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War

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.

The Last Winter

The Last Winter

July 8, 1976

Germans come amid snow and winter. In the village only people remained are women, that fight until wounded partisans, sheltered in the village, will retreat deeper and snow will cover their tracks. Face to face with the Germans and their control of the village, women, led by mother Shano and mother Mara, depart to make a pile of wood, but actually bring bread and food to the partisans.

Brief Encounters in the Long War

Brief Encounters in the Long War

June 21, 1976

A poignant reminiscence of the love story between the poet Rustam and the young pilot Gulshod, who tragically died during the Great Patriotic War, heroically performing an aerial ramming maneuver.

Midway

Midway

June 18, 1976

This war drama depicts the U.S. and Japanese forces in the naval Battle of Midway, which became a turning point for Americans during World War II.

No Hard Feelings

No Hard Feelings

June 13, 1976

This short feature, an early directing credit for Alan Parker, shows the reality of life during the WWII air raids with none of the traditional 'Blitz spirit' so often portrayed. Eric spends the nights crammed into a brick shelter with his dad, sister and her screaming kids, and every bombardment brings tears over the loss of his mother in an earlier raid. When he learns his sweetheart is to be evacuated, he finally buckles under the stress.

Always with me

Always with me

June 6, 1976

The famous scientist, academician and art critic Andrei Ilyin, who survived with the Hermitage staff the harsh trials of the Leningrad blockade, returned to his hometown after many years. The whole life of Ilyin is connected with Leningrad. A life that in the distant years of World War II would have seemed to have no future, but which, despite the unbearable horror of hunger and devastation, continued only in the name of the future ...

One-Two, Soldiers Were Going...

One-Two, Soldiers Were Going...

June 6, 1976

The families of 18 soldiers who heroically died in 1944 are meeting at the place of the squad last battle.

Victory

Victory

May 28, 1976

Victory is a 1976 Taiwanese war film directed by Liu Chia-chang, set in the Second Sino-Japanese War. The film won 5 awards at the 1976 Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards, including Best Feature Film.

Aces High

Aces High

May 19, 1976

The first World War is in its third year and aerial combat above the Western Front is consuming the nation's favored children at an appalling rate. By early 1917, the average life-span of a British pilot is less than a fortnight. Such losses place a fearsome strain on Gresham, commanding officer of the squadron. Aces High recreates the early days of the Royal Flying Corps with some magnificently staged aerial battles, and sensitive direction presents a moving portrayal of the futilities of war.

Demeterovci

May 17, 1976

A television film based on a play by Ján Kákoš with the theme of Slovak National Uprising.

Ešte sa nevraciam

May 15, 1976

Flights Today, Flights Tomorrow...

Flights Today, Flights Tomorrow...

May 9, 1976

Hustler Squad

Hustler Squad

May 7, 1976

World War II: Allied Command learns that in 60 days three Japanese generals and an admiral party at a bordello on a tiny Philippine island. It's fortified and hard to attack, so a creative, cynical major gets the assignment to figure something else. With the help of Paco, a Filipino guerrilla leader, the major devises a plan to put four women assassins among the prostitutes. He must recruit and train them, convince his general that an unarmed woman can best a man, and get them on the island. The rest is up to them. An imprisoned killer, a nurse with a fatal disease, a chippie on the lamb from the mob, and a Filipina whom the Japanese assaulted are his team. Can they do it?

Stream Line

Stream Line

May 6, 1976

Rome, October 16, 1943. The Germans deport the relatives and friends of the little Giacomo Treves who fortunately escapes capture. The child is entrusted by a priest, Don Luigi.

Private Vices, Public Virtues

Private Vices, Public Virtues

May 6, 1976

The setting is a Central European kingdom, near the turn of the century. Bored by his very proper wife, the youthful heir to the throne spends his time in amorous dalliances at a sprawling country estate. His wife departs at the arrival of his friends, and they organize a celebration which becomes a wild orgy and culminates in death and tragedy.

Long Miles of War

Long Miles of War

May 4, 1976

Poem of Kovpak: Snow-Storm

Poem of Kovpak: Snow-Storm

May 3, 1976

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

Eagle of the Sky

Eagle of the Sky

May 1, 1976

PLA Pilots during the Korean War

7-Man Army

7-Man Army

April 16, 1976

In 1933, 20,000 Japanese soldiers and 50 tanks invaded the Pa Tou Lou Tzu, a strategic key point of the Great Wall. With only seven men stationing, these heroes took on the entire army for five days before succumbing. Director Chang Cheh recreated this epic battle with his favorite cast including Ti Lung, David Chiang, Alexander Fu Sheng and Chen Kuan-tai, as a celluloid tribute to these nameless souls.

Na yasnyy ogon

Na yasnyy ogon

April 15, 1976