War

Conquest

Conquest

August 2, 1971

La Araucana is a Chilean film based on an epic poem in Spanish about the Spanish conquest of Chile, by Alonso de Ercilla; it is also known in English as The Araucaniad. It is considered the national epic of the Kingdom of Chile and one of the most important works of the Spanish Golden Age

Heroes Without Glory

Heroes Without Glory

July 28, 1971

Major Briggs, one stiff upper-lipped Brit, receives a hand-to-head treatment in a North African bar. Impressed, he recruits the most skilled American specialists to help him blow up Rommel's most treasured ammo depot. Perilous desert journey awaits them, especially given an inevitable rendezvous with one immoral priest, a German nurse right beside him.

Officers

Officers

July 26, 1971

Two friends are army officers, and the turbulent times throw them from the Civil War in the early 20s to the Soviet conflict in Finland, from China to the Urals.

火车司机的儿子

火车司机的儿子

July 20, 1971

The Last Mountain Pass

The Last Mountain Pass

July 18, 1971

Based on a novel by Farman Karimzade, the movie shows the life in an Azerbaijani village under the Soviet rule in 1930s. Here two former "beys" (land owners) are opposing each other. One is loyal to the ideology of the past and can't reconcile himself to the new power, to second rejects the past and accepts the power of the Bolsheviks, believing that it will establish justice.

The Rage of War

The Rage of War

July 8, 1971

A group of 19 young women, led by a partizan man, are the only people available to escort a number of partisan wounded in the struggle for freedom, in the mountain ranges invaded by the Nazi army. The crossing of difficult tracks, and a few encounters with enemy patrols provide danger, and death for some heroines. Two girls are in love with the column's commander, but love for the motherland and freedom will prove stronger.

The White Bird Marked with Black

The White Bird Marked with Black

January 17, 1972

A family struggles to survive in an area that was claimed as part of Rumania, Poland and the Ukraine, all within a short span of time. When World War II comes, various family members choose different masters; some even choose to work for the Soviets. War, struggle, marriages, births, deaths--all these events punctuate the story of this large family.

Von Richthofen and Brown

Von Richthofen and Brown

June 30, 1971

Spend time on both sides of World War I, partly with German flying ace Baron Manfred Von Richthofen (John Phillip Law), aka "The Red Baron," and his colorful "flying circus" of Fokker fighter planes, during the time from his arrival at the war front to his death in combat. On the other side is Roy Brown of the Royal Air Force, sometimes credited with shooting Richthofen down.

My Old Man's Place

My Old Man's Place

June 29, 1971

Two soldiers return from Vietnam with serious PTSD. They decide to go for a couple of days to a peaceful farm owned by the father of one of the men. A psychotic sergeant who also did tours in Nam, joins them. Personalities clash hard.

War Mornings

War Mornings

June 20, 1971

World War II. A group of kids try to sabotage the enemy whichever way they can.

Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow

Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow

June 12, 1971

Second part of an epic drama of war and its effects upon human beings, follows the fortunes of the Godai family from 1935 through Japan's invasion of China. Based on the novels by Jumpei Gomikawa, who also penned The Human Condition.

Api Dibukit Menoreh (Gugurnya Tohpati)

May 25, 1971

Ana Terra

Ana Terra

May 23, 1971

Bajo el signo de la patria

Bajo el signo de la patria

May 20, 1971

Aspects of the life of General Manuel Belgrano since he took command of the Army of the North until, together with his men, he defeated the enemy in the battle of Salta in February 1813.

Five Brave

Five Brave

May 17, 1971

In the beginning of WWII a group of five brave children are fighting the Nazis in Belarus.

Chili: Six mois d'Unité Populaire

Chili: Six mois d'Unité Populaire

May 14, 1971

Johnny Got His Gun

Johnny Got His Gun

August 4, 1971

A young American soldier, rendered in pseudocoma from an artillery shell from WWI, recalls his life leading up to that point.

Long Live Death

Long Live Death

May 12, 1971

At the end of the Spanish civil war, Fando, a boy of about ten, tries to make sense of war and his father's arrest. His mother is religious, sympathetic to the Fascists; his father is accused of being a Red. Fando discovers that his mother may have aided in his father's arrest. Sometimes we witness Fando imagining explanations for what's going on; sometimes we see him at play, alone or with his friend Thérèse. Oedipal fantasies and a lad's natural curiosity about sex and death mix with his search for his mother's nature and his father's fate. Will Fando survive the search?

Come Back With the Sun

May 10, 1971

The Fifteenth Spring

The Fifteenth Spring

May 10, 1971

Fifteen years old Sasha is dreaming about adventures, falling in love and doesn't know that WWII is approaching...