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War

Rainbow Over Kinmon

Rainbow Over Kinmon

November 3, 1962

Three years had passed since Ichiro Takeo left Japan. He was a young physician with a promising future, until his medical error caused the death of a big-shot politician. He was discharged from the hospital and had since sailed around the world as an on-board doctor. As he was about to reach the Taiwanese piers of Kinmon Island, thoughts of his days in Japan crossed his mind - he reminisced about the Taiwanese girl, Yan, who had scooped him out of his misery during the time of the medical accident. At times of war, the two rekindle an old flame.

The Boys

The Boys

November 2, 1962

When Continuation War started in Summer 1941, German soldiers arrived to Oulu. With their charm they conquered women and town boys. Finnish boys communicated with them on many levels: had trades, worked as interpreters, rotated business, spied on German love adventures and fought with each other about the favor of soldiers. In autumn 1944, the war was ending. Germans left Oulu by leaving behind fragile relationships, bastard kids and unfinished businesses. The most shocking of all was the faith of young Jake...

The Changing of the Guard

The Changing of the Guard

October 31, 1962

During WW2, it's not wise to be a mayor chosen by the fascists with the Americans' impending arrival.

The War Lover

The War Lover

October 25, 1962

Buzz Rickson is a dare-devil World War II bomber pilot with a death wish. Failing at everything not involving flying, Rickson lives for the most dangerous missions. His crew lives with this aspect of his personality only because they know he always brings them back alive.

14,000 Witnesses

14,000 Witnesses

October 23, 1962

Story of conflict of two opposite ideas, set in a POW camp after the Korean War.

Operation Enemy Fort

Operation Enemy Fort

October 20, 1962

Soldiers on the front lines in China during World War II are besieged by guerrilla attacks and attempt to destroy an enemy fort.

From Evening Till Morning

From Evening Till Morning

October 14, 1962

During the German occupation of Estonia a young mother finds a Red Army soldier hiding in the hay in her barn.

Fighting Lions

October 11, 1962

Friends at Arms: Causing Mischief

Friends at Arms: Causing Mischief

October 5, 1962

Warriors Five

Warriors Five

September 30, 1962

World War II Italy...1943. After parachuting behind enemy lines on an espionage mission, an American soldier is imprisoned by the enemy. He escapes with four Italian prisoners, enlisting their aid in exploding a bridge.

The Longest Day

The Longest Day

September 25, 1962

The retelling of June 6, 1944, from the perspectives of the Germans, US, British, Canadians, and the Free French. Marshall Erwin Rommel, touring the defenses being established as part of the Reich's Atlantic Wall, notes to his officers that when the Allied invasion comes they must be stopped on the beach. "For the Allies as well as the Germans, it will be the longest day"

The Fury of Achilles

The Fury of Achilles

September 23, 1962

In the tenth year of the Trojan War, tensions between Achilles and Agamemnon divide the Greek camp while giving hope to the Trojans.

No Man Is an Island

No Man Is an Island

September 20, 1962

The true story of George Tweed, an American sailor who became the only serviceman on the island of Guam to avoid capture by the Japanese during the early years of World War II.

Ballad of a Hussar

Ballad of a Hussar

November 11, 1962

A young girl decides to join a Hussar squadron and fight against Napoleon. Dressed as a man, she proves herself an excellent, even heroic soldier, but complications ensue when her real identity is revealed.

Sky

Sky

August 31, 1962

During the cold spring of 1941, with Greece already under German occupation, a long-suffering squad of war-battered soldiers receives orders from the headquarters in Athens to fall back, leaving behind the Albanian Front. As the men retreat through the snow-covered landscapes of the bomb-scarred Greek countryside, the terrifying certainty that nothing will ever be the same again crushes their weary human souls.

Black Fox: The Rise and Fall of Adolf Hitler

Black Fox: The Rise and Fall of Adolf Hitler

August 25, 1962

The rise and fall of Nazi Germany in part through the use of classical allegory.

Midnight Mass

August 24, 1962

On Christmas Eve, 1944, in Nazi-occupied Slovakia, the Kubiš family grapples with survival amidst brutal reprisals. Marián collaborates as a fascist guard leader, while his sister Angela has an affair with their Nazi lodger, Major Brecker. The situation escalates when their younger son, Juraj, a former partisan fighter, returns home wounded. As Germans search homes for escapees, Juraj hides in the attic, while an unsettling Christmas dinner unfolds below with Major Brecker present.

Walang Pagkalupig

Walang Pagkalupig

August 22, 1962

The story of the heroic exploits of PC Ranger Captain Laudemer Kahulugan tasked to hunt down Huk dissident leader Casto Alejandrino.

The War and an Old Man

The War and an Old Man

August 9, 1962

A platoon of South Korean soldiers find themselves cut off from their squad without communication. They are aided by an old man in a nearby village who did not evacuate his home.

By the Ravine

By the Ravine

August 8, 1962

Senya, a young hunter, hunts for two wolves that have been preying on sheep of various farms in Siberia. Kira Muratova and husband Oleksandr Muratov's diploma film.