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Barefoot Gen: Explosion of Tears

Barefoot Gen: Explosion of Tears

March 26, 1977

First live action "Barefoot Gen" sequel.

The African Queen

The African Queen

March 18, 1977

After the events of The African Queen (1951), Charlie and Rose are recaptured by the Germans and forced to tug one of their big cannons that could bring the Nazis victory against the local Allied forces.

Women's Camp 119

Women's Camp 119

March 18, 1977

A prisoner is forced to serve as a doctor's assistant, giving her a front row seat for the horrible goings-on. There's the experiment to revive Nazi soldiers who have frozen to death by having nude women rub their bodies all over the corpse (that one works), and the experiment tries to "cure" homosexual men by having nude women dance for them. This is only some of the horrors that are going on there.

The Uprooted

The Uprooted

March 1, 1977

In 1880, in colonized Algeria, it was decided that the Algerian peasants of the Ouarsenis mountains would see their lands dispossessed in favor of the French colonists. Two methods were used to achieve this, either by sheer force or by a ploy forcing the fellahs to pay fines too high to be paid. The uprooted must then leave for the cities, swelling the mass of proletarians in the slums ...

To Survive Until Dawn

To Survive Until Dawn

February 28, 1977

On December 6, 1941, the troops of the Western Front launched an offensive near Moscow. And before that, in the autumn of 1941, when the fascists were at Moscow, ten soldiers under the command of a lieutenant went into the enemy terrain to blow up the ammunition base.

Mama, I’m Alive

Mama, I’m Alive

February 24, 1977

In a Russian POW camp, four Germans determined to end WWII agree to pose as Red Army soldiers. Are they patriots or traitors, heroes or opportunists? Although they go to the frontlines, their new Russian comrades are initially unsure whether to trust them. Three of them then accept a mission behind German lines, but they are unprepared to fire upon their countrymen and it ends up costing the life of a Russian soldier. In the meantime, the fourth man has fallen in love with Russian radio operator Svetlana. After being criticized by the other Russians, he too agrees to participate in the mission..

That Was in Kokand

That Was in Kokand

February 9, 1977

About the formation of Soviet power in Uzbekistan, the fight against the “Kokand Autonomy” and the Basmachi.

Raszyn. 1809

January 29, 1977

This film covers the history of the Duchy of Warsaw. It begins in 1806, when Napoleon Bonaparte's army enters the Polish lands under Prussian rule. Ends with a Galician company in 1809. An important element of the film is the battle with the Austrians at Raszyn, which is important for Poles.

Cross of Iron

Cross of Iron

January 29, 1977

It is 1943, and the German army—ravaged and demoralised—is hastily retreating from the Russian front. In the midst of the madness, conflict brews between the aristocratic yet ultimately pusillanimous Captain Stransky and the courageous Corporal Steiner. Stransky is the only man who believes that the Third Reich is still vastly superior to the Russian army. However, within his pompous persona lies a quivering coward who longs for the Iron Cross so that he can return to Berlin a hero. Steiner, on the other hand is cynical, defiantly non-conformist and more concerned with the safety of his own men rather than the horde of military decorations offered to him by his superiors.

The Troubled Month of Veresen

The Troubled Month of Veresen

January 24, 1977

Autumn 1944. Wounded scout returns to his home village only to fight with bandits.

They Were Four

They Were Four

January 23, 1977

Four partisans are tasked with delivering a song to the Congress of Përmet.

Babruvahana

Babruvahana

January 21, 1977

Babhruvahana, like Arjuna at the beginning of the Kurukshetra war, faces a moral dilemma. Can he risk harming his parents? While Chitarangada alerts Arjuna to shoot an arrow at their son and take advantage of Babhruvahana’s momentary lapse due to a sense of devotion towards them (as Arjuna did with Karna), Uluci, the Naga princess and yet another abandoned wife of Arjuna’s, reminds Babhruvahana of the teaching of the Kurukshetra battle that in the battlefield there is no space for feelings even towards parents. What Babhruvahana must do is to establish his mother’s good name and thereby his own character. This film captures this conflict spectacularly. The eerie parallels with the moral dilemmas of the great Mahabharata battle aside, here all the familial relationships (in particular, strong mothers and dutiful sons) become exaggerated and demand our attention.

Gestapo's Last Orgy

Gestapo's Last Orgy

January 21, 1977

Lise Cohen is taken to a special prisoner-of-war camp for female Jews, a camp run as a bordello to entertain the German officers and troops going in to battle. The camp is run with an iron fist by Commandant Starker and his minion Alma. Starker becomes frustrated when Lise demonstrates no fear, and devises cruel experiments to scare her, to no avail. Once she realizes her guilt is unfounded, Lise begins to play Starker's game, but even though she begins living a better life, she doesn't forget the atrocities she has seen and experienced.

Private House of the SS

Private House of the SS

January 20, 1977

Top Nazi officials, intent on rooting out traitors and those in the military who may be plotting to overthrow Adolf Hitler, recruit and train a group of beautiful prostitutes whose mission is to use any means necessary to uncover plots against the Fuhrer.

Achtung! The Desert Tigers

Achtung! The Desert Tigers

January 15, 1977

During World War II, an American major is captured by the Germans and thrown into a POW camp run by a sadistic Nazi officer, whose main pleasures are whipping the local female population and torturing prisoners. The major organizes an escape attempt using the camp's nubile female doctor as a hostage.

Kurukshetram

Kurukshetram

January 14, 1977

The Sanskrit epic Mahābhārata told through Cinema.

SS Camp 5: Women's Hell

SS Camp 5: Women's Hell

January 11, 1977

During the last days of WW2, several female prisoners arrive at Camp 5 to work as sex slaves for officers and guinea pigs for horrific experiments by Nazi doctors who are trying to find a cure for burns. But these women are not going to die without a fight... Can they stay alive until the closing Red army comes to their rescue?

A Measure of the Man

January 3, 1977

A professionally commissioned documentary about the training of Rhodesian Regular Army Officer Cadets. It follows the fortunes of Inf 25/19 - a group of young men commissioned into the Rhodeisan Army in 1977.

Green Eyes

Green Eyes

January 3, 1977

Disillusioned Vietnam veteran Lloyd Dubeck travels back to Southeast Asia in search among thousands of war orphans for the son he left behind.

Furious Tides on the Fishing Island

Furious Tides on the Fishing Island

January 1, 1977

The People's Liberation Army and the Nationalists battle over Longwang Island in 1947.