War

Red Flag: The Ultimate Game

Red Flag: The Ultimate Game

October 3, 1981

Two fighter pilots, Phil Clark and Jay Rivers, who flew together in Vietnam are assigned to the elite Air Force Fighter Weapons School (known as "Red Flag") at Nellis AFB, Nevada, about a decade after the war. Brash, self-confident Clark is an instructor, while quieter, family man Rivers is the student. At first, the two men resume their friendship. But as the student starts to show the master a thing or two, tensions develop. Can their relationship survive the stresses of one of the military's top schools?

On the Eve of Freedom

On the Eve of Freedom

September 29, 1981

During WWII, Qemal Orhanaj exposes the attempts of the pseudo-democrats and traitors of the country to create their government backed by the Nazis.

Pedon merkki

Pedon merkki

September 25, 1981

Set during the Second World War in the Finnish war zone.

Temporary Paradise

Temporary Paradise

September 24, 1981

1943. French POWs escape through Hungary towards the Balkan. Jacques and Gérard are caught and taken to an internment camp at Lake Balaton. Jacques meets Klári here, who was abandoned by her military officer husband for her Jewish origin. Both want to have a short affair, but love unfolds between them.

Le rescapé de Tikeroa

Le rescapé de Tikeroa

September 19, 1981

In 1939 a French policeman (Jacques Martin) is forgotten on a Polynesian island, during an administrative tour. When war broke out, he knew nothing about it and it was only when a German ship called that he learned of the gravity of the events. On the tone of comedy, this drama describes the relationship between this ex-policeman still imbued with administrative stupidity and the naive but joyful population of the island. The comedy prevails over the drama and the gendarme will not take long to acquire the joie de vivre of the natives.

Fly Away Home

Fly Away Home

September 18, 1981

Ambitious pilot to a prospective series revolving around a combat cameraman in Vietnam. Carl Danton is in Saigon on assignment at the start of the 1968 Tet offensive with a cynical boss in the local bureau chief. His love interest is a Vietnamese doctor whose brother happens to be a leader in the Viet Cong and whose influential parents are involved in high-level corruption.

La leyenda del tambor

La leyenda del tambor

September 17, 1981

In June 1808, Napoleon's troops invade Spain. A boy named Isidro will beat his drum in the mountains of El Bruc, making the French army believe that thousands of armed men are waiting to confront them.

Das Boot

Das Boot

September 17, 1981

A German submarine hunts allied ships during the Second World War, but it soon becomes the hunted. The crew tries to survive below the surface, while stretching both the boat and themselves to their limits.

Leningraders, My Children

Leningraders, My Children

September 1, 1981

1942, Great Patriotic War. Thousands of orphaned children evacuated from besieged Leningrad and other cities found shelter and care in Uzbek families and orphanages.

A Man of Immortality

A Man of Immortality

August 28, 1981

After the cession of Taiwan to Japan in 1895 by the Manchu government, people on the island staged a series of anti-Japanese revolts to oppose the tyrannical rule of the Japanese militarists.

The Skin

The Skin

August 27, 1981

Based on the memoirs of author Curzio Malaparte, diplomatic liaison between the Allied and Italian forces after the defeat of the Nazis in Italy, The Skin follows the collapse of Italian society under the US occupation and the desperate measures required for survival.

The Convoy

The Convoy

August 21, 1981

During the Second World War, a fascist warden takes over a prison in Romania and plans to kill communist prisoners under the pretext of attempted escape during their forced transfer to another penitentiary.

Xiao cheng chun qiu

Xiao cheng chun qiu

August 8, 1981

The Imperial Navy

The Imperial Navy

August 8, 1981

A lavish retelling of the true story of the final voyage and ultimate destruction and sinking of the battleship Yamato, Japan's greatest flagship during the Second World War.

Sashka

Sashka

August 7, 1981

A story of Sashka - a young Red Army soldier fighting in the WWII.

Gallipoli

Gallipoli

August 13, 1981

Two Australian sprinters face the brutal realities of war when they are sent to fight in the Gallipoli campaign in Turkey during World War I.

Rise and Fall of Idi Amin

Rise and Fall of Idi Amin

July 16, 1981

The chronicle of Ugandan dictator Idi Amin and his tyranic rule from 1971 to his overthrow in 1979.

We Take Everything Upon Ourselves

We Take Everything Upon Ourselves

July 14, 1981

During the final months of the World War II, a group of special forces sailors, under the command of Lieutenant Balandin, receives a secret order of special importance to destroy enemy tankers, seaplanes and gun installations to ensure the free landing of their troops.

Al-Qadisiyya

Al-Qadisiyya

July 13, 1981

A historical epic about the battle of Qadiseya, which was helmed by the Arabian knight Saad Ibn Abi Waqas, and which enabled Muslims from conquering Persia in 636 A.D.

Find a Way, Comrade

Find a Way, Comrade

July 9, 1981

Based on a TV sit-com series and set in World War II, about how an ordinary woodcutter develops into an active partisan fighter.