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War

Parades

Parades

July 23, 1972

An American soldier sent to Vietnam goes AWOL and returns to his hometown. His parents turn him over to military authorities. He is court-martialled and sent to the toughest military prison...

Young Winston

Young Winston

July 20, 1972

This historical drama is an account of the early life of British politician Winston Churchill, including his childhood years, his time as a war correspondent in Africa, and culminating with his first election to Parliament.

Con bravura

Con bravura

July 1, 1972

Originally, Munk intended Eroica to be a triptych with Con bravura being the first part, but he ultimately gave up on this film, deeming it weaker artistically than the two counterparts. Con bravura is about conspiracy conflating the paths of a rather unconventional nun and an intrigued young man – each of them bears secrets and the encounter could incite a flaming romance, though one suffocated by war.Munk set the film in the mountain capital of Zakopane and its vicinity, allowing breathtaking views from a cable car and using his experiences of the Nazi occupation in the area to add gritty reality. The director plays a cameo as a priest with several of his industry friends also making appearances.

The Hot Snow

The Hot Snow

June 6, 1972

In November, 1942, near the Volga, Stanlingrad is under siege of Commander Friederich Paulus and his 330,000 men. The Russian high command unleashes an operation to protect the Mishkova River to avoid that about four hundred tanks join Paulus' army. The Soviet artillery soldiers protect their position with their lives in a bloodshed with few survivors.

The Dawns Here Are Quiet

The Dawns Here Are Quiet

June 6, 1972

In a remote village in Karelia, Sergeant Vaskov commands an anti-aircraft unit that protects a rail depot. While his men are transferred to the front line, he is reprimanded for their unruly behavior. He retorts that he wants replacements that aren't drunks or womanizers. In response, he is assigned a unit made up entirely of young women, fresh from training.

Escape

Escape

June 5, 1972

By using force and threats, two captured partisans try to persuade the local village commander to set them free.

The Colonel's Wife

The Colonel's Wife

June 2, 1972

Set just before the end of WWI on the abandoned farm in Vojvodina, the story follows the wife of an Austo-Hungarian colonel of a battered battalion who pays him a visit, only to experience the true Empire's decline through the meeting with disillusioned army.

Sofya Grushko

June 1, 1972

A story about a heroic nurse working for Soviet Intelligence during and after WWII.

Neither by Day Nor by Night

Neither by Day Nor by Night

June 1, 1972

An American soldier is wounded in Israel and slowly begins to lose his sight while hospitalized.

4 O'Clock, 1950

4 O'Clock, 1950

May 29, 1972

A look at the incidents of June 25, 1950 which marked the beginning of the Korean War and which found the South to be woefully unprepared.

Until The Rooster Crows

Until The Rooster Crows

May 22, 1972

Existentialist drama based on the play of the same name by the Slovak writer Ivan Bukovčan. The story of ten apparently randomly selected people placed in a beer hall of a small town during the Nazi occupation of Slovakia. Slowly, facts begin to emerge, characters are drawn, and the story begins to gather a dangerous pace.

Horsemen

Horsemen

May 20, 1972

Adventures of two boys and their horses during WWII.

The Mediterranean In Flames

The Mediterranean In Flames

May 14, 1972

A volunteer from a World War II-era Greek resistance group agrees to seduce a German officer in order to gain secrets

To Be Twenty in the Aures

To Be Twenty in the Aures

May 12, 1972

A group of refractory and pacifist Bretons is sent to Algeria. These beings confronted with the horrors of war gradually become killing machines. One of them did not accept it and deserted, taking with him an FLN prisoner who was to be executed the next day. International Critics Prize at the 1972 Cannes Film Festival. Copy restored in 2012

Father

Father

May 8, 1972

During WWII Germans take hostages four children of partizans chief .

Stars of Long Nights

Stars of Long Nights

May 5, 1972

World War II. The fascists kill a boy and invite his mother to identify the body, but she refuses.

Operation X-70

May 4, 1972

A powerful nation has experimented with a new gas, which does not kill or injure the asphyxiated subjects, only puts them in a lethargic and mystical state. X-70 gas bombs will be dropped by mistake over Nebelux and provoke an unexpected mutation of the population of this friendly little country. (miff.com.au)

Le soldat Laforêt

Le soldat Laforêt

April 21, 1972

When he gets separated from his unit, Laforet (Roger Van Hool) becomes a de facto deserter during 1939 fighting in the French provinces. Most of the story concerns his love affair with a local farmgirl, as he competes for her affection with a refugee from Spain. When he presses her to make a decision between them, the choice doesn't go in his favor. Soon after this he joins up with the Resistance movement.

Walter Defends Sarajevo

Walter Defends Sarajevo

April 12, 1972

Sarajevo 1944. The German armies desperately need fuel in the retreat. Walter, the enigmatic and charismatic leader of the resistance movement, can endanger their supplies. The Germans are taking a cunning plan to remove that obstacle.

Verses

Verses

March 31, 1972

April 1945. The Russian sniper Kolya joins the Bulgarian military contingent stationed in a Hungarian village. Kolya meets a Hungarian boy Yanush, with whom he shares his love of poetry. A German sniper is hiding in the woods and every day the death toll of the war grows higher. One day Yanush is killed by the German. Kolya seeks revenge.