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War

Dawn

Dawn

January 31, 1968

A historical feature film showing how the people's party led by D. Sukhbaatar, the leader of the People's Revolution of 1921 and the general of all military forces, destroyed the oppressors at home and abroad and brought the dawn of a free life to the country.

The Chicken Stealers

The Chicken Stealers

January 29, 1968

At the very end of the WW2, two Croatian Home Guard soldiers run home in German uniforms. They managed to save their lives and spent most of their time stealing chickens and eggs for their superior officer. Their uncertain journey ends with the last task: to escort the arrested partisan agent.

Niitaka yamanobore: Nihon teikoku no hōkai

Niitaka yamanobore: Nihon teikoku no hōkai

January 27, 1968

WW2 newsreel documentary film

Four Tankmen and a Dog Part Four

Four Tankmen and a Dog Part Four

January 15, 1968

The last of the four theatrically released episode compilations of the TV series, featuring episodes 7 and 8.

Four Tankmen and a Dog Part Three

Four Tankmen and a Dog Part Three

January 15, 1968

The third of four theatrically released episode compilations of the TV series, including episodes 5 and 6.

Manila, Open City

Manila, Open City

January 13, 1968

War drama set in the closing stages of World War Two. As Allied Forces are nearing the defeat of the Japanese Army in Manila, the Japanese Empire's soldiers begin attacking innocent civilians. A brutal month-long battle ensues.

The Last Voivoda

The Last Voivoda

January 12, 1968

Mityo Ganev is a leader of the armed bandits. The authorities accuse the Communists of his robberies. The detachment commander, Chalaka, and Mityo Ganev have a meeting but fail to reach an agreement. The police burn out Mityo's house and send his mother into internal exile. Chalaka cuts him off from his logistical support base. Mityo agrees to join the partisan detachment. Mityo and Velyo hold up the paymaster of the army garrison. When they take the money, Mityo wants to give it to the family of the exiles. Enraged, Velyo hands the detachment over to the Colonel. Mityo kills the traitor. The police and he army launch a major operation against the partisans. In a fierce battle, Chalaka leads the detachment out of encirclement while Mityo covers their retreat. A bullet hits him.

Nobody's Perfect

Nobody's Perfect

January 12, 1968

This military service comedy chronicles the misadventures of the U.S.S. Bustard in Japan. The crew has stolen a Buddha statue from a Japanese village, which if discovered missing would threaten Japanese/American relations. Doc Willoughby is the ship's petty officer, whose antics are constantly getting him into trouble with his captain. On shore leave, Willoughby falls for a seemingly demure Japanese girl in a kimono shop, who actually turns out to be a Japanese/American nurse in the US Navy, Lt. Tomiko Momoyama. However, it turns out she was betrothed as a child to a traditional Japanese man named Toshi, who fully intends on enforcing tradition. Willoughby divides his time between trying to return the Buddha statue back to the Japanese village it rightfully belongs to, and trying to woo Tomiko from the traditional Japanese man she rightfully belongs to.

Good Luck

Good Luck

January 3, 1968

The soldier Turok, who always gets into trouble, must take the wounded captain to the command post. Having met a German patrol, Turok stuns the German and takes him prisoner, but cannot find the way to the checkpoint. The captain himself went to look for her. Having again stunned and tied up the prisoner who had come to his senses, Turok returned to the battery and learned that the captain had decided to take him on his reconnaissance mission.

Human Torpedoes

Human Torpedoes

January 3, 1968

Story of loyal sailors giving their lives for their country as human torpedoes towards the end of the War.

Hell is Ten Years Old

Hell is Ten Years Old

January 2, 1968

This film was considered a testing ground for young O.N.C.I.C. directors. Today there is no longer a copy and the negative was accidentally destroyed. The Algerian Cinematheque has a copy of the very beautiful part shot by Abderrahmane Bouguermouh "La Give": A young schoolgirl from Kabylia is tasked by the resistance fighters with transmitting a message which is hidden in a thrush...

Six Days

Six Days

January 1, 1968

The story of the Arab-Israeli War of 1967, in which the 'occupied territories' were won.

Four Tankmen and a Dog Part Two

Four Tankmen and a Dog Part Two

January 1, 1968

The second of four theatrically released episode compilations of the TV series, featuring episodes 3 and 4.

Four Tankmen and a Dog Part One

Four Tankmen and a Dog Part One

January 1, 1968

The first of four theatrically released episode compilations of the TV series, featuring episodes 1 and 2.

Week

Week

January 1, 1968

About one of the most difficult weeks after the Civil War in a small Ural city in the spring of 1921, in which the situation was very serious. Famine is on the agenda; if seeds are not delivered to the general sowing, then not only the city, but the entire region will starve. To deliver them by rail, fuel is needed, which is also not available, and twelve miles from the city there is a forest where firewood can be prepared for the trains. In addition to all this, there is an unsolved counter-revolutionary conspiracy in the city...

Αποστολή θανάτου

Αποστολή θανάτου

January 1, 1968

Six Days to Eternity

January 1, 1968

A documentary on the events leading to the six day Arab-Israeli War of 1967, consisting of preexisting archival footage, incident re-creations, and interviews with military personnel.

Sightseeing

Sightseeing

January 1, 1968

A short pamphlet based on a text by Peter Weiss and on the contrapuntal use of the relation between image and sound. The commercial activities and fantasies linked to tourism in Sweden are contradicted by the geopolitics of capitalist imperialism, in particular with the war in Vietnam.

Conscience

Conscience

January 1, 1968

When a partisan attack on a Nazi officer sets off a chain of brutal recriminations, the inhabitants of a German-occupied Ukrainian village are faced with a sickening dilemma lest they not disclose the whereabouts of the fugitives at large.

Five Days in Sinai

Five Days in Sinai

January 1, 1968

During the Six Day War between Egypt and Israel a crack team of soldiers are sent on a dangerous mission and end up getting stranded in the desert, where they are forced to fight off numerous attacks by the enemy.