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War

To Save the City

To Save the City

October 11, 1976

1945. Soviet offensive is approaching Cracow. Local resistance cooperate despite political differences to save the city from destruction planned by Germans.

The Fifth Seal

The Fifth Seal

October 7, 1976

In 1944 Budapest, one of a group of four friends poses a hypothetical moral question to the others, an act that will unexpectedly alter their lives forever.

Love Of Blood Relations

Love Of Blood Relations

October 5, 1976

North Korean agents are sent to Seoul to disrupt the visit of important international dignitaries.

Zero Fighter

Zero Fighter

October 2, 1976

The Great Wall of the South-China Sea

The Great Wall of the South-China Sea

October 1, 1976

The Manila Rope

The Manila Rope

September 28, 1976

Manillaköysi is a cult status holding TV-movie adaptation of the satirical war novel by Veijo Meri. Manillaköysi has an endless list of classic one-liners, but it is still not based on cheap laughs or anything like that. The whole humouristic aspect of it comes from describing the absurdity of war, and the whole military system, by looking it with the eyes of a simple man, who's thrown into it, and who simply does not give a rats ass of it all. The tone of it is not overly preachy or moralizing. If I would have to describe it with one word, it would be: unglamourizing. The main point of Manillaköysi is pretty much compressed in one of the most famous quotes of it: There is nothing supernatural about war, it is just work like anything else.

And Agnes Chose to Die

And Agnes Chose to Die

September 26, 1976

After the Nazis take her husband away, an illiterate old washerwoman joins the Resistance as a bike courier in the Central Italian countryside.

The Fog

The Fog

September 24, 1976

Post-war movie

Rogue Male

Rogue Male

September 22, 1976

In 1939, Sir Robert Thorndyke takes aim at Adolf Hitler with a high powered rifle, but the shot misses its mark. Captured and tortured by the Gestapo and left for dead, Sir Robert makes his way back to England where he discovers the Gestapo has followed him. Knowing that his government would turn him over to German authorities, Sir Robert goes underground in his battle with his pursuers.

Black and White in Color

Black and White in Color

September 22, 1976

French colonists in Africa, several months behind in the news, find themselves at war with their German neighbors. Deciding that they must do their proper duty and fight the Germans, they promptly conscript the local native population. Issuing them boots and rifles, the French attempt to make "proper" soldiers out of the Africans. A young, idealistic French geographer seems to be the only rational person in the town, and he takes over control of the "war" after several bungles on the part of the others.

Rozhodnutie

August 29, 1976

Život na úteku

Život na úteku

August 27, 1976

Wonsan Secret Operation

Wonsan Secret Operation

August 20, 1976

Dozens of people begin dying daily in the city of Wonsan shortly after the outbreak of the Korean War. Fearing a plague, the United Nations asks that the situation be investigated before they will commit troops.

The War of the 16 Year Olds

The War of the 16 Year Olds

August 19, 1976

A young drifter and a precocious sixteen years old girl slowly form a bond in a small town haunted by its wartime past.

Coup de Grâce

Coup de Grâce

October 21, 1976

A countess loves her brother's Prussian-officer friend in the 1919 Baltic area.

Return of the 18 Bronzemen

Return of the 18 Bronzemen

August 14, 1976

Despite the national resistance, the Manchurians have taken over China, but the Ching Emperor fears that the Shaolin Temple disciples would overthrow the dynasty. So he disguises himself as a disciple, in order to become a kung fu master and control the Shaolin monks. But according to custom, he must pass the test of the legendary 18 Bronzemen before he can leave the Temple.

Storm Over The South-China Sea

Storm Over The South-China Sea

August 8, 1976

Dramatic representation of the Battle of the Paracel Islands (1974) between the China and South Vietnam.

A Sold Life

A Sold Life

August 1, 1976

Two members of the fascist legion GOD WANTS IT, Michele and Luigi, both from Sicily, met in Malaga and became friends in the course of the 1936-39 counter revolution. Based upon the short story by Leonardo Sciascia.

The Longest Journey

The Longest Journey

July 30, 1976

March 1903. The Ottoman Empire is in a process of disintegration. Only Macedonia is not still liberated in the Balkans. The Macedonian revolutionary movement is in full growth. The Turks are trying to keep their last bastion in Europe. The Macedonian people are being exposed to the most severe oppressions as it is due to the revenge of the Turks for supporting and protecting the komitas - Macedonian freedom-fighters. In such a case the Turks besiege a village where a weeding ceremony is taking place. They shoot at the peasants, round them up and most of them are being taken away. More than two hundred people are taken prisoner in the fortress. The Turks sentence them to from 15 to 101 years in prison. Then the prisoners are loaded on a ship and are transported to Asia Minor. On their way through the desert the Macedonians are exposed to various humiliations. A lot of them overeat and die. In October 1908, the prisoners arrive at the place where they are to serve the sentence.

The Everlasting Glory

The Everlasting Glory

July 19, 1976

A most touching and consistently heart-gripping war drama depicts the heroic deeds of General Chang Tsu-chung who was even held in high esteem and dubbed as “Mars of China” by his Japanese counterpart, General Itagaki during Sino-Japanese war.