War

Special Boy Soldiers of the Navy

Special Boy Soldiers of the Navy

August 12, 1972

Japanese youngsters enduring hard training in Recruit Camp and then going to Iwo Jima in the last days of World War II.

Ora 11 Jon

Ora 11 Jon

August 11, 1972

Ora Egaro Jon is a 1972 Bengali historical drama film written by Al Masood and directed by Chashi Nazrul Islam, based on the Bangladesh Liberation War. Director Islam and lead actor Khasru were both members of Mukti Bahini. It was the first movie of Bangladesh after independence.

A Shot

A Shot

August 2, 1972

Youth, which courage is always without prejudice, in Skopje in time of Bulgarian occupation in WW2, desire freedom for the people, resolves to several actions, including the biggest, to assassinate the police chief Emanuel Machkov...

Rebels Of The Cities

Rebels Of The Cities

August 1, 1972

A Middle East allied Force commander, Themis, parachutes in occupied Greece to organize a sabotage in the Meteora region but betrays the Germans and falls into ambush. Before retiring, he calls Fotis, a student who had hidden his house, and urges him to go to Athens and meet an Aristides. Despite the mobilization of the Germans who perform all the hostages they have captured, including his father, Fotis finally arrives in Athens, meets with Aristides and accepts to cooperate with him. With the name of Kostas Alexandrou he catches a room in the Papadima family home, falls in love with their daughter Anna and becomes a "friend" with the German Major Karl Asberg. He accepts the co-operation proposed by Carl - to become his agent - to supposedly trap the guerrillas. But he actually misleads the conquerors about blowing a munitions train. His fate is the same as the fate of every patriot who is sacrificed for his homeland.

Oasis

Oasis

August 1, 1972

The year is 1943. The war is raging between the Germans and the Allies in North Africa. A truck with a Czech crew, Lieutenant Navara and six soldiers, escapes from the Foreign Legion fortress. Their aim is to reach the Allies and fight against Nazism. The truck is destroyed by a German army plane, which is hit by enemy fire in its turn. One Czech soldier dies in the attack, the driver is badly wounded, and Navara has serious burns on his face. The group has very little water and must reach an oasis that is 60 km away.

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.

The Last Fort

The Last Fort

July 10, 1972

Four soldiers of different nationalities serve in small garrison on the territory of post-war Germany.

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

Father

Father

May 8, 1972

During WWII Germans take hostages four children of partizans chief .