to present his offer of surrender to the Americans, which they ultimately reject.

All and Nobody

All and Nobody

February 20, 1978

City Bieszczady Mountains, 1946. Seven soldiers stop in a small town where should take place a wedding...

Coming Home

Coming Home

February 15, 1978

In 1968 California, a Marine officer's wife falls in love with a former high school classmate who suffered a paralyzing combat injury in the war.

Poem of Kovpak: Carpathians, Carpathians...

Poem of Kovpak: Carpathians, Carpathians...

February 13, 1978

A third of a series of movies about Kovpak - the partisans chief during WWII.