Film Snail

War

36 Hours

36 Hours

November 26, 1964

Germans kidnap an American major and try to convince him that World War II is over, so that they can get details about the Allied invasion of Europe out of him.

Zpívali jsme Arizonu

November 20, 1964

Nikoletina Bursac

Nikoletina Bursac

November 19, 1964

The mother of a national hero Nikoletina Bursac leads an imaginary conversation with the statue of her deceased son. We follow events from Nikoletina's life and war: his joining of the partisans together with his neighbor Jovica Jez, meeting with the small Jewish girl Erna who survived the slaughter of her village, constant quarrels and friendship with commander Pirgo and commissar Zlatko, meeting with Curetak and their unsuccessful love relationship.

Spy No. 13

November 11, 1964

During World War II, spy Wu Lai-sheung is instructed by her superior Fan Yeung-shan to murder spy number 13 Cheung Chi-ping. While Wu establishes a relationship with Sakei, the assistant general of the Japanese army, she also gets acquainted with Cheung. Cheung and Wu fall in love. Wu recommends Cheung to become Sakei's driver. Cheung pretends to court the Japanese spy Siu-kuen, but Siu-kuen arranges to kill the spies contacting with him. Cheung has seen through Kuen's identity for long. When Kuen is going to kill Wu, Cheung kills Kuen, Fan compels Wu to kill Cheung. Wu follows the instruction to murder Cheung. After the murder, Wu disappears. After the war, Fan discovers Wu ends up in asylum. When he visits Wu, he tells her of Cheung's innocence. This breaks Wu's heart. Cheung turns out to have seen through Wu's identity for a long time and pretended to have been killed to cover up his identity and facilitate his work. With the truth known and the war ended, Cheung and Wu married.

The Peach Thief

The Peach Thief

November 9, 1964

The wife of a Bulgarian POW camp's warden falls in love with a Serbian prisoner at the end of World War I.

People Don’t Know Everything

People Don’t Know Everything

November 2, 1964

The High Bright Sun

The High Bright Sun

November 1, 1964

This story of love and espionage focuses on political turmoil as a small nation struggles to free itself from colonial rule, and one man tries to serve both justice and his own heart.

The Americanization of Emily

The Americanization of Emily

October 27, 1964

American sailor Charlie Madison falls for a pretty Englishwoman while trying to avoid a senseless and dangerous D-Day mission concocted by a deranged admiral.

Don't Cry, Peter

Don't Cry, Peter

October 24, 1964

Two partisan coalminers need to take three orphan children away from dangerous area to the liberated land.

It Happened Here

It Happened Here

May 12, 1966

World War II, 1940. When the Nazi hordes invade and occupy Great Britain, the English citizens are soon divided between those who choose to submissively collaborate and those who are willing to fight.

The Korean Instrument with 12 Strings

The Korean Instrument with 12 Strings

October 16, 1964

The Unknown

The Unknown

October 13, 1964

Two Poles get out of Soviet Union with Polish Army. Based on autobiographical short stories by Józef Hen.

Alféreces provisionales

Alféreces provisionales

October 12, 1964

Javier López Cronwell, journalist, son of an American and a Spaniard, comes to Spain to write a series of anti-communist articles. The boy is politically neutral and emotionally and personally cold. He comes into contact with his paternal grandfather and the friends of his father, who died in our Liberation War, who propose that he take the provisional ensigns as a topic for his article. He prepares his return to North America without waiting to see the 25th anniversary Victory Parade, despite the wishes of his father's friends, old ensigns who will parade to show the world that they are still in the breach.

Sandhya Deeper Sikha

Sandhya Deeper Sikha

October 2, 1964

Jayanti is a woman full of life but unfortunately, she loses her husband in a war within a year of their marriage. In immense pain and completely shattered, she forgets how to live life the way she did before.

Strike the Whore

Strike the Whore

October 1, 1964

The film depicts Aliye’s patriotism. The entire country is under occupation. Aliye, a newly appointed teacher in Anatolia, settles in the house of Ömer Efendi, a leading figure in the town. The Nationalist Forces are not afraid to give the town to the enemy troops for their own benefit and will try everything to send Captain Fuat Bey, Aliye’s fiancé, away from the town.

The Finest Hours

The Finest Hours

September 29, 1964

A biography of Winston Churchill, shown through re-creations and actual film footage and told by Orson Welles.

Seven Against the Sun

Seven Against the Sun

September 24, 1964

In February of 1941, South African troops are in action against the Italian forces on the northern frontier of Kenya. An Italian invasion, aimed at pushing the Allied Forces out of Central and East Africa, is imminent. The South African Command realizes it has no forces at its disposal capable of stopping the Italian objective, so they resort to a grand bluff...

Guns at Batasi

Guns at Batasi

October 30, 1964

An anachronistic martinet RSM on a remote Colonial African army caught in a local coup d'etat must use his experience to defend those in his care.

The Train

The Train

September 24, 1964

As the Allied forces approach Paris in August 1944, German Colonel Von Waldheim is desperate to take all of France's greatest paintings to Germany. He manages to secure a train to transport the valuable art works even as the chaos of retreat descends upon them. The French resistance however wants to stop them from stealing their national treasures but have received orders from London that they are not to be destroyed. The station master, Labiche, is tasked with scheduling the train and making it all happen smoothly but he is also part of a dwindling group of resistance fighters tasked with preventing the theft. He and others stage an elaborate ruse to keep the train from ever leaving French territory.

The Brig

The Brig

September 20, 1964

An ultra-realistic depiction of life in a Marine Corps brig (or jail) at a camp in Japan in 1957. Marine prisoners are awakened and put through work details for the course of a single day, submitting in the course of it to extremely harsh and shocking physical and mental degradation and abuse.