Film Snail

War

The Hand on the Rifle

The Hand on the Rifle

April 28, 1963

During WWII, a fierce struggle for survival in the mountains between partisans and Fascists, in this pessimistic portrait of combat.

To Your Majesty, The Emperor

To Your Majesty, The Emperor

April 28, 1963

A conscript from a poor background writes the Emperor asking if he can stay in the army when his service is up.

A Great Road Ahead

A Great Road Ahead

April 27, 1963

About the great Czech satirist Jaroslav Hašek, who was captured by the Russians during the First World War. Not wanting to fight for the interests of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy, Hašek enters the Red Army and, as a commissar of the international brigade, goes the military way from Samara to Irkutsk.

Double Circle

Double Circle

April 15, 1963

Treachery and escape from agents provocateurs of underground workers among the early days of national rising in Croatia.

Secret Archives on Elbe

Secret Archives on Elbe

April 12, 1963

The World War II. 1944. Nazis staged a cache which stores archival documents of its agents, rescued from the east during the retreat, near a small German town Ostburga.

Third Time

Third Time

April 11, 1963

The film is based on the real fact — football «The Death Match» between the German team and a team of Soviet prisoners of war, former "Dinamo". It happened in Kiev on June 22, 1942. Anticipating the possibility of losing, the Germans made a condition — defeat or death. If the Germans won, the Soviet footballers were promised freedom...

Marine Battleground

Marine Battleground

April 11, 1963

A division of marines survive a battle with the Chinese army but find themselves stranded without contact on the wrong side of the front.

Naked Among Wolves

Naked Among Wolves

April 10, 1963

Based on a true story of inmates at KZ Buchenwald that risked their lives to hide a small Jewish boy shortly before the liberation of the camp.

The Day and the Hour

The Day and the Hour

April 5, 1963

It's the spring of 1944 and Therese is in a hurry to get back to Paris. The trains aren't running from the village where she has gone to visit her father's grave and to fill two suitcases with food. Some British and American planes have been shot down and the Germans want to know where the pilots are hiding. An acquaintance has clearance to drive to Paris with a truckload of goats. After she is in the truck Therese discovers that two British pilots and an American pilot are back there with the goats. She must get the men on a train to Paris and to a safe house there, where there is no room for the American. Can she leave him at the Metro station trying to figure out the map?

A Face in the Rain

A Face in the Rain

March 31, 1963

An American spy hides in an apartment. But the woman who lives there is herself the mistress of a German Officer.

At Your Threshold

At Your Threshold

March 27, 1963

War time drama set in WWII. Citizen of Moscow gather in a patriotic show of defiance to help slow down the advancing Nazi forces that are closing in on the city.

Operation Bikini

Operation Bikini

March 26, 1963

The film takes place aboard an American submarine in the Pacific during World War II. The sub's commander is ordered to stop and pick up an underwater demolition team led by Lt. Hayes, whose mission is to locate and destroy a US submarine sunken in a lagoon off Bikini Atoll before the Japanese are able to raise it and capture the advanced radar system on board.

The Lost Bridge

The Lost Bridge

March 22, 1963

Lieutenant Mosura fights the groups of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army. Suddenly, he manages to capture and eliminate its commander. Several years passed. The lieutenant is accused of collaborating with the insurgents, because he took part in several terrorist operations in order to gain their trust.

Transport from Paradise

Transport from Paradise

March 15, 1963

Czechoslovakian Zbynek Brynych directs this psychological drama set in World War II Terezin ghetto. A dark, visual portrayal of the trials and tribulations the Theresienstadt people faced on a daily basis presented in a series of memorable stories. Their hopes and dreams unfold against the perpetual threat of deportation (or worse) by the Nazis. Based on the novel "Night and Hope" by Arnost Lustig.

Mystery Submarine

Mystery Submarine

March 3, 1963

A British convoy is trying to elude a group of German U-Boats.

The Bay of St. Michel

The Bay of St. Michel

March 1, 1963

A trio of World War 2 vets band together to search for a lost Nazi fortune.

Saladin the Victorious

Saladin the Victorious

February 25, 1963

The first Sultan of Egypt and Syria leads the Muslim military campaign against the invading Christians from Europe during the Third Crusade.

Commando Assault

Commando Assault

February 21, 1963

Lieutenant Takala meets his fellow partisans of 20th division many year after the war. With flashbacks we see the events of summer 1944.

Like Two Drops of Water

Like Two Drops of Water

February 21, 1963

The fainthearted cigar trader Ducker keeps himself quiet during World War II. That changes when parachutist Dorbeck lands in his backyard. It turns out the parachutist bears a remarkable resemblance to Ducker. Ducker follows Dorbeck blindly, becomes involved in the Dutch resistance and soon starts killing people. When he escapes through German lines to the freed South Netherlands, no one has ever heard of Dorbeck.

Hello, Gnat!

Hello, Gnat!

February 19, 1963