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War

Ville nouvelle : La Forme de la ville

Ville nouvelle : La Forme de la ville

February 8, 1975

Third part of a French TV series about town-planning in which Éric Rohmer and Jean-Paul Pigeat look into the l'Arlequin neighbourhood of Grenoble-Échirolles and the new town of Évry.

Big Night and Big Day

January 24, 1975

Slovakian villagers towards the end of WW II are despairing as German troops fall back to their village.

The Boy and the Violin

The Boy and the Violin

January 24, 1975

The war is over. Children without mothers and fathers, children of fighters who fell for freedom...This is the story about such boys who placed in the homes for children of fallen soldiers. One of these homes was especially for boys with gift for music. One of them was a boy named Goran. he and his best friend exchanged violins. The difference in violins was only in color, but this one reminded him strangely of the past he past. All his boyish feelings and is tender memories of his mother killed in war, Goran put into his music, producing wonderful sounds on the dark violin. But it was this violin that caused many misunderstanding in the Home.

Fighter Pilots

Fighter Pilots

January 23, 1975

Novios de la muerte

Novios de la muerte

January 23, 1975

Judgment: The Court Martial of Lt. William Calley

Judgment: The Court Martial of Lt. William Calley

January 12, 1975

This docudrama follows the court-martial of the title character, the man held responsible for the My Lai massacre during the Vietnam War.

The Only Road

The Only Road

January 10, 1975

Partisans attack a column of hundred german trucks cisterns, that carry fuel to the front. However, their action is difficult, as Germans have chained Soviet prisoners to the driving wheels. The mission is to stop and destroy the column and save the lives of the prisoners.

Stephen the Great: Vaslui 1475

Stephen the Great: Vaslui 1475

January 6, 1975

In 1475 when Stephen the Great, ruler of Moldavia is facing an invading Ottoman army of 120 000 men, the fate of Christian Europe largely depends on the battle's outcome.

Les Enfants de Novembre

Les Enfants de Novembre

January 2, 1975

In the streets of the Casbah of Algiers, an FLN fighter pursued by the colonial police hands over confidential documents to Mourad, an Algerian child shouting newspapers who must at all costs pass them on to the resistance. But the police are on their trail and will do anything to get them back.

Beirut, Oh Beirut

Beirut, Oh Beirut

January 2, 1975

In the aftermath of the 1967 defeat, four young Lebanese try to figure out their places in a society whose rules seem to have changed. It proved to be an extraordinary anticipation of the civil war that would engulf the country while the film was being edited.

Chile

Chile

January 1, 1975

This short animation collage uncovers the financial backing of the Chilean Junta bosses by the US. Screened at the 1976 Oberhausen Int. Film Festival.

Prešporská kasáreň maľovaná

January 1, 1975

Du jiang zhen cha ji

Du jiang zhen cha ji

January 1, 1975

PLA send scouts to get through Yangtze River to collect enemy information of defense.

Nan wang de zhan dou

Nan wang de zhan dou

January 1, 1975

In 1949, as the country celebrates liberation, KMT agents are ploting.

The Moving Picture Boys in the Great War

January 1, 1975

"The Moving Picture Boys in the Great War" is a compilation documentary narrated by Lowell Thomas, illustrating changing attitudes toward the war and its participants, as well as toward the movies themselves. Winner, Gold Medal, 1975 Chicago Film Festival.

Ισιδώρα

Ισιδώρα

January 1, 1975

Rader Soldiers

Rader Soldiers

January 1, 1975

Sons of Sassoun

January 1, 1975

Sons of Sassoun is the story of the Armenian struggle against the atrocities of Sultan Hamid’s regime.

Massacre at Noon

Massacre at Noon

January 1, 1975

In Autumn of 1941, the German army, determined to put down a Communist-led uprising in Serbia, is conducting a policy of killing 100 hostages for any German soldier killed. The city of Kraljevo is the site of one of those massacres, portrayed in this movie.

Feng huo shao nian

Feng huo shao nian

January 1, 1975

Orphan Xiao Song is wounded in the Japanese attack that kills his parents and after recovering he joins the army and becomes an excellent soldier.