Film Snail

War

Warrior, Who Are You

January 1, 1971

The story of My Lan, a beautiful reporter who goes to the front line to find a soldier with whom she fell in love through correspondences. The film won Best War Film at the Taipei International Asian Film Festival in 1973.

Last Year in Viet Nam

Last Year in Viet Nam

January 1, 1971

Oliver Stone's first and only student film is about a man returning home from Vietnam and not being able to fit in. We see him throw away the stuff he got while serving and then he heads out to walk around NYC.

The War of Jan-Ken-Pon

January 1, 1971

Paper-Scissor-Rock wars draws an episode where the two generals portray the Second World War, mostly through the rock-scissors-bag, but also by some absurd torture techniques that bring to mind some sort of Japanese artificial 70s jack ass. To the sound of classical music, birds chirping and Nazi incendiary speeches travels generals, ever contestant in the seemingly meaningless game around at an abandoned industrial area.

La montaña rebelde

La montaña rebelde

January 1, 1971

Abel Garrido, a doctor, returns to his hometown to stay. There he meets Mingo and his girlfriend Rita, and they become good friends. But when war comes in 1936, he must go and fight. The events that happen afterwards will take him to confront with Mingo.

Cicha noc, święta noc

December 23, 1970

A village in Podhale, the time of Christmas. The local inhabitants confront the German occupation.

He Wasn't Alone

He Wasn't Alone

December 14, 1970

The action takes place in the North of Scandinavia, where Hitler's Germany tried to keep its last frontier. Here by the will of circumstances gets pilot-Navigator uzbek Akbar Ibrahimov, whose plane was shot down in battle, and joins the ranks of the Resistance. Soon he managed to get an officer on a German submarine, and later report on the secret bases of the enemy.

Lieutenant Natassa

Lieutenant Natassa

December 12, 1970

The year is 1965. Natasa Arseni visits Dachau, the place where she was found by the Americans at the end of the World War II. She returns to Greece, and during the train ride she recalls those past events. Before the beginning of the Greek-Italian war, she met Orestis . With the German invasion, Orestis, who was an officer in the Greek army, left for the Middle East. She followed him and accompanied him back to occupied Greece on a mission. She was arrested, interrogated and tortured and was finally sentenced to execution.

El Quelite

El Quelite

December 10, 1970

Agapito, leader of the revolutionary movement of his state, comes to a town, kills all the federales, and gets a girl who was promised to him for his heroic deeds.

Shangani Patrol

Shangani Patrol

December 3, 1970

Set in the First Matabele War in what was then Rhodesia; a scouting group from the British South African Company are chasing the Ndebele king Lobengula when they are ambushed by a massive Ndebele forced and must take a desperate last stand.

Green Signals

Green Signals

December 3, 1970

Three boys are helping Soviet Intelligence to catch German spies during WWII.

Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy

Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy

December 3, 1970

Taking Tiger Mountain was the very first model film produced during the Chinese Cultural Revolution (1966-1976). Set during the civil war in 1946, it follows a detachment of the People's Liberation Army in Mandchuria as they are fighting a group of bandits hiding in the mountains. Based on a novel from the 50s, Taking Tiger Mountain was first a revolutionary opera before being made into film by director Xie Tieli.

Red Square

Red Square

November 30, 1970

Dramatizes, in an official Soviet government release, the rise of the Red Army and the revolution that they eventually won.

Fellagas

Fellagas

November 26, 1970

Love blossoms between Rabah and her cousin Mosbah, but when a man who aids the French occupation kidnaps her, Mosbah's attempt to rescue her fails. As he gets arrested and sentenced to three years in prison, he vows revenge.

Uzbērums

Uzbērums

November 26, 1970

Zarki

Zarki

November 25, 1970

In Vojvodina during the war, a partisan commander Zarki fell into the hands of the local Germans. They bound him in chains and take him from one village to another, torturing him in public so he could tell the names from his movement. Bewildered by his resisting power, the Germans tend to break him down and destroy the pride which is his answer to their torture. Frenzied of powerlessness, they ultimately choose the most horrifying death - they buried him alive in the sand that will cover the last trait of him, but he died victorious: He died for his thing.

Norwood

Norwood

November 24, 1970

A Vietnam veteran returns to his Texas home but feels restless and decides to become a radio singer.

Emiliano Zapata

Emiliano Zapata

November 20, 1970

This is the story of a man, Emiliano Zapata, and of a revolution, the Mexican Revolution.

The Brave Bunch

The Brave Bunch

November 17, 1970

Two friends, a military and a journalist, after the collapse of the Albanian front, go to Macedonia to organize resistance against the Bulgarians.

When Heroes Die

When Heroes Die

November 13, 1970

The story of a group of American commandos assigned to kidnap General Rommel. But the soldiers are caught by the Germans who decide to use their plan against them. Replacing the American soldiers with German soldiers, and with the help of a fake "kidnapped" Rommel, they plan to kill General Eisenhower

Päämaja

Päämaja

November 6, 1970